前言：這份學習單是我在十月十八日與新竹關西高中英文老

師分享英文教學經驗的資料。中學生的英文閱讀不但要與時

俱進，更要有國際觀，因此我建議 Time for Kids (美國時

代雜誌兒童版) 這本有價值的雜誌作為閱讀素材的來源。

我一直強調不要依賴逐字中文翻譯來閱讀英文、理解英文。

年紀小的孩子藉由繪本裡的精采圖像可以找到故事線索，那

年紀大的孩子閱讀長篇有深度的文章時，該怎麼辦呢？以這

篇打破世界紀錄的太空跳傘為例，我仔細挑選了五段影片

（詳細內容請見一則傳奇：Mission to the Edge

of Space）供孩子欣賞。一方面播放給孩子看，一方面以 6wh

-- who、what、when、where、how、why 來提醒孩子，看到什

麼，讓孩子自己從影片觀賞中產生概念，接下來再提供關鍵

字。

導讀工作１：多用疑問句作引導，眼睛“看”到什麼導讀

工作２：多用疑問句作引導，推敲、猜測 key words

閱讀前的導讀工作有助於學生提高對文章閱讀的興趣。首先

讓孩子看過影片有初步認識，然後提供關鍵字與畫面作連結

。雖然是一篇有份量的文章，當孩子心中有了〝影像認知〞

及〝文字連結〞這兩份導覽，文章閱讀可以比較經鬆而且沒

負擔。

影片來源：Red Bull Stratos

Red Bull Stratos

http://www.redbullstratos.com/

Felix Baumgartner’s Point of View

http://www.redbullstratos.com/#!lightbox/media1902707739001/

Incredible Accomplishment

http://www.redbullstratos.com/#!lightbox/media1902707739001/

Word Record Jump

http://www.redbullstratos.com/#!lightbox/media1902707739001/

The Mission

http://www.redbullstratos.com/the-mission/what-is-the-mission/

Mission Timeline

http://www.redbullstratos.com/the-mission/mission-timeline/

Mission on the Move/ Red Bull Stratos Mission

http://www.redbullstratos.com/the-mission/what-is-the-mission/#!lightbox/media1429870746001-1446/

補充畫面：

The World's Wildest Skydive Requires the World's

Biggest Balloon

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/10/red-bull-stratos-balloon/

文章來源：Time for Kids (時代雜誌兒童版)

http://www.timeforkids.com/

Mission：Space Jump

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/mission-space-jump/53181

＂Mission: Space Jump”from Time for Kids

文章導讀分析──廖彩杏製作

Topic words

1. what事件：makes a record-breaking 24-mile jump from

                           space

2. who主角：Felix Baumgartner: Austrian skydiver

3. when時間：on October 14

4. where地點：from an altitude of 128,100 feet

5. how方式：out of a space capsule; during a manned

                      flight for Red Bull Stratos

Key words

1. what 相關名詞：helium balloon; free fall; space jump;

    the team ; the crew  (延伸: teammate; classmate;

    roommate; seatmate)

    Red Bull Stratos; mentor; the Red Bull Stratos space

    capsule

2. what 相關動詞：mentor; launch

3. who 人物角色：pilot, skydiver and high-altitude jumper

4. how動作方式：speeds up to 833.9 miles per hour

For comparison, an average Boeing 737 airliner flies at 40,000 feet

at 600 miles per hour. 

Key phrases

had some obstacles;

on the way up;

was first scheduled;

faceplate began to fog up;

was postponed;

The team considered aborting the mission;

because of weather conditions;

fix the problem;

touching ground;

spin out of control;

eventually steadied himself;

released his parachute;

land(ed) safely;

break the sound barrier;

break incredible new grounds;

hold the record;

Saying

1.“Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand

    how small you are,” Baumgartner said. 

2.“Records are meant to be broken. And better champions

     cannot be found than Felix Baumgartner,” Kittinger said. 

3.“I want to inspire the next generation,” Baumgartner said. 

附錄：關於大氣層的介紹（資料來源 Enchanted Learning）

Exosphere - the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where
                    atmospheric pressure and temperature are low.
Ionosphere - the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and
                     the exosphere; it is part of the thermosphere.
Mesosphere - the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and
                      the ionosphere.
Stratosphere - the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and
                       the mesosphere. The stratosphere is characterized
                       by a slight temperature increase with altitude and
                       by the absence of clouds.
Thermosphere - the layer of the atmosphere located above part of
                          the ionosphere (starting at the coldest part of
                          the atmosphere) and below outer space; it consists
                          of the exosphere and part of the ionosphere.
Troposphere - the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The
                       weather and clouds occur in the troposphere.