Tea Leaves Can Clean Water

Tea Leaves Can Clean Water

Black tea! Green tea! Bubble tea! Tea shops are everywhere in Taiwan! Many of us drink a lot of tea. Do you?
紅茶、綠茶、珍珠奶茶! 台灣到處都有飲料店，我們喝掉很多茶。

We buy about one billion cups of bubble tea every year in Taiwan. We use lots of tea leaves! What happens to them?
台灣每一年喝掉超過十億杯的珍珠奶茶，用過的茶葉會怎麼處理呢?

Almost all tea shops throw away tea leaves. Thousands of kilograms go to landfills every day.
幾乎所有的飲料店都會把茶葉渣丟掉。每天有好幾千公斤的茶葉渣被倒進垃圾掩埋場。

The leaves rot and make a gas. The gas makes the Earth hotter.
茶葉渣腐爛後排放的氣體還會讓地球暖化。
In Northern Ireland, a part of the UK, people drink a lot of tea too. A researcher there found a way to reuse tea leaves. He makes them into a product that cleans dirty water!
北愛爾蘭的人也喝很多茶。有人研究發現，用茶葉渣做成的產品可以淨化髒水。
This tea leaf product takes out heavy metals from water. Heavy metals are bad for health. Some can cause cancer. Cleaner water helps people and animals be healthier.
重金屬對人的身體有害，有的還可能引發癌症。這個產品可以帶走水裡的重金屬物質。

After the tea leaf product is used, it can be reused to make batteries! That's reusing after reusing!
產品用過之後，還可以再拿來製作電池，又一次重覆再利用!
Used tea leaves can help clean water and make batteries. Let's find more ways to reuse things and have a better world!

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Vocabulary
泡過茶的茶葉，還有很多用處。

1. shop 商店
I'm hot and thirsty. Let's find a tea shop. 我又熱又渴。我們找一家飲料店吧。
You can have some of my water. 你可以喝一點兒我的水。

2. water 水
No, I prefer bubble tea. 不了，我喜歡珍珠奶茶。
You do know water is healthier, right? 你知道開水比較健康吧?
Yeah, healthy and boring. 對，健康而且無趣。

3. drink 喝
No, water is refreshing! 不會，水很清爽!
The best for thirsty people. 口渴的人喝最好了。
Alright, but I only want to drink a little.好吧，但是我只要喝一點點。

4. lots of 很多
Ah, this IS good! 這真的很棒!
Right? And water has lots of benefits…對吧，而且水還有很多好處…
Please, can I just have my bubble tea now? 拜託，我現在可以喝珍珠奶茶了嗎?

來一起讀單字。
shop商店
water水
drink喝
lots of很多

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Quiz
1. What do most tea shops do with used tea leaves?
a. Eat them
b. Throw them away
c. Clean water

2. Where was the researcher?
a. Taiwan
b. Northern Ireland
c. Turkey

3. What can the tea leaf product take out of water?
a. Heavy metals
b. Bugs
c. Oil

Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. a

Tea Leaves Can Clean Water

Black tea! Green tea! Bubble tea! Tea shops are everywhere in Taiwan! Many of us drink a lot of tea. Do you?

紅茶、綠茶、珍珠奶茶! 台灣到處都有飲料店，我們喝掉很多茶。

We buy about one billion cups of bubble tea every year in Taiwan. We use lots of tea leaves! What happens to them?

台灣每一年喝掉超過十億杯的珍珠奶茶，用過的茶葉會怎麼處理呢?

Almost all tea shops throw away tea leaves. Thousands of kilograms go to landfills every day.

幾乎所有的飲料店都會把茶葉渣丟掉。每天有好幾千公斤的茶葉渣被倒進垃圾掩埋場。

The leaves rot and make a gas. The gas makes the Earth hotter.

茶葉渣腐爛後排放的氣體還會讓地球暖化。

In Northern Ireland, a part of the UK, people drink a lot of tea too. A researcher there found a way to reuse tea leaves. He makes them into a product that cleans dirty water!

北愛爾蘭的人也喝很多茶。有人研究發現，用茶葉渣做成的產品可以淨化髒水。

This tea leaf product takes out heavy metals from water. Heavy metals are bad for health. Some can cause cancer. Cleaner water helps people and animals be healthier.

重金屬對人的身體有害，有的還可能引發癌症。這個產品可以帶走水裡的重金屬物質。

After the tea leaf product is used, it can be reused to make batteries! That's reusing after reusing!

產品用過之後，還可以再拿來製作電池，又一次重覆再利用!

Used tea leaves can help clean water and make batteries. Let's find more ways to reuse things and have a better world!

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Vocabulary

泡過茶的茶葉，還有很多用處。

1. shop 商店

I'm hot and thirsty. Let's find a tea shop. 我又熱又渴。我們找一家飲料店吧。

You can have some of my water. 你可以喝一點兒我的水。

2. water 水

No, I prefer bubble tea. 不了，我喜歡珍珠奶茶。

You do know water is healthier, right? 你知道開水比較健康吧?

Yeah, healthy and boring. 對，健康而且無趣。

3. drink 喝

No, water is refreshing! 不會，水很清爽!

The best for thirsty people. 口渴的人喝最好了。

Alright, but I only want to drink a little.好吧，但是我只要喝一點點。

4. lots of 很多

Ah, this IS good! 這真的很棒!

Right? And water has lots of benefits…對吧，而且水還有很多好處…

Please, can I just have my bubble tea now? 拜託，我現在可以喝珍珠奶茶了嗎?

來一起讀單字。

shop商店

water水

drink喝

lots of很多

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Quiz

1. What do most tea shops do with used tea leaves?

a. Eat them

b. Throw them away

c. Clean water

2. Where was the researcher?

a. Taiwan

b. Northern Ireland

c. Turkey

3. What can the tea leaf product take out of water?

a. Heavy metals

b. Bugs

c. Oil

Answers:

1. b

2. b

3. a