薪水不漲，如何買到經濟實惠好?

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！

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.weathern. 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！

MelvinCome on in, Mommy. The water is really warm.
來跟我玩水吧，媽咪。水不會冷喔。
Melvin’s MomI’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。
MelvinI won’t splash you.
我不會噴你啦。
Melvin’s MomOK. I’m in.
好吧。我進來水池囉。
MelvinBut, you have to get all the way wet.
但是，一定要讓你全身濕嗒嗒的啦。
Melvin’s MomThe water’s so cold.
水超冷的。
MelvinNo, it’s not. Watch me jump in.
不，才不冷耶。看我跳進水池。
Melvin’s MomHey, 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！

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。