Sneakers for Horses

Did you know that horses wear shoes? They're not shoes like the ones you and I wear. Our shoes are soft and light, and are made of things like leather or rubber. A horse's shoes are hard and heavy. They're made of metal! 馬也會穿鞋子，只是跟我們的不太一樣。我們的鞋子是用皮革跟橡膠做的，又輕又軟，馬的鞋子是用金屬做的，很硬又很重！ We keep shoes on our feet by tying them with shoelaces. But we keep shoes on a horse with metal nails! 我們用鞋帶固定鞋子，馬卻是用鐵釘！ That sounds really painful, right? Don't worry, they don't hurt! Horses don't have feet like we do. They have hooves. Hooves are very thick and hard. 聽起來很痛，但是馬不會痛，因為牠們有很厚很硬的馬蹄。 Hooves need to be kept safe, just like our feet. Which is why horses wear shoes. Now there's an artist who's helping horses wear the coolest shoes! He's made special sneakers just for horses! They look exactly like human sneakers! 現在，有一個藝術家幫馬做了超酷的球鞋，長得跟人的鞋一模一樣！ These sneakers are very expensive: one costs about $40,000 NT, and horses have four hooves! That's almost $160,000 NT! 但是這種球鞋超貴，大概要四萬新台幣，而且一隻馬有四個蹄，這樣要花十六萬！ But good news! All the money will go to charity. And who knows, maybe soon horses will have cooler shoes than people! ________________________________ Vocabulary 馬蹄鐵做得像人類穿的鞋子，這很有趣。 1. light 輕的 Your boots look so cool! 你的靴子好酷！ Are they real leather? 是真皮的嗎？ Yeah, soft and light lambskin. 是又輕又軟的羊皮。 2. heavy 重的 I prefer hard and heavy boots. 我比較喜歡又硬又重的靴子。 So you can wear them on rainy days? 那樣你就可以雨天穿？ So I can wear them any day. 就可以天天穿。 3. rubber 橡膠 Do you have rubber bands? 你有橡皮筋嗎？ Here you are. 這兒有。 Good, I need them to tie my hair. 真好，我需要用它綁頭髮。 4. cost 花費 Rubber bands are useful. 橡皮筋真有用。 Yeah, and they cost so little! 對啊，並且花不了什麼錢。 今天你學到哪些單字？一起來讀一讀。 light 輕的 heavy 重的 rubber 橡膠 cost 花費 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What are horse's shoes made from? A: Metal B: Rubber C: Leather 2. What do horses have instead of feet? A: Hands B: Wheels C: Hooves 3. How much does one horse sneaker cost? A: $40,000 NT B: $160,000 NT C: $60,000 NT Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn