Hi everyone, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!

I'm Nancy Sun…

And I'm Trevor Tortomasi.

In today's news:

Kids help the police, a monkey starts a craze, and JB sets another record.

All that and more, coming up next.

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小朋友用2年零用錢 買防疫工具送警

Kids Use Allowance to Buy Medical Equipment for Police

It has been many months since the COVID-19 outbreak started in Taiwan.

Most of us try to stay home, or stay away from crowds of people (人群).

But there are some brave people who can't do that.

Police have to go to many places, and face all kinds of people and danger every day.

And four children in Hsinchu want to help keep them safe.

One is a grade 3 student, two are in grade 1, and the youngest is a preschool student.

They put together two years of their allowance and Lunar New Year money.

And, with the help of their parents, they bought face shields and protective glasses for police.

四個小朋友拿出存了2年的零用錢或壓歲錢，買防疫面罩與護目鏡送警察。

The children hope police officers can use these things to stay safe while they are working.

Their parents are happy that the children can do something so meaningful (有意義).

And they say this will be a happy memory for them.

And the police are very happy too.

They invited the children to a police station to learn about what officers do.

And the police say they are very thankful that the children are so caring.

警察說「很感謝孩子們的用心」，還安排4名孩子去警察局認識警察的工作。

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捲尾猴使矽膠玩具大紅

Monkey Starts Pop-it Craze

Do you know what this is?

It's the sound of a Pop-it.

Pop-its are a toy.

They have lots of small bumps (凸塊、隆起).

You can push down a bump, and it makes a "pop" sound.

Some people like to do that just for fun.

Some people also use Pop-its to play games.

And some people say Pop-its help them relax.

But did you know the toy was invented (發明) more than 40 years ago?

其實Pop-it是40多年前發明的玩具。

It was made by two game-makers from Israel.

Together, they made more than 190 games for kids and adults!

They made the very first Pop-it in 1975.

But not many people bought (買) the game.

Then, a monkey made Pop-its go viral.

Gaitlyn Rae is a 7-year-old capuchin monkey (卷尾猴) that lives in the US.

She is a star on TikTok, Youtube and Instagram.

One day, a follower sent Gaitlyn Rae a Pop-it as a gift.

The monkey's owner then posted a video of Gaitlyn Rae playing with the toy.

Lots of people liked and shared the video.

And that's when the toy became famous.

解壓玩具Pop-it，有鮮豔的顏色和戳下去的清脆聲響，有點像擠破泡泡紙，原本是設計給兒童的小玩具，不過有些大人也喜歡。

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小賈斯汀創Spotify紀錄

Justin Bieber Sets Spotify Record

A top artist has broken another record.

Spotify says Justin Bieber has claimed (獲得) the title of the artist with the most monthly listeners.

He had 83.3 million people listen to his music during the course of a single month.

That breaks the record previously held by Ariana Grande, who had 82 million listeners.

小賈斯汀在Spotify平台上創單月聽者紀錄，光一個月就有八千兩百萬人聽他的音樂。

Justin has a big lead over other artists right now.

In that same month, The Weeknd had the second-most monthly listeners at 74.5 million.

Ed Sheeran was in third with 72.4 million listeners.

Justin claimed the record on Spotify thanks to the success (成功) of his latest album, called Justice.

同一個月的第二名是威肯，他有七千四百五十萬聽者。

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So, in today's News Bites:

Four children in Hsinchu put together two years of their allowance and Lunar New Year money.

With the help of their parents, they bought face shields and protective glasses for police.

The police invited the children to a police station to learn about what officers do.

And the police say they are very thankful that the children are so caring.

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Pop-its are a toy with lots of small bumps.

The toy was invented more than 40 years ago, but a monkey made Pop-its go viral.

Gaitlyn Rae, the 7-year-old capuchin monkey is a star on TikTok, Youtube and Instagram.

A video of Gaitlyn Rae playing with a Pop-it went viral, and made the toy more popular.

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And,

Spotify says Justin Bieber has claimed the title of the artist with the most monthly listeners.

He had 83.3 million people listen to his music during the course of a single month.

That breaks the record previously held by Ariana Grande, who had 82 million listeners.

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