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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Water is Life, Water is Food
October 15, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWater is Life, Water is Food Today is World Food Day. This year, it's all about water. 今天是世界糧食日。今年的重點是水。 But, wait … we don't eat water, we drink it! Why are we talking about water on World Food Day? 但……我們不吃水、我們喝水! 為什麼要在世界糧食日講到水呢? Every living thing on Earth needs water. Animals need it to live. Plants need water too. They need it to grow and to make their own food. 地球上所有生物都需要水。動植物都需要水才能生長。 Think about all the food you eat. Meat comes from animals. Animals need water. Fruit and vegetables...
More Important Old Places Protected
October 12, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMore Important Old Places Protected People are amazing. We live all over the world, in hot jungles, snowy mountains, and* *busy cities… 人類生活在世界各地，有的在熱帶叢林、下雪的高山和繁忙的城市。 It’s easy to see where people lived. We always leave something there.In Egypt, we left pyramids. In Europe, we left castles. 我們可以看出哪裡有人生活過，因為人類都會留下痕跡。埃及有金字塔，歐洲則是有城堡。 Here in Taiwan, people left many kinds of things: temples, forts, hiking trails and more! 台灣也有留下廟宇、堡壘、登山步道等等。 Very old places are important. They tell us stories....
Judge Says Artist Can't Take the Money and Run
October 11, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Hey, news fans! Two years ago we told you about an artist named Haaning. Do you remember? 大家還記得藝術家 Haaning嗎? You don't!? That's okay. Two years is a long time! Here, I'll help … A museum asked Haaning to make art. It wanted the art to show people's feelings about work. Haaning是一位藝術家。博物館請他用畫來表達人對工作的想法。 People work to make money. So Haaning wanted money in his art. He didn't want to use paint or pencils. He wanted to use real mon...
Judge Says Artist Can't Take the Money and Run
October 11, 2023 07:51 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Hey, news fans! Two years ago we told you about an artist named Haaning. Do you remember? 大家還記得藝術家 Haaning嗎? You don't!? That's okay. Two years is a long time! Here, I'll help … A museum asked Haaning to make art. It wanted the art to show people's feelings about work. Haaning是一位藝術家。博物館請他用畫來表達人對工作的想法。 People work to make money. So Haaning wanted money in his art. He didn't want to use paint or pencils. He wanted to use real mon...
Millions of Bees Fall Off Truck
October 10, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMillions of Bees Fall Off Truck Do you like bees? I think you said "no!" What about five million bees? That's a lot of bees! 你喜歡蜜蜂嗎? 那五百萬隻蜜蜂呢? These bees were in wooden boxes. The boxes were on a big truck. But the boxes fell off the truck and onto the road! The bees flew out of the boxes! One man said the bees made the sky black. 那些蜜蜂都裝在木箱裡，放在一輛大卡車上。但是卡車開到半路，木箱掉出車外，裡面的蜜蜂通通都飛了出來，甚至遮蔽了天空。 The police didn't know how to help! They sat in their cars to stay safe. They called beekeepers for...
A New Logo for Double Ten Day
October 09, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteA New Logo for Double Ten Day One … Two … Three … Four … Oh hi, everyone! Happy Double Ten Day! Today is for Taiwan and Taiwan's people! So… we're doing something new! First, let's stand! Yep, everybody stand up! 雙十節快樂! 今天是台灣重要的日子! 我們要做點不一樣的，請大家站起來! Put your arms out to the left and right. This is "ten" in Chinese! Now stand next to someone. Work in pairs. Put your arms out to the left and right again. Look! You made the old Double Ten Day logo! 兩個人一起張開雙臂，互相站在對方的旁邊，這樣是兩個中文字「十」，是雙十節舊的標誌。 ...
What One USA School Is Like for Kids from Taiwan
October 08, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteWhat One USA School Is Like for Kids from Taiwan Lots of families from Taiwan go to live in the USA. The father or mother works there. And their kids go to school there. 很多台灣家庭搬到美國生活。父母親在那邊工作，他們的小孩在那裡上學。 Arizona is a state in the USA. A Taiwanese company is building a big factory there. Many people from Taiwan work at the factory. Their children go to local schools. 美國亞利桑那州有一個台灣工廠。很多台灣人在那裡上班，他們的小孩就在當地上學。 One school has one hundred new students from Taiwan. How is the school? One student ...
Boy Gives Back Big Catch
October 05, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteBoy Gives Back Big Catch Hi everyone! Do you like fishing?你喜歡釣魚嗎? Connor likes fishing. He’s 13 years old. This summer, Connor and his dad went to a big lake. They fished from a boat. Connor caught something. But he didn’t catch a fish. He caught a wallet. It had a lot of money in it! 這個夏天，13歲的Connor跟他的爸爸去釣魚，但是他沒有釣到魚，卻釣到了一個錢包。 How much money was in the wallet? There was about 2,000 US dollars. That’s almost 65,000 Taiwan dollars! 錢包裡面有多少錢呢? 居然有將近6萬5千塊台幣。 What did Connor do with the money? D...
Town Stops Clock Bell After 500 Years
October 04, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteTown Stops Clock Bell After 500 Years Do you like going to see people and places? I do! I try to be a good visitor. Sometimes it's not easy, but I keep trying. 你喜歡到處走走、看看風景嗎? 我想當一個好旅客，但是並不容易。 In Italy, many visitors go to a beautiful town. It has a 500-year old clock. All visitors see and hear it. The clock bell rang every hour. All morning, afternoon, and evening, visitors liked hearing the bell. 很多旅客喜歡到義大利一個漂亮的小鎮，那裡有一座500多年歷史的時鐘，每一個整點都會敲響一次。 But late at night, they didn't like hearing th...
Nuts About Planes
October 03, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteNuts About Planes What's an allergy? It's when your body touches something and your body doesn’t like it. Your body tries to fight it. People can have allergies to many things - plants, animals, and more. 什麼是過敏? 當你的身體接觸到不喜歡的東西時，它會反抗，產生過敏反應。 Some allergies are not bad. They make you itch.* *They make you sneeze. But they won’t kill you! Some allergies can be very dangerous! People with bad allergies need to be very careful! 有一些過敏反應會讓你皮膚癢、打噴嚏，但是嚴重的過敏反應有一些人要很小心，會很危險。 Many people have nut allergi...
Friends Clean Up Rivers
October 02, 2023 07:19 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Wow, this park is nice. What's that?! And that?! Oh no, it's trash … Yuck. Hey, did you hear what five friends in Indonesia did? They saw lots of trash. So they cleaned it up! They cleaned up a river, but we can clean up this park! 你聽說過印尼一群朋友他們的事蹟嗎? 他們看到河裡有很多垃圾，就把河川清理乾淨。 The trash in this park is not very bad. But the trash in the river was a big problem. It was dirty. It smelled bad. There were plastic bags, water bottles, and ...
These Forests Are Very Small
October 01, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThese Forests Are Very Small Forests are great. They have many trees. The air is clean. You can hear birds. And forests are very big, right? 森林有很多樹，空氣也很新鮮，還能聽到鳥叫聲，而且森林都很大對吧? Well, many forests are big. But some are small. How small? Some are the size of a basketball court! They're very small! 很多森林都很大一片。但也有迷你的小森林。有多小呢? 居然只有一個籃球場這麼大。 The idea of very small forests is from Japan. Japan has thousands of these forests! People in many countries like this idea. Now there are many of these forests i...
A Zoo’s Bears: Bears or People?
September 29, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThere are different kinds of bears. There are brown bears, polar bears, panda bears, and more. 熊有很多不同的種類。有棕熊、北極熊、熊貓等等。 Brown bears are brown. Polar bears are white. Panda bears are black and white. Different bears look different. But all bears share some things. 不同的熊，外觀上有不同的顏色。但是所有的熊還是有共通點。 Bears have short, thick hair called fur. They are furry! Bears have long noses and small, round ears. They have short tails. Bears have four paws. Most bears have short, wide legs. 熊身上有厚厚的短毛，也有長長的鼻子，圓圓的小耳...
President Gives Awards to Teachers in India
September 28, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHey, guess what?! Today is Teachers’ Day! 你知道嗎?今天是教師節! I know … You love this day! Because you love your teacher sooooo much, right? 我知道今天是教師節，大家都很愛你們的老師，對不對? Let’s give teachers everywhere a great big clap! 請為世界各地的老師用力鼓掌。 Wow! That was loud! You must love your teacher very much! In Taiwan, Teachers’ Day is on September 28th. Other countries have Teachers’ Days too. But they're on different days. 台灣的教師節在9月28號。其他的國家也有教師節，但是慶祝的日期不同。 In India, Teachers’ Day is on September 5th. This year, India...
Mr. Fritz Flies to Teach Birds
September 26, 2023 05:30 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteCan you teach birds where to fly? One man in Europe does that. But why does he do that? 你能教鳥類往哪裡飛嗎? 歐洲有個人就這麼做，為什麼呢? Mr. Fritz worries about one kind of bird. There are not many of them. They live in Europe in the spring and summer. But the winter is cold there. So the birds fly to warm countries in the fall. Fritz先生很擔心一種數量不多的鳥類。這種鳥在春天跟夏天住在歐洲，秋天會飛往溫暖的國家避冬。 But Europe is getting hotter. The birds stay one month longer. Then they fly to warm countries. They fly over tall mountains. 但歐洲現在越來越熱。那些鳥...
Octopuses Use Hot Water For Eggs
September 25, 2023 07:29 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHi everyone. Do you know what an octopus is? It's an animal. It has a big head and eight long arms. It lives in the ocean. Scientists say octopuses are smart. 你知道章魚嗎? 這是一種住在海裡的動物，科學家說牠們很聰明。 A scientist wanted to study other animals. She went to the ocean near California. But she got a big surprise. There were thousands of octopuses there. It was the biggest octopus group in the world! Many were keeping their eggs safe. 有一位科學家在加州附近的海域，發現世界最大群的章魚! 這些章魚正在保護牠們的卵。 Another scientist saw the octop...
Taichung Man Gets Lots of Money Back
September 24, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteTaichung Man Gets Lots of Money Back Where are my keys? Did I lose them again?* *Do you lose things? Sometimes people lose important things. That feels bad! 你有弄丟過東西嗎？有時候人們搞丟重要的東西。那種感覺很糟糕！ How does it feel when you find the thing you lost? Ask Mr. Li. He was on a scooter. Mr. Li was bringing money to someone in Taichung. But when he got there, the money was gone! (SFX: Mr. Li: “Oh no! My money!”) It was somewhere on the road! 那麼…當你找回遺失的東西的時候，感覺怎麼樣？問李先生就知道了。李先生帶著錢去台中，但他發現錢掉在路上。 How much mone...
Powerlifter with Down Syndrome Has 5 Gold Medals
September 22, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 BytePowerlifter with Down Syndrome Has 5 Gold Medals Dan is a powerlifter. Powerlifting is a sport. Powerlifters lift very heavy weights. In competitions, the lifter of the heaviest weight wins. 舉重是一項運動，比賽中能夠舉起最重的就是贏家。 Dan is a very good powerlifter. He wins competitions all over the world. This summer, Dan won a gold medal in France. But becoming a powerlifter was not easy for him. Dan has Down Syndrome. Down Syndrome 是唐氏症。Dan是一個厲害的舉重選手，贏得很多場比賽。但這對他來說很不容易，因為Dan有唐氏症。 Because of Down Syndrome, ...
Kaohsiung Students Build a Car That Runs on Sunlight
September 21, 2023 05:09 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In Australia, there's a race. It's very tough. 澳洲有一場艱難的比賽。 The drivers drive 3,000 kilometers. They cross a hot desert. Not all cars can do it. Only the toughest cars try. 賽車手要開3000公里跨越炎熱的沙漠，只有最堅固的汽車才有辦法。 A Taiwanese team is racing this year. They're National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology students! 台灣有一支團隊會參加今年的比賽。他們是國立高雄科技大學的學生。 These students want to help change the world. They built a special car. It's called Ap...
Man Takes Little Boat for Big Ride
September 20, 2023 06:43 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteIt’s fun to go to a lake. You can swim or ride in a boat. Some people use kayaks. A kayak is a very small boat. Only one person can use it. 去湖邊玩可以游泳、坐船。有一些人會划獨木舟，kayak這種獨木舟，只能容納一個人。 Do kayaks go far? No, they usually don’t. Most people use them for a few hours. 獨木舟可以划得很遠嗎？ 不會，大多數人只會划幾個小時。 But one young man likes to go to new places. Zane and his kayak went very, very, VERY far. He used his kayak for many, many, MANY hours. What?!? Zane had a big idea. He wanted to ride his kayak around a...
A Robot Sweats to Help People
September 19, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteA Robot Sweats to Help People Oh, it’s hot! Hot weather makes us sweat. Sweat comes out on our faces, under our arms, and on our backs. Sweat helps us to cool down. But in very hot weather, we need more help to cool down. 天氣熱的時候，我們會流汗來讓身體降溫。 But many people don’t have air conditioners. Many don’t have electric fans. They can’t cool down. When they’re too hot, they can get very sick. 可是很多人沒有冷氣，也沒有電風扇。他們的身體無法降溫，就會容易生病。 How do people feel heat in very hot weather? Scientists are studying this. B...
Taiwan Can Sing!
September 18, 2023 05:33 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteOh, hello, everyone! Do you like to sing? Do you sing in a group at school? That group is a choir. Taiwan has many great choirs! 你喜歡唱歌嗎？你知道台灣有很多很棒的合唱團嗎？ The Bao Lai Junior High School Choir is from Kaohsiung. The choir has many indigenous Bunun children. It has students from Jianshan and Laonong Elementary Schools and the Nibun Chorus. There are one hundred twenty students in the choir! 高雄的寶來國中合唱團有120個團員，有尼布恩合唱團的團員，還有建山國小跟荖濃國小的小朋友，他們很多都來自布農族。 This year, the singers sang one song again and a...
Barbershops Stop Boredom with Books
September 17, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteBarbershops Stop Boredom with Books Barbers cut people's hair. They work in barbershops. Many people like barbershops. They talk with the barber. They see their friends. They relax and have fun. Oh, and they get a haircut! 很多人喜歡理髮店，可以跟師傅聊天，見見朋友，當然也是為了剪頭髮。 One day, a teacher went to his barbershop. One of his students came in. But his student didn't have fun. He had nothing to do. He was very bored. He wanted to go! 有一天，一位老師去剪頭髮。他的學生也在那裡。但是這個學生覺得很無聊，想要離開。 The teacher knew his student. He n...
Massages Help Elephants Move
September 14, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In the UK, there's an elephant called Anne. She worked in a circus. She did circus tricks there. 英國有一頭大象叫做Anne，牠之前在馬戲團表演特技。 The tricks are not good for elephants. They make the elephants' bodies hurt. 但是這種表演會傷害大象的身體。 Now Anne lives in a safari park. People drive their cars in safari parks. They look at the animals there. Anne doesn't do circus tricks in this park. Her knees and hips hurt from the circus. Anne現在住在野生動物園裡面，不用再表演特技了。牠的膝...
This Shop Turns Into a Turtle Tunnel
September 13, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMany turtles live in a pond. There’s a busy street next to the pond. Every summer, female turtles cross the street. 池塘裡住著很多烏龜，旁邊有一條繁忙的馬路。每年夏天，母龜都會穿越這條馬路。 There’s a shop across the street. Some turtles walk into the shop. What?! Why? 街道對面有一間店，這些烏龜會爬進店裡。 They want to go to a wet, grassy marsh. It's great for turtle nests. It's behind the shop. 因為那間店的後方有一片沼澤，適合烏龜棲息。 The shop workers are kind. They open the front door and back door all day. The shop turns into a turtle tunnel! The turtles in the ...
Cactuses Can't Stand the Heat
September 12, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Scientists say climate change is making this year hot. This July was the planet's hottest month in 120,000 years! 科學家說氣候改變讓今年變得很熱，今年七月是地球12萬年來最熱的月份! Cactuses like hot weather. They don't need much water. They live in deserts. Deserts are hot and dry. 仙人掌喜歡熱的天氣，也不需要很多水分，它們長在沙漠裡。 Phoenix is a city in a desert. This July, Phoenix was the hottest city in the USA. Phoenix was very hot in August and it's hot now in September too. 今年七月鳳凰城是...
Bird Spikes Help Birds Make More Birds
September 11, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Bird Spikes Help Birds Make More Birds Birds are beautiful in the sky! They have beautiful colors! They make beautiful songs! 天上的鳥很漂亮! 牠們的叫聲也很優美! Many birds live in cities. And every year, they make a nest. But some people don't like birds. Why? 很多鳥類都會在城市築巢，但有一些人不喜歡牠們。為甚麼呢? Well, birds are loud in the morning and at night. And they make places dirty. People keep birds away with bird spikes. A spike is long and thin. The spike end ...
A Short Walk Can Keep You Healthy
September 10, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ What do you usually do after you eat? Sit down and read a book? Or maybe you take a short nap. Well guess what? Doctors say taking a short walk after eating helps your body control your blood sugar. 醫生說，吃飽後走走路可以降低血糖。 When most people think about sugar, they think about candy or ice cream or cake. -Sweet things have lots of sugar in them, right? Well, actually, many foods have sugar in them. There is sugar in milk, in tomatoes, in ...
Scientists Zap Clouds with Electricity
September 07, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteK*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Summers in Taiwan can be very hot! When the sun comes out, everyone feels warm. And sometimes, it's too dry. Isn't there any way to make it rain?! 台灣的夏天很熱，有時候也很乾！有沒有甚麼方法可以讓天空下雨呢？ In the past, we could not change the weather. But scientists have had an idea. They have found a way to make it rain, using electricity. 現在，科學家發現一種用電讓天空下雨的方法。 We know where rain comes from. It falls from clouds in the sky. 我們知道雨水是從天上的雲落下來。 Clouds are made o...
Sports Make You Tough
September 06, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteSports Make You Tough Hi, students! Do you play sports like basketball? ….Or maybe you like to play baseball***, ***tennis, or bowling. 你喜歡打籃球、棒球、網球，或保齡球嗎？ If you do like to play sports, I have good news for you! Playing sports makes people tougher. It also makes them try harder. And it makes them braver. 運動可以讓人更堅強、更勇敢！ How do I know that? Well, some scientists at an American university told us. First, they asked people about themselves. They asked them some questions to see if they are ha...
Leather from Mushrooms
September 05, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteLeather from Mushrooms Mushrooms are part of a group of amazing living things that are not really an animal and not really a plant. 香菇不是動物也不是植物，它們是菇類！ You can eat some mushrooms, and they’re super yummy. But you can also make leather from them. 它們不只很好吃，還可以做成皮革！ We use leather for many things. I have a leather belt and leather shoes. 皮革可以做成很多東西，像是我自己有皮帶或跟皮鞋。 But some people say we should try to stop making things with leather. 有人說我們不應該再用皮革做東西。 Why? Well, two big reasons … One, to make le...
Teaching Robots How to Laugh
September 04, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteTeaching Robots How to Laugh Hi students! Today I’m gonna start with a joke … are you ready? Why can’t elephants use computers? Because they are afraid of the mouse! Do you get it? 你懂嗎？ “Mouse” has two meanings. It can mean a small animal, but it also means a computer mouse! Mouse 有兩個意思，老鼠跟滑鼠！ If you are a human, you should be able to understand that joke. But for a robot, a joke like that is super hard to understand! 我們人類聽得懂笑話，但是機器人可能很難聽懂。 In the future, scientists say people will use...
Bees Like to Play
September 03, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteBees Like to Play Hi, students! Have you ever heard of the phrase, "Busy as a bee?" If someone is "Busy as a Bee," it means he or she is really busy. 你們有聽過「跟蜜蜂一樣忙」這種講法嗎？意思是這個人非常忙。 Bees are busy insects. They go to many flowers and collect pollen. That's good for flowers. Bees also build hives. The hives are their homes. And, of course, bees make honey. That's good for us. 蜜蜂是很忙碌的昆蟲。他們要蒐集花粉，要蓋蜂窩，也就是他們的家。蜜蜂還會做蜂蜜！ Here's something you probably didn't know about bees. They like to play! Some p...
Yangmingshan Has Music!
August 31, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteYangmingshan Has Music! Yangmingshan National Park is in Taipei and New Taipei City. It's beautiful! It has many mountains. There are waterfalls and hot springs. 陽明山國家公園位於台北和新北市。這個公園很漂亮，有山、有瀑布，還有溫泉。 There are flowers in the spring and summer. There's a musical flower clock. It has many kinds of flowers! Trees are everywhere. In autumn, some have red and gold leaves. 春季和夏季，公園繁花盛開。到了秋天，有紅色跟金色的落葉。 There are many things to do. You can hike. You can see great views! You can smell sulfur's bad eg...
Scientist Studies Hippie Monkeys for 40 Years
August 30, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteScientist Studies Hippie Monkeys for 40 Years Do you like animals? Cats? Dogs? How about… monkeys? One scientist likes northern muriqui monkeys. She likes their cinnamon smell too! She likes to study these monkeys. 有一位科學家喜歡北絨毛蛛猴，也喜歡研究牠們。 Northern muriquis are the biggest monkeys in North and South America. They're about 150 centimeters tall. They're about 15 kilograms. Their tails are long and very strong. Their tails help them go from tree to tree. 這種猴子是美洲最大的猴子。身高150公分、體重15公斤。長長的尾巴讓牠們可以從一...
Superhero Kids Are Saving the Earth
August 29, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteSuperhero Kids Are Saving the Earth The Earth needs a lot of help. Who can help? One man says kids can help the Earth! 有個人說小朋友可以幫助地球! The man made a game for kids. The game helps them save the Earth! In this game, kids are superheroes. 他為小朋友設計了一個救地球的遊戲，在遊戲裡，他們都是超級英雄。 How do kids play the game? First, they make a superhero group. Superheroes are stronger together. 這個遊戲該怎麼玩呢? 首先小朋友們要組成超級英雄聯盟。 Then they look at their neighborhood. Can they help the Earth there? Are the parks dirty? Are there...
Killer Frog Cancelled in North Carolina
June 29, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteGuys! Be careful… That's an African clawed frog! That thing's a killer! RUN!!! Phew! Those frogs are very scary! They eat any animal they can. ANY animal! 這是非洲爪蛙，牠們很恐怖，什麼動物都吃。 Listen to this scientist… Scientist: "I haven't found anything they won't eat… bugs and snails, tadpoles, other frogs, small fish… anything! Left alone… they would kill everything until you'd only find the clawed frog left. Then they'd begin eating each other." 科學家說，非洲爪蛙什麼都吃，包括昆蟲、蝸牛、蝌蚪、其他的青蛙、小魚等等。如果你把非洲爪蛙放在一起，牠們會把所有的...
Hi-tech Knitting Stops Mosquitoes
June 28, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteTaiwan is a tropical country. Tropical countries are where the sun is the hottest. Southeast Asia is tropical too. 台灣跟東南亞都是熱帶地區。熱帶國家太陽又大又熱，還很潮濕。潮濕的天氣很悶。 Tropical countries are perfect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love wet places! They live on water. They love hot, humid weather too. It makes people sweat. Mosquitoes like sweaty people. They smell very tasty to mosquitoes! 熱帶國家是蚊子生活的完美環境。蚊子喜歡又熱又潮濕的天氣，這種天氣會讓人流汗，蚊子喜歡流汗的人，對牠們來說這是美味的氣味！ Mosquitoes bite people all day. They drink lots of blood. Mos...
American Students Visit Taiwan
June 27, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteIn today's news, nine American high school students visited Taiwan! What did these students learn in one week? 有九個美國高中生來到台灣！他們在這一個禮拜中學到了什麼呢？ One: Taiwan's cities like nature! A student saw a big tree at her hotel window. It was growing freely. 第一，台灣的城市喜歡大自然。學生從飯店窗戶看到外面自由生長的大樹。 She said this kind of tree is cut down in their city. She says Taiwan lets nature be. Their city has trees and trees and grass. But they're in parks, gardens, and along streets. 她說在他們的城市，樹都砍掉了，只有公園、花園，跟道路兩邊才有樹木。 Two:...
Scientists Drill Into the Earth for Answers
June 26, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteDo you know where volcano lava comes from? 你知道火山的岩漿從哪裡來嗎？ It comes from the earth's mantle. The mantle is the earth's middle layer. It has lots of very hot rock. 岩漿在地函裡面。地函在地殼底下，是地球的中間層，裡面有很多滾燙的岩石。 What's in this mantle rock? What can we learn from it? Scientists say we can learn more about volcanoes and earthquakes. We can learn more about how life started on earth and many other things too! 這些岩石裡面有甚麼呢？我們又可以從這些岩石學到甚麼？科學家說，我們可以更了解火山跟地震，還有生命的起源！ But mantle rock is deep in the earth. It is n...
Girl Fights Plastic on Food
June 25, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHi, everyone! Today's news is about a 10-year-old girl. Her name is Maya. Maya wants to help the world. She wants less plastic pollution in the world. 今天我們要來講一個十歲的小女孩 Maya 的故事。Maya 希望可以減少地球上的塑膠汙染。 How is Maya helping the world? She is in a group. The group helps the environment. It wants stores to stop using plastic stickers. The plastic stickers are on fruits and vegetables. Maya 要怎麼幫忙呢？她加入了一個環境保護團體，這個團體希望店家可以停止使用貼在蔬菜和水果上的塑膠貼紙。 Why do stores use these stickers? The stickers make it easy to...
Music Festival Pays for Classes for Kids
June 20, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteSummer's here! That means… it's music festival time! Music festivals are big events. Lots of musicians sing and play music. 夏天是音樂節的時候！很多歌手會在音樂節唱歌表演。 Are you a music fan? You can have lots of fun at a music festival! There are pop festivals, hip-hop festivals, jazz festivals, rock festivals, classical music festivals, folk festivals, blues festivals, reggae festivals… 音樂節有好多種，流行音樂、嘻哈、爵士樂、搖滾、古典音樂、民謠、藍調、雷鬼音樂節等等… There's a very special music festival this summer. It's called Ossyfest. Ossyfest ...
Big Dogs Save Little Penguins
June 19, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteAustralia has some very cool animals. It has the world's smallest penguins! They're called little penguins. They're 35 centimeters tall! 澳洲有世界上最小的企鵝，叫做小企鵝，牠只有 35 公分高！ Foxes were eating the little penguins. So they moved to small islands near Australia. The water around the islands kept the foxes away. 狐狸會獵捕小企鵝，後來小企鵝遷移到澳洲附近的小島，狐狸過不來。 One island had 600 little penguins. But foxes found a way to the island! The foxes ate and ate the little penguins. Then there were only 10 little penguins left...
Pair Makes Tropical Fruit Farm With One Tree
June 18, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteMmm… I love wax apples. It’s my favorite fruit. I want wax apple trees in my garden. Then I can pick wax apples when I want them. I can eat them all the time! 我好愛吃蓮霧！好希望能夠在我的花園種一顆蓮霧樹，讓我想吃就可以摘。 Farmers in Taiwan grow a lot of wax apples. We can get them at fruit stands and supermarkets here. But sometimes we can’t get wax apples in other countries. 在台灣買到蓮霧很容易，不過在其他國家就不一定了。 A husband and wife from Taiwan live in the USA. He wanted to eat wax apples there. But he didn’t find any. Then someone...
Iraqis Plant Trees to Stop Deserts
June 16, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 BytePhew! It’s very dry! Are we in a desert? I need water… A desert is a place without water. It gets very little rain. It’s hard to find plants in a desert. Plants need water to grow. 沙漠裡面很少下雨，水很少，也沒有甚麼植物。 Good soil needs plants. Without plant roots, the soil can’t hold water. The soil gets hard and dry. No plants can grow. The place becomes a desert. 少了植物的根，土壤很難留住水分，很快就會變乾、變硬。最後這片土地就會變成沙漠。 Iraq has two big deserts. This country has long, hot, and dry summers. Now the earth is getting hotter....
Scientists Learn How Butterflies Began
June 15, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteGuys! There's a butterfly on my nose! *giggle* It tickles! *sneeze* Aa… aa… AAA-CHOO! How many kinds of butterflies are there? Scientists say there are more than 19,000 kinds! Butterflies have lots of beautiful colors. 科學家說，世界上的蝴蝶種類超過一萬九千種！蝴蝶有各種繽紛的色彩。 Where did the first butterfly come from? Scientists wanted to know. They went back 100 million years. That's back to dinosaur times… 科學家想知道，世界上第一隻蝴蝶出現在甚麼時候？他們一路找回到一億年前，也就是恐龍的時代。 Many kinds of animals were not living yet. There were no dogs. T...
Man Lives on Soda for 17 Years
June 14, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThat tastes sooooo good! But one glass is all I want. A 58-year-old man from Iran likes soda a lot. He drinks three large bottles of soda every day! 我喜歡汽水，不過喝一小杯就夠了。但是在伊朗，有一個 58 歲的男子很愛喝汽水。他每天喝三大罐汽水！ How much does the man like soda? He likes it so much, he doesn't eat food! He only drinks soda. He says that's all he needs. 他有多愛喝汽水呢？他喜歡到只喝汽水不吃飯！ The man stopped eating food in 2006. 這個男子從 2006 年之後就沒有吃過飯了。 He woke up one night with a very strange feeling in his mouth. He went to many doctors....
Student Fails to Hide Bad Grades
June 13, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteThe mail's here! A lot of important mail comes to your house. Like birthday cards, or report cards from your school. Report cards show how you're doing at school. They show all of your grades. ALL of them! The good ones and the bad. 信箱裡有各種郵件，包括成績單。它上面有你所有好的壞的成績，寄到你家信箱。 A high school student in Taiwan was getting good grades at school. Until her boyfriend broke her heart. Then her grades got very, very bad… 台灣有一個高中生原本成績很好，但在一次失戀後，她的成績跌到谷底。 Her mother was waiting at home for the report card....
This Machine Sells Eggs
June 12, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteHi there! Today's news is about a vending machine. Vending means selling. So a vending machine is a 'selling machine'. "Vending" 的意思就是賣。今天的新聞跟自動販賣機有關。 You put money in the vending machine. You push the number of the thing you want to buy. Then it drops down. You can buy candy, chips, or drinks from vending machines. You can buy other things too. 你只要投錢，按按鈕選你要的商品，它就會掉下來。你可以在販賣機買到糖果、洋芋片、飲料，還有很多其他的東西。 There is a special vending machine in Tainan. It doesn't sell candy, chips, or drinks. It just...
Boy Gets Stuck in Claw Machine
June 11, 2023 22:00 - 5 minutes - 1 ByteI'm at an arcade! They have lots of driving games! But they make me carsick. 我人在遊樂場，這裡有好多賽車遊戲，但我會暈車。 Look! Over there! They have fighting games! Ugh… they're too scary for me! 還有槍戰遊戲，但我覺得有一點恐怖。 I know! I'm going over there to the claw machines! Do you know what a claw machine is? Taiwan has lots! A claw machine looks like a big glass box. There's always a prize in it! The prize can be a toy, candy, or sometimes something expensive! Players can win a cell phone from some claw machines! 我要...