Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Trevor Tortomasi…
And I'm Nancy Sun.
In today's news:
Taiwan gets a new pizza flavor, a robot chef can now taste food, and Earth gets its first Space Hotel.
All that and more, coming up next.
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台灣出現新的披薩口味
Taiwan Gets a New Pizza Flavor
Some of us like our pizza plain (簡單), with just cheese and tomato.
Some of us like our pizza with plenty of meat, with pepperoni (義式臘腸) and sausage (香腸).
And some of us like our pizza with seafood, so it comes with toppings (配料) like smoked salmon (鮭魚), shrimp (蝦子), and surimi (魚漿).
But Taiwan seems to enjoy trying pizza topped (搭配) with local ingredients (食材) in different ways.
We've seen pizzas made with milk tea pearls (奶茶珍珠), durian (榴槤), and spicy hot pot (麻辣鍋).
There was also "Cilantro Century Egg Pig's Blood Cake Pizza" (香菜皮蛋豬血糕比薩).
And some people said they enjoyed it!
But if you think you've seen it all (但是如果你覺得這些都不稀奇), we might have a new flavor that might make you sit up (讓你驚訝).
There is a new pizza in town, and it's called the "Popcorn Chicken Pizza".
It may even be more unusual than the others, because it has tempura (甜不辣), fried squid rings (炸魷魚圈), and "flaming popcorn chicken" (火紅鹽酥雞).
It is also shaped like a star, and it features Oreos on every tip.
這個披薩是星型的，而且星星的每個尖端上都有Oreo餅乾。
Because the picture of the new pizza first came out on social media (社群媒體), people were not sure if the pizza was real.
But the pizza's inventor (發明者) says it is real, so you'll be able to try this interesting dish if you feel like it.
Some people thought it would be popular because the pizza has Oreos on it.
Another person thought it was a good idea, because the pizza could be both dinner and dessert.
But the only way to find out if the pizza is good is to try it… if you dare (如果你有勇氣的話)!
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機器人廚師會品嚐餐點
Robot Chef Can Now Taste Food
Our bodies come with a special team that can help us taste things.
Our tongues have taste buds that allow us to taste different things: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
And our noses are part of that team, too.
Noses also have special cells (細胞) that allow us to smell different things.
Our tongues and noses work together, to help us identify (認出) and taste different things.
This is why, when we have a cold and our noses are stuffed, the food we eat doesn't taste very good.
So how do scientists teach a robot how to taste, if it doesn't have a nose or a tongue?
They do that by using special machines called sensors (感應器).
The robot is made of just one arm.
And that arm makes the robot look like it could be working in a factory.
這個機器人是一隻機器手臂，看起來很像工廠裡面的機器。
But scientists experimented with this robot by adding a sensor to its arm, which allowed the robot to tell (分辨) how salty a dish was by poking (戳) it in different places.
The scientists then experimented (做實驗) with the robot by giving it a plate of eggs and tomatoes.
They also taught the robot that the flavor of food changes after chewing.
And they did this by mixing the food and getting the robot to taste the food again.
The scientists are hoping that by teaching a robot how to taste, it can eventually become a better cook.
And then it could be used to make food that humans will enjoy!
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世界第一個太空旅館內部揭密
Inside the World's First Space Hotel
If you read science fiction (科幻小說), or have always dreamed about going to space (外太空), your chance could be just around the corner (你的機會不遠了).
One company says it has made plans to build a space business park for both business and visitors.
The company wants to build two space stations.
One space station would hold 28 people, and the other space station would hold 400 people.
The company says the station would look like an expensive hotel on earth, with a restaurant, a bar, a concert hall, a gym, and even a cinema.
這個太空站看起來會像是地球上的高級旅館，裡面有餐廳、酒吧、音樂廳、健身房，甚至還有電影院。
The company still doesn't know how much they will charge (收費) for people to come and stay.
But it probably won't be cheap!
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So, in today's News Bites:
There is a new pizza in town called the "Popcorn Chicken Pizza".
It has tempura, fried squid rings, and "flaming popcorn chicken".
It is also shaped like a star, and it features Oreos on every tip.
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And,
Scientists are teaching robots how to taste.
They are doing this by giving the robot a special machine called a sensor, which can tell how salty a dish is.
Teaching a robot how to taste means that machines could learn to cook for humans someday.
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And,
One company says it plans to build new hotels in space.
The hotels will have the same facilities as an expensive hotel on Earth.
The hotels will come with a restaurant, a bar, a concert hall, a gym, and even a cinema.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!