Making goulash
we don’t talk much,
Daddy and me.
“The talking’s in the making, son,”
he smiles.
I see what he means.
It’s in the knife
meeting the beef,
in the dancing of potatoes
as they turn in the water,
in the singing
of boiling soup in the pot.
There are enough words
in the way
Daddy teaches me his famous dish
and the way he hugs me
when we finish.
Making goulash
we don’t talk much,
Daddy and me,
but everything is said.
(Ideas from Candace Pearson’s poem)
poem 詩 likely 可能
Making goulash
we don’t talk much,
Daddy and me.
“The talking’s in the making, son,”
he smiles.
I see what he means.
It’s in the knife
meeting the beef,
in the dancing of potatoes
as they turn in the water,
in the singing
of boiling soup in the pot.
There are enough words
in the way
Daddy teaches me his famous dish
and the way he hugs me
when we finish.
Making goulash
we don’t talk much,
Daddy and me,
but everything is said.
(Ideas from Candace Pearson’s poem)
poem 詩 likely 可能
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Sarah: You’re VERY popular today. I’ve had seventeen calls asking for you.
Mike: Finally! After all these years of kicking and running, I’ve got my own fans! So what did they want? My photos? Do I need to sign my name? Are they starting a fan club for me?
Sarah: Well, let me ask you this: What day was yesterday?
Mike: Friday… Why?
Sarah: Did you forget something?
Mike: Did I forget… OH, NO! I didn’t pick up my soccer team’s sport shirts from the shop! And we’re having this big game tomorrow!
Sarah: Yeah. And from what I’ve heard, it’s your team’s most important game this season.
Mike: OK. I have to go fix this now.
Sarah: Too late. They’ve tried. It’s not open on the weekend. And if you want to know, they are Johnny, Ricky, Archie, Freddie…
Mike: I know, I know, everyone on my team. Oh, I’m a dead man now.
Sarah: Yeah, that was what they said on the phone, seventeen times.
Why were there seventeen calls asking for Mike?
✓（A）His team was angry at him.
（B）He is a popular soccer player.
（C）He did not show up for the game on Friday.
（D）His name did not appear on the list of players.
Sarah: You’re VERY popular today. I’ve had seventeen calls asking for you.
Mike: Finally! After all these years of kicking and running, I’ve got my own fans! So what did they want? My photos? Do I need to sign my name? Are they starting a fan club for me?
Sarah: Well, let me ask you this: What day was yesterday?
Mike: Friday… Why?
Sarah: Did you forget something?
Mike: Did I forget… OH, NO! I didn’t pick up my soccer team’s sport shirts from the shop! And we’re having this big game tomorrow!
Sarah: Yeah. And from what I’ve heard, it’s your team’s most important game this season.
Mike: OK. I have to go fix this now.
Sarah: Too late. They’ve tried. It’s not open on the weekend. And if you want to know, they are Johnny, Ricky, Archie, Freddie…
Mike: I know, I know, everyone on my team. Oh, I’m a dead man now.
Sarah: Yeah, that was what they said on the phone, seventeen times.
Sarah: You’re VERY popular today. I’ve had seventeen calls asking for you.
Mike: Finally! After all these years of kicking and running, I’ve got my own fans! So what did they want? My photos? Do I need to sign my name? Are they starting a fan club for me?
Sarah: Well, let me ask you this: What day was yesterday?
Mike: Friday… Why?
Sarah: Did you forget something?
Mike: Did I forget… OH, NO! I didn’t pick up my soccer team’s sport shirts from the shop! And we’re having this big game tomorrow!
Sarah: Yeah. And from what I’ve heard, it’s your team’s most important game this season.
Mike: OK. I have to go fix this now.
Sarah: Too late. They’ve tried. It’s not open on the weekend. And if you want to know, they are Johnny, Ricky, Archie, Freddie…
Mike: I know, I know, everyone on my team. Oh, I’m a dead man now.
Sarah: Yeah, that was what they said on the phone, seventeen times.
Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry, there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world.
However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is “good,” the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons’ help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn’t this amazing?
male 雄性 energy 能量 title 標題
Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry, there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world.
However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is “good,” the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons’ help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn’t this amazing?
male 雄性 energy 能量 title 標題
Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry, there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world.
However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is “good,” the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons’ help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn’t this amazing?
male 雄性 energy 能量 title 標題
What can we learn about superb fairy-wrens from the reading?
（A）Male birds can usually live for ten years.
（B）Baby birds grow well in hot, dry weather.
✓（C）Young male birds share the job of feeding the baby birds.
（D）Mother birds make smaller eggs when there is less food outside.
Here are two pieces of news that Annie collected for her report.
Papier-mâché is works of art that are made of paper. In Taiwan, it is known as zhizha and is usually burned as a gift for dead people. Taiwan’s papier-mâché is dying because it is not much needed now. However, this dying art won a Frenchman’s heart when he visited the island. He then invited one of the papier-mâché shops, Hsin Hsin Paper Offering Store, to show their beautiful works in France. The shop owner’s son also used papier-mâché in a way that no one ever thought of—making a movie with it.
Stan Lai is very important in Taiwan’s theater. He brought changes to Chinese theater art of the old days to make it closer to our life experiences and easier to understand. One of his most famous works is That Evening, We Performed Crosstalk (1985). It was such a smash hit that people became interested again in xiangsheng, a show of funny talk between two actors. This art used to be a hobby that only a few people shared, but Lai has opened a bigger market for it. Now it has fans across all ages.
work 作品
What idea is talked about in both pieces of news?
（A）More young people need to join in making art.
（B）People’s ways of enjoying art change with time.
（C）Bringing important art works to Taiwan from abroad.
✓（D）Giving new life to old arts that were almost forgotten.
Here are two pieces of news that Annie collected for her report.
Papier-mâché is works of art that are made of paper. In Taiwan, it is known as zhizha and is usually burned as a gift for dead people. Taiwan’s papier-mâché is dying because it is not much needed now. However, this dying art won a Frenchman’s heart when he visited the island. He then invited one of the papier-mâché shops, Hsin Hsin Paper Offering Store, to show their beautiful works in France. The shop owner’s son also used papier-mâché in a way that no one ever thought of—making a movie with it.
Stan Lai is very important in Taiwan’s theater. He brought changes to Chinese theater art of the old days to make it closer to our life experiences and easier to understand. One of his most famous works is That Evening, We Performed Crosstalk (1985). It was such a smash hit that people became interested again in xiangsheng, a show of funny talk between two actors. This art used to be a hobby that only a few people shared, but Lai has opened a bigger market for it. Now it has fans across all ages.
work 作品
Here are two pieces of news that Annie collected for her report.
Papier-mâché is works of art that are made of paper. In Taiwan, it is known as zhizha and is usually burned as a gift for dead people. Taiwan’s papier-mâché is dying because it is not much needed now. However, this dying art won a Frenchman’s heart when he visited the island. He then invited one of the papier-mâché shops, Hsin Hsin Paper Offering Store, to show their beautiful works in France. The shop owner’s son also used papier-mâché in a way that no one ever thought of—making a movie with it.
Stan Lai is very important in Taiwan’s theater. He brought changes to Chinese theater art of the old days to make it closer to our life experiences and easier to understand. One of his most famous works is That Evening, We Performed Crosstalk (1985). It was such a smash hit that people became interested again in xiangsheng, a show of funny talk between two actors. This art used to be a hobby that only a few people shared, but Lai has opened a bigger market for it. Now it has fans across all ages.
work 作品
What do we know from the news?
（A）Lai has taught xiangsheng in many schools.
（B）Lai often puts his own life stories into his art works.
（C）The owner of Hsin Hsin Paper Offering Store is a Frenchman.
✓（D）People do not burn papier-mâché for dead people as often as before.
VOF News
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise. It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol. Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: (1) our bodies will make less cortisol, and (2) the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when’s the best time to have coffee? When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
16/01/2015
Four people read the news and wrote what they thought about it.
Mike: The best time to drink coffee is when you want to drink coffee.
Sarah: I usually wake up AFTER I drink coffee!
Charlie: The worst time to drink coffee is when you're DEAD.
Lisa: If you need someone to tell you when to drink coffee, well, that’s just sad.
cortisol 皮質醇 level 數值；濃度
Which idea is talked about in the news?
（A）How often we should drink coffee.
（B）What happens when we have too much coffee.
（C）How to help the body make the cortisol we need.
✓（D）What happens when we have coffee at the wrong time.
VOF News
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise. It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol. Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: (1) our bodies will make less cortisol, and (2) the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when’s the best time to have coffee? When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
16/01/2015
Four people read the news and wrote what they thought about it.
Mike: The best time to drink coffee is when you want to drink coffee.
Sarah: I usually wake up AFTER I drink coffee!
Charlie: The worst time to drink coffee is when you're DEAD.
Lisa: If you need someone to tell you when to drink coffee, well, that’s just sad.
cortisol 皮質醇 level 數值；濃度
What does it mean when someone thinks otherwise about something?
VOF News
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise. It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol. Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: (1) our bodies will make less cortisol, and (2) the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when’s the best time to have coffee? When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
16/01/2015
Four people read the news and wrote what they thought about it.
Mike: The best time to drink coffee is when you want to drink coffee.
Sarah: I usually wake up AFTER I drink coffee!
Charlie: The worst time to drink coffee is when you're DEAD.
Lisa: If you need someone to tell you when to drink coffee, well, that’s just sad.
cortisol 皮質醇 level 數值；濃度
Four people read the news and wrote what they thought about it. What did they think about the news?
Below is part of a new shopping center’s market report.
Our busiest time is weekend afternoons, between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. About half the business of the week is done then. So it would be better if we move Weekend’s Best Buy from Saturday evening to Saturday afternoon when there may be more shoppers during the sale. We should also think about having more free buses during the weekend, as 75% of the shoppers who were interviewed said two buses an hour are just not enough.
Weekend evenings are second busiest, though it is not as good as last season. An interesting fact is that business is better on weekday evenings, usually one hour before closing, than on weekend mornings. Most of the shoppers then are people who live near or working parents who do their last-minute shopping. They together make up almost 60% of the business on weekday evenings. It might bring in more business if we open half an hour longer during weekdays, until 10:30 p.m.
as 由於 make up 構成；組成 suggest 建議
What does the report NOT suggest?
（A）Having more free buses for shoppers.
（B）Changing the opening hours on weekdays.
✓（C）Making plans to help weekday morning business.
（D）Changing the time of the special sale on weekends.
Below is part of a new shopping center’s market report.
Our busiest time is weekend afternoons, between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. About half the business of the week is done then. So it would be better if we move Weekend’s Best Buy from Saturday evening to Saturday afternoon when there may be more shoppers during the sale. We should also think about having more free buses during the weekend, as 75% of the shoppers who were interviewed said two buses an hour are just not enough.
Weekend evenings are second busiest, though it is not as good as last season. An interesting fact is that business is better on weekday evenings, usually one hour before closing, than on weekend mornings. Most of the shoppers then are people who live near or working parents who do their last-minute shopping. They together make up almost 60% of the business on weekday evenings. It might bring in more business if we open half an hour longer during weekdays, until 10:30 p.m.
as 由於 make up 構成；組成 suggest 建議
What does the report say about the shopping center?
（A）Its business on weekdays is not as good as last season.
（B）It has a special sale one hour before closing every day.
（C）Most of the shoppers take the free buses to the shopping center.
✓（D）A large part of its shoppers on weekday evenings are working parents.
Dear Maggie,
I know you won’t be happy but I still have to say this again. It hurts me to think that you’re going to 36 . I know you’ve always wanted to be like those actresses with big eyes and slim legs, but in fact you are already beautiful. What you are born with makes you special because nobody looks the same as you.
It worries me more that 37 . But sadly, there’s no quick fix to this, not even with the doctor’s help. If you don’t try to like yourself first, no one else will. People like you not because of your face, but because of your heart. You need to understand this first. Until you understand this, nothing is going to be different even if you have this change.
I truly hope you think this through again.
Love,
Linda
Dear Maggie,
I know you won’t be happy but I still have to say this again. It hurts me to think that you’re going to 36 . I know you’ve always wanted to be like those actresses with big eyes and slim legs, but in fact you are already beautiful. What you are born with makes you special because nobody looks the same as you.
It worries me more that 37 . But sadly, there’s no quick fix to this, not even with the doctor’s help. If you don’t try to like yourself first, no one else will. People like you not because of your face, but because of your heart. You need to understand this first. Until you understand this, nothing is going to be different even if you have this change.
I truly hope you think this through again.
Love,
Linda
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926. No one thought one day she 38 the queen of the UK. After her grandfather, King George V, died in 1936, Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince Edward, became King Edward VIII. Edward 39 in love with a married American woman long before, and he decided to marry her after he became the king. However, Edward was asked to choose between the throne and his love. Finally, he decided to give up the throne.
40 . After Edward VIII gave up the throne, Elizabeth’s father became King George VI. As the oldest child without any brothers, Elizabeth became next in line to the throne. She needed to say goodbye to her good old life and prepare to be a queen. After her father died in 1952, she became Queen Elizabeth II.
Ever since she became head of her country, Queen Elizabeth II 41 : She has held meetings with important people in the UK, and has visited many foreign countries. In the few hours she keeps to herself, however, she reads and enjoys horseback riding.
throne 王位
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926. No one thought one day she 38 the queen of the UK. After her grandfather, King George V, died in 1936, Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince Edward, became King Edward VIII. Edward 39 in love with a married American woman long before, and he decided to marry her after he became the king. However, Edward was asked to choose between the throne and his love. Finally, he decided to give up the throne.
40 . After Edward VIII gave up the throne, Elizabeth’s father became King George VI. As the oldest child without any brothers, Elizabeth became next in line to the throne. She needed to say goodbye to her good old life and prepare to be a queen. After her father died in 1952, she became Queen Elizabeth II.
Ever since she became head of her country, Queen Elizabeth II 41 : She has held meetings with important people in the UK, and has visited many foreign countries. In the few hours she keeps to herself, however, she reads and enjoys horseback riding.
throne 王位
（選出最適合填入第 40 格的選項）
✓（A）This changed Elizabeth’s life
（B）It was not easy to give up the throne
（C）It was good news to Elizabeth and her family
（D）This part of history made the UK a strong country
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926. No one thought one day she 38 the queen of the UK. After her grandfather, King George V, died in 1936, Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince Edward, became King Edward VIII. Edward 39 in love with a married American woman long before, and he decided to marry her after he became the king. However, Edward was asked to choose between the throne and his love. Finally, he decided to give up the throne.
40 . After Edward VIII gave up the throne, Elizabeth’s father became King George VI. As the oldest child without any brothers, Elizabeth became next in line to the throne. She needed to say goodbye to her good old life and prepare to be a queen. After her father died in 1952, she became Queen Elizabeth II.
Ever since she became head of her country, Queen Elizabeth II 41 : She has held meetings with important people in the UK, and has visited many foreign countries. In the few hours she keeps to herself, however, she reads and enjoys horseback riding.
throne 王位