Smart Cities
Narrator: Hey!
I have a question for you!
Do you live in a city?
Or in the countryside?
Around the world,
a little over half of all people live in cities.
In Taiwan though,
it’s over 78 percent!
78%的台灣人住在市區!
Because some cities
have so many people living in them,
they need lots of things
to keep the city running smoothly.
They need lots of homes,
space, energy, water and transport.
1.As more and more people
move to cities,in the future cities
could look quite different.
2-1.What do you think cities of the
future will look like?…..
Do you think there’ll be flying cars and hoverboards?
會有飛天車跟漂浮滑板嗎?
Or robot dogs?
機器狗?
Lasers and jetpacks?
還是噴射背包?
2-2.Maybe some day,
but for now,
what some places are doing
is trying to make cities smarter.
These are called Smart cities.
把城市智能化就是智慧城市。
Smart cities use technology to do a lot of things.
Smart cities help people become more eco-friendly.
3.This means making sure people
are being good
to the environment.
They do this by making sure
energy isn’t wasted,
and that garbage is thrown away
properly.
不浪費資源，垃圾也被回收。
Everything is also more convenient in these cities,
and places are easier to get to.
交通也方便很多。
Singapore does smart things like grow plants indoors … vertically!
That means plants grow upwards!
在室內種菜，是垂直的方式喔！
In Barcelona,
which is in Spain,
people throw trash into special bins.
Then the trash is sucked through underground pipes
to be taken away!
垃圾會被吸到地下處理！
Pretty cool, right?
And of course,
we have Smart Cities in Taiwan too! In fact,
Taipei City
has been listed as the 7th “smartest” city in the world!
台北是全球第七名！
Not bad!
Would you like to live in a smart city?
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Vocabulary
Um, smart city,
that sounds like a good idea!
1. Smart聰明的
Kevin is such a smart boy!
凱文真是個聰明孩子!
2. Technology技術。
Computer technology is amazing!
電腦科技很驚人!
3. Mean意思。
What do you mean?
你是什麼意思?
I mean you should stop eating so many sweets.
我的意思是你應該減少吃甜食。
4. Look看，look like看起來。
Oh no,
the new teacher looks like my mom!
糟了，新老師看起來像我媽!
It looks like it’s going to rain.
看起來就要下雨了。
5. World世界。
The world’s biggest fish is the whale shark.
世界最大的魚類是鯨鯊。
Would you like to travel around the world when you grow up?
Let’s read the words first.
Smart聰明的 technology技術 mean意思 look看 look like看起來
world世界
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Quiz
1. How many people around the world live in cities?
a. Almost all
b. More than half
c. Only a few
2. What are the cities in the story called?
a. Super Citie
b. Cool Cities
c. Smart Cities
3. What do these cities use to become better places to live?
a. Magic
b. Love
c. Technology