It's time for today's new episode of News Bites.
I'm Nancy Sun…
And I'm Paz Bueno.
In today's news:
Running to fight cancer, and a ring of fire in the sky.
And in today's Tasty Tidbit…
What’s a mouthful for the biggest animal on the planet? Stay tuned to find out!
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TERRY FOX RUN 公益路跑的英雄
The Man Who Started the Terry Fox Run
The Terry Fox Run was recently held in Taiwan.
TERRY FOX RUN 國際公益路跑上個禮拜在台灣登場，為台灣癌症研究募款。
It's an event where people run or walk to raise money to fight cancer.
But how much do you know about the person who started it all?
Terry Fox was born in Canada in 1958.
He loved sports, playing basketball and running.
But when he was 19, doctors found cancer in his right leg.
His leg was amputated (截肢), and he had to go through many rounds of chemotherapy (化療).
Doctors told him that new research on cancer meant that he had a 50 percent chance of surviving.
Without this new research, his chance to survive would be just 15 percent.
This really made Terry think about the importance of cancer research.
He watched many other cancer patients he met suffer and die.
He felt that there was too little money being put towards cancer research.
So Terry came up with a plan.
He would run across Canada, to raise money for cancer research.
He hoped to raise one dollar from every single Canadian.
That would be $24 million Canadian dollars.
The next year in April, he started his run from St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
He ran through wind, rain, and even snowstorms.
For many months, he ran about 42 kilometers per day.
That's like running a full marathon every day!
As more and more people heard about Terry's run, donations started coming in.
But all that running was very hard on his body.
He had pain in his legs, his knees were inflamed (發炎), he had many blisters (水泡) on his foot and leg, and he was often dizzy.
But he kept on going.
On September 1st, when Terry was in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he had to pause running because he was coughing very hard and had pain in his chest.
Terry had to stop and was driven to a hospital.
The next day, he told everyone that his cancer had come back, and spread to his lungs (肺部).
He died months later, at the age of 22.
All in all, Terry Fox ran 5,373 kilometers, over 143 days.
During his run, and in the weeks after, $23 million Canadian dollars in donations were collected for cancer research.
More than 60 countries around the world, including Taiwan, still hold Terry Fox Runs.
And as of last year, more than $850 million Canadian dollars have been raised in Terry's name.
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天空中的「火之環」
A "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse
We've talked before about Taiwan being on the "Ring of Fire".
It's around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
Many volcano eruptions and earthquakes happen on the Ring of Fire.
But there was actually another "Ring of Fire" in the skies recently.
It's called an "annular solar eclipse".
That's when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
It blocks out most of the Sun's light.
And the rest of the light makes a thin "ring" around the dark moon.
It's a bit different from a total solar eclipse, when you can't see any part of the sun at all.
The latest annular solar eclipse happened earlier this month.
And people in parts of the US, Mexico, and South and Central America could see it.
When the eclipse happens, the sky gets dark…
And it gets cooler…
Then the golden ring of light appears!
月球完全遮擋太陽中心，只留下邊緣的橘色光環。
Some people also saw a "partial solar eclipse".
They saw a crescent-shaped light (新月形的光).
Many people say it looks like the moon is taking a bite out of the sun!
The "Ring of Fire" won't be seen again in North, Central and South America until 2046.
But a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the US and Canada on April 8th next year!
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So, in today's News Bites:
The Terry Fox Run was recently held in Taiwan.
The run was started by Canadian man Terry Fox, who ran more than 5,000 kilometers across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
Terry died at the age of 22, before finishing his run.
As of last year, more than $850 million Canadian dollars have been raised in Terry's name.
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And,
An "annular solar eclipse" happened earlier this month.
And people in parts of the US, Mexico, and South and Central America could see it.
The "Ring of Fire" won't be seen again in North, Central and South America until 2046.
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趣味小點
Tasty Tidbit
In today’s Tasty Tidbit, blue whales eat almost half a million calories in one mouthful.
Blue whales eat krill, a shrimp-like sea animal. Each mouthful of krill for a blue whale is 457,000 calories. They need these calories to fuel their gigantic bodies. Humans need to eat around 2,000 calories each day. That’s not even a snack for a blue whale!
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