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Yo, what's up everybody?

It's me, Trevor Tortomasi...

And me, Nancy Sun.

Alright, today's topics:

Is Taiwan too convenient?

Toys rain down on a football match...

And a little doggie goes on a big trip.

More on that, coming up in just a sec(ond)!
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台灣最後一個 沒有便利商店的小鎮
Taiwan's Last Township Without a Convenience Store

It's there when you're hungry...

And it's there when you need to mail a letter (寄信), or pay your bills
(付帳單), or buy toilet paper (買衛生紙).

What is it?

It's a convenience store (便利商店)!

And in Taiwan, convenience stores are all over the place (到處都是).

Well, except for one...

Taitung's Jinfeng Township is now the last township in Taiwan without a
convenience store.
台東的金峰是台灣最後一個沒有便利商店的小鎮。

So, does that mean it's inconvenient (不方便)?

Of course not!

Some people in Jinfeng say it would be nice to have a 7-11, or a FamilyMart,
or an OK Mart, or a Hi-Life, or a Simple Mart, or a...

But other people say it would be bad for local businesses.
有人說有便利商店會讓附近的小生意不好做。

They say if you can buy everything at a convenience store, then you might not
walk down the street to a fruit shop, or a restaurant, or a post office, or a
toilet paper store, or a...

And other other people believe the convenience stores and local stores could
find a way to work together.

Either way...
不管怎麼樣...

How convenient... is too convenient?
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足球賽觀眾 把玩偶丟到球場上
People Throw Toys at a Football Match

In Turkey, a recent football game was paused after 4 minutes and 17 seconds.
土耳其最近一場足球賽，才開始4分鐘17秒就喊暫停。

That's because Turkey and Syria (敘利亞) recently had a giant earthquake
(強烈地震) on February 6th, at 4:17 AM.

In the earthquake, many people lost their homes, or their lives.

And because life is so difficult for the survivors (倖存者), many people want
to help.

Some are donating money (捐錢), and others are donating food (捐贈食物).

So, why did Turkey pause that football game?

They paused it to let people throw toys onto the field!
土耳其暫停足球賽的原因，是讓觀眾丟一大堆玩偶到球場上！

All of these people were donating toys (捐贈玩具) to help the children who
survived the earthquake.

Of course, they were all soft toys, like stuffed animals (填充玩具), dolls
(娃娃), and colorful pillows (各種顏色的枕頭).

The crowd cheered (歡呼), and thanked everyone who had worked hard to help
others.

So, think about all of the nice things you have...

What would you give to someone else?
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狗狗意外的旅程
Dog Accidentally Goes Traveling

Maybe you enjoy going on road trips (開車旅行)...

But if you're going on a long trip in a car, you probably want to plan it
first (最好先有所計畫).

Not this dog, though!
有一隻狗並非如此！

This dog, named Ralph, was walking with his owner (主人) down the street.

And while his owner paused to talk with a friend, Ralph saw an open door, and
jumped inside.
Ralph看到打開的車門，就跳進去了。

But it was the door of a taxi (計程車)...

And suddenly (突然), they were driving!

Ralph had no collar, so the driver could not call his owner.
因為Ralph沒有戴狗項圈，計程車司機沒辦法打電話給Ralph的主人。

And the driver still had to do his job... so he drove!

Ralph was in the car for 160 kilometers (一百六十公里) before the driver
finally had time to drive him home.

Ralph was happy to see his owner again... but maybe he's still thinking about
his next road trip!
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So, in today's News Bites:

Taitung's Jinfeng Township is now the last township in Taiwan without a
convenience store.

Some people in Jinfeng say it would be nice to have a convenience store, but
others say it would be bad for local businesses.

They say if you can buy everything at a convenience store, then you might not
walk down the street to a fruit shop or a restaurant.
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And,

In Turkey, a recent football game was paused to let people throw toys onto
the field.

The people were donating toys to help children who survived a recent
earthquake, in Turkey and Syria.

Of course, they were all soft toys, like stuffed animals, dolls, and colorful pillows.

The crowd cheered, and thanked everyone who had worked hard to help others.

Life has been difficult for the survivors, and many people want to help.
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And,

A dog named Ralph jumped inside a taxi, when his owner wasn't looking.

But because Ralph had no collar, the driver could not call his owner.

Ralph was in the car for 160 kilometers before the driver finally had time to
drive him home.
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That's all for today's News Bites... thanks for listening!
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主播每周一問
Have Your Say

This week, we want you to have your say about travel.

The world is slowly starting to open back up after the pandemic. Some people
are starting to travel to other countries again.

So, if you could go anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would you go?

Record your message and send it to newsbites@icrt.com.tw with your name and
age, and if you'd like, the name of your school.

Send us your recording by Thursday at noon, and you might hear your message
on our show on Friday!

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Hello there! Get ready to take a bite of the latest news, with News Bites!

I'm Trevor Tortomasi...

And I'm Brody Halverson.

Today's stories...

Taiwanese technicians learn how to take care of wind farms, one boy orders
too much food, and why we feel more tired in the winter.

Let's talk about it right now!
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技術人員受訓 維修台灣的風電場
Technicians Train to Keep Taiwan's Wind Farms Running

Taiwan's wind farms make a lot of power.

They use wind turbines (風力發電機) to make clean, renewable energy
(再生能源).

Every year, more wind farms are being built in Taiwan.

Many of them are offshore (離岸), so they can get strong winds on the ocean.

In addition, lots of these wind farms are built by foreign companies.

These companies are investing in Taiwan, to help the country's green energy
industry (綠色能源產業).

Now, local technicians (技師) must learn how to take care of the wind farms.

That's why many Taiwanese technicians are going to train in Europe.
許多台灣技術人員要去歐洲受訓。

These apprentices (徒弟) travel to England (英國), Denmark (丹麥), and
Belgium (比利時) to learn how to take care of a wind turbine.

What's more, the work is not simple.

The apprentices must learn from master technicians, because these machines
can be very complicated (複雜).

They must work with electricity.

And much of their work is high in the air, above the open ocean.

There are many risks (風險), so they must be careful.

The apprentices also need English skills, to train in Europe and communicate
with co-workers (同事) from other countries.

Because of the challenges in this work, there are not enough technicians
(技術人員不夠) in Taiwan.

So after they finish their apprenticeship (學徒制), they will come back to
Taiwan to work.

According to one estimate, there will soon be more than 20,000 new jobs on
wind farms in Taiwan.
據估計，台灣的風電場將提供兩萬多個工作。

There are big opportunities for local technicians who are smart, skilled, and
brave (勇敢)!
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小兒子用爸爸的手機訂了一頓大餐
Young Son Uses Dad's Phone to Order a Feast

Do you like to order food online?

You can use an app to get delicious food delivered to your house.

And there are so many choices!

But you need to be careful, or you might order too much food.

That's what happened to a family in Michigan (密西根州).

One evening, a dad let his six-year-old son play with his phone.

Soon, lots of food started to show up (出現) at his door.

There were pizzas and chili cheese fries (辣椒起司薯條).

And delivery drivers (外送員) just kept coming.

They got salads, sandwiches, shrimp, and shawarma (沙威瑪).

That's when the dad realized (了解到) his son had ordered all this food on an
app!

In the end, it cost the family more than a thousand dollars (一千多美金).

They had a talk with their son, changed the phone password, and shared the
food with their neighbors.
他們講了兒子一頓，改了手機密碼，把食物送給鄰居分享。
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人類在冬天可能需要更多睡眠
People May Need More Sleep in Winter

Winter is so cold!

It's hard to get out of bed in the morning.

Do you think so too?

Well, it's not because you're lazy (懶惰).

According to new research (根據最新研究), people may just need more sleep in
winter!

Researchers (研究人員) in Germany found that in the winter, people need to
sleep for about an hour longer each day.

What does this mean? The researchers say that we may need to adjust our sleep
patterns.
我們可能需要調整我們的睡眠模式。

In other words, we might need to go to sleep earlier in the cold, dark winter
months.

We might even need to change work and school schedules (時間表) during the
winter.
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So, in today's News Bites...

Taiwanese technicians are going to train in Europe.

They are learning how to maintain the new wind turbines that are being built
in Taiwan.

There are lots of job opportunities on Taiwan's wind farms, but many of them
require both technical skills and English language skills.
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And,

A six year old boy in Michigan ordered a huge meal on his dad's phone.

The family had so much food delivered to their house, they had to share it
with neighbors.

In the future, they will be more careful about letting their son use the
phone.
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And,

Researchers in Germany think people may need more sleep in winter.

They found that in the winter months, people sleep for an hour longer each
day.

The researchers think we may need to change our winter habits to get more
sleep.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!
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主播每周一問
Have Your Say

This week, we want you to have your say about someone you find interesting.

There are many interesting people in the world. Some of them made history,
some of them did amazing things, and some of them had something crazy happen
to them.

So, if you could have lunch with any person, alive or from history, who would
you like to meet?

Record your message and send it to newsbites@icrt.com.tw with your name and
age, and if you'd like, the name of your school.

Send us your recording by Thursday at noon, and you might hear your message
on our show on Friday!
 

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Hi there, it's time for a new episode of News Bites...

I'm Nancy Sun...

And I'm Hope Ngo.

In today's episode...

Eggs everywhere, surprise islands, and taking the red pill.

All that and more, coming up next!
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校園有雞，處處有驚喜
A School with Eggs Everywhere

Many schools keep pets.

Some have dogs.

Some have fish.

But how about "school chickens" (校雞)?

Ming-qing Elementary School in Changhua County keeps chickens.

The school says 7 chickens live there.

They sleep in the trees at night.

And during the day, they will walk around the schoolyard.

雞群晚上飛到樹上休息，白天飛到樹下生蛋、孵蛋。

The hens (母雞) lay many eggs.

In fact, they lay around five to six eggs every week.

You might have heard news stories about an "egg shortage" (缺蛋).

But this school has eggs all over the place!

The hens lay eggs in the grass, in the school garden, and sometimes in boxes
and on papers.

This means that students may find a "surprise" when they are at school.

The school principal says students will tell him about finding eggs at school
almost every day.

But the principal says not many eggs hatch (孵化).

The school now has a special machine to keep the eggs warm and help them
hatch.

So students there often see hens taking care of chicks.

And they are learning a lot about eggs, chickens, and the wonder of living
things.

學生們了解母雞、生蛋的過程，在學校上課之外多了許多學習樂趣。
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日本多了 7,000 個島
Japan Finds 7,000 New Islands

Japan is a country made up of islands.

It has four big islands.

They are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

And there are also many more small islands.

But Japan recently got a big surprise.

It found more islands.

In fact, it found 7,000 more islands!

35 years ago, Japan counted its islands.

At that time, scientists had found 6,852.

But now, scientists used new mapping technology.

And they found 7,000 more islands.

日本專家重新計算，發現全國的島嶼數量增加了7千多個。

Some of those new islands also come from volcano eruptions.

Lava from the volcano flows into the ocean.

And it cools and hardens, becoming a new island.

So now there are 14,125 islands in Japan.

All these islands are natural, not made by people.

And they all have a circumference of at least 100 meters.

這些都是自然形成的島嶼，周長達到100公尺以上。

It seems science just never stops surprising us!
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基努李維把紅色藥丸直接帶回家
Keanu Reeves Takes the 'Red Pill', Literally

Keanu Reeves (基努李維) is a famous actor.

He's been in many big Hollywood movies.

In one of his most famous roles (角色), he plays Neo in "The Matrix" movies
("駭客任務"系列).

Neo is a normal guy, who finds out his world is not real.

In one scene (橋段), Neo has to decide if he takes a blue pill or a red pill.

The blue pill lets him forget, and go back to the fake world.

And the red pill lets him see the real world.

電影中，尼歐必須選擇吃下藍色藥丸然後回到虛擬世界，或是吃下紅色藥丸進入被電腦機器統治的真實世界。

Well, it turns out, Keanu took the red pill.

As in, he really took it.

The actor says in an interview, that he took the red pill prop (道具) home
with him.

But hey, Keanu says he didn't steal it!

He says it was given to him.

What other props does he have at home?

Keanu says he has a watch and wedding ring from the "John Wick" movies
(【捍衛任務】系列).

And he has a sword from "47 Ronin" (【浪人47】).
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So, in today's News Bites:

Ming-qing Elementary School in Changhua County keeps chickens.

The hens lay eggs in the grass, in the school garden, and sometimes in boxes
and on papers.

The school principal says students will tell him about finding eggs at school
almost every day.
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Japan is a country made up of islands.

And recently, it found 7,000 more islands, using new mapping technology.

So now there are 14,125 islands in Japan.
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And,

Keanu Reeves said in a recent interview that he took the red pill prop from
"The Matrix" movies home.

Keanu says it was given to him.

He says he also has a watch and wedding ring from the "John Wick" movies, and
a sword from "47 Ronin".
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!
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主播每周一問
Have Your Say

This week, we want you to have your say about someone you find interesting.

There are many interesting people in the world. Some of them made history,
some of them did amazing things, and some of them had something crazy happen
to them.

So, if you could have lunch with any person, alive or from history, who would
you like to meet?

Record your message and send it to newsbites@icrt.com.tw with your name and
age, and if you'd like, the name of your school.

Send us your recording by Thursday at noon, and you might hear your message
on our show on Friday!
 

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And tonight's podcast award goes to... News Bites!

Starring Paz Bueno...

And Trevor Tortomasi.

Thank you, thank you...

Okay, in today's news:

A bike race in Taiwan, this year's Oscars ceremony, and... chicken poo.

Stay tuned!
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國際自由車環台公路大賽
Tour de Taiwan

You can probably ride a bicycle (腳踏車)...

But maybe you don't have a safe place to ride (沒有安全的地方可以騎), because
of all those cars.

Well, there are 192 people who aren't scared!

These 192 people are in a bike race (自由車賽) from Taipei to Kaohsiung.
這 192 個人加入了這場大賽，從台北到高雄。

It's called the "Tour de Taiwan" (環台賽)!

The racers (參賽者) are divided into 23 teams (分成二十三個隊), from 31
countries (來自31個不同的國家).

For the first part of the race (比賽的第一部分), they rode around Taipei for
more than 80 kilometers (騎了八十多公里).

Every day after that, they rode around 100 more kilometers...

And the road was super steep (超級陡峭)!

And on the last day, they finished at the Kaohsiung National Stadium
(在高雄國家體育場結束比賽).

Of course, they were riding REALLY fast, and they needed to be very careful
(小心).

So they had cars driving in front and in back, to give them space to ride
safely.
他們的前後面都有汽車開道，幫他們維持騎腳踏車的安全空間。

So... who won?
到底是誰贏了比賽？

Well, as we're recording now, we don't know yet.
我們錄音的時候還不知道。

But when you hear this, you can go check!
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2023年奧斯卡金像獎
2023 Academy Awards

Every year, Hollywood's "Academy" holds an awards ceremony for the best
movies of the year.
每年，好萊塢的【影藝學院】都舉辦頒獎典禮給全年最佳的電影。

It's called the "Academy Awards", and the award is a little golden statue
named "Oscar" (【奧斯卡】小金人).

And this year, one movie won a lot of prizes (獲得很多獎)!

It was a movie called "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (媽的多重宇宙),
starring Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊).

And because of her performance, Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian person to
win the Oscar for "Best Actress"!
楊紫瓊以絕佳演技，成為奧斯卡歷史上第一個亞洲人贏得【最佳女主角】獎項的演員！

The movie's two directors (兩位導演) won the award for "Best Director"
(最佳導演)...

And two other people in the movie were named "Best Supporting Actors"
(最佳男女配角).

But there were so many other amazing moments (驚人的時刻)!

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (黑豹 2：瓦干達萬歲) won "Best Costume
Design" (最佳服裝設計).

The Indian action movie (印度動作片) named "RRR" got "Best Original Song"
(最佳原創歌曲), for its song "Naatu Naatu"...

And "Best Documentary" went to a movie about Alexei Navalny, a man fighting
for change in Russia (一個為改革而戰的俄羅斯人).

Many people say this year's Academy Awards felt very different than before,
and many people are happy about the change.

But one nice thing stayed the same...

Almost everyone who got an Oscar made sure to thank their mom and dad!
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雞糞的力量
Chicken Poo Power

Okay, our last story is pretty silly...

But it's really good news!

One man in Kenya (肯亞) has found a new way to get power (供應能源) for his
farm.

He uses chicken poop (雞的大便)!

Every morning, he collects the poopoo and puts it into a special machine
(放進一台很特別的機器).

This makes something called biogas (沼氣).

Of course, the biogas has to go through a filter, to remove all the bad stuff
and bad smells.
當然，這個沼氣要先過濾，濾掉所有不好的成分和味道。

But after that, it can be used for power (供應能源)!

He uses it for hot water, for cooking, and even to charge his electric car
(給他的電動汽車充電)!

He says it helps him to save money (省錢), and it doesn't hurt the
environment (不會傷害環境).

So, this poopoo is pretty useful (滿好用)!

Are you brave enough to use it?
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So, in today's News Bites:

The "Tour de Taiwan" is a bicycle race from Taipei to Kaohsiung.

192 people, from 31 different countries, are riding their bikes for five days.

Who won? I guess we'll find out!
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And,

Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian person to win the Oscar for "Best Actress",
thanks to the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once".

Many people say this year's Academy Awards felt very different than before,
and many people are happy about the change.
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And,

One man in Kenya has found a new way to get power for his farm.

He uses chicken poop to make biogas!

The biogas can be used for hot water, cooking, and charging his electric car.
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Okay... that's all for today's News Bites!
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主播每周一問
Have Your Say

This week, we asked you to have your say about meeting someone from history.

7-year-old Tara, from Zhongshan Elementary School, says she wants to meet an
artist named Eric Carle.

***

Thanks Tara... okay, that's it for this week's "Have Your Say"!

Remember, if your answer was used in the show this week, we'll be sending you
a gift in the mail.

Make sure to tune in again next week for an all-new question!
 

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Hello everyone! You're listening to another episode of News Bites!

I'm Paz Bueno…

And I'm Trevor Tortomasi.

In today's news:

A village for chickens, an old church reappears, and a dinosaur with the
world's longest neck.

Stay tuned and we'll tell you more about these stories, coming up next!
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台北動物園打造快樂雞莊
Taipei Zoo's Happy Chicken Village

The Taipei Zoo has created a special place called the "Happy Chicken Village"
(快樂雞莊) to show people how to take care of chickens in a sustainable way
(永續的方式).

The village is designed (設計) to make the chickens happy and comfortable
(舒適).

The Taipei Zoo says that taking care of animals is important, and they want
to show people how to do it right.

The enclosure (場所) is a special place where chickens can run around and
play.

And they have a cozy (舒服的) place to lay their eggs.

The zoo says they will have 80 chickens living in the village, and they will
start laying eggs (下蛋) in about two months.

They think they will get around 60 eggs each day!

The eggs will be collected (收集) and cooked for the other animals at the zoo
to eat (煮給動物園的其他動物享用).

The zoo hopes that people will see how happy the chickens are and will want
to buy eggs that are made from happy chickens, so that farmers will start
taking care of their animals in a friendly way too.
動物園希望大家可以看到那些雞有多快樂，並且掏腰包買牠們的蛋，這樣農民也會開始以友善的方式照顧他們的動物。

Chickens are important animals, and their eggs are a healthy source of
protein (蛋白質來源).

The "Happy Chicken Village" is a great example (範例) of how to take care of
chickens in a sustainable way.

We hope that more people will learn from the zoo and take care of their
chickens the same way.
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水庫水位降低 西班牙教堂現身
Spanish Church Emerges from Drought

There is a very old church in Catalonia, Spain (西班牙加泰隆尼亞).

It's called the Church of Sant Roma (聖羅馬教堂), and it has just re-emerged
from a reservoir after a drought that has lasted for months.
這座聖羅馬教堂因為長達數月的乾旱，從水庫中重新現身。

Spain has not had enough rain over the last three years, and it has caused a
long-term drought (長期乾旱).

Because of this, some old structures (古老建築物) like the Church of Sant
Roma have been re-appearing from reservoirs (水庫).

The ancient church was flooded in the 1960s when a dam was built nearby to
supply water.
1960年代這座老教堂附近蓋了一座水壩，水位升高淹沒了教堂。

Now, water levels (水位) in Catalonia are so low that the Sau Reservoir is
only ten per cent full at the moment (Sau水庫目前只有容量的十分之一).

So, the church has re-appeared!

Lots of people are visiting the Sau Reservoir to see the church, but it's
causing some problems for the fish and wildlife (野生動物) in the area.

Fishermen and wildlife workers are having to remove fish from the lake to
save them and keep the reservoir clean because there is not enough water.
漁民和動物保育人員必須從湖中捕捉魚類以拯救它們，並且保持水庫清潔，因為水量不足。

The dry weather in Spain is also increasing the risk of wildfires
(也增加了野火的風險), so officials in Catalonia are asking people to cut down
(減少) on their water use.
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世界上脖子最長的恐龍
Dinosaur with World's Longest Neck

And now for some exciting news from the world of dinosaurs!

Scientists have discovered something new about a dinosaur called
Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum (馬門溪龍).

It lived more than 160 million years ago (一億六千萬年前).

This dinosaur has the longest neck (脖子) of any animal that has ever lived!

The neck of the Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum is around 15 meters long
(15公尺長).

The Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum was discovered in northwest China in 1987,
and it's part of a group of dinosaurs called sauropods (蜥腳類恐龍).

Sauropods are known for having long necks.

Scientists looked at the bones and fossils (化石) of the Mamenchisaurus
sinocanadorum to figure out how long its neck was.

They compared the fossils to the skeletons (骨架) of its closest relatives
and concluded (得出結論) that the dinosaur had a 15-meter-long neck!

Sauropods had such long necks because they used them to get food.

Having a long neck also increases the body's surface area, allowing sauropods
to get rid of extra body heat.
擁有長脖子也增加了身體的表面積，讓蜥腳類恐龍能夠散熱。

The new findings (新發現) about Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum show how much
scientists can discover about dinosaurs from incomplete fossils
(不完整的化石).
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So, in today's News Bites:

The Taipei Zoo has created the "Happy Chicken Village" to show people how to
take care of chickens in a sustainable way.

The zoo says they will have 80 chickens living in the village.

The enclosure is a special place where chickens can run around and play.

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The old Church of Sant Rom? in Spain has just re-emerged from a reservoir
after a drought.

The ancient church was flooded in the 1960s when a dam was built nearby to
supply water.

Lots of people are visiting the Sau Reservoir to see the church.
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And,

Scientists have discovered something new about a dinosaur called
Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum.

This dinosaur has the longest neck of any animal that has ever lived!

The new findings show how much scientists can discover about dinosaur
evolution from incomplete fossils.
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And that's all for today's episode of News Bites!
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