In today's news, with Nancy and Hope:

Kaohsiung gets ready for Christmas, a reporter gets tickled by an elephant, and squirrels go nuts for the World Cup.

All that and more, coming up next!

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高雄舉辦聖誕燈光展演

Kaohsiung's 2022 Christmas Light Show

Kaohsiung is getting ready for its Christmas Light Show!

This is the second year that the southern city is holding the Christmas event (活動).

The city government says the show will run every weekend until January 2nd, 2023.

It will happen at Kaohsiung Music Center, next to Love River.

The light show includes (包括) lights in the shape of a Christmas tree.

And the Chinese characters "Kaohsiung" will be shown behind the tree.

The lights will also make many other pictures, of Santa Claus, reindeer (馴鹿), falling snow, and more.

There will also be Christmas markets, and performances (表演) every weekend.

These will happen around the Pier-2 Art Center's Da-yi Park, Sea Breeze Plaza and other areas close by.

Christmas events are also happening in other parts of Taiwan.

New Taipei has opened its Christmasland in Banqiao District.

There are lots of cartoon character figures and lights.

And the New Taipei Christmasland is also open until January 2nd next year.

【2022愛河灣聖誕燈光展演】在高雄流行音樂中心和愛河灣旁舉辦，有燈光造成的聖誕老人和巨大聖誕樹點亮高雄夜空。

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肯亞記者戶外連線 象寶寶也想參一咖

Baby Elephant Tickles Reporter

News reporters have a very serious job.

They tell people about important events (重大事件，重大新聞) happening around the world.

Many times, the events they are talking about are not happy events.

But one reporter in Kenya couldn't help laughing during his report.

Alvin Kaunda was reporting at a wildlife rescue center (野生動物救援中心) in the city of Nairobi.

The center helps elephants and rhinos.

Alvin was standing in front of several orphaned baby elephants (失去父母的小象).

And he started by talking about how the center helps the elephants.

At first everything was going well.

But as Alvin was talking, one of the young elephants put its trunk (象鼻) on his shoulder.

It's a 4-year-old female elephant, named Kindani.

Alvin stays calm and keeps talking.

But Kindani doesn't stop.

She next uses her trunk to feel Alvin's ear.

Then she moves her trunk to the top of his head, and feels his hair.

Alvin stays very professional (專業), and talks about the importance of protecting the environment.

But then Kindani moves her trunk onto Alvin's face.

She curiously (好奇的) feels his nose and even puts her trunk onto Alvin's mouth.

Finally, Alvin couldn't hold it together anymore and burst into laughter.

Even though Alvin was interrupted (被打斷), his message was very clear:

He said "…it is up to us to be guardians of our own natural world".

Alvin在報導中想要傳達的重要訊息是：【我們必須成為自然世界的守護者。】

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松鼠也瘋世界盃？

Squirrels Go Nuts for the World Cup

Sports fans are going nuts for the World Cup (世界盃足球賽).

And so are squirrels!

A man in the U.K. has made an obstacle course in his backyard.

And the course is World-Cup-themed!

一位英國足球迷在他的後院中蓋了一個給松鼠用的世界盃障礙賽跑道。

Steve Barley says first, the squirrels have to climb through a tunnel.

Then they have to get through many obstacles (障礙物), like a giant red card.

At the end of the course, the squirrels have to jump over a toy goalkeeper (守門員)…

And through a goal post (球門)…

To get to a big tube that's filled with delicious nuts!

Steve has posted videos of squirrels going through the course online.

The videos have been watched more than four million times.

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So, in today's News Bites:

Kaohsiung is getting ready for its Christmas Light Show!

The city government says the show will run every weekend until January 2nd, 2023.

It will happen at Kaohsiung Music Center, next to Love River.

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A reporter in Kenya couldn't help laughing during his report.

A young elephant used its trunk to feel his ear, hair, and face!

Alvin tried to keep talking, but had to stop and laugh.

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And…

A man in the U.K. has made a World Cup-themed obstacle course for squirrels in his backyard.

The squirrels have to climb through a tunnel, and get through many obstacles.

At the end of the course, the squirrels get to a big tube that's filled with delicious nuts!

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