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Pingtung Energy, Giant Tortoise, Fantastic Beasts

2022/3/14
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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:

Pingtung goes green, a new animal is discovered, and a new movie returns to the world of Harry Potter.

All that and more, coming up next.


越來越多屏東房屋 轉向綠色能源 More Pingtung Homes Switching to Green Power

It can be difficult to see some kinds of energy (能源) with our eyes.

So how do we know if it's green?

Well, "green energy" means it is produced (產生) from natural resources (自然資源).

We can get green energy from the sun, by using solar panels (太陽能板) that give us electricity (電).

We can also get it from wind, by using windmills (風車) that make electricity when they turn.

And we can even get green energy from water, by using rivers that flow very quickly (流得很快) to make more energy.

It's very important that we use as much green energy as we can.

And one city is doing its best to help!

Homes in Pingtung are getting ready to get almost all of their electricity from green energy. 幾乎所有屏東房屋即將由綠色能源產生供應電力。

Pingtung County (屏東縣) already gets most of its energy from solar panels, which can support 75 percent (75趴) of its homes.

And they're still building more!

The county started this project in the year 2019, and they plan to finish by the end of 2022.

When we get our energy from things like coal-fired power plants, we create a lot of heat, which goes into our atmosphere. 當我們使用火力發電廠的電力,也會同時製造大量熱氣進入大氣層。

That heat makes our planet a little bit hotter every year.

This is called "global warming" (全球暖化), and it causes a lot of problems.

So the more we use green energy, the healthier our planet will be, and the healthier we will be, too.

And we can thank the people of Pingtung for helping to be a part of that change!


科學家發現新種巨龜 New Species of Giant Tortoise Discovered

Some people might think we have already found all the different types of animals that we can.

But in reality (事實上), there are almost always more kinds of animals to discover.

In fact, scientists are discovering new species (新物種) of animals almost every day!

They may not always be as different as dogs are from cats, or birds are from fish.

But there are still many important differences to find, which can help us understand more about how they evolve over time. 科學家想找出這些不同動物之間的差別,讓我們更了解牠們是如何演化的。

And recently, animal researchers have found a new species of giant tortoise (巨龜).

It lives on the Galapagos Islands (加拉巴哥群島).

When researchers were studying the DNA of these gigantic tortoises, they found that some of them were from one family, and some of them were from a much different family. 研究人員分析這些巨龜DNA,發現其中幾隻屬於某個生物家族,其他的卻屬於另外一個很不一樣的家族。

And because tortoises can live to be very old, this means the different families must have lived separately (分開的) for a very long time.

This kind of information helps scientists study how the animals live, and why some other kinds of tortoises have gone extinct (絕種了).

So who knows what we'll find next?


新的【怪獸與牠們的產地】電影 四月上映 New "Fantastic Beasts" Movie in Theaters in April

Have you ever read a book about Harry Potter (哈利波特)?

The first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was published (出版) in the year 1997.

The book was written by J.K. Rowling, and it was made into a movie in the year 2001.

Many years later, J.K. Rowling also wrote more books, called "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

These newer books didn't have the character Harry Potter in them, but they were still set in the same world! 之後的這幾本書雖然沒有哈利波特,但是仍然發生在同一個奇妙的世界。

And now, Harry Potter fans (粉絲) can look forward to a new movie about the Harry Potter world.

It's called "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore".

It tells the story of Hogwarts' headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, before he was put in charge of the wizarding school.

In a trailer for the movie, we can see Dumbledore and his friends try to stop a powerful dark wizard. 在這部電影的預告片裡面,我們看到鄧不利多校長和他的朋友對抗法力強大的巫師。

Dumbledore leads a team made up of other wizards (男巫), witches (女巫), and a "muggle" (普通人).

The entire movie will be released in April.

Maybe you can catch up (趕上) on some Harry Potter story history before then!


So, in today's News Bites:

Homes in Pingtung are getting ready to get almost all of their electricity from green energy.

Pingtung County already gets most of its energy from solar panels, which can support 75 percent of its homes.


And,

Recently, animal researchers have found a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands.

This kind of information helps scientists study how the animals live, and why some other kinds of tortoises have gone extinct.


And,

Harry Potter fans can now look forward to a new movie about the Harry Potter world.

It tells the story of Hogwarts' headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, before he was put in charge of the wizarding school.


And that's today's episode of News Bites!