Officer Buckle and Gloria is the name of the 1995 story and main characters of the story by Peggy Rathmann that won the 1996 Caldecott Medal. It talks about a police officer (Officer Buckle) getting a dog named Gloria. Until that time, whenever Officer Buckle tried to tell schools about safety everyone fell asleep. Then, unbeknownst to Officer Buckle (literally, behind his back), Gloria does tricks to demonstrate safety rules, and Gloria is a big success. When Officer Buckle finds out that the schoolchildren are so enthusiastic because of Gloria, he refuses to teach safety and a huge accident happens. A letter from a sweet girl, named Claire, convinces Officer Buckle to start teaching again. In the end, Officer Buckle and Gloria go to many schools and teach the students about safety together.
巴警官和狗利靈
巴警官比誰都瞭解安全守則，可是當他到學校去解說守則時，卻沒有人想聽。有一天巴警官有了一位新搭擋 －警犬gloria。當他們倆人聯手出擊時，竟得到熱烈的回應，起先巴警官並不曉得，原來當他在前頭一條條地宣講安全守則時，在他身邊的gloria就用肢體動作表演出來，所以才會大受歡迎。等巴警官發現原來受歡迎的是gloria時，他沮喪得不想再去演講，讓gloria單獨出席吧！可是只靠gloria似乎沒有任何效果，這一對搭檔顯然需要一起出席才行呢！
團隊的意思自然不應該是一個人獨自的行動，也不是一個人特別有光、特別受歡迎。在這個故事裏小朋友會發現，巴警官和gloria誰單獨站在臺上都不行，他們各自有特色，巴警官很瞭解安全守則，但是光是把安全守則念一遍實在很乏味，gloria很清楚如何表現出這些守則，讓聽過的人可以印象深刻，可是它並沒有辦法獨自表演，所以這一對搭檔就是需要一起出現，他們的表演才能完美無缺。—本書獲得1996年凱迪克金獎。
Teaching tips:
1. Play the flash file.
2. Divide the students into 6 groups and ask each group to copy the scrip for 2 minutes. (Total 11:42)
3. Tell everyone your part and discuss the main idea of the story.
4. Write down the sentence or the part you like best and why.
