Alishan Locomotive in Wales, Baguette Record

News Bites

Hi there.
It's time for an all-new episode of News Bites.
I'm Nancy Sun.
And I'm Kelly Kimura.
In today's news…
Taiwan's Alishan locomotive works in Wales, and France's big baguette bags a world record.
And in today's Tasty Tidbit
Sharing a sip with the dinosaurs.
Stay tuned for all that and more, coming up next!
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阿里山林鐵火車頭英國首航
Taiwan's Alishan Locomotive Hauls Passengers in the UK
Some say life is a journey.
But have you ever heard of a train taking its own journey across the world?
Well, buckle up, because today we're meeting a very special locomotive with a story to tell!
Imagine a train that's been around for 50 years!
This cool old train isn't just sitting in a museum, though.
It's on a big adventure across the world!
This amazing train, called a DL-34 locomotive, used to travel through the beautiful mountains of Alishan in Taiwan.
Now, it's chugging (發出突突聲行駛) through the hills and plains of the UK!
That's right! The DL-34 is on loan for three years to a special railway in Wales called the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
It's like a train swap program.
車頭於2023年順利抵達英國威爾斯，經過1年的改裝後，這個月首度正式上路。
People in Wales and Taiwan have been talking about this train swap for a long time, and everyone's excited to see the DL-34 in action.
The first ride even had local leaders and train fans from all over the world, including Malaysia!
Before the DL-34 could start its journey, it had to take a long ship ride from Taiwan to Wales.
It traveled over 9,000 kilometers!
Then, the Welsh railway spent a year getting the train ready for its new home.
This train swap is part of a special friendship between railways in Taiwan and the UK.
2017年阿里山林鐵與威爾普蘭菲爾鐵路締結姊妹鐵路，開始啟動柴油機關車出借合作計畫。
The DL-34 will show off its Taiwanese spirit in Wales, and Wales even sent a different train to Taiwan a few years ago!
So next time you see a train, remember, it might just be a world traveler (旅人) with a story to tell!
Who knows, maybe one day it will even visit your town!
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巴黎法棍麵包 刷新世界紀錄
Giant French Baguette Breaks World Record
Bonjour, bakers of all ages!
Do you love bread?
Especially the long, delicious kind called a baguette (法棍麵包)?
Well, get ready to hear about a baguette so BIG, it would take you ages to eat the whole thing!
In France, a bunch of amazing bakers just created a world record for the longest baguette ever made!
This incredible bread stretched a whopping 140 meters.
That's longer than a soccer field!
And this big baguette is about 235 traditional baguettes (傳統的法棍麵包) lined up together!
It took 18 bakers to make this baguette.
They started working on it at 3am in the morning.
They worked for 10 hours, kneading, shaping, and baking this enormous loaf.
18名法國麵包師傅揉捏麵團、塑型和烘烤，最終烤出這條巨大的法棍麵包。
The traditional French baguette must be made from wheat flour, water, salt and yeast only.
The bakers used 90 kilograms of flour.
And they needed a special oven on wheels!
This giant baguette is now the new official Guinness World Record holder for longest baguette!
法國巴黎麵包師傅烤出一條140公尺長的法國長棍麵包，刷新世界紀錄。
Before this, the longest baguette was baked in Italy.
That baguette was just over 132 meters long.
It was baked in 2019.
But now the title of "longest baguette" goes to the loaf in France! "Incroyable"!
Why would they do all this work, you ask?
Well, people in France are super proud of their baguettes.
This is one way to show their baking skills to the whole world!
Plus, bread is also an important part of French culture (法國文化).
After they broke the record, the bakers even shared pieces of their giant baguette with everyone watching.
What a delicious way to celebrate (慶祝)!
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So in today's News Bites,
A DL-34 locomotive used to travel through the beautiful mountains of Alishan in Taiwan.
Now, it's chugging through the hills and plains of the UK!
The DL-34 is on loan for three years to a railway company in Wales.
This train swap is part of a special friendship between railways in Taiwan and the UK.
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And
In France, a bunch of amazing bakers just created a world record for the longest baguette ever made!
This incredible bread stretched a whopping 140 meters.
That's longer than a soccer field!
After they broke the record, the bakers even shared pieces of their giant baguette with everyone watching.
What a delicious way to celebrate!
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趣味小點
Tasty Tidbit
In today's Tasty Tidbit,
Hey, take a closer look at the water in your water bottle…
Do you see it?
There's a chance that the water you're drinking today is the same water that thirsty dinosaurs were drinking about 65 million years ago.
Water moves in a cycle on Earth. It evaporates from rivers, lakes and oceans into the air, becomes clouds, and rains back down onto land, and seeps back into rivers, lakes and oceans again.
This cycle has been happening for billions of years!
And that's it for today's episode of News Bites!
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