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

I'm Ryan Drillsma…

And I'm Nancy Sun…

In today's news:

A Grand Hike in Taipei, a bug for a wound, and Adele at the Brits.

All that and more, coming up next.

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台北市政府鼓勵 大縱走健行活動

Special Prizes for Grand Trail Hikers

Living in the city can be very convenient… with all the shops and restaurants… and good public transportation (公共交通), like frequent (頻繁) buses and MRT trains.

But it can be nice to escape the bustle of the city…

And go into the countryside sometimes.

有時候逃離大城市的喧鬧，到鄉下去也很好。

That's why lots of people go hiking (健行).

And lucky for people who like hiking, Taiwan has some amazing trails (很棒的步道).

The Taipei City government is encouraging people to get out and take on these trails.

It is promoting (推廣) an event called the 'Grand Hike'.

And the Grand Hike has 12 different trails…

…at a total of 92 kilometers!

But, don't worry, you don't have to walk the entire 92 kilometers in one go.

You have a whole year to do it!

The Taipei City Government is giving a special prize to those that take a photo of themselves at a location (地點) on each of the 12 trails from now up until December 31st.

And you get additional prizes if you use an app called Walk Notes to track your journey.

要是你使用名叫走路筆記的app來記錄你的旅程，就有機會得到額外獎賞。

Some of the locations include Qixing Mountain, the highest peak (峰) in Taipei.

There's also the Camphor Tree Walkway on the Zhangshu Trail in Taipei's Wenshan District.

The government said it wants to help people improve their fitness.

I sure could do with more exercise!

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黑猩猩用昆蟲當OK繃

Chimps Use Insects as Band Aids

Ouch! I fell over and I've cut myself.

Oh great… now it's bleeding (流血).

What should I do?

Here, I have a band aid (OK繃), put this over your cut to stop it from bleeding.

Oh, thank you! Band aids are definitely a useful invention (發明) to help people when they are injured (受傷).

Not just people…

What do you mean?

Chimpanzees have invented band aids, too!

Chimpanzees? How?

By using insects. Chimpanzees (黑猩猩) in Gabon, a country in Africa, have been spotted catching insects and directly applying them to wounds.

And they don't just do it to themselves, they do it to other chimps, too!

在非洲的加彭，科學家發現黑猩猩會抓住昆蟲直接貼在傷口上，不管是自己還是其他的黑猩猩。

Scientists there first saw it happen in 2019, when they caught a mother looking at her son's injured foot.

The mother caught an insect, squeezed it in her mouth, and then put it on her son's foot!

The scientists have recorded similar incidents (相同的情況) many times since.

They're not sure what kind of insects chimps prefer to use, but they think it's probably a flying one.

Other animals heal themselves when they are hurt by eating plants and things like that.

But it's rare to see one animal tending to the wounds of another.

有別種動物會吃植物之類的方式來治療 ，不過動物醫治另一個動物的情況很罕見。

I guess insects are less disgusting…and more useful than I thought!

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愛黛兒在英國全英音樂獎大獲全勝

Adele Wins Big at Brit Awards

Singer Adele has swept the U.K.'s biggest music awards.

On February 8 she attended the Brit Awards ceremony at London's O2 Arena.

She won three of the competition's biggest awards: best artist, best song, and best album of the year.

愛黛兒榮獲今年全英音樂獎的最佳歌手、最佳歌曲及最佳專輯，是三個最重要的獎項。

Pick up one of her awards, Adele joked "I can't believe a piano ballad won up against that many bangers."

The singer's album 30 was one of the biggest selling albums of last year.

愛黛兒的"30"，是去年最暢銷的專輯。

Other winners at this year's Brit Awards included rap artists Dave and Little Simz.

Dua Lipa won the award for best pop/R&B act after gaining the most votes on TikTok.

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So, in today's News Bites:

The Taipei City government is encouraging people to get out and take on some hiking trails.

It is promoting an event called the 'Grand Hike'.

And the Grand Hike has 12 different trails.

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And,

Chimpanzees have invented band aids.

Chimpanzees in Gabon have been spotted catching insects and directly applying them to wounds.

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And,

Singer Adele swept the U.K.'s biggest music awards.

On February 8 she attended the Brit Awards ceremony at London's O2 Arena.

She won three of the competition's biggest awards: best artist, best song, and best album of the year.

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