🎧 Listen to today’s story
📚 Key Words
| Word | Meaning | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| brain | The part inside your head that thinks, feels, and controls your body. | 大脑 |
| scientist | A person who studies science to learn how things work. | 科学家 |
| imagine | To make a picture, sound, or idea in your mind. | 想象 |
| machine | A piece of equipment that uses power to do a specific job. | 机器 |
| senses | The powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell. | 感官 |
| connect | To join two or more things together. | 连接 |
| daydream | To think about pleasant things while you are awake. | 白日做梦/遐想 |
| network | A group of things or parts that are connected to each other. | 网络 |
📖 Read the story
Can you imagine a big castle on a hill? Or can you hear a song in your head? Scientists wanted to know how our brains do this. A scientist named Rodrigo Braga studied people’s brains. He used a special machine to look inside their heads. He did this while they imagined different things. Rodrigo found something very interesting. When we imagine a picture or a sound, our brain does not just play an old memory. Instead, it uses special, busy parts called networks. These parts connect different senses like sight and hearing. This makes your imagination feel very real. So, your amazing brain works very hard even when you are just daydreaming. It is like a busy meeting room inside your head. It is always ready to make beautiful stories for you.
✏️ Answer the questions
1. What did the scientist Rodrigo Braga use to look inside people’s heads?
- A.A movie camera
- B.A special machine
- C.A picture book
- D.A computer game
2. When does our brain work hard according to the text?
- A.Only when we sleep at night
- B.When we do not think at all
- C.Even when we are daydreaming
- D.Only when we eat our lunch
3. What does the brain connect to make our imagination feel real?
- A.Different senses like sight and hearing
- B.Our hands and our feet
- C.Two different computers
- D.Old books and new books
4. What are the busy parts of the brain called?
- A.Castles
- B.Songs
- C.Pictures
- D.Networks
5. What is the main idea of this story?
- A.How to build a big castle on a hill
- B.How our brain works when we imagine things
- C.How to listen to music with friends
- D.How scientists play games together