Town Gets Man’s Big Secret

Are you generous? A generous person gives money or help in a kind way. Maybe you're generous. But are you as generous as Geoffrey Holt was? 你是一個慷慨的人嗎? 你能像Geoffrey Holt一樣慷慨嗎? Who was Geoffrey Holt? Geoffrey was a nice, quiet man. People liked him. He lived in a small town in America called Hinsdale. 他是誰呢? Geoffrey是個安靜又友善的人，他住在美國一個叫 Hinsdale的小鎮。 Geoffrey knew a lot about cars. But he didn't drive a car. He rode a bicycle around town. That's because Geoffrey didn't like to spend much money. Geoffrey很了解車，但是他沒有開車。Geoffrey不喜歡花很多錢，他都在小鎮裡騎腳踏車。 When he was 82, he died. But Geoffrey had a big secret. He kept the secret for a long time. 但是Geoffrey有個秘密，大家一直到他在82歲過世的時候才發現。 Geoffrey was rich! He had about four million dollars. Wow! That's more than 125 million Taiwan dollars! 他其實很有錢，他有大約400萬美金，超過1億2500萬台幣。 Geoffrey gave all his money to Hinsdale when he died. He wanted to help his town. Geoffrey死後把他所有的錢留給這個小鎮，希望可以有所幫助。 The people of Hinsdale are very happy about the money. They will use Geoffrey's money to help their town. Their schools and other things in their town will be better. Hinsdale的人非常高興，他們打算讓小鎮裡的學校跟其他的設備變得更好。 Geoffrey Holt was a very generous guy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這位低調的富翁，把他所有的財富都留給他所住的地方。 1. die 死亡 How do you want to be remembered when you die? 你死的時候希望人們記得你什麼? That's a very big question! 好大的問題! 2. kind 仁慈的 No, I'm serious.我是認真的。 Okay, I'd like people to say I love my friends. 好吧，我想要大家說我愛朋友。That I'm nice and kind.人很好很和善。 3. happy 快樂的 What about you? 你呢? I'd like to be remembered as a happy person.我想要別人記得我是個快樂的人。 4. better 更好的 Are you happy now? 你現在快樂嗎? I try to be.我在努力。 I believe I can do better.我相信可以做得更好。 I'll help you. 我會幫你。 Thank you! You are nice and kind. 謝謝，你真的是又好又和善。 你今天學到哪些字? die死亡 kind仁慈的 happy快樂的 better更好的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quiz 1. Which one did Geoffrey do? a. Spent a lot of money b. Drove a car c. Rode a bicycle 2. How old was Geoffrey when he died? a. 62 b. 82 c. 102 3. How much of Geoffrey's money did Hinsdale get? a. Half of it b. Most of it c. All of it Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn