作者，配音：(Brody)

第二配音員，編輯：(Trevor)

Hello there! Get ready to take a bite of the latest news, with News Bites!

I'm Trevor Tortomasi…

And I'm Brody Halverson.

Today's stories…

Taiwanese technicians learn how to take care of wind farms, one boy orders too much food, and why we feel more tired in the winter.

Let's talk about it right now!

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技術人員受訓 維修台灣的風電場

Technicians Train to Keep Taiwan's Wind Farms Running

Taiwan's wind farms make a lot of power.

They use wind turbines (風力發電機) to make clean, renewable energy (再生能源).

Every year, more wind farms are being built in Taiwan.

Many of them are offshore (離岸), so they can get strong winds on the ocean.

In addition, lots of these wind farms are built by foreign companies.

These companies are investing in Taiwan, to help the country's green energy industry (綠色能源產業).

Now, local technicians (技師) must learn how to take care of the wind farms.

That's why many Taiwanese technicians are going to train in Europe.

許多台灣技術人員要去歐洲受訓。

These apprentices (徒弟) travel to England (英國), Denmark (丹麥), and Belgium (比利時) to learn how to take care of a wind turbine.

What's more, the work is not simple.

The apprentices must learn from master technicians, because these machines can be very complicated (複雜).

They must work with electricity.

And much of their work is high in the air, above the open ocean.

There are many risks (風險), so they must be careful.

The apprentices also need English skills, to train in Europe and communicate with co-workers (同事) from other countries.

Because of the challenges in this work, there are not enough technicians (技術人員不夠) in Taiwan.

So after they finish their apprenticeship (學徒制), they will come back to Taiwan to work.

According to one estimate, there will soon be more than 20,000 new jobs on wind farms in Taiwan.

據估計，台灣的風電場將提供兩萬多個工作。

There are big opportunities for local technicians who are smart, skilled, and brave (勇敢)!

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小兒子用爸爸的手機訂了一頓大餐

Young Son Uses Dad's Phone to Order a Feast

Do you like to order food online?

You can use an app to get delicious food delivered to your house.

And there are so many choices!

But you need to be careful, or you might order too much food.

That's what happened to a family in Michigan (密西根州).

One evening, a dad let his six-year-old son play with his phone.

Soon, lots of food started to show up (出現) at his door.

There were pizzas and chili cheese fries (辣椒起司薯條).

And delivery drivers (外送員) just kept coming.

They got salads, sandwiches, shrimp, and shawarma (沙威瑪).

That's when the dad realized (了解到) his son had ordered all this food on an app!

In the end, it cost the family more than a thousand dollars (一千多美金).

They had a talk with their son, changed the phone password, and shared the food with their neighbors.

他們講了兒子一頓，改了手機密碼，把食物送給鄰居分享。

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人類在冬天可能需要更多睡眠

People May Need More Sleep in Winter

Winter is so cold!

It's hard to get out of bed in the morning.

Do you think so too?

Well, it's not because you're lazy (懶惰).

According to new research (根據最新研究), people may just need more sleep in winter!

Researchers (研究人員) in Germany found that in the winter, people need to sleep for about an hour longer each day.

What does this mean? The researchers say that we may need to adjust our sleep patterns.

我們可能需要調整我們的睡眠模式。

In other words, we might need to go to sleep earlier in the cold, dark winter months.

We might even need to change work and school schedules (時間表) during the winter.

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So, in today's News Bites…

Taiwanese technicians are going to train in Europe.

They are learning how to maintain the new wind turbines that are being built in Taiwan.

There are lots of job opportunities on Taiwan's wind farms, but many of them require both technical skills and English language skills.

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And,

A six year old boy in Michigan ordered a huge meal on his dad's phone.

The family had so much food delivered to their house, they had to share it with neighbors.

In the future, they will be more careful about letting their son use the phone.

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And,

Researchers in Germany think people may need more sleep in winter.

They found that in the winter months, people sleep for an hour longer each day.

The researchers think we may need to change our winter habits to get more sleep.

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