In today's news, with Nancy and Hope:
Enjoying art from around the world, using plastic to grow food, and a new take on an old classic.
All that and more, coming up next.
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台北國際藝術博覽會盛大回歸
Taipei Holds Largest Ever Art Taipei
Do you like art?
Taipei just held a big art fair (藝術博覽會).
It's called Art Taipei.
Artists from Taiwan and eight other countries around the world showed their work at the fair.
There were more than 1,000 pieces of artwork on display (公開展出).
2022 台北國際藝術博覽會吸引了很多台灣藝術家，還有來自國外的展商參加。
Art Taipei also had a section for Taiwan's Indigenous art.
That section showed oil paintings by Paiwan artist Aruwai Matilin (馬郁芳).
It also showed photographs taken by Pinuyumayan artist Gao Min-shiou (高敏修).
Organizers say it wasn't easy to hold such a big art show with COVID-19 still around.
But they hope visitors had a lot of fun.
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用塑膠瓶漂浮花園種出青菜
Singapore Team Builds Floating Gardens with Plastic Bottles
The world has a plastic problem.
And plastic bottles are a big part of that problem.
According to the United Nations, the world buys one million plastic bottles every minute.
Most of these bottles are used once, then thrown away.
So many people have been trying to figure out what to do with all those bottles.
A group of people in Singapore have come up with an idea.
They are turning plastic bottles into floating gardens.
These floating gardens are called "chinampas".
It's a very old Mexican way of farming.
People would make very small "islands" with soil that floated on water, to grow crops (農作物).
And now a team of students and alumni (校友) at the National University of Singapore are doing this with plastic bottles.
They used empty plastic bottles to make the base (底部、底座).
The base is filled with soil.
And the team also adds crushed glass, from recycled glass bottles.
They say the glass helps plants grow faster.
The team grew edible plants (食用植物).
They grew kangkong, and laksa leaves.
他們用塑膠瓶飄浮花園，種出空心菜和越南香菜。
And they believe their floating garden works very well.
The team says in normal soil, a kangkong plant takes about five weeks to grow.
But on the chinampas, the plants grew in less than four weeks.
They think the gardens could help Singapore grow more food.
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美國歌手克莉絲汀推出新版 "Beautiful" MV
Christina Aguilera Releases New "Beautiful" Music Video
American singer Christina Aguilera released a song called "Beautiful" in 2002.
The song was about people struggling (掙扎) with the idea of beauty.
The music video showed many people who felt "not beautiful".
And the words of the song told these people that they are beautiful "in every single way".
Now, Christina has made a new music video for "Beautiful".
The music is the same.
But the video now shows young people struggling with negative messages (負面訊息) from social media.
In the video, young people are shown watching their phones, posing for photos (擺姿勢), and getting ready for plastic surgery (整形手術).
And later in the video, they change their mind, and go outside to play.
Christina says the video is for "World Mental Health Day".
She encouraged her fans to "Take your space, log off, put your mind, body, and soul first."
克莉絲汀鼓勵她的粉絲要記得給自己喘息的空間，可以選擇登出社交平台，把精神、身體、和心靈的健康擺在第一。
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So, in today's News Bites…
Taipei just held a big art fair called Art Taipei.
Artists from Taiwan and eight other countries around the world showed their work at the fair.
Organizers say they hope visitors had a lot of fun.
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A group of people in Singapore are turning plastic bottles into floating gardens.
The team grew edible plants.
They think the gardens could help Singapore grow more food.
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And,
American singer Christina Aguilera has released a new music video for her 2002 song "Beautiful".
The music is the same, but the video now shows young people struggling with negative messages from social media.
Christina encouraged her fans to "Take your space, log off, put your mind, body, and soul first."
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!