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A Day To Play Taiwan’s Indigenous Sports

Taiwan loves sports! We won the WBSC Premier12 last year! The World Masters
Games were here this year.
台灣很喜歡運動，我們去年贏得世界棒球十二強，今年還舉辦世壯運!

Many people in Taiwan love baseball, basketball, and badminton. These sports
have been in Taiwan for around one hundred years.
棒球、籃球和羽毛球都在台灣流行了快 100 年。

But what sports did people play before then? They played sports made by
Taiwan's tribes. These are Indigenous sports.
但是更早之前，台灣人做什麼運動呢? 原住民有很豐富的傳統運動。

At one university, students can learn about Taiwan’s Indigenous sports. The
university wants people to know and play these sports.
台灣一所大學，希望學生可以體驗傳統的原住民運動，更了解它們。

This year, an Indigenous class had a sports day at the university. Other
students and teachers came. They played Indigenous sports!
今年，這個大學的原住民專班舉辦運動日，邀請全校師生一起體驗、學習!

They did wood sawing, spear throwing and pole pushing! They tried to walk and
keep something heavy on their heads! That wasn't easy!
他們體驗鋸木頭、擲矛、推竿、還有在頭上頂著東西走路，努力保持平衡!

Everyone had fun playing Indigenous sports. They learned about the sports
too. With days like this one, these sports may be played for a long, long
time!
大家玩得很開心之外，也更認識這些運動，將它們傳承下去!
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Vocabulary
原住民的運動項目，跟一般的球類或是田徑很不一樣。

1. Indigenous 原住民的。
Have you ever tried walking with something on your head?
你有試過在頭上頂個東西走路嗎?
No, it’ll fall. 沒有，它會掉下來。
Indigenous people can do it. 原住民可以。
It’s a sport. 它是一種運動。

2. heavy 沉重的。
So they just ran with something heavy on their heads?
所以他們就頭頂重重的東西賽跑?
Yeah, wouldn't it be fun? 是啊，會很好玩吧?

3. wood 木頭。
It would be fun to watch. 會很好看。
Here’s another sporting event. 這裡還有另外一種運動。
A wood sawing race. 鋸木頭比賽。

4. win 贏。
Oh, that’s my kind of sport! 那我就會了。
You know how to saw wood? 你會鋸木頭?
No, but I know I’ll win. 不會，但我知道我會贏。

來讀今天的單字。
Indigenous原住民的 heavy沉重的 wood木頭 win贏
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Quiz

1. What did Taiwan win last year?
a. The World Masters Games
b. The WBSC Premier12
c. The FIFA World Cup

2. Where did students play Taiwan’s Indigenous sports that day?
a. At a sports day
b. In a classroom
c. At the National Indigenous Games

3. What is not an Indigenous sport in Taiwan?
a. Pole pushing
b. Wood sawing
c. Badminton

Answers
1. b
2. a
3. c
 

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Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of News Bites.

I'm Paz Bueno.

And I'm Nancy Sun.

In today's news: Using technology to show off mythology, and uncovering
underwater fossils.

And in today's Tasty Tidbit...who came first? The gods or the humans?

Keep on listening to find out more!
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眾神降臨: 神明數位化
Gods Among Us: A Digital Journey

Stories about gods (神明) and heroes (英雄) are part of every culture.

We call these stories folklore (民間故事) and mythology (神話).

They help us understand where we come from.

They also teach us lessons about life, nature, and how to treat others.

Many of these stories are very old, but they are still important today.

Now, a show at the National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院) is bringing these
stories to life in a fun, new way.

The exhibition is called Gods Among Us (眾神降臨).

It is open now until August 31.

The show uses technology (科技) to teach us how gods are part of daily life,
history, and even nature.

There are six sections (六個展區) to explore.

One area shows how the world began, with chaos and the balance of yin and
yang (從混沌到陰陽平衡).

Another section shows how gods became part of the natural world and
government (神明怎麼進入自然界和政治世界).

You can also see how people honor gods (拜神) at home and during festivals
(節慶).

One part lets visitors copy the movements of ancient officials in a big
parade from a famous Song dynasty painting.
有個互動展區，讓你模仿宋朝名畫裡古代官員遊行的動作。

Special motion sensors make you part of the scene!
透過動態感應器，可以讓你變成遊行的一部分！

Another part uses 3D and augmented reality (擴增實境) to show old buildings
and temples in Taiwan from the Qing dynasty.

If you want to see history and art come to life, this is a fun place to visit
this summer!
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海底化石大發現
Uncovering Underwater Fossils

Long ago, people told stories about gods to explain the world around them.

But before these stories were written down, early humans were already living,
hunting, and exploring the land.
但在這些故事被寫下來之前，早期人類已經在地球上生活、狩獵、探險了。

Thanks to new discoveries under the sea, we are now learning more about how
these ancient humans lived long before the first myths and legends (神話故事)
began.

In Indonesia (印尼), workers were building an artificial island (人工島) with
sand from the sea floor.

But when the new land appeared, it was full of ancient bones and fossils
(化石).

Scientists found more than 6,700 fossils on the new island, including bones
from early humans called Homo erectus (直立人).

Homo erectus is one of our oldest human relatives.
直立人 是我們最古老的親戚之一。

These fossils show they lived not only on the island of Java (爪哇島), but
also in a big land called Sundaland (巽他古陸).

A long time ago, Sundaland was not underwater.

It was a land bridge (陸橋) between parts of Asia.

About 140,000 years ago, when sea levels were lower (海平面比較低), Homo
erectus could walk across it.

The early humans probably stayed close to rivers, where they could find
water, fish, and animals to hunt.

Scientists also found turtle bones with cut marks and broken animal bones.

This means Homo erectus hunted and ate bone marrow, a behavior they may have
learned from other human groups.
這表示 直立人 曾經打獵，還會吃骨髓！

This discovery suggests Homo erectus may have met and shared ideas, or even
genes, with other ancient humans like Neanderthals or Denisovans.
他們可能從其他人類群體那裡學習與分享，像尼安德塔人或丹尼索瓦人。

Until now, experts thought Homo erectus only lived on Java.

Now they know these early humans traveled much further!

And who knows? The sea may be hiding more secrets from this lost world.
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So, in today's News Bites:

At the National Palace Museum, a new digital show called Gods Among Us brings
old stories about gods to life.

Visitors can explore how gods shaped daily life, festivals, and history.

The exhibition is open until August 31st.
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And,

In Indonesia, an artificial island made from sea sand revealed ancient human
and animal fossils.

Scientists found bones from Homo erectus, one of our oldest human relatives,
along with fossils of hippos, crocodiles, and big cats.

The discovery helps us understand how ancient humans lived and traveled long
ago.
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趣味小點
Tasty Tidbit

Have you ever wondered... which came first: the stories about gods, or the
humans themselves?

Well, early humans like Homo erectus were walking the Earth more than 1
million years ago.

But the first written stories about gods only appeared about 5,000 years ago.

That means humans lived without writing or written myths for a long, long
time.

Of course, people probably told stories with their voices long before they
could write.

Maybe Homo erectus told stories too, we just don't know!

If early humans had museums, maybe they would have shown off their hunting
tools... not fancy tech or art.
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us, record your message and send us your Tasty Tidbit to
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We'll see you next time for an exciting new episode of News Bites!