News For Kids

Mangrove forests grow where the land and the sea meet. They are muddy!紅樹林生長在陸地與海的交界處，那裡都是泥巴地。In Colombia, the mud in a mangrove forest is dirty. It has many very small pieces of plastic in it. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you been to Mingde Reservoir in Miaoli? It has fun things to watch and do. 你去過苗栗的明德水庫嗎？那裡以後會有很多好玩的新活動喔！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Dogs are great pets. Many people have dogs. They take their dogs for walks. But a man in the U.S. also does something else with dogs.狗是很棒的寵物，很多人喜歡帶狗出門散步！美國有一名男子帶狗散步的理由很特別。Click HERE for the full transcript!

There's a big festival in Neimen in Kaohsiung. It is the Song Jiang Battle Ritual!在高雄內門區，有一個盛大的活動叫做宋江陣。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Oh no! A wild animal is in danger in the city. Would you help it?一隻野生動物在城市裡碰到危急情況了！如果是你，會幫忙嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!

We use tools every day. Tools help us do things more easily. We use rakes to clean up leaves in gardens. We use brooms to clean floors.我們每天都會用工具做事，讓生活更輕鬆！我們會用掃把掃地或是鐵耙清理樹葉。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Kids learn by doing. Sometimes doing things is not easy. This is good! Kids learn how to solve problems then.小朋友可以動手做來學習。親自動手的過程中遇到困難，他們就能學會解決問題。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In South Sudan, there is a town. Getting water was very hard work. They filled big yellow cans with water. Water is heavy. It took a long time to walk home.在南蘇丹，有一個小鎮。那裡的人用黃色的大水罐裝水。水很重，把水弄回家是辛苦工作，而且回家的路又很漫長。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A Taiwanese company is building factories in America. The company needs about one thousand of its Taiwanese workers to work there. So the workers went to America with their families.台灣一家大公司在美國設立了工廠，一千多名台灣的員工於是帶著家人移居美國。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Rainforests have insects, birds, frogs, monkeys and more. Some rainforests in Africa have African forest elephants. They eat fruit. This helps new trees grow.雨林裡有很多動物，例如昆蟲、鳥、青蛙、猴子等等。有些非洲的雨林還住著大象。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Nigeria, many people love jollof rice. This food is red. It is spicy! It tastes very good.在奈及利亞，很多人都喜歡吃加羅夫飯。這道紅色的菜餚又辣又美味！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you like milk, yogurt, or cheese?你喜歡牛奶、優格、或是起司嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!

In the Pacific Ocean near Canada, dolphins swim. They swim in groups. They hunt for food.海豚在靠近加拿大的太平洋中，成群結隊地尋找食物。Click HERE for the full transcript!

When was the last time you mailed a letter? Some people have never mailed a letter!你上一次寄信是什麼時候呢？有一些人甚至從來沒有寄過信！Click HERE for the full transcript!

A goat ran this way and that way on the streets of Taoyuan! 有一隻山羊在桃園的路上跑來跑去！Click HERE for the full transcript!

In a small town in the U.S., there is a restaurant near a train station. The restaurant has four tables. But it is not small. The tables are big and round.美國一個小鎮的火車站旁，有一間餐廳。這間餐廳有四張圓形的大桌子。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A Swedish musician bought a live octopus. He did not take it to his kitchen. He took it to his music studio! He put it in a big fish tank.一位瑞典的音樂家買了一隻活章魚。他沒有把章魚拿去廚房，而是把牠帶到工作室，放進大水族箱裡。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A man from Ethiopia lives in England. He was bored. He missed his family. So he tried something new. He learned how to ride a bike. 一名來自衣索比亞的男子現在居住在英國。他覺得很無聊，很想家，所以他學會騎腳踏車後，決定試著做一點不一樣的事情。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you seen U.S. money? Like Taiwan's money, U.S. money is called "dollar." One U.S. dollar has 100 cents.你有看過美國的錢幣嗎？美國錢叫做美元，一美元等於一百美分。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Clean clothes make us feel good. They smell good. They make us look good. And they feel good on us!穿著乾淨的衣服會讓人心情變好。乾淨的衣服既舒服又好看！Click HERE for the full transcript!

The Dongnan Night Market is in Yunlin. Many food stalls there sell delicious snacks on bamboo sticks.在雲林的東南夜市裡，很多攤販會賣插在竹籤上的美味小吃。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Today is the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. That means it is the first day of the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi!今天是農曆新年的最後一天，這也代表嘉義的台灣燈會正式開始了！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do Not Stop Sea Turtle FightsSome divers were at a beach in Xiaoliuqiu. They heard loud splashes! They saw two big things push each other. The things bit each other. They hit each other. Were monsters fighting?!在小琉球的沙灘邊，幾名潛水客聽到很大的潑水聲。他們發現有兩個大東西正在互相推擠。牠們咬來咬去，攻擊對方，是怪物在打架嗎?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

In basketball, players are on a court. They bounce the ball. They throw it. They want the ball to go into the basket. When it does, the crowd cheers!打籃球時，球員在場上拍球、傳球、投球，努力讓球射進籃框。球一進去，觀眾就歡呼。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you remember the axolotl? Axolotls are small amphibians. Young amphibians breathe with gills. Fish do this too. Most grown-up amphibians breathe with lungs. We do this too. 美西螈是一種小型兩棲動物。兩棲動物小時候會像魚一樣用鰓呼吸，長大後就會用肺呼吸。Click here to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary and quiz.

Superheroes help people! But we do not see them in our daily lives. Seeing a superhero is a surprise! Does this surprise make more people kind? Scientists in Italy studied this.英雄會幫助別人，但平常看不到這樣的人，所以一旦見到，大家都會覺得又驚又喜。碰到超級英雄會不會讓人變得更善良？有幾位義大利的科學家做了一個研究。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

AI is amazing! It can do so much. It can make music. It can find answers fast. It can make good food!AI 可以完成很多事情，比如說創作音樂，也可以很快回答問題，甚至還能烹飪。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

What do you do when your toys break? Do you throw them away? Wait! Too many toys are thrown away. Take them to a toy hospital! That is better for the Earth!壞掉的玩具，先不要急著丟！你可以把它帶去玩具醫院修復，對地球也比較友善！Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Swordfish are big fish! They swim very fast. They have long, sharp noses. Their noses look like swords.旗魚很大，游得也很快。牠們有又長又尖的鼻子，看起來就像一把劍。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Kid: Yes! I'm going to win this game!Mom: Hey! Put that phone down!Kid: Awww … Mom!Narrator: Do you play mobile games? They are fun! Many kids like to play them. Adults do too!你有在玩手機遊戲嗎？很多小孩跟大人都喜歡玩手機遊戲！Click HERE for the full transcript!

We use our hands every day. We use them to play sports. We use them to clap. We use them for many things! But many of us do not think about our hands very much.我們每天都會動手做很多事，但是卻很少注意自己的手。Click HERE for the full transcript!

The Pacific Ocean is Earth's biggest ocean. But there is something big and bad there. It is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It has a lot of trash. It is as big as forty-four Taiwans!太平洋是世界上最大的海域，垃圾也特別多。垃圾形成的大片漂流物，有四十四個台灣那麼大！Click HERE for the full transcript!

What did you do when you got your first smartphone? Did you read about how to use it? Did you ask someone for help?第一次有智慧型手機時，你做了什麼？有人教你嗎?Click HERE for the full transcript!

Alex is very good at climbing. He climbs rocks and walls. He climbs with no ropes. This way is called free solo.Alex 很會攀岩。他可以不用繩索攀爬岩石跟牆面。這種攀爬方式叫做「徒手獨攀」。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Long ago, there were many kinds of dinosaurs. T. rex is the most famous. But experts say there are thousands we do not know about! They always look for new kinds.很久以前，地球上有很多種恐龍。除了最有名的暴龍之外，還有上千種恐龍沒有被發現！因此，專家一直在找新種的恐龍。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Every country has too much trash. Singapore does too. Singapore is very small. Fifty-two Singapores can go into Taiwan! And it has more than six million people. There is almost no space for trash! 垃圾問題讓很多國家頭痛，新加坡也不例外。新加坡是個小國家，卻有六百萬人口，實在沒有地方放垃圾。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Narrator: Have you seen this teddy bear? It is light brown. It is wearing a school uniform. Its shirt and tie are blue and white. Its shorts are dark blue. It fell from very high in the sky. What?你有看到一隻穿著學校制服的泰迪熊嗎? 上衣跟領帶是藍色跟白色，短褲是深藍色。這隻熊是從天上掉下來的。Click HERE for the full transcript!

More than sixty years ago, some fishers were on a boat. They were near Iceland. They saw black ash! It went up nine kilometers! It came from a volcano in the ocean! It was scary!六十多年前，一群漁夫在漁船靠近冰島時，目睹黑色火山灰從海裡衝上雲霄，高度達到九公里! 那是海底火山爆發!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Long ago, there were no cameras. But there were portraits. Portraits are art. They show people. 很久以前沒有照相機，但是有人像畫。人像畫是重要的藝術。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Plastic bags and bottles are a big problem in the ocean. But the ocean has a bigger plastic problem. It is "ghost gear."很多人都知道，海洋中有大批塑膠垃圾。不過更多的其實是幽靈捕魚工具。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: There is a dairy farm in the UK. It has many cows. The farmers want a lot of milk. Most goes into bottles. Some is used to make butter, yogurt, and ice cream!英國一所畜牧場養了許多乳牛。生產出來的鮮奶會裝進容器裡面出售，或是做成奶油，優格，跟冰淇淋!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you want to do something new? Sometimes it is hard to do new things. It is easier to do new things with help at first.你想嘗試新的活動嗎？有時候想做點新鮮事並不容易，假如有人在幫忙就會輕鬆很多。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Mosquitoes like to live in warm and wet places. But most places in the world have mosquitoes. Some kinds of mosquitoes can live in cold places.蚊子喜歡住在溫暖潮濕的地方，但全球大部分的地區都有蚊子，有些種類的蚊子甚至可以住在寒帶地區！Click HERE for the full transcript!

We borrow books from the library. We can borrow all kinds of books! At New Taipei's Human Library, we can borrow "human books" … People are the human books!我們可以從圖書館借到各式各樣的書，但在新北市的「真人圖書館」，大家借的不是書，而是人！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Pythons are one of the world's biggest snakes. Some are six meters long! They are strong and dangerous.蟒蛇力氣大又危險，是世界上最大的蛇類之一。有一些蟒蛇甚至長達六公尺！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone likes to see famous people. We see pictures and videos of them. They are everywhere! Some people see a famous person in real life. How exciting … Maybe they see Taylor Swift at their supermarket!!通常大家都喜歡巧遇只在照片和影片裡面出現的名人。假如在真實生活中碰到，多半會很興奮！泰勒絲的粉絲假如在超市看到她，一定會尖叫。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Water buffalo look like very big dark cows. Maybe you have seen them in Taiwan. Do you think they are beautiful? Well, one country has beauty contests for them!水牛看起來像顏色很深、很大隻的牛。你也許在台灣看過牠們！你覺得水牛漂亮嗎？有一個國家會幫水牛辦選美比賽喔！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Tang Cheng-Yao is from Hengchun. She learned how to swim when she was four years old.來自恆春的唐成瑤從四歲開始就會游泳。Click HERE for the full transcript!

What is making that noise? Pigeons are! They make noise from early in the morning!你聽見了嗎？鴿子從一大早就開始發出這些聲音。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Thieves take other people's things. Taking other people's things is stealing. Thieves steal many kinds of things. They steal cars! They steal bikes! They steal money!小偷會偷汽車，腳踏車，也會偷錢。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has many Indigenous groups. Keeping their ways of life is important for Taiwan.台灣有很多原住民，保留他們的生活方式很重要。Click HERE for the full transcript!