{"id":104,"date":"2025-10-28T21:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/?p=104"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:46:49","slug":"y4_story_01_01-the-great-beach-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"Y4_Story_01_01: &#8220;The Great Beach Clean-Up.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter 1: The Windy Day Discovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4-S1-C1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4-S1-C1-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4-S1-C1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4-S1-C1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4-S1-C1-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The school holidays had just begun. <strong>Liam<\/strong> and his best friend, <strong>Maya<\/strong>, were at their favourite place: <strong>Safety Beach<\/strong>. It wasn&#8217;t the biggest beach, but it had the best rock pools for searching for crabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the wind was strong. It whipped the salty air and sent little sprays of white foam onto the sand. &#8220;Look, Liam!&#8221; Maya shouted, pointing towards a patch of seaweed near the dunes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of just seaweed, there were bits of <strong>rubbish<\/strong>. A broken plastic bucket, some tangled fishing line, and even a muddy, old sneaker. It was a messy pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam sighed. &#8220;That&#8217;s a lot of trash. It spoils the beach.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maya picked up a crushed bottle. &#8220;Imagine if everyone picked up just one thing. This beach would be perfect again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/archive4kids.ever.jp\/1st_Study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y4S1C1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 1 Exercise: Vocabulary Check<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong> Choose the best word to complete each sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The wind was so <strong>(strong \/ gentle \/ slow)<\/strong> it almost blew off Liam&#8217;s hat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liam and Maya love to look for crabs in the <strong>(sandwiches \/ rock pools \/ classrooms)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The broken plastic bucket was part of a pile of <strong>(treasure \/ rubbish \/ toys)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1: The Windy Day Discovery The school holidays had just begun. 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