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升級再造搶救海洋
Upcycling Plan Wins Ocean Challenge
How do you make cleaning fun?
Two students from Taiwan have a great idea.
Gina Chen and Nicole Lee are studying at Cornell University in the US.
They joined a contest called the "Ocean Challenge".
The challenge is open to young people aged 12 to 35.
They try to come up with ideas to help the ocean.
這個比賽鼓勵全球年輕人用創意解決海洋面臨的危機與挑戰。
And Gina and Nicole delivered big time!
They wanted to make beaches in Taiwan clean and fun.
Their project is called "Clean Beach, Clean Ocean".
Here's how it works...
They designed an app.
The app tells you which beaches need cleaning.
You go and pick up plastic trash, like bottles or bags.
Then, you bring the plastic to a special smart machine.
And the machine doesn't just take the trash.
It washes it...
Melts it...
And makes something new!
What you get in the end, is an "upcycled" product!
How is that different from "recycling"?
Recycle means you take trash, break it down, and make it into something new...
Like turning an old plastic bottle into new plastic.
Upcycle (升級再造) means you take trash and turn it into something better or
more useful, without breaking it all the way down.
If you take an old T-shirt and cut it into a cool bag, that's upcycling!
If you use glass bottles as flower vases, that's upcycling too!
So the easy rule is...
Recycle = make it new again.
Upcycle = make it new and cooler!
And that's what Gina and Nicole's idea does!
They say they want to help the ocean and help the community.
And they say the best part is not only keeping the beach clean...
It's also teaching people to love the ocean and enjoy it in a sustainable
(可持續的) way.
Gina and Nicole won a Silver Award for their idea.
They say if you care about a problem, you can create a solution (解決方案).
So there you have it...
That's two students, a great idea, and a dream for a cleaner, happier ocean.
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日本102歲人瑞登富士山
102-Year-Old Japanese Man Climbs Fuji
Today's story is all about a man and a mountain.
Meet Kikichi Akuzawa.
He is 102 years old...
And he just climbed Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan!
102歲的日本人瑞阿久澤幸吉刷新金氏世界紀錄，成為登頂富士山最年長的人。
Mount Fuji is 3,776 meters tall.
That's almost as tall as the tallest mountain in Taiwan, Jade Mountain.
It wasn't easy for Akuzawa.
He climbed with his 70-year-old daughter, his granddaughter, her husband, and
some friends.
He says that halfway up the mountain, he almost wanted to stop.
But his family and friends cheered him on.
They worked together.
They even camped (露營) on the mountain for two nights before reaching the
top.
This is not Akuzawa's first time.
When he was 96, he set the record for being the oldest person to climb Mount
Fuji.
其實阿久澤96歲那年就打破世界紀錄，第一次成為登頂富士山最年長的人。
And now he's set the record again!
Akuzawa faced many health problems in the past few years.
He had heart problems, illness, and even got stitches from a climbing fall.
But he kept training (訓練).
For this latest climb, Akuzawa got up at 5 a.m. every day to take long walks.
He also climbed smaller mountains every week.
Akuzawa says he started climbing when he was a teenager (青少年).
He says he loves it because on the mountain, everyone is equal.
And he says it's easy to make friends on the mountain.
Now, Akuzawa says this may be his last time climbing Mount Fuji.
But he still plans to hike smaller mountains.
And he plans to paint Mount Fuji at sunrise.
He says the mountain has given him many special memories.
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So, in today's News Bites:
Two students from Taiwan Gina and Nicole wanted to make beaches in Taiwan
clean and fun.
They designed an app that tells you which beaches need cleaning.
You go and pick up plastic trash, then bring the plastic to a special smart
machine.
And the machine uses the plastic to make something new.
What you get in the end, is an "upcycled" product!
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And,
Kikichi Akuzawa is 102 years old...
And he just climbed Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan!
It wasn't easy for Akuzawa.
He climbed with his 70-year-old daughter, his granddaughter, her husband, and
some friends.
He says he loves it because it's easy to make friends on the mountain.
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In today's News Flash...
You often see this word come up when we get an earthquake. It's "epicenter"!
In an earthquake, the epicenter is the spot on the Earth's surface, right
above where the earthquake actually starts deep underground.
It's usually where people feel the strongest shaking and where damage is
often worst.
And now you know!
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