From a Backyard Rocket to a Space Mission

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From a Backyard Rocket to a Space Mission

Narrator: Space is so big. There's always something new to learn.

外太空很大，還有很多新知可以去探索。

In 2020, a girl from the UK was six years old. On TV, she saw a rocket launch to Mars. Astronaut Liz, or Astro Liz, fell in love with space then.

2020年，英國一位六歲女孩在電視上看到火箭發射到火星，從此之後愛上外太空。

Astro Liz loves learning about space. She makes videos about space. She posts them online. She shares her learning and excitement with everyone!

Liz 喜歡學習太空知識，也製作太空影片放到網路上，分享給大家。

Astro Liz made a cool rocket in her backyard. She made it with cardboard. The rocket was about two meters tall. Then …

Astro Liz: THREE, TWO, ONE, LIFT OFF!

Narrator: Yes, the rocket was real! It flew nine meters up in the air! Everyone was surprised!

Liz用紙板在後院打造了一個兩公尺高的火箭。還可以發射，火箭飛了9公尺高。

Astro Liz was seven years old. Space experts saw her rocket video. They liked it very much!

太空專家看到她的火箭影片，他們非常喜歡。

They asked Astro Liz to join a real space mission! A rocket is taking twenty boxes to the moon. One box is hers. She put an Astro Liz sticker in it.

還邀請Liz參加真的太空任務。有一支火箭要帶二十個箱子到月球，其中一個是 Liz 的，她把自己的貼紙放進箱子裡。

Learning can take us to wonderful places. Astro Liz's love of learning took her to a space mission!

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Vocabulary

這個小女孩不但喜歡太空，還會製作火箭。

1. space 太空

I'm going to Florida next month. 我下個月要去佛羅里達州。

Cool! Do you plan to see the Space Center? 酷喔。你打算去參觀太空中心嗎?

2. launch 發射

Yeah, isn't it exciting? 對啊，好讓人興奮!

I'll get to see them launch a rocket.我要去看他們發射火箭。

Really? Where will the rocket go? 真的嗎? 火箭要飛去哪裡?

It's going to the Moon! 要去月球。

3. mission 任務

It's an unmanned space mission.那是一次無人的太空任務。

To prepare for traveling to Mars? 去準備火星之旅嗎?

4. surprised 驚訝的

Right, I'm surprised that you know about it. 對，我很驚訝你知道。

Oh, I know a lot of things! 我知道的才多呢!

你對太空著迷嗎?

space太空

launch發射

mission任務

surprised驚訝的

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Quiz

1. What was Astro Liz's rocket made of?

a. Cardboard

b. Plastic

c. Wood

2. Who asked Astro Liz to join the space mission?

a. Teachers

b. Space experts

c. Everyone

3. What did Astro Liz put in a box?

a. Chocolate

b. A sticker

c. Money

Answers:

1. a

2. b

3. b