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In today's news:
Canada Day returns to Taiwan, humanity's greatest camera gets ready to share pictures, and scientists get some strange signals.
Stay tuned for more on those stories, coming up next!
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台灣慶祝 加拿大155年國慶
Taiwan Gets Ready to Celebrate Canada's 155th Birthday
How do you celebrate your birthday?
你怎麼慶祝你的生日？
Of course, each person has their own birthday.
But many countries (國家) have birthdays, too!
And people in Taiwan are getting ready to throw a big birthday party (舉辦一個大生日派對), for one country…
But it's not for Taiwan… it's for Canada (加拿大)!
The event (活動) will be called "Celebration Canada".
It's a party to celebrate Canada's 155th national day (加拿大一百五十五年國慶).
It'll have music, art, games, food, and even a special area for kids, to celebrate the many connections between Taiwan and Canada.
Because of COVID-19, the last time Taiwan celebrated Canada Day was in the year 2019, three years ago.
And every year, it was the largest foreign national day event celebrated in Taiwan!
This year's Celebration Canada event is on Saturday, June 25th, from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at Taipei Expo Park, in Yuanshan.
今年的加拿大國慶日活動，在台北圓山的花博公園，6月25日星期六下午1點到晚上9點舉辦。
Taiwan's government is reminding people to wear masks at the event (提醒大家戴口罩).
So remember to stay safe, but feel free to join the party!
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韋伯天文望遠鏡 準備分享第一批太空照片
James Webb Space Telescope to Share First Pictures
Last year, on December 25th, scientists put something very important into space.
It's called the James Webb Space Telescope (韋伯天文望遠鏡), or the JWST, and it's the most powerful telescope ever made (有史以來最厲害的天文望遠鏡).
Scientists started to build it in the year 1996, and it encountered (遇到了) many problems in its development (發展).
But almost 30 years later, after spending 10 billion U.S. dollars (一百億美元) to get it into space, it's finally ready to show us what it can see!
This summer, on July 12th, NASA will share the JWST's first real space pictures with the world.
今年7月12日，美國太空總署要跟全世界分享韋伯拍的，真正的太空照片。
Scientists say the first pictures will show how powerful the telescope is, and preview its next mission.
科學家說，這些照片會顯示韋伯看得有多遠，也預告它接下來的任務是什麼。
They say it took five years of work from many people, just to decide (決定) which pictures to show first.
That's because many people have been waiting a long time for this moment (等這個時刻等了很久).
And for the last six months, the telescope has been especially busy (特別忙).
It has unfolded 18 golden mirrors (鏡子), to focus on stars that are billions of lightyears away (那些鏡子聚焦在離地球數百億光年的星球上).
And because it needs to be very cold to take in this light, it has unfolded a giant shield (盾) to protect itself from the sun.
When many scientists finally get these pictures on July 12th, they will be very busy, too!
This telescope is now one of NASA's most important missions (最重要的任務), and it will be sending us pictures of deep space (太空深處) for many years to come.
So, what do you think we'll see next?
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中國無線電望遠鏡 是否偵測到外星人？
Did China's Radio Telescope Just Discover Aliens?
Hopefully you haven't heard too much about space, because we've got one more science story for you…
But this time, it's about something very strange.
Scientists working with a radio telescope (無線電望遠鏡) in China have gotten an unusual signal (訊號) from outer space.
Because it's one of the biggest radio telescopes in the world, scientists say it could even feel radio waves (無線電波) from a nearby planet (行星).
So Chinese media (中國媒體) released a story about the signal, asking a very big question…
Could it be from alien life (外星生物)?
中國科學家最近透過無線電望遠鏡偵測到很奇怪的訊號，於是媒體提出問題，訊號有可能來自外星生物嗎？
Space scientists say they want to find alien life, too, but they say we should stay realistic (實際), and do more research first.
They say the problem with a telescope this sensitive (敏感) is that it can sometimes feel too many signals at once.
They say the signal might be something from Earth, and not actually from alien life.
Until the research is done, they say… don't get too excited, but stay intrigued (好奇)!
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So, in today's News Bites:
Taiwan is getting ready to celebrate Canada's 155th national day.
The event, called "Celebration Canada", will have music, art, games, food, and even a special area for kids.
This year's Celebration Canada event is on Saturday, June 25th, at the Taipei Expo Park in Yuanshan.
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And,
This summer, on July 12th, the James Webb Space Telescope will share its first real space pictures with the world.
Scientists say the first pictures will show how powerful the telescope is, and preview its next mission.
This telescope is now one of NASA's most important missions, and it will be sending us pictures from space for many years to come.
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And,
Scientists working with a radio telescope in China have gotten an unusual signal from outer space.
Chinese media released a story about the signal, asking if it could be from alien life.
But scientists say we should stay realistic, and do more research first.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!