Hi there, it's time for a new episode of News Bites…

I'm Nancy Sun…

And I'm Hope Ngo.

In today's episode…

The latest first, lilies in Lego, and a record for "Careless Whispers".

All that and more, coming up next!

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玉山最晚初雪

New Record for Yushan's Latest First Snowfall

Every year, we all get excited about snow on Taiwan's mountains.

It's fun to see photos and videos of everything covered in white.

Many people like to go up the mountains to enjoy the snow.

They build snowmen, and write words in the snow.

But something was a little different this season.

Yushan (玉山) got its first snow of the season last week.

The snow fell from 7:05am until 7:15am.

Experts say strong wind and wet air moved in from the west.

And this led to low temperatures of around minus 0.2 degrees Celsius.

And the cold wet air was perfect for snow!

But this was the first time it snowed on Yushan this season…

That means there was no snowfall on Yushan from December to February, all through winter!

This is the latest first-snow on the mountain in 80 years.

氣象局預報員說這是玉山從去年12月入冬後第一場雪，也是80年來最晚降雪。

The average temperature on Yushan this winter was 3.03 degrees.

That's the third highest in history.

中央氣象局說玉山今年冬季溫度平均3.03度，創下史上第3高紀錄。

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樂高版的莫內【睡蓮】

A Monet Made of Lego

French painter Claude Monet had many famous paintings.

Some of the most famous Monet paintings are his water lilies.

Around 100 years ago, the artist painted the lilies in the pond at his home near Paris.

Monet made around 250 water lily paintings.

And now an artist has recreated (重現) these paintings.

But he didn't use paint.

This artist used Legos!

This Lego artwork is made by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

The artwork is 15 meters long.

Ai Weiwei used 650,000 Lego blocks!

And he used 22 different colors.

藝術家艾未未用65萬塊樂高積木拼出莫內的"睡蓮"油畫作品。

The art is full of bright blue, green, and orange.

But there is something a little different about Ai Weiwei's water lily artwork.

On one side of the colorful artwork, there is a patch (一塊、一區) of dark Legos.

The dark Legos represent a door.

It's the door of an underground cave that he and his father lived in back in China.

They had to live in the cave because his father did not agree with the government at the time.

They had to live in exile (流放，流亡).

Ai Weiwei's childhood, and other experiences are a big part of his art.

He often uses his artwork to make people think about politics (政治), and human rights.

Ai Weiwei's Lego artwork will be shown at London's Design Museum next month.

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【無心的呢喃】超過10億次 YouTube 播放次數

"Careless Whisper" Hits 1 Billion Views on YouTube

If you're a student, music from the 1980s might be a little before your time.

But I bet you've heard at least a part of this song before…

Was I right?

It's "Careless Whisper", sung by UK popstar George Michael.

It was the number one song in 25 countries around the world.

And now it has hit a new milestone (里程碑).

The official "Careless Whisper" music video on YouTube has passed 1 billion views.

英國歌手喬治麥可的經典單曲【無心的呢喃】在YouTube上超過10億次播放次數。

YouTube says so far this year, the MV was watched more than 400,000 times every day.

Some other famous '80s songs that are in the YouTube Billion Views club are "The Final Countdown", "Every Breath You Take", and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".

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So, in today's News Bites:

Yushan got its first snow of the season last week.

That means there was no snowfall on Yushan from December to February, all through winter!

This is the latest first-snow on the mountain in 80 years.

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Artist Ai Weiwei has recreated Claude Monet's paintings of water lilies.

But he did it with Legos.

The artwork is 15 meters long, and is made of 650,000 Lego blocks!

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And,

"Careless Whisper", sung by UK popstar George Michael, has hit a new milestone.

The official "Careless Whisper" music video on YouTube has passed 1 billion views.

YouTube says so far this year, the MV was watched more than 400,000 times every day.

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