Boy Finds Really Old Fossil in Backyard

I like digging in the sand. You never know what you're going to find!
你永遠不知道….你在挖的時候會發現什麼！

There are all kinds of interesting things buried in the ground.
地底下有很多有趣的東西。

Interesting rocks, pretty seashells… oh! I found another pretty rock. I'm
going to add this to my collection. 哇…
又找到了一顆漂亮的石頭，我要放進我的收藏裡。

Do you like to look for things in the ground? What is the most interesting
thing you have ever found? 你喜歡挖土找東西嗎?

A six-year-old boy in England found something that was very, very interesting
when he was digging in his backyard at home.
英國有個六歲小男生，在他們家的後院找到很有趣的東西。The thing he found was
also very, very old.

The boy found a fossil! 他發現了一塊化石！ Do you know what a fossil is?

A fossil is a very old bone that has become a stone or has become printed in
a stone.

And the fossil this boy found was hundreds of millions of years old. That
means it was from a time before dinosaurs were alive!
男孩發現的化石有億萬年的歷史! 比恐龍還要老!

Isn't that amazing? So the next time you dig around in the dirt, don't think
of rocks as boring pieces of stone. They might actually have a very
interesting history!
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Vocabulary

恐龍的化石就是在泥土裡找到的。

1. Dinosaur 恐龍。Look what I found here! 你看我在這裡找到的 ! Wow, this
looks like a bone! 哇，這看起來像骨頭! Could it be a dinosaur's bone?
有可能是恐龍的骨頭嗎? Well, a dinosaur's bone should be much bigger.
恐龍骨頭應該會大很多。

2. Million 百萬。Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago, right?
恐龍幾百萬年前住在地球上，對吧? I think it's tens of millions of years
ago.我想是幾千萬年前。

3. History 歷史。Do you know the history of dinosaurs? 你知道恐龍的歷史嗎?
Only a little. 只知道一點點。I know they disappeared 60 million years
ago.我知道他們六千萬年前消失了。

4. Next time 下一次。Do you find dinosaurs interesting? 你覺得恐龍很有趣嗎?
Yeah, I do. Let's go see a movie about dinosaurs next time.
是啊，我們下次去看恐龍電影吧。Good idea! 好主意!

So are you interested in fossils? Please repeat after me.

dinosaur 恐龍 million 百萬 history 歷史 next time 下一次
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Quiz

1. Where was the boy in this story digging?
a. At the beach
b. At the park
c. In his backyard

2. What did he find?
a. A fossil
b. Jewelry
c. A toy truck

3. How old was the thing he found?
a. A few months old
b. A few years old
c. Millions of years old







Answers
1. C 2. A 3. C

Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!

I'm Eric Gau…

And I'm Nancy Sun.

In today's news:

A Taiwanese soccer player makes it in Europe, an American boy sells Pokemon
cards to save his dog, and Drake is named Billboard artist of the decade.

All that and more, coming up next.
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台灣人獲歐洲足球職業合約
Taiwanese Soccer Player First Ever Signed by European Team

How would you feel about moving to a different country at just 15 years old?

Would you do it if you got to live your dream (實現夢想)?

That's what Yuan Yung-cheng did.

And now he has achieved something no other Taiwanese person has done before.

He has been signed by a professional European soccer club!

袁永誠是首位獲得歐洲足球職業合約的台灣人.

Yuan will play for the Spanish (西班牙的) team Racing Rioja CF.

It has always been his dream to play in the Spanish soccer league.

Yuan started playing soccer when he was in elementary school.

Later, his dad sent him to a soccer school in China.

When he was 15, he moved to Spain to continue his soccer training, and this
year he started playing for a youth (青年) team called Paterna CF.

Now, he will play in the adult, professional league.

Yuan's dad said his achievement was totally unexpected (出乎意料).

But he is very happy for his son.

Yuan's journey hasn't always been easy.

His dad said when he first moved to Spain he felt lonely.

He felt like he couldn't speak to anyone, because he couldn't speak Spanish.
So he would call him dad every night and talk to him for hours.

Now, Yuan has been living in Spain for three years.

Taiwan has professional soccer teams too, but the sport is not as popular
here as it is in Europe.

That's why many soccer players move to Europe to live their dreams.

足球在歐洲很受歡迎, 因此很多運動員會去歐洲追求夢想.
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美國男孩為了救狗賣寶可夢卡募款
Boy Sells Pokemon Cards to Save Dog

Are you a fan of Pokemon?

Bryson Kliemann is a huge fan of Pokemon.

He's an 8 year old boy from the United States and he had a huge collection of
Pokemon cards.

But he recently gave up some of his collection to save someone's life.

And that someone was his best friend and family dog Bruce.

Bruce needed care from a vet.

He had a contagious (傳染性的) dog virus called parvo.

So Bryson wanted to do everything he could to save Bruce.

Bryson的狗狗患了嚴重的疾病, 所以他賣出他收藏的寶可夢卡,努力募款救狗狗的命.

But getting Bruce help cost a lot of money. Bryson's family needed to raise
700 U.S. dollars.

Bryson decided to set up a stall (攤子) in front of his house, and sell his
Pokemon cards to neighbors and people passing by.

He made a big sign on a piece of wood that said "Pokemon 4 Sale."

His mother said while she was at work she got a text message with a picture
of Bryson and his Pokemon card stall.

She was very moved by his efforts.

Bryson的努力讓他的媽媽很感動.

So she decided to start a GoFundMe page to raise more money to pay for
Bruce's treatment.

So many people saw the page and donated money (捐款) that Bryson's mother
ended up raising 5,490 dollars.

And Bryson had another big surprise in store.

The news about him selling his Pokemon cards made it to the Pokemon
Headquarters in the U.S.

And Bryson was invited to go!

The company also sent him some cool, rare Pokemon cards to make up for the
ones that he sold.

寶可夢美國總公司注意到到Bryson的故事，特地邀請他去公司參訪,
還送給他一些稀有的寶可夢卡!
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德雷克獲得告示牌大獎
Drake Named Billboard Artist of the Decade

A rapper has received a very special award.

Drake was given the Artist of the Decade honor.

The prize was handed out by the Billboard Music Awards.

The trophy recognizes (肯定) Drake's achievements from 2009 to 2019.

德雷克獲得告示牌音樂獎近十年最佳藝人獎。

During that time, Drake had nine number one albums.

That is the most out of any artist during that period (時段).

He also had 33 top-10 singles in that same time frame.

Drake has the most Billboard Music Awards out of anyone in history.

He has won a total of 28 BMA awards throughout his career.

德雷克是史上贏得最多「告示牌音樂獎」的藝人。
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So, in today's News Bites:

A Taiwanese soccer player has been signed by a professional European club..
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And,

A boy's dog got sick, so he decided to sell Pokemon cards to raise money.
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And,

Drake was named Billboard's Artist of the Decade.

He has had nine number one songs between 2009 and 2019.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!
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