Hair Can Clean Up Oil Spills

When you get your haircut, what do you do with the hair clippings? Your hair clippings are the pieces of hair that you have cut off. 剪完頭髮之後，你要如何處理剪下來的頭髮？ Well, most of the time, all that chopped off hair goes into the garbage. But leftover hair can actually be very useful! 這些被剪掉的頭髮通常進垃圾桶，但其實它很有用。 Did you know that hair can help clean up oil spills? 你知道頭髮可以清理海上的油汙嗎？ Oil spills happen when something goes wrong with big ships on the ocean. Sometimes these ships are carrying a lot of oil, and the oil leaks out into the water. This is an oil spill. 船隻如果在海上發生意外，就有可能會漏油。 Oil spills are very bad for animals. This is because oil makes everything dirty, and pollutes the water and makes sand on the beach slimy and dirty. Oil is also very, very difficult to clean up. 漏油不但傷害海洋生物，還會把沙灘弄得又黏又髒，並且很難清理乾淨。 But hair makes cleaning up oil a lot easier! Hair can be made into special material that can soak up oil, and this makes it easier for people to get oil out of the ocean. 頭髮可以做成可以吸附油汙的特殊材料，用來清除海面漏油很有效。 That's amazing! I didn't know the hair on my head was so useful. Hm … my cat has a lot of hair too, and he leaves a lot of furballs everywhere. I wonder if I can use that to help clean up the ocean too? 我家裡到處都是貓咪的毛球，也許那些毛球也可以派上用場？ ________________________________ Vocabulary 頭髮可以清理油汙，沒想到吧？ 1. Useful 有用的 Hair can be very useful. 頭髮可能會很有用。 Are you trying to tell me to get a haircut? 你是不是想叫我去剪頭髮？ No, of course not. 當然不是啦。 2. Oil 油 I dropped some oil on my shirt. 我襯衫上滴了一些油。 You can clean it up by using water and soap. 你可以用水跟肥皂把它清掉。 3. Difficult 困難的 It's difficult, you know. 有點難呢。 See, there's still a mark. 你看，還是有個汙點。 It'll come off after you wash it more. 你洗更多次它就沒了。 4. Beach 海灘 The weather is so nice. Let's go to the beach! 天氣真好，我們去海灘玩吧！ Sounds great. We can go to Bai-sha Bay in New Taipei. 真棒，我們可以去新北市的白沙灣。 Today's words are very useful! useful 有用的 oil 油 difficult 困難的 beach 海灘 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is an oil spill? A: When we spill oil on the table. B: When we use oil while cooking. C: When oil spills into the ocean. 2. What does oil do to the environment? A: It makes everything dirty. B: It cleans everything up. C: It disappears on its own. 3. What is mentioned in this story to clean up oil spills? A: Hair. B: Towels. C: Soap. Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn