Hi there, it's an all-new episode of News Bites.

I'm Nancy Sun.

And I'm Hope Ngo.

In today's news…

A non-emergency with a big price tag, and fairytale ending for a mermaid dog.

And in today's Tasty Tidbit…

How does our air get hotter than the Sun? We'll tell you all about it at the end of the episode!

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旅客害火車急煞 最高恐罰100萬

Sleepy Passenger Gets Emergency Brake Blues

Ah…taking the train can be such a relaxing way to travel…

Unless somebody pulls the emergency brake!

Someone on a super-fast train in Taiwan hit the "big red button".

But it wasn't exactly for an emergency.

Police say the man from Taitung was on an EMU3000 train.

The train was going from Taitung to Hualien County.

And the man fell asleep…and missed his stop.

So what did he do?

He got up and pulled the emergency brake!

這位睡過頭的旅客擅自轉動車長閥，導致列車臨停台東金崙站。

The train came to an unplanned stop at Jinlun Station.

But now, this snoozing passenger may face a hefty fine…maybe up to $1 million NT!

That's definitely more than the cost of a ticket!

鐵路警察局表示，任意操控鐵路站、車設備，或以他法妨害系統設備正常運作，可裁處1萬元以上、100萬元以下罰鍰。

Fortunately the train wasn't damaged (受損).

Everyone on the train had to get off.

They had to take another train to get to their stop.

But at least no one was hurt.

So what should you do if you miss your stop on the train?

Railway police say you can ask the conductor for help.

They say the emergency brake is ONLY for emergencies!

Using that for any other reason is breaking the law.

鐵路警察局呼籲，搭乘列車應遵守秩序，若不小心過站，可以向列車長尋求協助。

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美人魚小黑狗 重獲新生

Ariel the Mermaid Dog Gets Her Happy Ending

A dog named after a princess has found her happy ending!

The black puppy was found abandoned (丟棄) in a parking lot in the UK.

But she was just a little different from other puppies.

She had six legs!

英國一隻11週大的小狗天生擁有6條腿，被棄在一間超市的停車場。

Her rescuers named her "Ariel", because her two extra legs looked a little like a mermaid's tail.

Vets checked her over.

They said Ariel was mostly healthy.

But she needed an operation (手術) to remove her extra legs, or they could hurt her in the future.

The vets said they had never seen a puppy quite like Ariel.

The surgery to remove her extra legs would cost around $9,000 US dollars.

But her rescuers did not have that much money.

They posted Ariel's story online.

Word about the mermaid dog spread around the world.

And everyone wanted to help.

In the end, Ariel got more than $19,000 US dollars in donations.

Two vets worked on Ariel for her surgery.

It was very complicated, and they had to be very careful.

But in the end, they left Ariel with four working legs.

Ariel的手術過程很順利，隔天就能起來走動、吃吃喝喝了。

The puppy is now resting and getting stronger in a foster home (寄養家庭).

Her foster family is helping her practice using her legs.

They say she is already playing and eating, and is a very happy puppy!

And more than 200 people have asked about adopting (領養) Ariel.

They hope Ariel can soon find her furever home!

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So, in today's news…

A man on a train fell asleep and missed his stop.

He pulled the emergency brake to stop the train!

But now, this snoozing passenger may face a hefty fine…maybe up to $1 million NT!

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and…

Ariel the six-legged puppy was found abandoned in a parking lot in the UK.

She had surgery, and now has four working legs.

Her foster family hopes she can soon find her furever home.

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趣味小點

Tasty Tidbit

In today's Tasty Tidbit…

What's faster than fast and hotter than hot?

Sometimes when things are super-fast, we say they're "as fast as lightning". But lightning is not just fast folks!

A single bolt can heat the air around it to five times hotter than the Sun's surface!

So that blinding flash, and then the ear-splitting thunder? That's the air itself exploding from the heat!

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

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