作者，配音，編輯：(Paz)

第二配音員：(Trevor)

Hello everyone! Welcome back to News Bites.

This is our first episode of the semester. Let's get right into it, shall we?

I'm Paz Bueno…

And I'm Trevor Tortomasi, remember?

In today's news:

Taiwan and the US help Honduras, the US looks into UFO reports, and how stars are made!

Stay tuned and we'll tell you more about these stories, coming up next!

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台灣和美國支持宏都拉斯的教育

Taiwan to Support Education in Honduras

Taiwan and the United States are joining forces to help kids in Honduras get a better education (教育).

The United States Agency for International Development has a plan called the Expanding Access to Education Initiative (擴大受教育機會倡議).

They'll give $28 million US dollars over three years and fix up 51 schools to make them better for kids to learn in.

他們將在三年內撥款 2800 萬美元，修復 51 所學校，讓孩子們的學習環境更好。

Taiwan is also helping out by giving $2 million US dollars to the education initiatives (教育倡議).

They're going to work with the Honduran government, businesses, and other groups to help improve education for 300,000 kids in Honduras.

They think it will be good for Honduran kids and families.

Right now, some people in Honduras are talking about breaking ties with Taiwan and recognizing China instead.

現在，宏都拉斯有些人正在討論跟台灣斷絕關係，承認中國。

But Taiwan has been doing a lot of good things in Honduras for a long time and has the support (支持) of many people there.

In the end, it's all about making sure that Honduran kids get the education they need to grow up and be successful.

台灣對宏都拉斯的援助，是為了確保該國兒童獲得他們需要的教育。

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美國政府審查了 500 多份不明飛行物報告

US Government Reviews Over 500 UFO Reports

Have you ever seen something strange in the sky and thought, "What is that?"

Well, the US government is looking into more than 500 reports of strange sightings (親眼見到的奇景) in the sky!

These sightings are called UAPs, which stands for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (不明空中現象).

Some people might call them UFOs (飛碟).

The US government has been looking into these reports to try and figure out (弄清楚) what they are.

And there have been a lot of reports lately!

More than triple (三倍) the amount they were looking into (調查) in 2021.

Some of the sightings have been explained by things like balloons or drones.

有些人看到的景象可以用氣球或無人機之類的東西來解釋。

Some of them are pretty boring and can be explained by things like birds, weather, or plastic bags in the sky.

But there are still some that no one can figure out.

Pilots (飛行員), especially from the US navy and air force (美國海軍和空軍), have seen a lot of these UAPs.

The government wants to make sure these UAPs aren't being caused by spy technology (間諜科技) from other countries.

But, it could also just be strange weather or faulty sensors (故障的感應器).

They still need more information to understand what's going on.

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韋伯太空望遠鏡 觀察到恆星的形成

James Webb Telescope Looks at How Stars Are Formed

~Twinkle, twinkle, little star…~

Have you ever wondered what they are?

Scientists have been studying how stars are formed!

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of a group of stars called NGC 346, which is over 200,000 light-years away from Earth.

These stars are special because they are similar to the conditions of the early universe, more than 10 billion years ago, when lots of stars were first formed.

這些恆星很特別，因為它們跟宇宙早期的情況很像。

Scientists think that by studying this region (區域), they can learn more about how the first stars were formed during a time called the "cosmic noon" (宇宙正午).

And guess what?

The stars in NGC 346 are not fully formed yet, and they are still in the process of becoming stars.

Scientists call them "protostars" (原型恆星) which are clouds of gas and dust in space that will eventually form into stars.

Studying these protostars is the best way for scientists to understand how stars are formed.

As a protostar becomes a star, there is a disk of gas and dust around it that will eventually collide and stick together, forming planets like the ones in our solar system!

當原型恆星變成恆星時，它的周圍會有氣體和塵埃，它們會互相碰撞並且貼在一起，形成像我們太陽系的行星這樣的星球！

The clear images of protostars from the James Webb telescope give scientists a lot of information to study and a better understanding of how stars are formed.

So next time you look up at the stars, think about the amazing process they went through to get there!

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So, in today's News Bites:

Taiwan and the United States are joining forces to help kids in Honduras get a better education.

They're going to work with the Honduran government, businesses, and other groups to help improve education for 300,000 kids in Honduras.

Taiwan is helping out by giving $2 million US dollars to the education initiatives.

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The US government is looking into more than 500 reports of strange sightings in the sky!

These sightings are called UAPs, which stands for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.

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And,

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of a group of stars called NGC 346, which is over 200,000 light-years away from Earth.

These stars are special because they are similar to the conditions of the early universe.

Studying these protostars is the best way for scientists to understand how stars are formed.

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