Hey there! Welcome to today's News Bites.
I'm Paz Bueno…
And I'm Nancy Sun.
In today's news:
A Taitung farmer that stopped growing vegetables, and a stack of cars!
And in today's Tasty Tidbit…what does space smell like?
Stay tuned for more on those stories, coming up next.
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台東農夫找到養蝸牛的成功之路
Taitung Farmer Finds Success Farming…Snails!
Snails are fascinating creatures.
蝸牛真是有趣的生物。
They are not only one of the slowest animals on Earth…
…but they've also been around for a very long time!
In many places around the world, snails are edible (可以吃的).
That means it's safe to eat.
And in Taitung, a farmer named Chang Cheng-hsiung (張正雄) decided to change from growing vegetables (種植蔬菜) to raising snails (養蝸牛)!
Before, he thought of these snails as pests (害蟲).
But now, he's using them to make food!
He sells things like canned snails (罐裝蝸牛) and sausages (香腸) made from pork and snails.
People in Taiwan and other countries buy his products.
Chang said farming became harder and harder for him as he got older.
隨著年齡增加，耕種對他來說越來越困難。
So, he thought of raising snails.
He raises between 80,000 to 100,000 white jade snails (白玉蝸牛).
These snails are popular in international and French cuisine (國際和法國料理).
Taitung is a great place for these snails because the environment is clean (環境很乾淨).
And, it's easy for people with little land to start raising snails because it doesn't cost much.
But, these white jade snails are very delicate (嬌嫩).
Even a small change can hurt them.
However, if you take care of them well, they taste much better than other snails you might see in Taiwan.
Farmer Chang has a friend who helps him sell the snail products.
They sell in Taiwan, and also in places like Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, and Japan.
So, next time you think about trying something new, just remember the snail farmer from Taitung.
It's never too late to find something new and exciting!
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中國公司把汽車堆成一座塔
Chinese Company Stacks a Car Tower
Vehicle safety (車輛的安全性) is very important.
Cars need to be made with strong materials to protect the driver and passengers inside.
汽車需要用堅固材料製造，以保護車內的駕駛員和乘客。
But how can a car company prove (證明) their vehicles are strong enough?
One Chinese car company called Chery decided to use a unique way to show off how strong their car is!
中國的奇瑞汽車公司決定用一種獨特的方式，來展示他們的汽車有多麼堅固！
Chery wanted to show everyone how strong their new electric car (電動車), the eQ7, really is.
They stacked (堆疊) seven of these cars on top of each other, making a big car tower (成為一座汽車塔)!
Right now, China is making lots of electric cars.
Many companies are trying to tell people that their car is the best one to buy.
Chery used this special way to show that their new eQ7 car is super strong.
They put one car on the ground and then put six more cars on top of it, one by one.
Usually, for a car to be safe, it should be able to carry up to four times its own weight (一輛車應該能夠承受比它自己多四倍的重量).
Chery's tower showed their car can handle even more weight!
But, some experts pointed out that Chery wasn't the first to think of this idea.
Another company, Volvo (富豪汽車), has been making car towers since the 1980s.
In fact, Volvo did this same trick in 2021 using seven of their own cars.
While some think Chery might have copied the idea from Volvo, this tower is still a clever way to show that their cars can be very strong and safe.
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So, in today's News Bites:
In Taitung, a farmer named Chang Cheng-hsiung decided to change from growing vegetables to raising snails.
That's because farming became harder and harder for him as he got older.
Now, he raises between 80,000 to 100,000 white jade snails.
With his friend's help, he sells snails not only in Taiwan, but also in places like Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, and Japan.
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And,
One Chinese car company called Chery decided to use a unique way to show off how strong their car is!
They stacked seven of their new electric cars on top of each other, making a big car tower.
It's a clever way to show that cars made by Chery can be very strong and safe.
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趣味小點
Tasty Tidbit
There are tons of things to learn about outer space, but still so many questions to ask. For example…
What does outer space smell like?
Well, when astronauts live in a space station, sometimes they have to wear space suits to go outside.
And when they come back in, they say their space suits smell a little bit like… barbecue?!?!
Yep, many astronauts agree, outer space can smell like hot metal, or cooked meat.
Some scientists say this smell could come from the space station, or even from the Earth's outer atmosphere.
And other scientists say… it could be the smell of dying stars. WHOAH.
But remember, space is HUGE. So if we go somewhere far away… it could smell completely different!
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