Daily English 生活佳句
< Bonnie & Stanley are at home>
A: What do you want for dinner tonight?
B: I'm not sure. What do you want?
A: It's up to you.
B: Let’s eat out today.
A: No way! It’s raining outside. I don’t want to
get wet!
B: Shall we try the food delivery service?
A: It's up to you.
B: OK! Let’s order in.
今天要介紹的生活佳句是～It’s up to you. 「由你決定」
表示你沒有甚麼意見，這是一句蠻常用來表達「隨便你」的英文說法。
When you say, "it's up to you," it's
another way to say that you want the other person to choose. That might be
because you can't decide, or you are being nice and letting someone else
choose.
在剛剛的對話中，Bonnie和Stanley討論晚餐要吃什麼，沒有想法的Bonnie都可以，就說了It’s up to you，但卻又不想下雨天外出用餐，最後兩位決定要試試看外送服務解決今天的晚餐！
Feature Story
專題報導
Taiwan Leopard Cats 台灣石虎
Do you like cats? I have two at my house.
Do you know there is a special cat in Taiwan?
It looks like a pet cat.
It's also about the same size as a pet cat.
Take a guess. What is it?
That’s right!
It's a wild animal called「石虎」
In English, it's called the 'Leopard Cat."
There are only maybe 500 leopard cats in the wild.
Some of them live in the hills in Miaoli (苗栗).
But sometimes, cars hit the leopard cats at night.
The cats are trying to cross the street and the
driver doesn't see them in time!
The police in Miaoli now tell people to drive
slower at night on mountain roads.
And one company is using a special camera.
It can see the leopard cats at night.
When the camera sees a leopard cat, it makes an
alarm sound.
Then, the leopard cat doesn't run into the road.
So far, it's working pretty well!
Drivers need to slow down at night on mountain
roads and watch for leopard cats.
And computer cameras are helping, too!
I hope we can save the Taiwan leopard cat!
It's such a cool and special animal!
你知道台灣有一種很特別的貓嗎?
他看起來像家裡養的小貓 大小也差不多。
他就是「石虎」。
現在大約只剩500隻。有一些石虎，住在苗栗的丘陵地。
石虎是夜行性動物，有時候，因為夜間視線不好，汽車會撞到過馬路的石虎！
有間公司使用了特殊照相機，只要石虎靠近，就會發出聲音，阻止石虎跑到馬路上。
除了特殊照相機的幫忙，駕駛人在夜間行駛山路時，必須減慢速度注意石虎，大家一起來保護台灣石虎吧！
Vocabulary 單字教學
Hit 撞擊
I got hit by a car last night.
我昨晚被車子撞到!
Cross 穿越
Look both ways before you cross the road.
過馬路前先要左右看看。
In time 及時
We are in time to catch the train
我們還來得及趕上那趟火車。
Camera 照相機
I want a camera for my birthday.
我想要照相機做生日禮物。
Quiz Time 有獎徵答
Number 1: What's Taiwan's special wild cat
called?
(1) Tiger
Cat (2) Leopard Cat (3) Chicken Cat
第一題，台灣特有的野生貓類叫什麼名字？ (1) 虎貓 (2) 石虎 (3) 雞貓
Number
2: How many wild cats are still in Taiwan?
(1) 500 (2) 30 (3) 2000
第二題，台灣石虎還有多少隻存活？ (1)500隻 (2) 30隻 (3) 2000隻
Number 3: What can drivers do to help on mountain
roads at night?
(1) Drive slowly (2)
Drive fast (3) Drive very very fast
第三題，駕駛人在夜間開車時可以怎麼幫助石虎？
(1) 開慢一點 (2) 開快一點 (3) 開非常非常快
*專題報導來源:
ICRT LUNCHBOX 12/02
https://www.icrt.com.tw/news_lunchbox.php?&mlevel1=7&mlevel2=96&searchDate=2020-12-02
