News For Kids
533 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews For Kids brings you easy stories in English, with Chinese translations to help students and second language learners here in Taiwan!
Stories are written and recorded by ICRT correspondents, and uploaded every weekday morning.
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Christmas Markets Make You Merry
December 24, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ At Christmastime, big street markets open in many countries. They're Christmas markets! 聖誕節的時候，有很多國家都會辦聖誕市集。 Every Christmas market has a big, beautiful Christmas tree with twinkling lights. Bright lights are everywhere you look! The lights can give you a happy holiday feeling! 每一個聖誕市集都有一顆很大、很漂亮、閃閃發光的聖誕樹。 You can buy lots of things at Christmas markets! There are delicious Christmas drinks, cookies, and breads. 你可以在市集買很多東西! 像是美味的聖誕餅...
Merry Christmases Around the World!
December 21, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Christmas is coming in a few days! Are you excited? 再過幾天就是耶誕節了!你很期待嗎? Some people eat special food for Christmas. In the UK, people eat roasted goose, chicken, or turkey. Some people in Ethiopia eat wat with flatbread. Wat is a thick, spicy chicken soup. It's delicious! 耶誕節有些人會準備特別的料理，像是英國人吃烤雞、烤鵝肉或火雞。伊索比亞人吃沃特配薄餅。沃特是一種濃郁辛辣的雞湯，十分美味。 Some people put up Christmas decorations at home. In the USA and South Korea, people put up Christmas t...
Dangerous Dragons Seen in Ocean Near Keelung
December 20, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteDangerous Dragons Seen in Ocean Near Keelung Villager: DRAGON! Narrator: In some stories, dragons are very scary. They're huge lizards with wings! They blow fire from their mouths! They eat people! They tear down buildings! 龍在一些故事裡是很可怕的動物。牠們很像長翅膀的大蜥蜴，會噴火、吃人，還會推倒建築物。 Dragons aren't so bad. Look at dragonflies. They fly, but they don't blow fire! And they're too small to tear down buildings… 但也不是所有的龍都很可怕。像是dragonfly…蜻蜓…會飛但是不會噴火。 Blue sea dragons sometimes come to the ocean around Taiwan. Th...
Chick Makes Zoo Happy
December 19, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteChick Makes Zoo Happy There are many kinds of penguins. Some of them live in a very cold place called Antarctica. The Emperor penguin lives there. 世界上有很多種不同的企鵝。南極洲就有皇帝企鵝。 Mother Emperor penguins lay an egg once a year. They give the egg to the father. The father emperor penguin sits on it. He keeps it warm 24 hours a day… for 65 days! This helps the penguin chick grow inside the egg. 每一年皇帝企鵝媽媽只下一顆蛋。然後交給企鵝爸爸孵蛋65天，讓企鵝寶寶長大。 Some Emperor penguins live in a zoo. One day, workers found an egg. A...
Mysteries of 100,000 Old Coins Found in Japan
December 18, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMysteries of 100,000 Old Coins Found in Japan Scientists found 100,000 very old coins in Japan! Now they have many mysteries to solve! 科學家在日本找到10萬個古老硬幣! 現在他們有很多謎團要解開! The owner of the coins is a mystery. But the person who put the coins in the ground is a mystery too. Maybe the owner buried the coins. Or… maybe thieves buried them! 這些硬幣的主人是誰，又是誰把它們埋進了土裡? 可能是硬幣的主人，也可能是小偷。 The reason the coins were buried is a mystery. Maybe the owner was worried about a war or was hiding them from a king. M...
Horse Makes Plane Go Back to Airport
December 17, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHorse Makes Plane Go Back to Airport Do you dream about traveling with your pet? In Taiwan, you can travel by plane with your dog, cat, or rabbit. But in the plane, animals don't sit with people. 你有想過跟寵物一起旅行嗎? 在台灣，你可以跟寵物貓、狗或兔子一起坐飛機旅行，但是寵物不會跟人坐在一起。 Animals are in the cargo hold. That's where the suitcases are. Dogs, cats, and other animals are safe in cages there. But sometimes, an animal gets out! 寵物會關在籠子裡，待在堆放行李的貨艙。但有時候，寵物會跑出來。 A plane was taking horses from New York to Europe. A strong win...
New York City’s Flying Taxis
December 14, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteNew York City’s Flying Taxis Nobody likes sitting in traffic! Cars, buses, and trucks move very slowly. They make lots of bad smells, dirty air, and noise! People get angry. They honk their horns. 沒有人喜歡塞車。塞車的時候，車輛很緩慢地移動。這樣會製造很多噪音、廢氣。駕駛也容易生氣，一直按喇叭。 How can we get away from all that slow, stinky, noisy traffic? 我們如何避免慢吞吞，臭烘烘，而且吵鬧的塞車呢? There's great news! New taxis are coming to New York City. They’re electric, so they don’t make bad smells or dirty air. And they never sit in traffic… Why? Beca...
Animal Video Surprises Scientists
December 13, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteAnimal Video Surprises Scientists Sir David's echidnas lived when dinosaurs lived. That was two hundred million years ago! These animals were living sixty years ago. After that, scientists didn't see any alive. They thought these echidnas were extinct… 艾登堡針鼴鼠從2億年前恐龍還沒滅絕的時候就存在。牠們消失了 60年。科學家以為牠們絕種了。 But last month, scientists found a Sir David's echidna! It was on a mountain in Indonesia. They weren't looking for it. They put video cameras outside. The cameras took videos of animals. The scie...
From Street Cleaner to Ballet Dancer
December 12, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteFrom Street Cleaner to Ballet Dancer Dancing is an art. It’s creative. It’s beautiful. And it’s very, very difficult! 跳舞是一種藝術。它很優美但是也很難。 Liu Ziqing is from a small village in northern China. As a boy, he watched a movie about ballet. He loved it. So he watched it again and again and again… He watched the same movie more than ten times! 劉子青來自中國北方的小村落。他小時候看了一部關於芭蕾的電影，他非常喜歡，看了很多次。 Ziqing had a dream. He wanted to be a ballet dancer. But his family was very poor. They had no money for ballet le...
Pets Put On Kimonos for a Special Day in Japan
December 11, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Japan has special days for kids. There's Girls' Day. There's Children's Day. There's Shichi-Go-San. Kids think New Year's Day is their day too! 日本有很多兒童的特殊節日，像是女兒節、兒童節、七五三節，甚至是新年兒童也覺得是他們的節日。 On some special days, families go to a shrine. They pray for their kids' health and happiness. 在特殊節日，父母會帶孩子去神社，祈求孩子健康幸福。 But Japan doesn't have many kids. Every year, fewer and fewer kids go to shrines. 但是日本少子化，去神社參拜的兒童越來越少。 Many people have dog...
Museum to Give Back Important Headdress
December 10, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMuseum to Give Back Important Headdress Indigenous people are the first to live in a place. Taiwan has many Indigenous groups: Amis people, Paiwan people, Atayal people, and others. 原住民指的是最開始定居在一個地方的族群。台灣有很多原住民族，像是阿美族、排灣族、泰雅族等等。 Indigenous groups live all over the world. They have sacred traditions and beliefs. These are very, very important things the groups do and think. 世界各地都有原住民。他們有神聖的傳統跟信仰，這對他們做事情或是思考的方式非常重要。 They have sacred things. Some are headdresses. These are beautiful head coveri...
This Planet Has Clouds Made of Sand
December 07, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThis Planet Has Clouds Made of Sand Scientists study planets, stars, and more in space. Space is cool. It has many surprises! 科學家研究太空中的行星跟恆星，還有其他很多現象。外太空總是帶給我們各種驚喜。 WASP-107b is a planet. It’s much bigger than Earth. It's much hotter. It's about 500 degrees!* *It's close to its sun, so one year is six days! 行星WASP-107b比地球大很多，也比地球熱。它距離它的太陽很近，所以它一年只有6天。 WASP-107b is strange*. *Winds blow 36,000 kilometers per hour.And the planet is very light and fluffy! Some scientists call it a "cotton candy...
Sleeping Seal Stops Woman from Working
December 06, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteSleeping Seal Stops Woman from Working What's that sound? Oh, there's a seal in the water! What a cute animal! 原來是有一隻海豹在水裡，牠好可愛! Seals swim in the ocean to find fish to eat. They don't have arms or feet. They have flippers. They use their front flippers to come onto land to rest. 海豹在海裡游泳尋找魚類。牠們沒有手跟腳，但是有鰭。牠們用前鰭爬上岸休息。 Amber lives near a beach in Australia. One morning, a loud noise woke her up. Was someone taking her car? Amber住在澳洲海邊附近，有一天早上，很大的噪音把她吵醒，是有人要偷走她的車子嗎? Amber went to a window. Sh...
12-Year-Old Engineer Finds Fires Faster
December 05, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 Byte12-Year-Old Engineer Finds Fires Faster Engineering is about inventing things. Thanks to engineers, we have all kinds of inventions: trains, computers, ovens, radios, light bulbs…! 工程這種專業跟發明有關。多虧有工程師，我們才有火車、電腦、烤箱、廣播、燈泡! There's a contest in the USA. It's for middle school students who love science, technology, engineering, and math. 美國有一個競賽，讓喜歡科學、科技、工程和數學的學生參加。 This year's winner is Shanya Gill. She's a 12-year-old engineer! Shanya won 25,000 US dollars. That's about 800,000 Taiwan dollars...
Man Will Ride Bike Across the South Pole
December 04, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMan Will Ride Bike Across the South Pole What is the loneliest place in the world? It's somewhere very few people live. Maybe it’s Antarctica! That’s the cold, snowy place around the South Pole. 這世界上最寂寞的地方在哪裡呢? 應該是南極洲，那裡很冷、而且滿地都是雪。 Omar Di Felice wants to ride his bike all the way across Antarctica. He tried to do this last year. But he stopped after one week.* *He felt too lonely. His family needed him too. Omar Di Felice 想騎著單車跨越南極洲。他去年試過一次，但一個星期後就放棄了。他當時覺得太孤單寂寞，他的家人也需要他。 Now Omar wants to ...
The Beatles Make One More Song
December 03, 2023 16:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWho are the Beatles? They're a band from the UK. Many people think the Beatles are the best band in the world! 你知道披頭四嗎? 那是一個英國樂團。很多人覺得披頭四是世界上最棒的樂團。 The Beatles had four people: John, Paul, George, and Ringo. But they stopped being a band in nineteen seventy. Sadly, John died ten years later… 披頭四有四位成員，約翰、保羅、喬治跟林哥，他們在1970就解散了。十年後約翰不幸地去世。 But now the Beatles have a new song. What? How can they have a new song? Well, John wrote a song many years ago. It's called "Now and Then". He recorded it o...
Man With No Arms Can Shoot Bow
November 30, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMan With No Arms Can Shoot Bow ** ** Can you shoot a bow? It’s easy. Put the arrow on the string of the bow. Pull the string. Where do you want the arrow to go? That's your target. Point at your target. Let go of the string. Watch the arrow fly! 你會射箭嗎? 很簡單，把箭放在弓弦上，然後拉弓。你希望弓箭往哪裡射呢? 瞄準你的目標，然後放箭。 Shooting a bow for sport is fun! But do we need arms to do it? 射箭運動很好玩! 但我們需要手臂才能射箭嗎? Ask Matt Stutzman. He was born with no arms. He shoots a bow. 問問看Matt Stutzman，他天生沒有手臂，但他會射箭。 How does Matt do this?...
Cat Records World’s Loudest Purr
November 29, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteCat Records World’s Loudest Purr Sometimes when I’m happy, I like to whistle! 我開心的時候，喜歡吹口哨。 Dogs make many different sounds when they’re happy. They pant, bark, or grunt. 狗狗開心的時候會發出不同的聲音。牠們會叫、會喘氣、會發出嗚嗚聲。 Cats purr when they’re happy. But they purr at other times too. Some cats purr when they’re hungry! 貓咪不只是在開心的時候才發出呼嚕聲，有一些貓肚子餓的時候也會。 Kittens purr when they’re a few days old. Then their mom knows they’re okay. Some cats purr when they’re in pain. Purring makes them feel better! 小貓出生沒有幾天就會發出呼...
Moving Stairs for Mountain Views
November 28, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMoving Stairs for Mountain Views Walking for thirty minutes every day is good for you. It can help you be strong and healthy. It’s cheap too. All you need are comfortable shoes. Then you can walk anywhere! 每天走30分鐘有益身心健康。而且你只需要一雙舒適的鞋子，就可以到處走走! Many people like walking a long way on mountains, in forests, and other natural places. This is called "hiking". Taiwan has many beautiful hiking trails. Many of them go up mountains. 很多人喜歡爬山，也會在森林或是其他自然景點走路。這叫做健行，台灣有很多健行步道，大多都通往山上。 But hiking is harder...
Teacher Sets Social Studies Record
November 27, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteTeacher Sets Social Studies Record Do you know what "setting a record" is? It's doing something the most or the best in the world. 你知道什麼是破紀錄嗎?就是將某一件事情做的最多或是最好。 Paul Durietz is a middle school teacher in the USA. He set a record for teaching social studies the longest. Paul Durietz是一所美國中學的老師。他創下教社會科最久的紀錄。 What's social studies? It's the study of history, people, and cultures. 什麼是社會科呢? 它是包含歷史、人文跟文化的領域。 And how long has Mr. Durietz taught social studies? Well, when he started he was 23 years...
Wearable Robot Helps Runners Go Faster
November 26, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWearable Robot Helps Runners Go Faster We use machines all the time. Here are some ways. We drive cars. We send texts on phones. We watch videos on TVs, computers, and tablets. 我們隨時都在使用機器。例如說我們開車；我們也用手機傳送簡訊；在電視、電腦跟平板看影片。 Some machines copy what people do. These machines are called "robots". 有一些機器可以模仿人類的動作，它們叫做機器人。 Robots in movies look like people. But most robots look very different! An automatic vacuum cleaner is a robot. It copies how people clean floors. A self-checkout machine in a supe...
A Hospital for Seals
November 23, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteA Hospital for Seals What animal do you hear? Is it a dog? No, it’s not a dog. It’s a seal. 這是什麼動物的叫聲呢?是狗嗎?不是喔!是海豹的聲音。 Seals are cool animals. They swim very well. Some can make human sounds! 海豹是一種很酷的動物。牠們很會游泳，有一些還會發出人類的聲音。 But some seals get hurt. Sometimes boat motors cut them… Sometimes fishing nets catch them. Poor seals! 不過海豹有時候會被漁船的馬達割傷，也會被漁網困住。 Lizzi lives in the UK. She loves seals. She helps seals that are hurt. She made a hospital for seals… in her house! Two seals were in a room a...
Cats Can Make Many Faces
November 22, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteCats Can Make Many Faces Do you like cats?* *Many people like them. Lots of people have a pet cat. 你喜歡貓嗎?很多人喜歡貓也把牠們當寵物。 But when people look at their cat's face, do they know what it's feeling? Is their cat making a happy face? Is it making a sad face? Who knows? 但是人們看著貓咪的臉的時候，他們會知道貓有什麼樣的情緒嗎? 牠是在做開心的表情，還是悲傷的表情呢? People are still learning how to understand the faces cats make. But now scientists know cats make many kinds of faces. 人們還在學習如何了解貓咪的表情，但是現在科學家知道牠們可以做很多種表情。 How do they know that? S...
American Astronaut Stuck in Space
November 21, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ NASA is the USA's space agency. Its job is to learn about space. But space is very big! It has millions and billions of planets, stars, moons, and many other things! 美國太空總署NASA的職責是了解外太空。廣闊的太空有億萬顆行星、恆星、衛星，還有很多其他的東西! NASA sends people into space. These people are called "astronauts". Astronauts help us learn about living in space. NASA會派人到外太空。這些人叫做「太空人」，幫助我們了解太空生活。 Dr. Rubio is an astronaut. NASA sent him into space for six months. Bu...
Man Goes to Every Country without Flying
November 20, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMan Goes to Every Country without Flying Thor, a man from Denmark, went on a long trip. He went to every country in the world! That's 203 countries! Other people who did this used planes. But Thor didn't use planes. He wanted to do something new. 來自丹麥的索爾造訪過世界上每一個國家，一共有203個。通常大家是坐飛機環遊世界，但索爾並沒有這麼做。 Thor had 650 Taiwan dollars to use every day. This money was for a place to sleep, food, and taxis, buses, trains, and boats! 索爾每天有650塊台幣，花在住宿、食物、計程車、公車、火車跟船。 Thor made new friends everywhere. He ...
Stuck on Eiffel Tower, Man Says Marry Me
November 19, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteStuck on Eiffel Tower, Man Says Marry Me Do you know what the Eiffel Tower is? It’s a very tall tower in Paris, France. Millions of people visit it every year. Many visitors take the glass elevators to the top floor. It is 276 meters up! Visitors can see beautiful views of Paris. 你知道什麼是艾菲爾鐵塔嗎? 它是在法國巴黎的一座高塔。每一年都有上百萬人參觀，遊客會搭玻璃電梯到高達276公尺的觀景台，俯瞰巴黎的景色。 One day, a man named Amir and a woman named Kat were on the top floor. 有一天，一對情侶Amir跟Kat在鐵塔上的觀景台。 On the outside of the tower, another man started...
Christmasland Is Here
November 16, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteChristmas is here in New Taipei City! From today until New Year's Day, you can go to Christmasland! At this festival, see Santa Bear and his friends: a snowman, a gingerbread man, a rabbit, and … macarons! 新北市要來迎接聖誕節! 從今天起到元旦，你可以去新北耶誕城喔! 這個活動我們可以看到桑塔熊跟他的夥伴雪人、薑餅人、兔子，還有馬卡龍! People love Christmasland's lights. There are sooooo many! The lights go on at 5:30 p.m. Many lights are cute! Many are beautiful! 大家都喜歡耶誕城的多種燈飾，很多燈都很可愛也很漂亮，燈飾亮燈的時間從五點半開始。 New Taipei City Hall Square's lights are about a "S...
This Island Floats
November 15, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThis Island Floats We live on an island.* *Islands have water all around them. Oceans, seas, and many lakes and rivers have islands in them. 我們住在島上，島嶼四面環繞著海水。很多的海洋、湖泊跟河流上都有島嶼。 Do islands float like a boat? Most islands are connected to the earth. They don’t float. Does Taiwan float? No, it doesn’t. But some small islands float. And some of them float too much! 島嶼會跟船一樣浮在水面上嗎？大多數的島嶼都連著地殼，不會浮在水上。台灣島也不會。但是一些小島確實會浮在水面上，還漂浮得很厲害。 There's a big floating island in a small lake. It's in Wisconsin, a s...
Chickens Like Classical Music
November 15, 2023 04:24 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteChickens Like Classical Music What kind of music is this? It's classical music. Many people like classical music. Some dogs like it too. Do you know what other animals like classical music? Chickens! 很多人喜歡古典音樂，有一些狗狗也喜歡。但你知道還有哪一些動物喜歡古典音樂嗎？就是雞！ New Zealand has a famous group of musicians. They play music in very nice places. Some of these musicians played at a chicken farm! They played classical music outside. They played for thousands of chickens! 紐西蘭有一群有名的音樂家。他們多半在富麗堂皇的地方表演，他們之中有一些人在養雞場，對著成...
Hide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats
November 13, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats Let’s play hide and seek! I’ll count. You hide. Find somewhere I can't see you. Ready? Go! 我們一起玩捉迷藏吧！我來當鬼，你去找個我看不到你的地方。 3 … 2 … 1! Ready or not, here I come! … Hey! Where did you go?! Hmm … I found you! I win! Hide and seek is so fun! How about playing hide and seek with an elephant? That's too easy, right? How about playing with a mouse? That's too hard! 跟大象一起玩捉迷藏太容易了，但是跟一隻老鼠玩就很困難。 How about playing hide and seek with a cat? Cats move quietly. They’re ve...
Dog Saves Boy
November 12, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteDog Saves Boy Are dogs people’s best friends? There's a great dog named Axel. He lives with a boy named Gabriel and Gabriel’s mom and dad. 狗狗是人類的好朋友嗎? 有一隻狗叫Axel，牠跟一個叫Gabriel的小男孩，還有Gabriel的爸爸媽媽住在一起。 One morning, Axel woke up Gabriel’s mom and dad with his paws. Pat, pat, pat, pat! He pawed and pawed them. 有一天早上，Axel用腳掌不停地拍Gabriel的爸爸媽媽，要搖醒他們。 It was five o’clock in the morning! They thought he wanted to go outside. But he didn’t want to go out of the house. 那時候才早上五點，他們以為Axel 想出去玩，但是牠並不是要出門。 Ax...
Scientists Make a Strong and Weak Glue
November 09, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteScientists Make a Strong and Weak Glue What’s glue? It’s sticky stuff. It holds things together. Glue is useful. When we make something, sometimes we glue things together. When we break something, sometimes we can glue the parts together again. 膠水很實用。我們做東西用得到，或是打破東西要黏起來，都用得到。 But there’s one bad thing about glue. It’s hard to take things apart again. 但是膠水有個缺點，一旦把東西黏在一起就很難再分開。 Scientists in Japan made a new glue. It’s strong.* *AND it lets us take things apart! We can use it again and again t...
Wedding Picture Is Full of Garbage
November 08, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWedding Picture Is Full of Garbage I am looking at a wedding picture in the newspaper. The bride is so beautiful! Her wedding dress is beautiful too! The groom is so handsome! But - hey! Where are they? 我正在看報紙上的結婚照，照片裡的新娘很漂亮、新郎也很帥氣，可是這張照片是在哪裡拍的呢? In many wedding pictures, the bride and groom are somewhere nice. Maybe they're at a lake, a park, or a garden. But this bride and groom went to … a dump!? 很多新人會在美美的地方拍婚紗照，但是這張照片居然是在一座垃圾場拍的！ What’s a dump? It’s where a lot of garbage goes. What’s ...
Ocean Takes Family Car
November 07, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteDo you like beaches? They're fun! You can swim in the ocean. You can relax on the sand. You can watch the sun go down. But be careful! Don't park your car by the ocean! 你喜歡海邊嗎?你可以游泳、在沙灘上放鬆、看夕陽。但是要注意喔! 不要把車停在海邊! That's what a family did. They drove to Waipu Beach in Miaoli around five p.m. one day. They parked their two cars on the beach. Then they went and had fun! 有一天有一個家庭開車到苗栗外埔海灘，他們把兩台車停在海邊，就去玩了! They forgot about the ocean tides! At high tide, the ocean's water goes up three or four met...
Helping Kids Make Friends
November 06, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHelping Kids Make Friends Sammie helps lonely kids. They feel sad… They need a friend. Sammie helps them find friends! Sammie幫助孤單的孩子交朋友。 How does Sammie help? She gives buddy benches to schools. What are they? Well, buddy means friend. And benches are long seats for two or three people. Buddy benches are seats for friends! Sammie 怎麼幫助他們呢? 她捐好朋友長板凳給學校。Buddy的意思是朋友，Bench 是兩到三個人可以坐的板凳。好朋友板凳就是用來交朋友的。 How do buddy benches work? When a kid feels lonely, she sits on one. Other kids know she needs a ...
Artist Fights to Save Art on Old Chewing Gum
November 05, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteArtist Fights to Save Art on Old Chewing Gum Do you like chewing gum? Some sugar-free chewing gums can be healthy! They make your teeth whiter, calm you, and stop bad breath. 你喜歡嚼口香糖嗎? 有一些無糖口香糖很健康。它們可以美白牙齒、防止口臭，也可以安撫情緒。 When you finish chewing your gum, do you eat it? Don't do that! It's CHEWING gum! It isn't EATING gum! It goes in the trash, not in you! 嚼完口香糖，你會吞下去嗎? 不可以喔! 你是嚼口香糖，不是吃它! 它應該要進垃圾桶，而不是進到你的身體。 Some people spit their chewing gum onto the ground. It becomes litter. Old chewing g...
Capybaras Run Away
November 02, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteCapybaras Run Away Do you have a pet? Many people have cats or dogs. These animals are cute and friendly. What other animals are cute and friendly? 你有養寵物嗎? 很多人養貓跟狗，牠們很可愛也很友善。還有哪些動物又可愛又友善呢? Capybaras are! Do you know about capybaras? They look like small pigs. They're fast runners. They can run up to fifty kilometers an hour! 你知道水豚嗎? 牠們看起來像小豬，牠們跑得很快，時速可以到50公里。 Capybaras like water and wet places. They like to swim. They're peaceful too. So some people have pet capybaras. 水豚喜歡水跟濕濕的地方，也喜歡游泳。牠們很...
The Moon Shakes!
November 01, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThe Moon Shakes! What happens in an earthquake? Under our feet, the ground shakes - on the Earth! What about moonquakes? Yup, the ground shakes on the moon! 發生地震的時候，我們腳下的地球震動。那月震呢? 沒錯，就是月球的地面發生震動! Why do moonquakes happen? The moon gets VERY hot during the day. This means it get a little bigger.* *The moon gets VERY cold at night. It gets a little smaller. The moon changes from hot to cold every afternoon. Moonquakes happen then! 為什麼會發生月震呢? 月球白天非常炎熱，月球會稍微膨脹。而夜晚非常寒冷，月球會因此收縮。每到下午，月球的氣溫從熱到冷，就會發...
These Blind Farmers Help With Your Rice and Noodles
October 31, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThese Blind Farmers Help With Your Rice and Noodles Do you like grains? Some grains are rice, corn, and wheat. 你喜歡穀物嗎? 譬如說米飯、玉米跟小麥。 In Taiwan, we use rice to make braised pork rice. We use cornstarch to make egg crepes, sauces, and fried chicken. We use wheat flour to make noodles for beef noodle soup and buns for pork belly buns. 在台灣，我們用米飯做滷肉飯，用玉米粉做蛋餅、醬料跟炸雞，還用麵粉做牛肉麵跟割包。 Scientists say there's a big group of farmers. The farmers help grow 140 BILLION kilograms of grain every year.* *The bigg...
Halloween Saved for Dog Lovers
October 30, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHalloween Saved for Dog Lovers Hi everyone, Happy Halloween! Halloween is fun. People wear costumes. They are ghosts, witches, monsters, or anything else they want. 萬聖節快樂! 萬聖節很好玩，大家裝扮成巫師、巫婆或是怪物，或其他模樣。 Many kids knock on doors. They say "trick or treat!" Some people have Halloween parties and wear costumes. 小朋友敲門說:「不給糖就搗蛋」! 也有人會舉辦萬聖節派對跟化裝舞會。 In New York City, a park has a Halloween Dog Parade every year. People and their dogs line up. Then they walk slowly so everyone can see them. That's a p...
Groups Move “In Time” to Music
October 29, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteGroups Move “In Time” to Music Narrator: How do soldiers march? They march together. **Sergeant Major: **“Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! …” *(cont.)* Narrator: They’re moving “in time”. Together, they step with their left foot.* *Together, they step with their right foot. Then their left, then their right, then … ah! You get the idea! 他們同時做一樣的動作，一起同時踏出左腳，然後右腳。 When people walk with friends, sometimes they walk in time. “Left! Right! Left! Right!” No one tells them to move in time! Th...
These Scientists Saved the World
October 26, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteKatalin Kariko is a scientist. Some people say she saved the world. Maybe she saved your life! Katalin Kariko是一位科學家。有人說她拯救了世界，也許她還救了你一命。 Vaccines help stop people from getting sick. Dr. Kariko had an idea to make better vaccines. She worked on her idea for many years. 疫苗可以防止人類生病。 Kariko博士想出辦法，讓疫苗更加有效。 Then Dr. Kariko worked with Dr. Drew Weissman. They worked in different ways. He said, "from A to B you zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag! I [go]… straight." Kariko 博士跟Drew Weissman博士合作。他說Kariko會...
Snails Change Vegetable Farmer’s Life
October 25, 2023 16:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteSnails are small animals with a shell. They crawl very slowly. Snails leave silver lines on the ground. They eat fruit, vegetables, and many other things. Gardeners and farmers don't like snails. 蝸牛是個很小的動物，牠們吃水果、蔬菜等等，所以園丁跟農夫都不喜歡蝸牛。 But many people around the world like snails. They like to eat them.*** ***Some people pay a lot of money to eat snails! Where are these snails from? Sometimes they're from gardens. Many are from snail farms! 但是還是有人喜歡蝸牛，也喜歡吃牠們。那這些蝸牛來自哪裡呢? 這些蝸牛有時候是來自花園，很多是來自養殖場。 Mr....
Submarine Finds New Golden … Thing
October 24, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWe live on Earth. Some people call it the “Blue Planet”. From far away, the earth looks blue. That’s because the earth has so much water. 地球有很多水，遠看地球是藍色的，因此有人把地球叫做藍色星球。 Most of the earth’s water is in the oceans. Oceans are very big! Many things live in them. There are animals and plants we don't know about. 大部分地球上的水都在海洋，廣闊的海洋有很多我們還不知道的生物。 Some scientists get into submarines. The submarines take the scientists down to the ocean floor. The scientists explore, looking for new animals and plants...
Town's Art Project to Finish in 3183
October 23, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteA small town has a big art project called the Time Pyramid. 一座小鎮有個很盛大的藝術計畫，它叫做時間金字塔。 Pyramids take a long time to make. In Egypt, the Great Pyramid took 20 years. In Germany, the Time Pyramid is taking about 1,200 years!? 建金字塔要花很長的時間，埃及吉薩大金字塔花了20年，德國的時間金字塔居然要花1200年才能完成。 But this pyramid will be about 7 meters tall. That's small! Why is it taking so much time? 這個金字塔只有7公尺高，那為什麼需要這麼長的時間呢? It's because the pyramid marks the town's 1,200th birthday. And the artist wanted people to think about ti...
The School With Two Students
October 22, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThe School With Two Students How big is your school? Some schools are small. They are far from cities. They have two or three hundred students. 你的學校有多大呢? 有一些離城市遠的學校，有大概兩、三百位的學生。 And some schools are very small. They are on a mountain, in a forest, or on an island. They have twenty or thirty students. 還有一些在山上、森林或離島更小的學校，有二、三十位學生。 But there are smaller schools! Do you know about the school with two students? That’s right! It has two students. 但你知道還有更小的學校嗎? 只有兩位學生。 Where is it? It’s on Hujing I...
Scientists Want to Build Moon Homes
October 19, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteScientists Want to Build Moon Homes Do you want to live on the moon? It’s very different from here. 你想要住在月球嗎? 這跟在地球生活很不一樣喔。 Here, the air is safe to breathe. On the moon, there is lots of dust. Breathing moondust is very dangerous. It’s very sharp! It can kill you! 地球的空氣很安全，但月球上有很多的灰塵。吸入這些灰塵很危險，可能會要了你的命。 Do you still want to live on the moon? Well, maybe you can! Some scientists in the USA think we can live there by 2040. That’s 17 years from now! 這樣你還想住在月球上嗎? 美國科學家覺得17年後，也就是2040年我們就可以在月球生活。...
Bears Have Breakfast in Van
October 18, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteBears Have Breakfast in Van Do you know that bears like sweet food? Bears like fruit and honey. What other sweet foods do bears like? They like donuts! 你知道熊喜歡吃甜食嗎?牠們喜歡吃水果跟蜂蜜，還有甜甜圈! One morning, a mother bear and a baby bear were looking for food. They saw a van. The van was by a store. The van doors were open. No one was in the van. That’s because the driver was taking donuts to the store. 有一天早上，一隻熊媽媽帶著小熊覓食。牠們看到一台裝著甜甜圈的貨車，不僅車門沒關也沒有人在車上，那是因為司機正在把甜甜圈拿進店裡。 There were more donuts in the van. T...
A Lazy Game from a Silly Saying
October 17, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteA Lazy Game from a Silly Saying Do you hear people say “all Taiwanese like stinky tofu”? Saying this is silly, right?! 你聽過別人說: 「所有台灣人都喜歡吃臭豆腐」嗎? 這聽起來很傻，對吧? It’s silly because it’s wrong. Do all Taiwanese like stinky tofu? Of course not! Everyone, in every country, is different. And everyone likes different things. 因為這是錯誤的說法，不管哪個國家，每一個人都不一樣，喜歡的東西也不同。 Montenegro is a country in Europe. Some people say “all Montenegrins are lazy”. This is wrong too. And it’s very silly. 蒙特內哥羅是個歐洲的國家，有人說: 「蒙特內哥羅人...
Dolphins Saved Near Tainan
October 16, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteDolphins Saved Near Tainan Look! There’s a dolphin! Look at it jump! Dolphins are beautiful, aren’t they? And they love to swim and play all day in the ocean! 你看，那裏有海豚! 牠們很漂亮對吧! 牠們喜歡在海裡游一整天。 But dolphins need help when they leave the ocean. How can people help? 但海豚離開海洋就需要幫助，我們可以怎麼幫忙呢? Near Tainan, strong waves pushed two dolphins onto a beach. The dolphins were scared. They didn’t know what was happening. People saw the dolphins and did something very smart. They called the coast guard and f...