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鄢宇
N.貧民窟
da Ríos grew up in a slum
=ghetto
near the Cateura
landfill in Paraguay*. Every morning, garbage
垃圾掩埋場
Prove into
pulled into 駛入
trucks rolled into the landfill and unloaded* tons of trash.
翻找 = large quantities
(searched
=lots of
People in the slum then looked through the trash for things
sorted
Crummaged
garbage
(which they could recycle or sell. This was how they made a living,
謀生
learn
and Ada believed her future would be no different.
Swhich
One day, Ada's grandma saw a poster that said "Free
Tread
Unusual Orchestras in the World
⇒ a poster saying
\reading
The Vegetable
Orchestra
Austria
1998
Country
Founding Year
Instruments
United States
Boston
Typewriter
Orchestra
2004
various vegetables
The orchestra aims to explore the wide
variety of ways in which vegetables can
be used to make music.
The orchestra makes a soup with the
remaining vegetables and serves it to
the audience after each performance.
Reason
Fun Fact
typewriters
The idea of playing typewriters started
when an artist jokingly declared himself
the conductor of a typewriter orchestra
after receiving a toy typewriter as a gift.
The members dress up as office workers
for each performance.

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鄢宇
apply(vt) ①用②塗抹
(Vi)應用申請
applied (adj)應用の
application (N.)
Lesson
From Trash to Triumph
(1) apply A to B
A be applied to Be AB
/to N..
(3) apply
for N.
(2) apply to
e.g. This rule applies to both men and woman
music lessons from Mr. Chávez." Ada's grandma knew Ada
loved music, so she applied² for Ada. Ada really looked
10 forward to the lessons. She wanted to learn how to play the
violin and be carried away by the power of music.
because
Stv......
as
Since
'for
Ada and some other children took Mr. Chávez's lessons,
instrument
scientific
measuring
_but there were not enough instruments³. Buying new ones
was impossible, since a violin cost more than a local house!
expert
Sadept
15 Fortunately, a garbage picker who was good at using tools
learned about their trouble and tried to use what was at
可利用の
assembling
hand. By putting together metal cans, forks, and other items
from the landfill, the garbage picker somehow managed to +V.
→ succeed in + Ving
make various instruments. They weren't very traditional
①勉強地②几乎不=hardly③僅只
20 and barely cost anything, but to these children they were
experience invaluable (adj.) 19
lodvice invaluable {love
invaluable.
① 寶貴的 valuable{a
valuable (adj) 貴重的
support
(At first, each child played in his or her own way, and
In the beginning
Initially
only screeches* came out of the instruments. Some kids
刺耳声
=came from
quit the music lessons after a few weeks, but with Mr.
25 Chávez's encouragement, Ada and the others kept
practicing, sometimes for several hours a day. Slowly, their
musical skills improved. They began to hit all the right
音符
和諧地
notes and played together harmoniously*. Finally, they
=in harmony
formed the "Recycled Orchestra*." After the orchestra
a college/a university
a company/a position
a passport
La visa(簽證)
Fa permit (許可證
-a scholarship (獎學金)
(4). fill in application form
'out
look forward to <1
Ving
.sbet carried away by + N. 沉醉於
get
eg. The audience was carried away by the
heavy beats of rock music.
-encourage (vt.)
an encouraging
victory/speech
encouragement (N.)(U)
encouraging (adj)
(1).encourage +h+to+V..
→A+be encouraged to V.
(2). under Sb's encouragement
(3). word of encouragement
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