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Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Ryan Drillsma…
And I'm Nancy Sun…
In today's news:
A basketball fan strikes a lucky shot, kids take legal action over climate change, an actress names her dog after a politician.
All that and more, coming up next.
籃球粉絲投籃贏得60萬台幣 Basketball Fan Sinks Shot and Wins 600 Thousand NT
He shoots…
He scores!
And he wins 600,000 NT?
Are you a big basketball fan (粉絲)?
A man in Kaohsiung who goes by the name Hung is, and he recently got his chance to show off his skills (展現技能) and win a huge prize.
On Sunday December 26, the Kaohsiung Steelers basketball team played the Taoyuan Pilots at the Kaohsiung Fengshan Stadium (高雄市立鳳山體育場).
The Steelers lost 70 to 88 to the Pilots. But there was still a victory (勝利) for Kaohsiung that day.
At half time - that's when half the game is over and the teams take a break - the Steelers held a competition.
They invited three members of the audience to the court.
They called out three ticket numbers, and the people holding those tickets made their way to the court.
高雄港鐵人籃球隊唸出3個票號，邀請這三個人進入球場參與小遊戲。
Hung was one of those people.
The contestants had to throw the basketball into the net (網) from the half-way line.
Hung bounced the ball (運球) a few times… he ran up to the half-way line… and took his shot…
And the ball went into the net!
籃球進入籃球網了!
Hung jumped for joy and the crowd cheered!
It was an impressive shot.
太厲害了!
But what's more, Hung won 600,000 NT!
He said he would use the money to take his family and girlfriend out for a nice meal and then save the rest of it (把剩下的存起來).
Do you think you could make the shot?
葡萄牙孩童採取法律行動防治氣候變遷 Kids in Portugal Take Legal Action to Prevent Climate Change
We should all take action to prevent (防治) climate change.
But some kids in Europe are taking legal action.
They're getting lawyers involved (請了律師) and going to the European Court of Human Rights (歐洲人權法院).
They think a clean and safe environment should be a human right (人權) - that means no one should be able to take it away.
It's the first time an environment-related case (案子) has been filed at the European Court of Human Rights.
And the case argues that the governments in 33 European countries have not done enough to prevent climate change.
It was started by two siblings from Portugal called Andre and Sofia.
Portugal has seen many wildfires (野火) over the past few years.
Wildfires have always happened there, but in recent years they have become bigger and caused more damage than before.
And experts think it is due to climate change.
野火以前也會發生，但是近年發生的野火越來越大，損失越來越多。專家認為是氣候變遷的影響。
This inspired (激發) Andre and Sofia to do something.
They want to make sure that the leaders of European governments who have pledged, or agreed, to reduce emissions, actually keep their promises.
They want to use the law to force them to take more action.
他們想使用法律來讓保證減碳的歐洲領導人採取行動。
Andre and Sofia are not sure their case will win, but they hope it can at least set an example (樹立榜樣) for other young people in the future.
美國演員Amber Heard以澳洲政府人員命名狗 Amber Heard Names New Dog Barnaby Joyce
Actress Amber Heard has named her dog after the Australian minister Barnaby Joyce.
Joyce is actually the deputy prime minister of Australia.
Barnaby Joyce是澳洲的副總理。
But why did Heard, who is the star of Aquaman and Drive Angry, do this?
She had an argument with the minister in 2015.
At the time, she was with actor Johnny Depp.
He was in Australia filming a Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
And he brought his two dogs. But he failed to tell the government, which is the law.
Barnaby Joyce rudely said the two dogs should go back to the U.S.
Amber Heard的前男朋友Johnny Depp違法帶著他們的兩隻狗進入澳洲，Barnaby Joyce當時用不禮貌的方式說他們應該回美國。
This of course, made Heard angry.
And now, to get back at him, she has her own big, fluffy Barnaby Joyce at home.
So, in today's News Bites:
A man in Kaohsiung recently won 600,000 NT.
He joined a half-time competition at a basketball game.
He threw the ball into the net from the half-way line.
And,
Some kids in Europe are taking legal action against climate change.
Seeing wildfires in their home country of Portugal inspired Andre and Sofia.
They want to make sure that the leaders of European governments keep their promises.
And,
Actress Amber Heard has named her dog after the Australian minister Barnaby Joyce.
Barnaby Joyce rudely said the two dogs should go back to the U.S.
Now, to get back at him, Heard has her own big, fluffy Barnaby Joyce at home.
And that's today's episode of News Bites!