🎧 Listen to today’s story
📚 Key Words
| Word | Meaning | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| origami | The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes. | 折纸 |
| fold | To bend something so that one part covers another. | 折叠 |
| engineer | A person whose job is to design or build things like machines. | 工程师 |
| competition | An event where people try to be the best to win a prize. | 比赛 |
| prize | Something valuable you get for winning. | 奖品/奖金 |
| movement | The act of moving or changing position. | 运动/移动 |
| nature | The world of plants, animals, and the physical world. | 自然 |
| robot | A machine that can move and do work automatically. | 机器人 |
📖 Read the story
Hikaru Kuribayashi is a young student from Japan. He loves origami. Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper. Hikaru used his paper skills to study science. He looked at nature to learn new things. He watched how ladybug wings and green leaves fold and unfold. Before this, engineers found it hard to plan these movements. Engineers are people who design and build things. Hikaru found a new way to show these movements using simple dots and lines. This helps engineers build better robots and buildings. Hikaru entered a big science competition with students from all over the world. He won a prize of more than one hundred thousand dollars. Hikaru’s project shows we can learn many things from nature. He says his work can also help us understand how birds fly. It is amazing what you can do with a piece of paper and a good idea!
✏️ Answer the questions
1. What is Hikaru’s favorite hobby?
- A.Painting pictures
- B.Folding paper
- C.Playing sports
- D.Writing stories
2. What did Hikaru study to get his ideas?
- A.Fast cars
- B.Computer games
- C.Wings and leaves
- D.Space and stars
3. Who can Hikaru’s work help?
- A.People who build robots
- B.People who sell paper
- C.Doctors in hospitals
- D.Teachers at school
4. How much money did Hikaru win?
- A.One hundred dollars
- B.One thousand dollars
- C.Over one hundred thousand dollars
- D.Ten thousand dollars
5. What else can Hikaru’s work help us understand?
- A.How fish swim
- B.How birds fly
- C.How flowers grow
- D.How rain falls