Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!

I'm Trevor Tortomasi…

And I'm Nancy Sun.

In today's news:

Taiwan gets ready for a marathon, Japan gets ready for flying cars, and a director gets ready for a secret project.

All that and more, coming up next.

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太魯閣峽谷馬拉松

Taroko Gorge Marathon Opens Online Registration

As people get older, they usually have less time and energy (精神) to go running.

But still, some people seem to never stop!

And for those kinds of people, there is a race called a marathon (馬拉松).

A marathon is about 42 kilometers long (四十二公里).

That's because, in an old legend from Greece, there was a man who ran 42 kilometers, from the city of Marathon all the way to the capital city of Athens.

根據古希臘的傳說，有一個人從【馬拉松】這座城市一直跑到希臘的首都雅典，而這段路全長42公里。

The story says the man ran so fast that he died.

So, in memory of this amazing runner, people today still run that same distance (距離).

And Taiwan is getting ready for a huge marathon in Taroko Gorge next year!

台灣明年也要在花蓮太魯閣峽谷舉辦大型的馬拉松比賽！

This time, the race has been rescheduled (重訂日期) to March 5th, 2022, because of the pandemic.

Registration (上網登記) is set to open on December 6th!

Up to 12,000 people can register to run in the event, and can choose whether they want to run the whole marathon, or just part of it.

For some, it is a race to see who runs the fastest, and for others, it's an exercise to challenge themselves (挑戰自己).

Which would it be for you?

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飛天汽車通過日本安全測試

Flying Car Passes Safety Test In Japan

Years ago, many people thought the future would be full of flying cars (飛天汽車).

And maybe it's happening more slowly than we thought it would…

But it's still happening!

Recently, a new kind of flying car has been approved (認證) for safety by Japan.

The car is made by a company called "SkyDrive", and it is powered by electricity, not oil.

這部飛天汽車由SkyDrive製造，它的動力來自電而不是汽油。

The car itself looks a lot like a remote-controlled drone (遙控無人機), but is much bigger.

However, it still only has room for the pilot (駕駛).

And because it's the first one to get a safety certificate (安全測試證明) from Japan, it had to pass a lot of tests!

Right now, the company is still working mostly to deliver (運送) things with drones.

But after passing these tests, they want to work with the Japanese government to develop (發展) more flying cars.

They hope to start making these cars into a flying taxi service.

這家公司希望把這些飛天汽車用來做計程車服務。

And they might even be able to make them bigger, so they can carry more people!

If everything goes well, they could start making the cars for public use (提供大眾使用), as early as the year 2025.

So, we might not all have our own flying cars just yet…

But it seems like the future definitely still does!

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超級英雄電影導演有機密的案子

James Gunn Has Secret DC Project

A superhero movie director has another film coming.

James Gunn has done movies for both Marvel and DC.

He has directed Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad.

Gunn has now confirmed (確認) that he has a secret project coming up.

詹姆斯·岡恩已經導演兩部星際異攻隊電影和自殺突擊隊：集結。

He has confirmed that the secret project will be for DC.

It is not the Peacemaker spin-off television series, it will be something else.

Gunn has not revealed (透漏) any other details about the upcoming project.

He is currently working on the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

他說他在DC有另外一個機密案子，不是和平使者電視節目。

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So, in today's News Bites:

Taiwan is getting ready for a huge marathon in Taroko Gorge next year.

Registration will open on December 6th, and the race is set for March 5th of next year.

Up to 12,000 people can register to run in the event, and can choose whether they want to run the whole marathon, or just part of it.

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And,

A new kind of flying car has been approved for safety by Japan.

The car is made by a company called "SkyDrive", and it is powered by electricity.

The company hopes to start making these cars into a flying taxi service.

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And,

The superhero movie director James Gunn has another film coming.

He has now confirmed that his new secret project will be for DC.

Meanwhile, he is currently still working on the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

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