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Hi there, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Nancy Sun…
And I'm Trevor Tortomasi.
In today's news:
The Taipei Performing Arts Center uses food for promotion, Bangladesh celebrates New Year's, and a female baseball coach takes to the field for the first time ever.
All that and more, coming up next.
台北表演藝術中心以美食宣傳自己 Taipei Performing Arts Center Promotes Itself with Delicious Food
The Taipei Performing Arts Center is a new building, near the Shilin Night Market. 台北表演藝術中心是士林夜市附近新蓋的建築。
The building has three theaters (劇院).
It will host concerts (音樂會), plays (戲劇), and other performances.
The modern-looking building was designed (設計) by a famous architecture company (建設公司).
And many people have praised (稱讚) the design.
But about a month ago, some people on the internet noticed that the building looked like some popular Taiwanese snacks. 但大約一個月前，有一些網友注意到這座建築看起來有點像台灣小吃！
They created a funny meme (迷因).
For parts of the building, they added pictures of a meatball (貢丸), a pork blood cake (豬血糕), and tofu (百頁) .
The meme went viral (瘋傳).
Lots of people saw the picture on social media (社交媒體).
Many people thought it was especially funny (特別好笑), because the theater is so close to the famous night market.
So the performing arts center decided to use this meme.
They worked with a famous braised food restaurant to design a dish which looks just like the meme! 他們跟一家有名的滷味餐廳合作，設計了一道看起來像迷因的菜！
The restaurant is famous for their recipe (食譜) that includes caramel (焦糖).
The recipe is a family secret (祖傳秘方) and it is over 60 years old.
The caramel plus their special blend of spices (特殊混合香料) gives their food a sweet and spicy (又甜又辣) flavor.
The dish was available for three days, from April 8th to 10th.
It was only sold at the performing arts center.
孟加拉慶祝新年 Bangladesh Celebrates New Year's for the First Time in Two Years
Thursday April 14th was a holiday in Bangladesh. 4月14日星期四是孟加拉國的國定假日。
That's because it was New Year's Day according to (根據) their country's calendar.
The Bengali calendar was invented (發明) in the 16th century (十六世紀).
It is the year 1492 according to the Bengali calendar (日壢).
To celebrate the New Year, people wore red clothing and they marched, sang and danced. 人們穿上紅色的衣服，在街上遊行、唱歌、和跳舞來慶祝新年。
The night ends with a big feast (盛宴).
It was the first time in two years that the people of Bangladesh celebrated the New Year.
The last two years of celebrations were suspended (暫停) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MLB新歷史！首位女教練上場 MLB Sees First Woman to Coach on the Field
Alyssa Nakken is the first female coach in Major League Baseball.
She was hired in 2020. Alyssa Nakken於2020年被聘為美國職棒大聯盟首位女教練。
Gabe Kapler, the manager (經理) of the San Francisco Giants (舊金山巨人) chose her to be one of his assistants (助理).
And on April 12th, she made history again. 4月12日，她再次創造了歷史。
She became the first woman to ever coach on a Major League Baseball field.
The Giants' regular first base coach was ejected from the game after he got into an argument. 巨人隊的一壘教練在發生爭執後被逐出比賽。
So, the manager asked Nakken to take over (接管) for him.
But first she had to find her uniform (制服)!
Then she put on her helmet (安全帽) and ran onto the field.
She received loud applause from the home team crowd. 她得到了觀眾的熱烈掌聲。
After the game was over, Alyssa said that it was a "big deal", and that it was also an "honor".
So, in today's News Bites:
Some people noticed that the Taipei Performing Arts Center looked like some popular Taiwanese snacks.
They created a funny meme, using pictures of a meatball, a pork blood cake, and tofu.
The performing arts center then worked with a famous braised food restaurant, to design a dish which looks just like the meme!
Thursday April 14th was New Year's Day according to the Bengali calendar.
The Bengali calendar was invented in the 16th century.
To celebrate the New Year people wore red clothing and they marched, sang, and danced.
And,
Alyssa Nakken is the first female coach in Major League Baseball.
On April 12th, she made history again by being the first woman to coach on the field.
She said it was a "big deal" and an "honor".
And that's today's episode of News Bites!