Well howdy-doody, this right here's a mighty-fine episode of News Bites!
I'm… *ahem* I'm Trevor Tortomasi…
And I'm Paz Bueno.
In today's news:
Traveling with books, walking on the moon, and solving an art mystery.
Stay tuned for more on those stories, coming up next.
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台灣慶祝【世界閱讀日】
Taiwan Celebrates 'World Book Day'
This month, Taiwan has made some fun activities (活動) to celebrate "World Book Day".
It's an event is called "Read Taiwan" (走讀台灣), that encourages people (鼓勵人) to travel around Taiwan with books.
It's a list of places to go… and a list of books to read on the way!
走讀台灣會列出目的地，以及最適合在旅途中看的書！
There is no tour guide (沒有導遊)… you just go and read!
The tours have 105 books, in 12 categories (種類).
And there are categories like local food, culture, trains, nature, and animals.
Read Taiwan wants to promote stronger reading habits (推廣更堅強的讀書習慣)
That's because… on average (平均), people in Taiwan only buy 2 or 3 books each year…
But in Japan and South Korea, the average person buys around 10 books per year.
台灣人每人每年平均只買兩本或三本書… 但在日本和南韓，他們每年平均買十本！
That's a lot of books!
But remember, we can buy books on our phones and computers, too!
It saves paper (節省用紙), and it's much lighter than paper (也比紙做的書輕多了).
So, the next time you go on a trip around Taiwan, whether it's paper, or a computer…
Bring a book!
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太空人演練 月球漫步
Astronauts Practice for Walking on the Moon
Nobody has been to the moon in a long, long time.
已經很久沒有人類踏上月球了。
The last time a human (人類) walked on the moon was in the year 1972 (一九七二年).
But we'll be going again soon!
Well, not "we", I mean… you know, astronauts (太空人)!
It takes a LOT of work, from a LOT of people, just to get a few astronauts to the moon.
That's why NASA (美國太空總署) is working hard on its Artemis Program (阿提米絲計畫).
The Artemis Program's third mission wants to get people on the moon by 2025.
阿提米絲計畫的第三項任務，要在 2025 年把太空人送上月球。
But because the moon is smaller than Earth, it has less gravity.
That means walking on the moon feels very different than walking on Earth.
月球的地心引力比地球小，所以在月球上走路，感覺完全不一樣。
Not only that… but astronauts have to wear spacesuits (要穿太空衣), and that makes walking even harder!
So how do they practice walking on the moon?
所以到底要怎麼練習在月球漫步呢？
Well, NASA has made a special pool (游泳池) for astronauts.
But it's not for swimming!
When the astronauts put on their spacesuits, and walk underwater (在水下走路)…
They can walk, work, and carry things in the pool, to practice moving in low gravity (為了練習在低等級的地心引力移動).
This helps astronauts get ready to work on the moon.
And it helps scientists to make better spacesuits, and better technology (科技).
If all goes well (如果都順利的話), we'll see people on the moon in 2025!
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蠟筆之謎被解決
Crayon Mystery Solved
Do you like drawing (畫畫)?
How about coloring (塗上顏色)?
Well, there are some places we shouldn't draw or color…
有的地方不應該畫畫或是塗上顏色…
Like on an ancient statue (古代的雕像)!
And one statue in England looked very different this month.
The statue was made of white marble (是用白色大理石做的).
But one morning, it had blue marks all over it!
有一天早上，這個雕像全身都有藍色的斑點。
People realized the marks were drawn by blue crayons (藍色的蠟筆).
But this statue was 230 years old (有兩百三十年歷史)!
Who would do something like this?
Well, it turns out (原來是)… it was kids (小孩畫的).
Some kids walking by the statue decided they wanted to make art with their crayons.
And maybe they thought the white statue was like a piece of white paper…?
也許他們以為白色的雕像就像一張白紙…？
It's okay to like art… just be careful where you make it!
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So, in today's News Bites:
Taiwan is encouraging people to travel around Taiwan with books.
"Read Taiwan" is a list of places to go, and a list of books to read on the way.
The event wants to encourage people in Taiwan to read more books.
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And,
NASA has made a special pool for astronauts.
Astronauts can walk, work, and carry things in the pool, to practice moving in low gravity.
This helps astronauts get ready to work on the moon, and helps scientists to make better technology.
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And,
People found blue marks all over a 230-year-old white marble statue.
It turns out that a group of kids had drawn on it with crayons.
Maybe they thought the white statue looked like a piece of white paper…?
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Anyway, that's today's episode of News Bites…
Yeehaw!