Charles Darwin's Notebooks Mysteriously Returned

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Oh no! I can't find my notebook. Where is it?
我找不到我的筆記本。

I wrote down so many good ideas in that notebook!

I hope somebody finds it and returns it to me. Some of the ideas I wrote down could change the world! Like Charles Darwin did!
我希望有人找到後可以還給我，裡面有很多的點子，可以像達爾文一樣改變世界！

Do you know who Charles Darwin is? Darwin was a very famous scientist who was known for figuring out a lot of things about animals and other living things.
查爾斯‧達爾文是一個著名的科學家，對許多動植物有深入研究。

Even though he lived a long time ago, a lot of his ideas are still important today.
他的很多想法到今天都還很重要。

He wrote down a lot of his ideas in notebooks. These notebooks were kept in a library in England, until one day, they were stolen!
他的想法都寫在筆記本裡面，被保存在英國的圖書館，但是有一天被偷走了！

But guess what? Twenty-two years later, the notebooks were returned! Somebody put them in a pink bag and left them outside the library's office.
二十二年之後，有人把筆記本放在一個粉紅色的袋子裡面，還給圖書館。

The books are now being kept at the library … in a much safer place, of course, in case someone tries to steal them again.
筆記本現在被保存在圖書館裡面更安全的地方。

But it is still a mystery who took them, and who gave them back.
但是我們仍然不知道是誰拿走的，也不知道是誰還給他們的。

I guess we will never know!

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Vocabulary
達爾文手寫的筆記本十分珍貴，被偷走多年之後重新出現。

1. notebook 筆記本
   Can I borrow your math notebook? 可以借我你的數學筆記本嗎？
   Why? Didn't you take notes? 為什麼？你沒有抄筆記嗎?
   I did. But I missed two classes. 我有，但是有兩堂課我沒上。

2. return 歸還
   Did you return my notebook? 我的筆記本你還了嗎？
   Not yet. I'll give it back tonight. 還沒有，今晚還給你。

3. steal 偷竊
   Oh no, I can't find my hat. 糟糕，找不到我的帽子。
   It must be stolen. 一定被偷了。
   Who wants to steal an old and ugly hat? 誰要偷一頂又舊又醜的帽子？
   You never know. 那可不一定。

4. safe 安全的。
   There should be a safe place for hats. 應該有放帽子的安全地方。
   Like… on your head? 比如說，你頭上嗎？

Have you ever heard of Charles Darwin? Let's read the words.
notebook 筆記本
return 歸還
steal 偷竊
safe 安全的

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Quiz

1. Who was Charles Darwin?
   A: A famous scientist
   B: A friend of the storyteller's
   C: A thief

2. What was stolen from the library?
   A: History books
   B: Library cards
   C: Darwin's notebooks

3. When was the stolen thing returned?
   A: 22 years later
   B: It was never returned
   C: 2 years later

Answers

1. A
2. C
3. A