作者，配音，編輯：(Nancy)

第二配音員：(Hope)

Hi there, it's time for a new episode of News Bites…

I'm Nancy Sun…

And I'm Hope Ngo.

In today's episode…

Eggs everywhere, surprise islands, and taking the red pill.

All that and more, coming up next!

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校園有雞，處處有驚喜

A School with Eggs Everywhere

Many schools keep pets.

Some have dogs.

Some have fish.

But how about "school chickens" (校雞)?

Ming-qing Elementary School in Changhua County keeps chickens.

The school says 7 chickens live there.

They sleep in the trees at night.

And during the day, they will walk around the schoolyard.

雞群晚上飛到樹上休息，白天飛到樹下生蛋、孵蛋。

The hens (母雞) lay many eggs.

In fact, they lay around five to six eggs every week.

You might have heard news stories about an "egg shortage" (缺蛋).

But this school has eggs all over the place!

The hens lay eggs in the grass, in the school garden, and sometimes in boxes and on papers.

This means that students may find a "surprise" when they are at school.

The school principal says students will tell him about finding eggs at school almost every day.

But the principal says not many eggs hatch (孵化).

The school now has a special machine to keep the eggs warm and help them hatch.

So students there often see hens taking care of chicks.

And they are learning a lot about eggs, chickens, and the wonder of living things.

學生們了解母雞、生蛋的過程，在學校上課之外多了許多學習樂趣。

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日本多了 7,000 個島

Japan Finds 7,000 New Islands

Japan is a country made up of islands.

It has four big islands.

They are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

And there are also many more small islands.

But Japan recently got a big surprise.

It found more islands.

In fact, it found 7,000 more islands!

35 years ago, Japan counted its islands.

At that time, scientists had found 6,852.

But now, scientists used new mapping technology.

And they found 7,000 more islands.

日本專家重新計算，發現全國的島嶼數量增加了7千多個。

Some of those new islands also come from volcano eruptions.

Lava from the volcano flows into the ocean.

And it cools and hardens, becoming a new island.

So now there are 14,125 islands in Japan.

All these islands are natural, not made by people.

And they all have a circumference of at least 100 meters.

這些都是自然形成的島嶼，周長達到100公尺以上。

It seems science just never stops surprising us!

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基努李維把紅色藥丸直接帶回家

Keanu Reeves Takes the 'Red Pill', Literally

Keanu Reeves (基努李維) is a famous actor.

He's been in many big Hollywood movies.

In one of his most famous roles (角色), he plays Neo in "The Matrix" movies ("駭客任務"系列).

Neo is a normal guy, who finds out his world is not real.

In one scene (橋段), Neo has to decide if he takes a blue pill or a red pill.

The blue pill lets him forget, and go back to the fake world.

And the red pill lets him see the real world.

電影中，尼歐必須選擇吃下藍色藥丸然後回到虛擬世界，或是吃下紅色藥丸進入被電腦機器統治的真實世界。

Well, it turns out, Keanu took the red pill.

As in, he really took it.

The actor says in an interview, that he took the red pill prop (道具) home with him.

But hey, Keanu says he didn't steal it!

He says it was given to him.

What other props does he have at home?

Keanu says he has a watch and wedding ring from the "John Wick" movies (【捍衛任務】系列).

And he has a sword from "47 Ronin" (【浪人47】).

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So, in today's News Bites:

Ming-qing Elementary School in Changhua County keeps chickens.

The hens lay eggs in the grass, in the school garden, and sometimes in boxes and on papers.

The school principal says students will tell him about finding eggs at school almost every day.

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Japan is a country made up of islands.

And recently, it found 7,000 more islands, using new mapping technology.

So now there are 14,125 islands in Japan.

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And,

Keanu Reeves said in a recent interview that he took the red pill prop from "The Matrix" movies home.

Keanu says it was given to him.

He says he also has a watch and wedding ring from the "John Wick" movies, and a sword from "47 Ronin".

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