News For Kids

Have you played tug of war? Two teams hold a big rope. There is a line between the teams. Both teams pull and pull! The team that pulls the other team across the line wins! 拔河是有趣的比賽，兩支隊伍握著繩子兩端，用力向後拉，把對方拉過中線就獲勝。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bats fly at night. Many hang upside down. There are many kinds of bats. Taiwan has more than thirty kinds! Its biggest one is about 20 centimeters long. This bat's open wings are up to one meter wide! Click HERE for the full transcript!

We do not know a lot about the ocean and its plants and animals. To learn more, scientists in the U.S. made a robot that can fly! It can also dive into water and swim. All of these are very hard for robots to do. 為了多多了解海洋和海洋生物，美國的科學家造了一個能飛行，潛水和游泳的機器人。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a new big park in Taiwan! It's in a very big old building in Kaohsiung! Yes, it is indoors! And it is the size of two soccer fields. Wow! 高雄一棟老建築裡，一座室內遊樂園最近開幕了，占地有兩個足球場那麼大！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Singapore wants its people to spend less time scrolling. It wants them to read more books. So now it has a fun new plan! 新加坡希望人民少滑手機、多看書，於是推出了一個有趣的計畫。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

In September, it rained... and rained... and rained. It was very wet in Kaohsiung! 九月的高雄下雨下個不停，整個城市都變得非常潮濕！ When it rains so much, the air in homes can get wet. That makes things in homes wet. When things stay wet, mold can grow. 一旦房屋裡的空氣和物品充滿濕氣，就可能造成發霉。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Chocolate is delicious. It can be sweet. It can be bitter. It can have fruit or nuts. And it can be Swiss. It can be Japanese! But did you know it can be Taiwanese? Taiwan has been making chocolate for a short time. About 25 years ago, some farmers started to grow cacao trees. Taiwan’s hot and humid weather made them easy to grow. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has robots in some restaurants. But it does not have them on sidewalks. In five cities in the U.S., new robots are moving on sidewalks. 台灣有些餐廳會僱用機器人，而在美國五座城市，新式的機器人卻出現在人行道上。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

What can you do to pay less for something? You can look at the prices in two or three stores. You can wait for a big sale. And at one place, you can dance to pay less! 怎麼樣用比較少的錢買到東西？可以貨比三家、等待大減價，或是用跳舞來打折！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Long ago, some important people lived in a big castle. It is in Japan. It is made of wood and stone. It is VERY heavy. 在很久以前的日本，一座用木材和石材建造的城堡不只很重，還住了很多重要人物。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Uganda, a young girl helped in her family’s shop. She picked out tomatoes that were no good anymore. No one could eat them. She had to throw them away. Every morning, the girl did this. Lots of tomatoes went bad. It made her sad. 烏干達一個年輕女孩在自家的店裡幫忙，她每天都要丟掉好多爛番茄。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Barcelona is one of the most famous soccer teams in the world. It is in Spain. Some of the world’s best soccer players have played on this team. Barcelona has a soccer school. It looks for young soccer players around the world. It asks these kids to come to the school. This school is free! Click HERE for the full transcript!

In many countries, many, many dogs and cats do not have a home. Taiwan also has too many stray dogs and cats. 在很多城市都可以看到貓狗在街上流浪，台灣也有類似的問題。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Indigenous people have lived in Taiwan for thousands of years. But not all of them stayed here! About four thousand years ago, some Tao people built boats. These boats were for long trips. 原住民在台灣生活了幾千年，但並不是一直定居在這裡。大約四千年前，達悟族人建造了可以航向遠方的船。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A woman in Kaohsiung has a small dog. The woman and her family often told him not to go outside. They worried that he would get lost. So the dog stayed inside. 高雄有位女子養了一隻小狗。因為怕小狗走丟，平時都讓牠待在家裡。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Robots are everywhere. They build cars. They clean floors. They help doctors. And they can work all day and night! Some pizza shop owners want robots. They do not want them to sell pizza. They do not want them to deliver it. They want robots to make it! 機器人會做很多事，並且不會累。有些披薩店老闆也想雇用機器人來做披薩。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

At a junior high school in the U.S., teachers teach. Kids learn. Everyone eats lunch. Later, everyone goes home. At the end of the day, no one is at the school. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Dirty air is not good for our lungs. Lungs are the parts of our body that help us breathe air in and out. Dirty air can make our lungs weak. Weak lungs can make running and playing hard. Weak lungs can make breathing hard! 肺是人體的呼吸器官，而髒空氣會讓肺變得虛弱，影響呼吸和日常活動。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

What can fall on you like rain and snow? At a temple in Gukeng in Yunlin, money can! 除了下雪和下雨，還能下什麼呢？在雲林古坑鄉的一間宮廟，會下鈔票雨！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

In many places around the world, young people are farming. But they are not growing plants. They are aura farming. Aura is coolness. People say you can grow aura. That is why they call it "aura farming." 現在年輕人的新流行叫做 “aura farming”，就是透過耍酷來製造氣場。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A pizza shop was having a busy day. But it was going to get busier! Someone called the shop. The person ordered 18 pizzas! That is a lot of pizzas! 美國一家忙碌的披薩店接到電話訂單，竟然點了18個大披薩！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you like night markets? They are loud. They have a lot of people. But they also have a lot of tasty food. You can have popcorn chicken, egg cake, and much more! There is food everywhere you go at night markets! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has some busy train stations. But the busiest one is Taipei Main Station. Every day, hundreds of thousands of people use it! 台灣有好幾個繁忙的車站，其中又以台北車站進出的旅客最多。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bees are important for nature. They fly from flower to flower. They get a yellow powder called p-p-p-pollen! The bees also bring pollen to flowers. This helps many fruits and vegetables grow. So bees are important for us too! 蜜蜂在花朵之間飛來飛去傳遞花粉，幫助蔬菜水果生長，是很重要的昆蟲！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Beaches can look beautiful from far away. But when you go closer, maybe you will find trash! You might see bottles, fishing nets, plastic bags, and more. 台灣的海灘很美，但近看卻可能會發現海灘上垃圾很多。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Long ago, a man went to old towns in Europe. He saw the towns were made for people. People walked everywhere. They did not need cars. 很久以前，有一名男子在歐洲小鎮旅遊，發現當地路上沒有汽車，對行人非常友善。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In one part of New Taipei, people were very worried about a building. They called the city. City workers went to the building. They went up to the top. They looked at the roof. Click HERE for the full transcript!

The U.S. had a big birthday this summer. It is now two hundred fifty years old! There were lots of parties. Fireworks went off! Cool planes flew in airshows! 今年夏天，美國用煙火，飛行特技等等，盛大慶祝建國250周年! Click HERE for the full transcript!

What is small and green and has a strong smell? It is not soap. We do not wash with it. We can eat it. It is cilantro! 香菜有綠色的嫩葉，一小把就可以增添食物的香氣。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Many of Taiwan's roads have trees. These roadside trees are important. They make the air cooler and cleaner. They help make the roads quieter. They help keep people on sidewalks safe. And they give us something nice to look at! 在馬路兩邊的樹木非常重要，不只讓空氣清新、保護行人安全，還能美化市容！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

King cobras are big, long snakes. They are three or four meters long. That is longer than two Taiwan cobras! Like Taiwan cobras, they are dangerous! Their venom is very strong and fast. It can kill! 眼鏡王蛇是毒蛇，體長可以到3公尺以上，比台灣眼鏡蛇長兩倍，非常危險! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has a lot of train lines. Some go under the ground. Some go very fast. Some go through forests. Some go over rivers. And now, one line goes to places with lots of art! The Sanying Line is in New Taipei. The trains go to Sanxia. Hakka people have lived in Sanxia for a long time. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taipei Zoo got two presents. They are two animals from Shanghai Zoo in China. Can you guess what kind of animals they are? Are they apes? How about lions? No, they are red pandas. Their names are Lele and Tiantian. Lele is a 3-year-old boy. Tiantian is a 2-year-old girl. 臺北市立動物園獲得兩件禮物，是來自上海動物園的小貓熊，樂樂跟甜甜。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Taiwan's parks, kids are looking everywhere. They are looking under plants and trees. They are looking under benches where people sit. What are they looking for? 最近，很多兒童在公園裡到處尋找，樹底下草裡面都找了。他們究竟在找什麼？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you been to Hualien Bus Station? A cute orange cat works there. But last year, he was a hungry kitten. A kitten is a baby cat! One night, station workers heard a cat meowing. Where was the cat? They looked and looked. But they did not find it. 花蓮轉運站有一隻橘色的貓咪，牠是怎麼來的？之前一個晚上，車站員工聽見貓叫聲。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you know how to ride a bike? A young woman in South Africa knew how to do many things. But she did not know how to ride a bike. When she was a girl, she tried to learn how to ride. 你會不會騎腳踏車? 南非有個年輕女孩，她會做很多事，就是不會騎腳踏車。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

The sun is very big and very bright. We cannot look at it. Looking at it is bad for our eyes. The moon is small and bright. The sun makes it bright to us! We see the sun and the moon take turns in the sky almost every day. Click HERE for the full transcript!

You are hiking on a mountain. Your mouth is dry. You want some water. But there are no stores! Oh no! There is no clean water to drink! Hey! You need a jacket that makes drinking water! That sounds crazy, right? But scientists in the U. S. made a jacket that gets drinking water from the air! 爬山的時候沒有乾淨的水喝怎麼辦呢？美國科學家發明了一件能利用空氣製造水的外套！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

What can you do with a watermelon? You can eat it. You can make juice with it. Or... you can make it stand to bring good luck! What? 西瓜除了拿來吃、打成西瓜汁之外，還能做什麼呢？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A boy in the U.S. lives on a ranch. A ranch is a big farm where animals are raised. The boy is fourteen years old. He wants to be a cowhand. Cowhands take care of cows. 一個生活在牧場的男孩，夢想成為照顧牛群的牛仔。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

India has springs. A spring is where water comes up from the ground. It comes up by itself! Some springs have hot water. Some have cold water. Families and farmers use the water. But every year, many springs have less water. Some springs are gone… 印度有很多會冒出地面的泉水，但有些地方的水量每年都減少，有些甚至快要消失。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Argentina is a country. It is in South America. It rains a lot in some places in Argentina. But this year, there was more rain. There was too much rain! Now 700,000 cows there need to find new homes. Click HERE for the full transcript!

People LOVE to do something that no one has done. When they do that, they set a world record. Kids can set world records! Hey! Maybe you can set one! 很多人喜歡挑戰從來沒有人做過的事，假如成功，就能創下世界紀錄。有些小孩就辦到了。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

This summer had many big fires in the news. They were all around the world. From January to August, more land than 31 Taiwans burned. 今年世界上許多地方發生火災，燒掉的總面積相當於三十一個台灣。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

The biggest park in the world is in Greenland. The park is bigger than 27 Taiwans! It has many small seas. They open to a big sea. They have tall walls of rock on three sides. The small seas are deep. The water is VERY cold. 格陵蘭有世界最大的國家公園，總面積比二十七個台灣還大！這個公園包括許多峽灣，峽灣的海水很冰冷！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A pilot from Taiwan had a big dream. He wanted to be the first pilot from Taiwan to fly around the world in a small plane. Why? He wanted the world to know that people from Taiwan are brave. 有一位台灣飛行員，夢想駕駛小飛機環遊世界，讓世界知道台灣人很勇敢。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A big sports competition was in New Taipei for three days. Men's and women's teams came from ten countries! But…Typhoon Bavi tried to come too! 新北市舉辦了一場為期三天的大型運動賽事，有來自十個國家的隊伍前來參賽。不過，颱風巴威也想來共襄盛舉！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

The Ganges is a river in India and Bangladesh. It is very important to many people. They say it is from heaven. They say the water is very clean. 恆河是一條貫穿印度與孟加拉的河。有許多人仰賴這條河生存，他們認為恆河的水從天上來，是潔淨的水。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan loves baseball! The U.S. loves baseball! We’re friends. So some U.S. baseball teams have Taiwan Days! 台灣人跟美國人都愛棒球，有些美國棒球隊會有「台灣日」！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A sprint is a short, fast run. The world’s fastest sprinter is Usain Bolt. He has eight Olympic gold medals! He is the world's fastest in the 100-meter sprint. He is the world's fastest in the 200-meter sprint too! 短跑賽是緊張刺激的比賽，世界上最快的飛毛腿尤塞恩·波特，是八面奧運金牌得主，也是男子一百米和兩百米短跑的世界紀錄保持人！ Click HERE for the full transcript!