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Small Town to Get University

Inuit are Indigenous peoples. They have their own language. They have their
own ways of doing things. They hunt. They fish. And they live in very, very
cold places.
因紐特人是原住民，他們有自己的語言和生活方式。他們住在天寒地凍的地方，以捕魚跟打獵維生。

Many Inuit live in north Canada. Inuit have lived there for thousands of
years. The north is mostly ice and snow. Polar bears live there! Winters are
very long and dark.
因紐特人已經在加拿大的北方生活了好幾千年。那裡的冬天漫長而黑暗，四周都是冰雪，還有北極熊！

Students there leave home to go to university. They go south to a city. But a
new Inuit university will open in four years! It will be in a small Inuit
town in the north.
當地的學生如果要上大學，通常要離開家鄉，到南方的城市去。不過，四年後將會有一所新的因紐特大學！這所大學位於北方一個小小的因紐特鎮。

One hundred students will study there. They will learn about Inuit ways and
language.
這所大學會有一百多名學生，在那裏學習因紐特的生活方式跟語言。

The small town is getting ready. It has to plan carefully. There are no roads
to the town! Everything comes by plane!
這個小鎮現在正在做各種準備。因為沒有通往小鎮的道路，所以任何物資都要用飛機才能運過去！

People in the town are excited. This university is very important. Students
from other places will learn about the Inuit. And Inuit students will be able
to study near their home!
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Vocabulary
因紐特人住在加拿大遙遠的北方，有獨特的生活方式。

1. polar bear 北極熊。
I'm going to Alaska this summer. 我今年夏天要去阿拉斯加。
Alaska? Wow! 阿拉斯加，哇!
I want to see polar bears. 我要看北極熊。
From very far away, I hope. 希望你是從遠處看。

2. winter 冬季。
Of course. Bears look much cuter in photos. 當然，照片裡的熊可愛多了!
Too bad you won't see those long, dark winter nights.
真可惜你看不到又長又黑的冬天晚上。

3. ice 冰塊。
That's fine with me. 我還好。
I'll still get plenty of ice and snow. 還是可以看到好多冰雪。
Sure, it's Alaska after all. 當然，畢竟是阿拉斯加。

4. go fishing 去釣魚。
I may even go fishing there! 我甚至可能去釣魚!
Yeah, you may catch a seal! 對，可能釣到一隻海豹!

許多動物園裡也有北極熊。
polar bear北極熊 winter冬季 ice冰塊 go fishing去釣魚
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Quiz

1. Where do many Inuit people in Canada live?
a. In cold places
b. In warm places
c. In hot places

2. How many students will study at the university?
a. One hundred students
b. Four hundred students
c. One thousand students

3. How does everything come to the town?
a. By car
b. By train
c. By plane

Answers
1. a
2. a
3. c

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Hi there, it's time for an all-new episode of News Bites.

I'm Jeffrey Mo.

And I'm Jacob Ingram.

In this episode, we'll be talking about the history of surfing in Taiwan …

… and about a Canadian girl whose autistic student changed the way she saw
the world.

And in this episode's News Flash, legend.
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台灣的衝浪運動歷史
The history of surfing in Taiwan

Some of you might know that you can go surfing (衝浪) around much of Taiwan.

After all, all you really need is a beach and some waves (波浪).

But surfing was actually off-limits (不能做的) to most Taiwanese citizens for
many years.

American soldiers stationed in Taiwan (當年派駐在台灣的美軍) brought surfing
here after World War II and the Chinese Civil War.

During martial law (戒嚴), the government was afraid that spies (間諜) from
Communist China might enter Taiwan.
戒嚴時期，政府害怕從中國大陸來的間諜滲透台灣。

So they banned (禁止) the Taiwanese from surfing - but American soldiers
still had special permission to surf.

They would surf at Camp McCauley, a weekend getaway (週末渡假勝地) near
Yehliu (野柳) on the northeast coast of Taiwan, in New Taipei City.

A man named Jeff Sun (孫耀聖) is often considered to be the godfather of
surfing (衝浪運動教父) in Taiwan.

He was born in Taiwan in 1952 and was lucky enough to be able to hang out
with these American soldiers as a teenager.
他1952年在台灣出生，青少年時常跟美國大兵玩在一起。

When he was 25, Jeff moved to Hawaii himself and learned to surf from some of
the legends of the sport.

After returning to Taiwan in the early 1980s, he worked as a lifeguard
(救生員) on Fulong Beach (福隆海水浴場).

Then, after he took a job in Taipei, Jeff would still head out to Honeymoon
Bay (蜜月灣) in Yilan County on the 4:30 AM train, just so that he could surf
before work!

He would actually go out with a radio DJ from ICRT (ICRT廣播電臺主持人) - in
other words, with one of our predecessors (前輩)!

Eventually, he moved out to Honeymoon Bay and opened the Jeff Surf Shop.
他後來搬到蜜月灣，開了一家店，就叫做傑夫衝浪。

Why are we talking about surfing?

Well, a new book has just come out (上市) by an American photojournalist
(攝影記者).

The photojournalist travelled around the world, trying to find the best
undiscovered surf spots (尋找還沒有成名的衝浪地點).

That's why he visited Taiwan - and he talks about all this history in his
book!

Jeff still has a surf shop at Wushih Harbour (烏石港) in Yilan County.
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加拿大青少年接觸自閉症兒童 贏得論文比賽
Canadian teenager learns life lessons from an autistic child, and wins an
essay competition because of it!

Lily Hua is a grade 11 student from the suburbs of Toronto, Canada's largest
city (麗莉住在多倫多的郊區).

Lily wrote an essay (論文) that won first place in a national contest!

Her essay was about how an autistic boy (自閉症男孩) changed how she saw the
world.

On weekends, Lily works as a swimming instructor.
麗莉週末都去工作，當游泳教練。

Every Saturday, a little 7-year-old boy in neon green swim trunks
(鮮?的綠色游泳褲) would be in her class.

But he would ignore her instructions (不理會麗莉的指導) and just ask whether
it was time to go home yet.

Lily thought that she was a bad teacher and, just like the little boy, wanted
the lesson to be over.

But then, two months after the swim class started, Lily's supervisor (老闆)
told her that the boy was autistic!

So she went home and learned as much as she could about autism (自閉症).

She learned that a crowded pool (擁擠的游泳池) can sound like unrelenting
static noise (連續的噪音) to an autistic child.

Some autistic children have a hard time understanding verbal commands
有些自閉症小孩也很難聽懂口頭指導.

So Lily changed her approach (改變方法).

She got him some earplugs (耳塞) to lessen (降低) the sounds of the pool.

And she used pictures to show him how to breathe underwater (如何在水下呼吸)
and how to flutter kick (如何踢腿).

After all, why should the 7-year-old boy be the one to adapt (適應) to the
teenage girl?

Through Lily's efforts (她的努力), the boy passed his swimming exam!

Lily said that he was capable all along (一直有能力) - but now, she was
capable of realising (意識到) that.
麗莉終於了解，小男孩其實一直都有能力學會游泳。

Lily thinks that society puts the blame on the child (歸咎於自閉症小孩)
instead of the system.

Children aren't the ones who need to prove (證明) that they're capable of
learning.

Instead, teachers should prove that they're capable of teaching you.
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So in today's News Bites,

- A new book talks about the history of surfing in Taiwan, which all started
with American soldiers; and

- a Canadian teenager won an essay competition by talking about how an
autistic boy changed the way she saw the world!
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News Flash

In today's News Flash, our vocabulary word is legend.

In its most traditional meaning, a legend (傳說) is a story about a person
who might or might not have actually existed a long, long time ago.

There's the legend of King Arthur, and in Chinese folklore, there's the
legend of Chiu Yuan (屈原) and the Dragon Boat Festival (端午節).

A legend (圖例) is also that part of a map or a chart that explains what all
of the symbols mean.

But we also use legend (傳奇人物) for a person who is so extraordinary that
he might inspire legends.

Some people might say that Shohei Ohtani is an absolute legend.

In this story, Jeff Sun, the Taiwanese surfer, moved to Hawaii and learned
from legends in the sport of surfing.
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If you have a fun fact or a joke you'd like to share with us, record your
message and send us your Bite-Sized Break to newsbites@icrt.com.tw, and you
might hear it in a future episode!

That was it for this episode of News Bites. We'll see you next time for
another exciting new episode of News Bites!