In today's news, with Nancy and Clifford:

A Taiwanese popcorn chicken festival, Australia is losing animals and plants, and why mosquitoes prefer to bite some people more than others.

All that and more, coming up next.

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Kaohsiung Holds Popcorn Chicken Festival

高雄舉辦2022全國鹹酥雞嘉年華

A Taiwanese popcorn chicken festival in Kaohsiung attracted nearly 70,000 visitors.

高雄舉辦的2022全國鹹酥雞嘉年華吸引了將近七萬人潮。

Popcorn chicken is one of Taiwan's most popular snack foods.

鹹酥雞是台灣最有名的小吃之一。

Have you had any recently?

The Taiwanese popcorn chicken festival was held over the weekend from August 27th to the 28th in Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung's Tourism Bureau (市政府觀光局) says there were lots of food stands (攤位).

And almost 70,000 people came to try out delicious popcorn chicken at a department store.

After just two days, the department store got 30 percent more revenue (收入)!

The Tourism Bureau says there were almost 100 Taiwanese popcorn chicken stands from shops all around the island.

Each stand had its own special flavor (獨特風味).

Many vendors (攤販) said they got a lot of business during the festival.

It seems like lots of people love popcorn chicken!

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澳洲令人驚訝的環境衰退

A Big Decline in Australia's Environment

Many amazing animals (動物) and plants (植物) live in Australia.

And Australia is famous because it is home to many living things that are very different.

It has high diversity of species (物種的多樣性).

But now, scientists say they are seeing a "shocking" loss of biodiversity (生物多樣性的衰減).

A new report says there is a serious decline in biodiversity.

The report also finds that there is now more habitat loss, and higher levels of pollution.

報告說，生物多樣性嚴重下降，棲息地喪失增加，污染程度也不斷增加。

All this means Australia's environment is deteriorating (惡化中).

If you follow the news, you might have noticed that Australia has had many droughts (旱災), fires (火災), and floods (水災) in the past five years.

All these natural disasters (自然災害) have left many animals dead.

It has also destroyed a lot of natural habitat.

Scientists believe climate change is one of the causes.

One environmentalist says the report was, "a wake-up call to the damage humans are doing to the world around us".

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蚊子比較愛咬哪些人

Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?

Why are some people bitten by mosquitoes more than others?

為什麼有些人比較容易被蚊子咬呢？

Some researchers looked into what parts of us mosquitoes like.

Here's what they found.

They noticed that pregnant women (孕婦), people with high body temperature, people who sweat (流汗) more, and those with darker skin are bitten more often.

Blood type could also be a factor.

血型也可能是一個因素。

Studies found that mosquitoes are not so attracted to (沒那麼吸引) people with blood type A.

However, they find people with blood type O a little tastier (更美味).

The experts say there are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes worldwide, but only a fraction of these bite people (只有一部分會咬人).

And only the females of the species bite.

The female mosquitoes need the protein (蛋白質) in the blood for their eggs.

Mosquito bites are super annoying because they become itchy (癢) and can swell (腫).

To avoid getting bitten, it is best to cover your skin with clothing.

You might also try using insect repellent (防蚊液).

It might help, especially if you're going outside, to places where there are lots of mosquitoes.

Spray the insect repellent on any exposed skin (裸露的皮膚).

Sleeping under a mosquito net (防蚊帳) can also help you avoid getting bitten.

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So, in today's News Bites:

A Taiwanese popcorn chicken festival in Kaohsiung attracted nearly 70,000 visitors.

Kaohsiung's Tourism Bureau says there were lots of food stands.

Each stand had its own special flavor.

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A new report says Australia is seeing a serious decline in biodiversity.

The report also finds that there is now more habitat loss, and higher levels of pollution.

All this means Australia's environment is deteriorating.

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And,

Researchers looked into what parts of us mosquitoes like.

They noticed that pregnant women, people with high body temperature, people who sweat more, and those with darker skin are bitten more often.

And they also found that mosquitoes like to bite people with blood type O a bit more.

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