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New Earth-like planet discovered 科學傢發現類地行星
Goodbye Cookie: pink cockatoo dies at 83 再見“曲奇”：83歲風頭鸚鵡逝世
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Some exciting news now, because scientists say they’ve found a planet orbiting the closest star outside our solar system. And they say Proxima b, which is about four light years away, is a rocky globe that could have enough surface water to support life.
這條消息很讓人振奮，因為科學傢說他們發現瞭一顆正繞著離太陽系最近的恒星，比鄰星軌道運行的行星。這顆被命名為“比鄰星b”的行星離地球的距離約為四光年，它的表面多巖石，而且可能產生足夠液態水來支持生命存活。
And finally, let’s take you to a zoo in the American city of Chicago. Celebrations, but also a bit of mourning for a special cockatoo, who has died at the age of 83. Here’s Cookie, a pink cockatoo, celebrating, in these pictures, his birthday back in June. He’s believed to have been the oldest known bird of his kind. He arrived in the zoo in the 1930s. He retired a few years ago.
最後，我們帶你到美國芝加哥的動物園裡去看看。這是對一隻特殊的風頭鸚鵡一生的慶祝，同時也是悼念。這隻風頭鸚鵡去世時83歲。它就是“曲奇”（Cookie），一隻粉紅色的風頭鸚鵡，畫面中看到的是它在六月份慶祝自己生日時的景象。人們認為它是到目前為止存活最久的風頭鸚鵡。曲奇於三十年代來到芝加哥動物園，直到幾年前才“退休”。
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orbiting
（天體）沿（恒星或行星的）軌道運行著
mourning
哀悼，悼念
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請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。
orbiting / mourning
1. A national day of __________ was held in Italy on Saturday in remembrance of the victims of an earthquake.
2. Venus takes about 225 days to __________ the Sun. It’s closer to the star than our planet.
答案
1. A national day of mourning was held in Italy on Saturday in remembrance of the victims of an earthquake.
2. Venus takes about 225 days to orbit the Sun. It’s closer to the star than our planet.
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