Hey hey hey, get ready for a new episode of… News Bites!
I'm Trevor Tortomasi…
And I'm Paz Bueno.
Today's stories…
A helicopter saves a hiker in Taitung, a new space mission leaves for Jupiter, and Australians vote to change their constitution.
Let's hear all about it!
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直升機在台東縣營救登山者
Helicopter Saves Hiker in Taitung County
Hiking (健行) is fun.
People hike into the mountains to get fresh air and exercise.
But hiking can be dangerous, too.
Hikers (健行的人) need to prepare (做準備) before they go into the mountains.
Even if they prepare, there might still be an accident (意外).
The hiker might fall down and get hurt.
And if they are alone, there will be trouble (大麻煩).
So, what happens if a hiker is alone (獨自一個人) when they get hurt?
If they are lucky, a helicopter (直升機) will come save them.
That's what happened recently in Taitung County (台東縣).
A hiker was deep in the mountains when he hurt his knee.
一名健行者進入深山時膝蓋受傷。
He was hurt so badly, he couldn't even walk.
Fortunately, his phone had service.
幸虧他的手機有訊號。
He called the fire department, and they sent a search-and-rescue team (搜尋及救援隊).
The team searched (搜尋) for two days to find the hurt hiker.
When they found him, they called a helicopter to come pick him up.
The area was foggy (有霧), so it was not easy for the helicopter to land.
Finally, the helicopter found a place to come down (降落的地方).
It picked the hiker up and took him to the hospital in Taitung City.
Thanks to the search-and-rescue team, and the helicopter crew, the hiker will live to hike another day.
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太空任務 尋找木星的衛星是否有生物
A Mission to Find Alien Life on Jupiter's Moons
Our solar system (太陽系) has one sun and eight planets (行星).
What's the biggest planet?
Is it Earth?
地球是最大的行星嗎？
Nope! The biggest planet is Jupiter (木星).
And just like Earth has a moon, Jupiter also has moons.
In fact, Jupiter has almost one hundred moons.
木星有將近一百顆衛星。
Jupiter is such a big planet, and it has so many moons, that we have to ask… does anything live there?
木星的衛星上有生命嗎？
We don't know!
But recently, we have sent a new mission (新的任務) to search for life (生物) on Jupiter's moons.
The mission is called the "Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer", or "JUICE" for short.
任務的簡稱名字就是【JUICE】… 英文拼法其實跟【果汁】的 【juice】一樣！
The JUICE mission will visit three of Jupiter's biggest moons.
We already know there is water on these moons.
Scientists think these moons might have oceans of water (水的海洋), like we have on Earth.
And where there is water, there may be life.
有水的地方就可能有生命。
That's why the JUICE mission is going to Jupiter's moons to search for life.
Even though it has already left, the JUICE mission still won't arrive at Jupiter for eight more years.
So, the year 2031 might be the year we find life in space.
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澳洲投票表決「原住民的聲音」
Australians to Vote on 'Indigenous Voice'
Australia (澳大利亞) is a big country with a lot of people.
Australians (澳洲人) are proud of their country and their history.
Most Australians belong to (屬於) families that came to Australia from Europe more than one hundred years ago.
But, there is another group of Australians, too.
Indigenous people (澳洲原住民) have been living in Australia for tens of thousands of years (好幾萬年).
They have lived in Australia far longer than anybody else.
Indigenous Australians have their own language (自己的語言) and culture (文化).
They also have special songs, dances, and music.
These are some of the oldest traditions (傳統) in the world!
That's why it is strange that Australia's highest law does not say anything about Indigenous people.
澳洲的憲法對原住民沒有任何規定。
It's true! Australia's Constitution (憲法), the most important law in Australia, does not talk about them at all.
That's not good!
It means Australia's laws don't really work for Indigenous people.
But now, many people in Australia want to change this.
They want to change the Constitution (修改憲法), to give Indigenous people a voice (聲音).
What does that mean?
This new law will make a group (機構) called "The Indigenous Voice" (原住民的聲音).
That group will be able to work together with Australia's government, to make new laws for the country.
This group will give Indigenous people a way to decide how laws will work in Australia.
這個機構讓原住民來決定法律在澳洲要怎麼運作。
Many people like this idea, but first they need to vote on it (投票).
At the end of this year, Australians will vote on the Indigenous Voice.
If the vote is successful (成功), Australia's Indigenous people will finally get a say in government.
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So, in today's News Bites…
A helicopter saved a hiker in Taitung County.
The hiker was alone in the mountains when he got hurt.
The fire department sent a team to search for him.
When the team found him, they called a helicopter to pick him up.
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And,
A new mission is searching for life in space.
The JUICE mission will go to Jupiter, the biggest planet in the solar system.
It will search for life on Jupiter's moons.
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And,
Australians will vote to decide if they want to change their constitution.
If the vote is successful, it will give Indigenous people a voice in government.
Indigenous people have lived in Australia longer than anyone else, but until now, their Constitution has not talked about them at all.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!