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I Need A Swimming Suit! 我要泳衣啦！
Melvin’s Diary
夏天到了，你是不是也很想去玩水呢？那你知道玩水的時候要穿什麼衣服呢？答對了！要穿泳衣還要戴泳帽哦！Melvin為了要玩水，媽媽帶他去買基本配備囉！
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June 15, 2013
晴天
Whew! It’s hot here! Finally, we have weather like in Taiwan. Daddy bought me a little pool for our yard, but I need a swimming suit! When I was little, I could swim with nothing on. But Mommy says now that I’m a big boy and we have neighbors, I should have a suit. We went to the mall to look for one, and there were so many choices. Would I like stripes, letters and numbers, penguins, dolphins, camouflage? No, not camouflage. How about ninjas? Or Spiderman, or Batman? I just can’t decide! Mommy, look! Angry Birds. WOLA! That‘s what I want. So now, there’s a little angry bird swimming around and laughing all afternoon in our pool.
2013年6月15日
呼！好熱噢！天氣終於跟台灣一樣熱。爸爸在我們的庭院買了一個小游泳池給我玩，但我現在需要一件泳褲！當我還小的時候，我都是光溜溜的玩。但是，現在媽媽說我是一個大男孩，我們有鄰居，我應該要穿泳褲玩。我們去購物中心找我的泳褲，然後有好多的選擇耶！我到底是要選條紋的、字母的、數字的、企鵝的、海豚的、還是迷彩衣的呢？不，不要迷彩衣。那忍者泳褲如何？還是蜘蛛人或蝙蝠俠？我無法決定啊！媽咪，你看！憤怒鳥。哇嗚！那是我想要的。購物後的下午，有隻火紅的小小憤怒鳥在我家泳池裡歡笑游泳著 。
Word Bank
1. weather n. 天氣
2. pool n. 游泳池
3. swimming suit 泳衣（褲）
4. mall n. 購物中心
5. choice n. 選擇
6. stripe n. 條紋
7. camouflage n. 迷彩
8. afternoon n. 下午
More Words
1. swim trunks 泳褲
2. puddle n. 水坑
3. type n. 樣式
4. style n. 流行款式
5. option n. 選擇
Chat with Melvin
夏天好熱，吃冰、泡在泳池裡就能暑氣全消啦！Melvin想要媽媽陪他一起在游泳池裡玩耍，然後就是．．．潑水囉！
Melvin Come on in, Mommy. The water is really warm.
來跟我玩水吧，媽咪。水不會冷喔。
Melvin’s Mom I’ll come in if you promise not to splash me.
如果你答應我不要潑我，我就跟你玩。
Melvin I won’t splash you.
我不會噴你啦。
Melvin’s Mom OK. I’m in.
好吧。我進來水池囉。
Melvin But, you have to get all the way wet.
但是，一定要讓你全身濕嗒嗒的啦。
Melvin’s Mom The water’s so cold.
水超冷的。
Melvin No, it’s not. Watch me jump in.
不，才不冷耶。看我跳進水池。
Melvin’s Mom Hey, you splashed me!
嘿，你潑到我啦！
All About Me
Melvin在夏天都會做一個小小勞作，那就是冰船啦！什麼是冰船呢？就是用冰塊做的小帆船，做好之後可以放在游泳池裡跟你一起玩水哦！快來動手做做看吧！
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One day, I made these ice boats and floated them in the pool. You can make them, too. Here’s how:
有一天，我動手做這些冰船，讓它們漂在我的小小游泳池。你也可以試試看喔。做法如下：
You’ll need:
你需要的材料：
• a plastic cup一個塑膠杯
• bendable straw可彎曲的吸管
• tape膠帶
• paper for the sail紙（可以剪下來當帆）
• scissors剪刀
• hole punch打孔器

Step 1 Bend the straw and tape the short end to the inside bottom of the cup.
弄彎吸管，把吸管貼到杯底。
Step 2 Fill the cup with water and put it in the freezer for a few hours.
把杯子裝滿水，並冷凍幾個小時。
Step 3 When it’s frozen, remove the ice by running water on the outside of the cup.
當它冷凍好了，澆水取出冰塊。
Step 4 Cut a sail from the paper and use a hole punch to make two holes for the straw to go through.
從紙上剪下帆並用打孔機打兩個洞，讓吸管穿過紙帆。
Step 5 Put the ice boat into the pool. You can swim with it.
把冰船放入游泳池裡。你可以跟冰船一起游泳囉。

I Need A Swimming Suit! 我要泳衣啦！
Melvin’s Diary
夏天到了，你是不是也很想去玩水呢？那你知道玩水的時候要穿什麼衣服呢？答對了！要穿泳衣還要戴泳帽哦！Melvin為了要玩水，媽媽帶他去買基本配備囉！
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June 15, 2013
晴天
Whew! It’s hot here! Finally, we have weather like in Taiwan. Daddy bought me a little pool for our yard, but I need a swimming suit! When I was little, I could swim with nothing on. But Mommy says now that I’m a ...

Introduction Melvin’s Family　 Melvin的家人

Part 1 Goodbye Taiwan
#1 Where is Santa? 聖誕老公公呢？
#2 Countdown at Taipei 101 跟著台北101倒數
#3 A Yummy Breakfast 美味的早餐
#4 Goodbye Cards 再見卡片
#5 Goodbye Friends! 我的再見趴
#6 Packing My Suitcase 打包我的行李
#7 Thank you, Mr. Apartment 謝謝你，公寓先生
#8 Airport, Here We Come! 機場，我們來囉！

Part 2 The First Month in the United Sates
#1 Our New Castle (oops… I mean house!)
我們的新城堡（喔哦．．．．．．我指的是家啦）
#2 The Great Mix Up 調！調！調時差
#3 A Big Mess! 做餅乾大混亂！
#4 A New Bike 閃亮亮的腳踏車
#5 My Room in Our Castle 我在城堡裡的房間
#6 Going to Church 上教堂
#7 Dumplings! 水餃大作戰
#8 I’m at Disneyland! 我在迪士尼樂園囉！！！

Part Three Spring Beauty
#1 Walking in the Woods散步好時光
#2 We Live in a Garden! 住在花園裡！
#3 A Chocolate Bunny? 一隻巧克力兔子？
#4 On the Hunt 復活節尋蛋記
#5 Our picnic 野餐
#6 A Bike Tour 腳踏車之旅
#7 A Farmer’s Market 農夫市集
#8 Happy Mother’s Day! 母親節快樂！

Part Four Summer Fun
#1 Lots of Groceries 超市大採購
#2 I Need A Swimming Suit! 我要泳衣啦！
#3 Ice Cream 吃冰淇淋囉！
#4 My Messy Face 滿嘴烤肉醬囉！
#5 Fourth of July Parade! 國慶日——遊行，萬歲！
#6 Batter Up! 棒球日
#7 Mountain Climbing 爬山健行趣
#8 Happy Birthday, Daddy. 爸爸，生日快樂!

Part Five Fall Days
#1 Finally! Kindergarten! 幼兒園的第一天
#2 Recess! 下課囉！
#3 Making Noise! 音樂課吵翻天！
#4 I love PE! 我愛體育課
#5 Beautiful Maple Leaves 美麗的楓樹葉
#6 Halloween 萬聖節
#7 Living History 「活」歷史
#8 Thanksgiving – Family Reunion 感恩節──家族團聚

Part Six Winter Cold
#1 Winter Clothes 冬衣
#2 It’s Snowing! 下雪了！
#3 Downhill Speed! 超音速滑雪記
#4 A Christmas Letter to Santa 給聖誕老公公的一封信
#5 Ssh! It’s a Secret! 噓！這是秘密哦！
#6 Christmas Caroling 來報耶誕佳音囉！
#7 Christmas Eve平安夜
#8 My New Year’s Wish 我的新年新希望

附錄 Word List

Introduction Melvin’s Family　 Melvin的家人

Part 1 Goodbye Taiwan
#1 Where is Santa? 聖誕老公公呢？
#2 Countdown at Taipei 101 跟著台北101倒數
#3 A Yummy Breakfast 美味的早餐
#4 Goodbye Cards 再見卡片
#5 Goodbye Friends! 我的再見趴
#6 Packing My Suitcase 打包我的行李
#7 Thank you, Mr. Apartment 謝謝你，公寓先生
#8 Airport, Here We Come! 機場，我們來囉！

Part 2 The First Month in the United Sates
#1 Our New Castle (oops… I mean house!)
我們的新城堡（喔哦．．．．．．我指的是家啦）
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