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

I'm Nancy Sun…

And I'm Trevor Tortomasi.

In today's news:

Taiwan loves pearl milk tea, zoo animals love Christmas trees, and the magic of Hogwarts returns.

All that and more, coming up next.

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奶茶登外送排行榜第一名

Most Popular Foods for Delivery

Many people in Taiwan have used food delivery services.

And now some of these services are telling us which foods were most popular last year.

Foodpanda says the food ordered the most often in 2021… was actually a drink.

The service says pearl milk tea was the most popular order last year.

The platform says if you add up all the pearl milk tea ordered across Taiwan last year, you could fill 1000 Taipei 101s.

That's a lot of bubble tea!

全臺很多縣市的熱門餐飲冠軍都是奶茶，成為今年臺灣消費者最愛的外送美食。

The second most popular order was Taiwanese tempura (甜不辣).

The fishy treat (美食、點心) was the most popular in 2020.

And the third most popular order was fried dumplings (鍋貼).

Are any of these your favorites?

這裡有你最愛的美食嗎？

And the service says people were trying to be healthier this year.

It says orders at health food restaurants doubled (翻倍) this year.

They think maybe with the COVID-19 pandemic, people were trying to eat healthier food, with less oil and less salt.

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柏林動物園大象享用聖誕樹大餐

Berlin Zoo Animals Snack on Unused Christmas Trees

It's the start of a new year.

And the holidays are now behind us.

Are you excited about what's next?

Or are you already missing Christmas?

Well, some zoo animals in Germany got another taste of Christmas after the holiday passed.

The Berlin Zoo gave some of its animals a special treat.

The animals got to eat some Christmas trees!

德國柏林動物園將多餘的聖誕樹變成動物們的聖誕大餐。

These are extra Christmas trees from tree farms (聖誕樹農場).

The farms grow lots of trees and sell them as Christmas trees for the holidays.

But sometimes they have trees leftover (剩下、多餘).

So, instead of throwing the extra trees away, some farms donate the trees to the Berlin Zoo.

You might think Christmas trees wouldn't taste very good.

Most Christmas trees stay green through the winter.

They have long thin leaves like needles (針).

And the leaves have strong-smelling oils inside.

That doesn't sound very tasty.

But the Berlin Zoo says for some animals, Christmas trees are like candy!

Keepers say their elephants loved the trees.

They say the taste is new and exciting, and the spiky (尖尖的) needles tickle the elephants' tongue.

Bison, goats and reindeer also enjoyed their feast (盛宴、大餐) of Christmas trees.

And the trees also made good toys for the animals.

The elephants picked up pieces of the trees and threw them up into the air.

The reindeer pushed their head and antlers (鹿角) into the trees to get a good scratch.

Keepers say this helps the zoo save money.

And the unused Christmas trees do not go to waste, which is also better for the environment!

"聖誕樹大餐"是柏林動物園的聖誕節傳統，可以幫助受疫情衝擊的動物園，也用環保的方式解決過多聖誕樹的問題。

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哈利波特20周年 童星重返霍格華茲

Harry Potter Stars Return for Reunion

It has been 20 years since the first Harry Potter movie came out.

And now, some of the stars have come back together for a special show.

為了慶祝哈利波特第一步電影上映20周年，華納推出全新節目。

The special show is called "Return to Hogwarts".

And the actors that played best friends Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger all come back to talk about the movies.

They talk about how the movies and the fame (名氣) changed their lives.

飾演哈利、榮恩、和妙麗的演員透露了許多當年有趣又溫馨的回憶。

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So, in today's News Bites:

Foodpanda says the food ordered the most often in 2021 was pearl milk tea.

The platform says if you add up all the pearl milk tea ordered across Taiwan last year, you could fill 1000 Taipei 101s.

That's a lot of bubble tea!

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The Berlin Zoo gave some of its animals Christmas trees as a special treat.

These are extra Christmas trees from tree farms.

Keepers say their elephants loved the trees, and bison, goats and reindeer also enjoyed their feast.

And the trees also made good toys for the animals.

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And,

The stars of the Harry Potter movies have come back together for a special show.

The special show is called "Return to Hogwarts".

And the actors that played best friends Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger all come back to talk about how the movies and the fame changed their lives.

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