In today's news, with Trevor and Clifford:
A musical surprise, a crash on purpose, and help for mental health.
All that and more, coming up next.
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太魯閣峽谷音樂節 快閃表演
Surprise Performance for Taroko Music Festival
Musicians put on a surprise performance (表演) at a train station.
The show was held at Hualien Station.
First, students from Tonglan Elementary School sang songs from the Truku people.
The Truku, also known as Taroko (太魯閣族), are an Indigenous Taiwanese people.
Then, indigenous singer Kuli sang "Happy Birthday", accompanied by five musicians from the Taipei Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.
They were a musical flash mob.
A flash mob is a group of people who get together in a public space.
They do something, all together, like perform a dance, or sing a song.
And then they leave.
When the musicians performed at Hualien Station, many people stopped to listen and enjoy the music.
五位樂手在花蓮火車站前面的廣場舉辦快閃演出。
But what was this for?
They were celebrating this year's Taroko Music Festival.
This is the 20th year that the festival has been held.
The festival will take place on October 22nd.
It starts 10:30am, at the Taroko Terrace stage in Taroko National Park.
People who go to the festival can enjoy beautiful music in a beautiful outdoor space.
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美國太空總署探測器 成功撞擊小行星
NASA Probe Successfully Hits Asteroid
We practice (練習) for all kinds of emergencies.
You might have practiced at school, for what to do in an earthquake.
Or maybe at home, you practiced what to do if there's a fire.
Well, the U.S. space agency NASA is doing the same… for an asteroid (小行星) hitting Earth!
NASA sent a small space probe (太空探測器) into space.
Their goal, was to crash it into an asteroid.
And they've done it!
The Dart probe has hit an asteroid.
That asteroid is called Dimorphos.
It is 160 meters wide.
If you put it on the ground, it would be about as high as a building 40 floors tall (跟40層樓的大樓一樣高).
Dart has a camera.
The camera took photos every second.
And it kept taking photos until the moment Dart crashed into Dimorphos.
All this happened 11,000,000 kilometers from Earth.
So, why would NASA want to set up this crash (碰撞)?
They want to test what they could do, if an asteroid comes too close to Earth.
There are many space rocks moving around in space.
And some scientists say a space rock hitting Earth could be dangerous.
NASA says a small space rock, about the size of an 8-story building, would cause an explosion in the sky.
Some people might get hurt in the explosion.
A bigger space rock like Dimorphos, could make a big hole on Earth, and many deaths.
Then there are the very big space rocks.
If you put one of these rocks on the ground, they would be as high as five Taipei 101s.
If one of these hit the Earth, it could cause mass extinction (大滅絕).
So scientists want to be ready.
They want to practice what they could do, if space rocks come too close to Earth.
One of their ideas, is to send something out into space, to crash into the space rock.
This might change the direction (方向) that the space rock is flying in.
And that's the idea that they tested out with Dart.
Now, they are collecting data, to see if it worked.
太空總署的目的，是測試太空船是否能夠改變小行星的運行軌道，以後假如有小行星靠近地球，就可以用這個辦法把它撞開。
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饒舌歌手Megan Thee Stallion創辦心理健康網站
Megan Thee Stallion Creates Mental Health Website
Megan Thee Stallion now has a website for mental health.
The website lists places where people can help.
On the site, there are organizations that offer free therapy (心理治療).
There are also helplines (求助熱線), for people having a hard time.
The website also shows other places where people can find more information about mental health (心理健康).
The American rapper helped put together the website.
In the past, Megan has talked about going to therapy after her mom died in 2019.
She was very open about how she needed help.
She says she learned that it is okay to ask for help.
Megan Thee Stallion說2019年母親過世以後，她慢慢學會了在需要的時候開口求助。
And she says the website might help, if anyone "needs a hand".
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So, in today's News Bites:
Musicians put on a surprise performance at Hualien Station.
They were celebrating this year's Taroko Music Festival.
The festival will take place on October 22nd.
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NASA sent a small space probe into space to crash into an asteroid.
They want to test what they could do, if an asteroid comes too close to Earth.
The probe has now crashed into the asteroid.
NASA is now collecting data, to see if it worked.
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And,
Megan Thee Stallion now has a website for mental health.
The website lists places where people can help.
Megan says it is okay to ask for help, and the website could do that, if anyone "needs a hand".
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!