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Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Trevor Tortomasi…
And I'm Nancy Sun.
In today's news:
Breakdancers get ready for a big performance, humans continue to change, and a new actor plays an old character.
All that and more, coming up next.
著名街舞團隊 國慶日亮相 Famous Dance Crew to Breakdance on Taiwan's National Day
Breakdancing (街舞) is a kind of dance that is becoming more and more popular with young people.
It usually goes together with hip-hop music (嘻哈音樂), and has lots of big, powerful moves.
Some breakdancers can even do flips, or spin on their head! 有的街舞舞者也會在跳舞的時候翻筋斗，或者頭頂在地上轉圈圈！
And one of Taiwan's most famous breakdancing teams, called "The Best Crew", is going to have a big performance (表演) soon.
The Best Crew, also called "TBC", is the first dance group in Taiwan to both perform street dance and teach it, too.
Its dancers are from all over Taiwan, and it has won many competitions (競爭) and awards in both Taiwan and around the world.
They'll also be performing with some younger students who are learning to dance.
The whole performance will include people as young as 6 years old, and as old as 60.
And The Best Crew has even bigger performances planned for the future.
In the year 2024, they're planning to compete at the Olympics (奧運會) in Paris!
That will be the first time breakdancing is shown as an Olympic Sport. 2024年的巴黎奧運，街舞將首度成為競賽項目。
If you want to learn breakdancing, there are lots of places in Taiwan where you can look for teachers.
But don't worry about spinning on your head… just have fun!
多餘的動脈 可能表示人類持續在演化 Extra Artery Could Be a Sign of Continued Human Evolution
Are you familiar with evolution (演化)？
Evolution happens when animals "evolve" over time, to adapt (適應) to the place they live in.
For the past 3.5 billion years (三十五億年), life on Earth has been evolving almost nonstop.
And humans might still be evolving, too!
But how can our bodies adapt to the world even more? 我們的身體要如何進一步適應這個世界?
Well, it may seem small, but scientists say they have found more and more people with a special artery in their arms. 這可能是很小的一步，不過科學家發現，越來越多人的手臂裡面多了一條動脈。
An artery is a type of blood vessel (血管) that carries your blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
Scientists say most people have three of these arteries in each arm when they are born, but as they get older, each arm only keeps two arteries.
But after studying the bodies of many people throughout history, they found that in the last one hundred years (近一百年來), more people's bodies have kept all three!
And they predict (預測) that even more adults will have this third artery in the year 2100.
Scientists say it can help to send more blood to the hand, but that if you don't have it, there's still nothing to worry about. 科學家說這條動脈可以多輸送一點血液給手掌，但就算沒有它，也沒什麼好擔心的。
The most important point (重點) is to understand that everything keeps changing, even if we don't notice it.
Just think of what we'll find next!
So, in today's News Bites:
A breakdancing team called "The Best Crew" is going to have a big performance soon.
Also called "TBC", they are the first dance group in Taiwan to both perform and teach street dance.
Its dancers are from all over Taiwan, and it has won many competitions around the world.
And,
Scientists say they have found more and more people with a special artery in their arms.
An artery is a type of blood vessel that carries your blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
They say it can help to send more blood to the hand, but if you don't have it, there's still nothing to worry about.
And,
Jabari Banks will star in the new version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
He will play the part of Will Smith.
In the original show, Will Smith played the character, who was named after him.
And that's today's episode of News Bites!