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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:
A man makes broken things into art, NASA plans a moon rover mission, and The Expendables makes a comeback.
All that and more, coming up next.
陶瓷碎片化為藝術 Man Turns Broken Ceramics Into Art
Some of the most beautiful things we see, can be very fragile (脆弱的).
And when they break, we might feel like they aren't beautiful anymore.
But even when something breaks, there are many ways we can try to put it back together.
And one man in Tainan has been using broken ceramics (陶瓷) to create new works of art!
His name is Mr. Chen, and he has just won a national award for his art here in Taiwan.
Many years ago, he started with a job repairing a temple (寺廟) with his father.
As they worked, Mr. Chen decided to use broken pieces of glass to make ornaments for the roof. 當年他跟爸爸並肩工作時，開始用玻璃碎片來做寺廟屋頂上的裝飾。
People loved the ornaments, and started to call him "The Artist on the Roof".
Then, as more and more people started to hire him (雇用了他) for this kind of work, he decided he wanted to make more art.
Finally in 2002, he made his first art sculpture, using pieces of a broken vase to make a statue of a "Bodhidharma". 2002年，他完成第一個雕塑作品，用花瓶的碎片做成菩提達摩的雕像。
Since then, he has found a new passion in using old and broken ceramics to make things whole again.
And after 60 years of building, repairing, and creating, he has won Taiwan's highest award for crafts.
Maybe the real lesson here, though, is to remember that something is only broken if people think it is.
And we can always try to use the pieces to make something new! 所以囉，破碎的東西不見得是廢物，如果能夠善加利用，它們就有了新生命！
美國太空總署選定 月球探測器登月地點 NASA Selects Landing Site For Moon Rover
Humans are still working hard on the next era (時代) of exploring space.
That includes how to travel through space, and also… how to live there.
And besides living on Mars, one of the biggest projects (項目) will be to live on the Moon.
That means we have to find the right place to start building a new base (基地) there!
NASA has recently decided on a very specific area on the Moon's icy south pole, where they can send the next moon rover. 美國太空總署最近決定，新的月球探測器將在冰冷的月球南極地區著陸。
The moon rover is called VIPER, and its job will be to look for frozen water (冰凍的水), so that we can plan to build our first base (月球基地) nearby.
Scientists say we can break the ice into its two main parts, hydrogen (氫氣) and oxygen (氧氣).
Astronauts can later use these to make rocket fuel (火箭燃料) for more space travel.
Rocket fuel is heavy, and it's very difficult to lift a lot of it off of Earth… but it's much easier to lift off of the Moon! 火箭燃料很重，把沉重的火箭從地球推進太空，其實非常困難，但是從月球出發可就簡單多了。
It takes a lot of work to build a base away from our home planet, but once we get started, it should be easier for us to travel to Mars. 在地球以外的地方建立太空基地需要花很多力氣，但是一旦它落成，我們去火星旅行就容易了。
And we can thank this rover for helping us take the next step!
新浴血任務電影 New Expendables Movie In Production
A big action movie franchise is getting a new installment.
A fourth film in the Expendables series has been confirmed.
The new movie's cast (卡司) will feature many returning members, like Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham.
New characters will be played by 50 Cent, Megan Fox, and Tony Jaa.
第四部浴血任務電影將上映，主要演員都會回來。
Reports say in the new movie, the focus will switch (切換) from Stallone's character to Statham's.
Production of the fourth film should start this fall.
The first Expendables movie came out over a decade ago, in 2010.
The three movies in the franchise so far have made a combined 800 million U.S. dollars worldwide.
前三部浴血任務電影總共賺了8億美元。
So, in today's News Bites:
One man in Tainan has been using broken ceramics to create new works of art!
Many years ago, he decided to use broken pieces of glass to make ornaments for the roof.
Since then, he has found a new passion in using old and broken ceramics to make things whole again.
And,
NASA is planning to send a rover to the moon, to look for frozen water.
Scientists say we can break the ice into its two main parts, hydrogen and oxygen.
Astronauts can later use these to make rocket fuel for more space travel.
And,
A fourth film in the Expendables series has been confirmed.
The new movie's cast will feature many returning members, like Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham.
New characters will be played by 50 Cent, Megan Fox, and Tony Jaa.
And that's today's episode of News Bites!