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In today's news:
Can you fix your phone? NASA talks about UFOs… and sometimes, the sun sets perfectly.
Let's have a listen!
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電子產品能修好嗎？新的分數系統會告訴你
Taiwan Sets Standards for Repairability
How old is your phone?
Phones… computers… TVs… if you use electronic devices (電子產品) for a long time, then someday, they might break (壞掉).
And if your devices break (如果你的電子產品壞掉), you might need to find someone who can repair them (修理它們).
But how do we know if they break?
And how much can we repair them?
我們怎麼知道電子產品怎麼樣才算是壞掉，並且可以修理到什麼程度？
Well, Taiwan's government wants to help people understand each electronic thing's "repairability" (能修理的度量).
The Environmental Protection Administration wants companies to clearly show each device's "repairability score".
環保署準備要求廠商，清楚標示每一種電子產品的【能夠修理的分數】。
That way, we can buy something repairable (比較容易修理), and fix it when we need to!
And we won't have to buy a new device, every time the old one breaks.
這樣我們就不需要每次舊的東西壞了，就跑去買個新的。
So, before you go buy a new phone…
Make sure it's easy to fix!
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美國太空總署解釋 不明的神祕現象
NASA Explains its Unexplained Mysteries
Have you ever seen a "UFO" (幽浮)?
Actually, "UFO" stands for "Unidentified Flying Object" (不明飛行物).
That means, if you see something in the sky, and you don't know what it is… that's a UFO!
And recently, NASA (美國太空總署) held a meeting to talk about all kinds of strange phenomena (奇怪的現象), like UFOs.
NASA says they receive almost 100 UFO reports every month!
美國太空總署說，每個月都會收到將近一百個不明飛行物的報告。
But, they say, most of these phenomena have already been explained.
他們說這些現象大部分已經被解謎了。
For example, they say UFOs can look like mysterious, moving lights in the sky (看起來像神秘的光在空中移動)…
But then, later, they are actually just planes and satellites (其實只是飛機或衛星).
There are also lots of other mysterious phenomena (奇妙的現象).
NASA says one time, Australian scientists heard a strange signal (聽到奇怪的訊號), every day around lunchtime…
And later, they found out the signal was coming from microwave ovens, making lunch!
科學家後來發現，原來奇怪的訊號來自附近的微波爐。
So, NASA says it wants to help people understand that most things are not actually so mysterious.
It says most of these can be explained with science (可以用科學來解釋).
Of course, there are still some things we haven't explained… YET.
But just because we don't know what something is, doesn't mean it's an alien!
只因為我們不知道那是什麼，並不代表它是外星人做的！
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到底什麼是【曼哈頓懸日】？
What is Manhattanhenge?
You might know about "Stonehenge" (巨石陣).
Stonehenge is in England (英國), and it's… well, it's a bunch of big rocks.
The Stonehenge rocks were arranged in a circle, around two or three thousand years ago…
And on the summer solstice (夏至的時候), the sunrise shines light through its middle!
巨石陣的石頭兩三千年前放成一個大圓圈，每到夏至那一天，日出陽光會剛好穿過巨石陣的中間！
Stonehenge is pretty cool… but it's also pretty old.
Do we have anything newer?
有沒有比較新的版本？
Yes! And this year, thousands of people in New York City (紐約) went to see it.
Every year, in New York City's Manhattan District, you can see the sunset shine light all the way down a long, long street, right between the buildings.
每年有幾天的時間，在紐約市的曼哈頓可以看到完美日落，剛好照著整條馬路，就在大樓的中間。
But this special sunset only happens on a few days each year, and only for around 20 minutes each time.
And when one scientist saw this sunset, it reminded him of Stonehenge, in England.
So he decided to call it "Manhattanhenge" (曼哈頓懸日), for New York.
It may not seem that special, but scientists say this rare sunset can remind us of astronomy (天文學), on a normal day in the city.
Maybe we can find one in Taiwan?
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So, in today's News Bites:
Taiwan's government wants to help people understand each electronic thing's "repairability".
The Environmental Protection Administration wants companies to clearly show each device's "repairability score".
That way, we can buy something repairable, and fix it when we need to!
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And,
NASA has recently held a meeting to talk about all kinds of strange phenomena, like UFOs.
NASA says it wants to help people understand that most things are not actually so mysterious.
It says most of these can be explained with science.
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And,
Every year, in New York City's Manhattan District, you can see the sunset shine down a long street, between the buildings.
When one scientist saw this sunset, it reminded him of Stonehenge, so he decided to call it "Manhattanhenge".
It only happens for around 20 minutes, a few times per year, but thousands of people still go to see it.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!