今天，想着给草莓在网上找些学习素材，我想最好是儿童节目类，有意思的、表述浅显些，能打开脑洞进行天马行空地发散性思考，顺带着在情境中学学英语。
一直认为开阔的思维、变通性比英语学习本身重要的太多了，英语打开我们认识世界的大门，思维的宽广度能让我们在遇到各种人生难题时，更快地厘清思绪找出解决方案。
于是，寻寻觅觅中发现了这两个短片，一个是以儿童的视角来想象未来的学校是什么样的，另一个是儿童对话节目，在节目中孩子会遇见社会上各种各样的人，他们之中有病毒学家，黑客，消防员，芭蕾舞演员，101岁的年迈老奶奶，带导盲犬的生活的视障者...
都是比较简单易懂的儿童语言，我把字幕也整理好啦，上下滑动手指就可以看全，晚上可以带着宝贝一起看唷！
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小孩眼中的未来学校...？无极限的万能学习环境
The School of the Future:
There's No Limit to What School Can Be
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What will school look like in the future?
未来的学校会是什么样子呢？
We asked some experts.
我们询问了一些「专家」
Speaker 1: At my future school, when they go on field trips there are portals, so they could travel to Africa or Asia, or go into space.
专家一号：我想像的未来学校是如果有户外教学的话，会有一个传送门可以将学生传送至非洲或亚洲，甚至到外太空。
Speaker 2: This is my school of the future.
专家二号：这是我想像中的未来学校。
When you walk inside there's TVs on the ceiling, the floor, and all sides of the wall.
走进去后你会看到无论是天花板、地板还是周围的墙壁上都是电视墙。
If they say like, I want to learn about Earth, a big picture of Earth would pop up, and then it would talk about what Earth is made of.
如果想学些和地球有关的事，一张大地球图片就会跳出来，并且解说地球的组成。
Speaker 3: About the future, there's flying school buses.
专家三号：讲到未来的学校，我想会有在天上飞的校车。
Speaker 4: Instead of walking home, a jet fire pack comes out, and you could fly home.
专家四号：再也没有走路回家这种事，喷气式火箭背包可以让学生一路飞回家。
Speaker 5: You go on a space rocket to get to school.
专家五号：学生们都可以搭乘太空火箭去学校。
A space rocket school bus.
太空火箭会成为学校专车。
Speaker 2: And so, what you do is like, I want to learn about the Eiffel Tower, and then a picture of the Eiffel Tower would appear on every single wall and then it would appear in 3D.
专家二号：像是说，如果学生们想了解艾菲尔铁塔的资讯，一张艾菲尔铁塔的图片就会显示出来，投映在每一面墙上，而且是3D 的形式。
Speaker 6: Without leaving my house, I might as well just have a, the same as me, but it's just a hologram acting like me.
专家六号：学生不需离开家门，仍然会有个一模一样的我，不过是一个我的立体投射影像。
I'm still doing what I just want to do, and then I just send in the hologram, and the hologram does the work.
我还是可以做我想做的事，然后我送出立体投射影像，它会为了我工作。
Speaker 7: The floating school of mythology, so they go around the world in the boat, and talk to people in places like Egypt, Asia, and Greece.
专家七号：神话故事中的飘浮移动学校。搭船航遍全球和各地的人们对话，像是埃及、亚洲、希腊。
And like solve the mysteries, do stuffs like that.
做些解决神秘事件这类的事。
Speaker 8: School would be on a flying saucer.
专家八号：学校会建在飞碟上。
From the school you could see the Earth, the Moon, and sometimes you would visit the stars and the Milky Way.
从学校可以俯视地球、月球，有时还可以去其他星球和银河系参观。
Speaker 9: My school of the future would have a machine, if you forgot your lunch you would have to press buttons and then it would fly out of the machine, and you could have whatever you wanted.It could be really useful in the future.
专家九号：我未来的学校会有一台机器，如果忘了带午餐，只要按一下按钮，午餐就会从机器里飞出来。你可以拿到你想要的任何东西。这在未来会相当有用。
The experts agree. There's no limit to what school can be.
专家们都一致认为未来学校无极限。
Speaker 6: How it's going to happen in the future because probably somebody is going to be really, really smart.
专家六号：未来将会有这样子的学校，因为或许有人非常、非常聪明。
And that's like, knows how to make something like that, and then they'll make it and everything will be better than that.
知道要怎么做出这样的东西，然后他们就会成功做出来，一切也都会变得更好。
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小朋友与101 岁的奶奶见面
他们之间会聊什么呢？
Kids Meet a 101 Year Old
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Did you have forks or knives in the old days?
以前有刀叉吗？
Forks and knives?
刀叉？
Oh, sure, and spoons.
当然有，还有汤匙
(lighthearted music)
(轻快的音乐)
Hello. - Hi.
哈啰- 嗨
Hi, Micah. - Hi.
嗨，Micah - 嗨
I'm Alice.
我是Alice
Nice to meet you, Malice. - Alice.
很高兴认识你Malice - 是Alice
Alice, oh, sorry.
Alice 抱歉
What is your name?
你叫什么名字？
Clara. - Clara?
Clara - Clara？
I'm very happy to meet you.
很高兴认识你
What are we here to talk about?
我们要在这儿聊些什么？
Well, I think it might be how old I am.
我想应该是聊聊我有多老吧
How old are you?
你几岁了？
I'm in my hundred and first year.
今年101 岁
101. (gasps)
101 岁(倒抽一口气)
101? - Right.
101 岁？- 对啊
Did you ever know anybody else that old?
你知道有谁跟我一样老吗？
No. - I don't even know
不知道- 我也不知道
anybody else that old.
有谁跟我一样老
Where are you from?
你来自哪里？
Well, originally, I was born in Philadelphia,
我出生在费城
way, way over on the east coast.
在东部沿岸的地方
I was born in New York City.
我在纽约出生
Oh, you were?
真的吗？
So, you were born in the east, too.
那你也是出生在东部啰？
Yeah. - How was it, like, back then?
对啊- 那时候的生活是什么样子？
We didn't have radio, we didn't have television.
我们没有收音机，也没有电视
No telephones, when I was a little girl.
我还是个小女孩时也没有电话
There were not any trucks.
没有任何货车
They had wagons, and horses pulled them.
只有用马儿拉动的货运马车
Wow, that must've been a long time ago.
那一定是很久以前了
It was a long, long time ago.
是很久很久以前了
Back then, did you see any wars?
在那时候你有看过战争吗？
I did, and I was in the war.
有，而且我也参与其中
I was in the second World War.
在世界二次大战
We worked on decoding and encoding machines,
我们负责操作解码和编码器
very secret work.
这是一个很机密的工作
The officers had guns, and they said,
军官都配戴枪枝，而且他们说
if you told any of the secrets,
如果说出任何秘密
they would shoot you dead.
他们就会射杀你
But nobody got shot.
不过没有人被射杀
Good then. - Yeah.
幸好- 对啊
What would you do for fun?
你的兴趣是什么？
Oh, when I was a little girl?
我还是小女孩的时候吗？
I had dolls
我有洋娃娃
and blocks.
也有积木
But I really liked boys' things.
但是我真的蛮喜欢男孩子的玩具
I liked marbles and tops.
我喜欢弹珠和陀螺
And I thought boys were much luckier than girls.
而且我觉得男孩比女孩幸运多了
We had to wear skirts and stockings,
我们必须穿裙子和长袜
even in the coldest weather.
就算在很冷的天气也一样
They didn't have slacks or pants for girls.
女孩没有裤子
Girls couldn't wear pants?
女孩不能穿裤子？
That's true.
没错
That is not fair. - No.
好不公平- 是啊
What is your job?
你的工作是什么？
Oh, my job was teaching in a college.
我之前在大学教书
But I retired a long time ago.
但是我在很久以前就退休了
And I taught biology.
我教生物学
And if you look at my shirt,
如果仔细看我的衬衫
you'll see some of the things I've taught about.
你会发现有我之前所教的一些动物
Could you possibly know what this one is?
你知道这是什么吗？
[Micah] Oh, that's a spider.
(Micah) 是一只蜘蛛
Well, wonderful.
对啊，没错
What's your favorite insect?
你最喜欢的昆虫是什么？
Ants, I did research on ants.
蚂蚁，我之前做蚂蚁相关研究
But you know what an ant looks like, don't you?
但是你知道蚂蚁长什么样，对吧？
Yeah, it's like this tiny.
对，长的像这么小
They can carry a big thing, like a banana.
他们可以搬运大型的东西，像是香蕉
Like, three of them can, even though they're this tiny.
只要三只就可以了，就算他们这么小一只
You're very good, and you're only six years old?
你好厉害，你只有六岁吗？
What do you like to do for fun?
你现在的兴趣是什么？
Well, right now, I'm watching the Olympics.
现在我会看奥林匹克比赛
And I write books, I do puzzles.
写书或玩猜谜游戏
I enjoy email, I write to a lot of friends.
我也喜欢写信，我写给很多朋友
I even play Scrabble, do you know how to play Scrabble?
也喜欢玩拼字游戏，你知道怎么玩吗？
No? - No.
不知道吗？- 不知道
You should ask somebody to play Scrabble.
你可以邀请其他人一起玩
It's lots of fun.
很好玩
Also, I try to get exercise every day.
而且我试着每天运动
Every day?
每天？
Yep. - Good.
对啊- 真棒
Some old people aren't very well anymore.
一些老人的身体不再硬朗
Yeah. - Some of them
对啊- 有些老人
can't remember things.
已经不能记住事情了
Some of them are really lame,
有些行动不便
and they have to have somebody help them.
而且需要其他人来帮忙
But I can do everything myself.
但是我所有事都自己来
That's good. - And that's good.
真棒- 对啊，真棒
And that means you're really old,
这就代表虽然你很老了
but you're really good at it.
但是你还是很擅长做这些事
Yeah, and I enjoy life.
对啊，而且我很享受生活
What is the hardest part about getting old?
变老最难受的事是什么
You miss people.
失去很多人
And especially when you live over 100 years,
尤其当你活了超过100 年后
most of the people I ever knew,
认识的大部分人
in my family, are already dead.
在家族里都已经去世了
But that happens, doesn't it?
但是那总会发生，不是吗？
Yeah, a person in my family died.
对啊，我有个家人过世了
And did you know the person?
你认识他吗？
Yeah, it's my great grandfather.
认识，他是我的曾祖父
And we still have a picture of him up on our mantel
我们挂了一张他的照片在壁炉架上
to remind us of when I was playing with him.
让我们想起曾经跟他玩耍的时光
That's wonderful.
嗯那很好
Are you afraid of dying?
你害怕死亡吗
No, I'm not afraid of dying.
我不害怕
I feel very healthy and happy.
我觉得非常健康和快乐
My doctor said, "Maybe you'll just die in your sleep."
医生说「或许你会在睡梦中死去。」
(chuckles) So, I'm not afraid 'cause I have a good life.
(轻笑) 所以我不害怕，因为我有很棒的生活
What's the secret to living a long life?
能够活这么久的秘密是什么？
Being happy, working hard, getting exercise,
保持愉快的心情、努力工作、持续运动
doing things for yourself,
自己动手做事
not expecting other people to do everything for you.
而不是期望其他人替你完成
And all of those things make you live a long time.
这些事情帮助你长寿
Nice to meet you.
很高兴认识你
It's wonderful to meet you.
超高兴认识你
Have a great life.
希望你有个很棒的生活
I'm very proud of you.
我以你为荣
Thank you. - You're welcome.
谢谢- 不客气
[Girl] Nice to meet you.
很高兴认识你