Solar-Powered Computer Cockroaches

What's that? A cockroach?! Ahhh! I don't like cockroaches, how about you? You don't like them either, right? 我不喜歡蟑螂！你也是，對吧？ You know, some animals can help people. Dogs can help find lost people or help the police catch bad guys. Now scientists have found a way for cockroaches to help people too! Thanks to a super tiny computer. 科學家找到讓蟑螂幫助人的方法！他們用一個超級小電腦。 This little computer is like a mini backpack. It controls the cockroach's legs. They also put a tiny solar panel on the cockroach's back to power the computer! 那個電腦長得像一個小背包。它會控制蟑螂的腿，上面還有太陽能板可以充電。 Cockroaches are very good at getting into small places, and if scientists can control them, they can use them to go into super small spaces. 蟑螂很會鑽，所以科學家可以利用牠們進去很窄的空間裡面。 Soon, scientists might put a mini camera on the cockroach too. Then they could send the cockroaches to small spaces, and with the camera, they could see things in places humans can't reach. 他們以後會在蟑螂上放迷你相機，就可以看到人類看不到的地方。 Maybe these special cockroaches could help see inside a building after an earthquake or go into a place that's too dangerous for people. 如果有地震發生，也許這些蟑螂可以幫我們進去建築物裡面看看，或是進到對人類來說太危險的地方。 Hmmm… maybe one day we will think of cockroaches as helpful little heroes! ________________________________ Vocabulary 用超級小電腦來控制蟑螂，這可是聞所未聞！ 1. control 控制 Look, this little thing can control my beetle! 你看，這個小東西可以控制我的金龜子。 Wow, how did it do that? 哇，它是怎麼做到的？ Easy, by making sounds. 很簡單，它會發出聲音。 2. power 供應電力 How do you power this little thing? 你怎麼供電給這個小東西？ It has a tiny battery. 它有個小電池。 3. camera 相機 But what do you have your beetle do? 但是你要金龜子做什麼呢？ I want it to carry a camera. 我要牠帶個相機。 To take photos of its home? 給牠的家照相哦？ 4. small 小的 Maybe. Isn't that fun? 也許吧，那不是很好玩嗎？ Yeah, it can go into very small places… 牠可以進入非常小的地方… Where we can't go. 我們不能去的地方。 你有想過控制昆蟲嗎？ control 控制 power 供應電力 camera 相機 small 小的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the scientists do? A: They put a tiny computer on a cockroach B: They saw a cockroach and ran away C: They put a cockroach on a dog 2. What does the little computer look like? A: A fish B: A sandwich C: A backpack 3. How could this special cockroach help people? A: It could go places humans can't go B: It could sing and dance C: It could be a good pet Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn