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A Cool New Aquarium Opens in Taiwan

Do you like to see fish and other ocean animals? Well, there's a great new
aquarium in Taichung!
台中現在有一座新的水族館！

At Taichung Aquarium, you can get close to the animals. You can see them! You
can hear them! You can smell them! You can touch some!

You can - oh, wait, don't taste them, please…
你可以在台中水族館跟動物互動，還可以用耳朵聽，用鼻子聞，有一些用手摸，但是拜託別吃牠們！

The aquarium has five floors. On the first floor, you are in an ocean.

A very big ocean tank there has sharks, rays, and more cool ocean animals!
水族館有五層樓。一樓是海洋生物區，除了有鯊魚跟魟魚，還有更多很酷的海洋生物！

On the second floor, you can see cute penguins walking close to you.

On the third floor, you can learn about a river in Taichung.
在二樓，你可以看到可愛的企鵝走來走去。三樓的展覽則介紹一條台中的河流。

On the fourth floor, you take off your shoes. Then you can walk in a wetland.

What? Yes, it's Taiwan's first indoor wetland!
到四樓後，你可以脫掉鞋子，踩一踩全台灣第一個搬進室內的濕地！

The aquarium also helps sick or hurt ocean animals get better.

And it teaches people that leaving pet animals in nature is NOT a good idea!
水族館也幫助生病或是受傷的動物。他們也提醒大家不要放生寵物回到大自然。

Taichung Aquarium's ocean animals are waiting for you! Come and see, hear,
smell, and touch them!

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Vocabulary

水族館是非常好玩的地方，可以看到各種有趣的生物。

1. penguin 企鵝。
I've ranked my favorite animals.我把最喜歡的動物排了名次。
Oh? Let's hear it. 我聽聽看。
First place is the penguin.第一名是企鵝。

2. shark 鯊魚。
The second one is the shark.第二名是鯊魚。
Shark?! The shark is not cute.鯊魚? 鯊魚不可愛。
It's not. But I like it.的確，不過我喜歡。

3. third 第三個。
Okay, and the third one? 好吧，第三名呢?
It's fish.是魚。
You like fish because you like to eat it, right?
你喜歡魚是因為喜歡吃它，對吧?

4. fish 魚。
Fish tastes good, don't you think? 魚很好吃，你不覺得嗎?
I do. I just hope you won't eat penguins.我同意，我只希望你別吃企鵝。

Do you like seafood? 來讀單字。penguin企鵝 shark鯊魚 third第三個
fish魚


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Quiz
1. Where is the aquarium?
a. Tainan
b. Taichung
c. Taitung

2. What animals are on the second floor?
a. Sharks
b. Rays
c. Penguins

3. Why do you take off your shoes on the fourth floor?
a. To walk in a wetland
b. To smell them
c. To leave them in nature








Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. a

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Hi and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!

I'm Allie Highsmith.

And I'm Nancy Sun.

In this episode of News Bites: what Taiwan can do with old fishing nets…
And, we'll find out who Tilly Norwood is.

Today's News Flash: the word "UPCYCLE" All those stories… coming up.

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舊漁網的新用途
New uses for old fishing nets

The fishing industry 漁業 is very important to Taiwan.

Because of the fishing industry, Taiwan earns more than a billion US dollars
every year.

So it's not surprising that our fishing boats use thousands of tons of
fishing equipment (數千公噸的捕魚網).

But what happens when fishing nets get broken and can't get fixed anymore?

Instead of throwing the nets away, one person thinks he might have an answer.

Ocean Ou (歐世勛) says he really likes the idea of the circular economy
(循環經濟).

That's when things are shared, reused, repaired, or recycled so they are used
for as long as possible.
也就是把東西共享、重複使用、修理或回收，盡可能延長使用期.

So the longer you use something, the less waste there is!

But instead of just reusing Taiwan's fishing nets, he decided to make them
into something else.

He's turning them into eyewear (眼鏡).

Making his eyewear wasn't easy.

Ou said he wanted to make glasses that didn't look goofy (傻傻的).

He also wanted to make glasses with interchangeable parts 可以更換的零件 so
that people could use them for longer.

Ou experimented with 3D-printed designs (嘗試使用3D列印設計) so they could
come up with something they were happy with.

Today, Ou sells his glasses under the name "hibang" which is Taiwanese for
fishing nets and hope.

Ou's company is not the only one that upcycles (升級循環) fishing nets.

Some companies have also started using old fishing nets to make clothes.

But it is still very expensive to recycle old fishing nets, so very few
people do that.

People who are interested in the circular economy hope that will change.

If more people embrace recycling and the circular economy, there will be less
waste. 如果有更多人支持回收再利用和循環經濟，垃圾就會減少
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蒂莉諾伍德是誰
Who is Tilly Norwood?

Who is your favourite celebrity (明星)?

Is it Taylor Swift (泰勒絲)?

Is it Zendaya (尚達亞)?

No matter who it is, you probably won't say 'Tilly Norwood' (蒂莉·諾伍德).

In fact, you might actually ask who Tilly Norwood is.

She has brown hair and green eyes.

She has a British accent (英國口音).

Some people who have seen her photos might even say she is beautiful.

And if you saw her pictures, you'd say Tilly Norwood is a real person.

But the first thing you should know about Tilly Norwood is that she isn't
real. 首先你要知道，蒂莉?諾伍德（Tilly Norwood）並不是真實存在的人

Tilly Norwood is A-I.

Movie producers say Tilly Norwood is the kind of actress many directors can
only dream about 許多導演只能夢想能碰到諾伍德這樣的女演員.

That's because she is always ready to work... and she isn't likely to cause a
scandal (傳出醜聞) .... so she won't get into trouble.

Movie producers also need to pay Tilly Norwood a lot less.

But Tilly Norwood is making real actors and actresses very angry.

They want to know whether AI actors and actresses like Tilly Norwood will
mean real actors and actresses won't be needed to work in big movies anymore.

One famous actress, Emily Blunt (艾蜜莉·布朗特), says the idea of having A-I
actresses like Tilly Norwood is "really really scary."

The group that represents actors and actresses in Hollywood say Tilly Norwood
won't be able to replace real people (取代真人) anytime soon.

Real actors and actresses say Tilly has no emotions and she has no real
experiences 沒有情感…她沒有真實的經驗.

Tilly can't solve any problems.

The group also says audiences aren't interested in watching
computer-generated content 電腦產生的內容.

What do you think... would watching an AI actress like Tilly Norwood be
something you want to do?

And do you think watching AI actors and actresses is just like watching a
cartoon character (卡通人物)?

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So in today's News Bites:

One company's founder says he really likes the idea of the circular economy.

That's when things are shared, reused, repaired, or recycled so they are used
for as long as possible.

That's why his company, "hibang" is using broken fishing nets to make eyewear.

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And…

A new actress named "Tilly Norwood" is making many actors and actresses very
upset.

That's because she isn't real - she is A-I.

But real actors and actresses also say Tilly won't be popular.

They say she has no emotions and she has no real experiences and she can't
solve any problems.
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News Flash

In today's News Flash, we're studying the word "UPCYCLE"

That's spelled U-P-C-Y-C-L-E.

It's a compound word (複合詞) - that's a word made up of two words "up" and
"cycle"

And that means, to take one thing and turn it into something else that is way
more valuable

Upcycling is different from recycling.

Recycle 回收 means that something will be used again.

For example, if you recycle a plastic bottle, maybe it will become fabric for
shoes or clothes.

But upcycling makes something that is more valuable than the original
product.

In the news story, fishing nets became glasses.

That's a lot more valuable!

And now you know!
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We'll see you next time for an exciting new episode of News Bites!