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Santa: Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas! Narrator: Everyone knows Santa Claus! But how about “Granny Claus”?大家都認識聖誕老公公，但你認識「聖誕老奶奶」嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a small island in an ocean. It is far away from everything. The next island with people is two thousand four hundred kilometers away!在海中有一座小島。這座島與世隔絕，離它最近的島也有兩千四百公里！Click HERE for the full transcript!

There's a very strong man in Egypt. He pulled a 279-ton train. He used his teeth to pull it!在埃及有一個超級強壯的男人。他可以用牙齒拖動一列 279 噸重的火車！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Orcas live in the ocean. They are black and white. They are also called "killer whales." They are whales, and they are the biggest dolphins in the world. They weigh three to six tons.全身黑白的虎鯨生活在海中，也被稱作為「殺人鯨」！虎鯨是海豚科內體型最大的物種，重量可以高達三到六噸！Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a big sea. It is below Europe and above Africa. It has big flat places on the bottom. They are meadows.在歐洲跟非洲大陸的中間有一片叫做地中海的海域。地中海海底有很多寬闊的草原。Click HERE for the full transcript!

You study hard at school. What makes you study? Do rewards for good grades make you study? 你在學校努力學習是為了什麼？如果好成績可以換來獎勵的話，你會更認真嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Taipei, a big black dog worked in a hospital. He was the first dog to do this in Taiwan.有一隻大黑狗在台北的醫院工作。牠是台灣第一隻在醫院工作的狗！Click HERE for the full transcript!

How many languages do you speak? Maybe you speak three: a Taiwanese language, Mandarin Chinese, and English! Maybe you speak more than three!你會說幾種語言呢？也許你會一種台灣的方言、中文，還有英文！也許你會的還不只這三種！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Alligators are dangerous. They have long, strong jaws. Their jaws have many teeth. They can eat small animals like cats and dogs!美洲鱷魚很危險，牠強而有力的大嘴巴有很多牙齒，能夠獵食小動物。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Every year, a small town in Ireland has an exciting sports contest. It's on two kilometers of a road! For three days, everyone has fun … road bowling?每年，愛爾蘭的一個小鎮都會舉辦為期三天的道路保齡球比賽！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Aaagh! Mosquitoes are everywhere! They are a big problem in many countries. They carry sicknesses. They like to bite people. Millions of people get sick from mosquito bites every year.到處都是蚊子！蚊子會叮人，散布病菌。每年都有好幾百萬人因為蚊子叮咬而生病。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Student: Let's get out of here!Narrator: Uh oh! Some students are having trouble at school! The trouble is not about their homework or tests. It is about some big birds!有些學生惹上大麻煩了！這個大麻煩不是考試或是作業，而是一些很大隻的鳥！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Every year there are new toys to buy. But one is the newest, coolest, cutest toy! Everyone wants it! They run to the stores!每一年，都會有很多人搶著買最新、最酷、最可愛的玩具。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: A 13-year-old boy took some medicine. Every day, millions of people take this medicine safely. But it hurt the boy's eyes. Boy: Oh! My eye!Narrator: He was in the hospital for a long time.每天有數以百萬計的人安全服用一種很普通的藥。但一個十三歲的小男孩卻在服藥之後眼睛受傷。他住院很長一段時間接受治療。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In school, you learn how your brain makes your body work. Some people want to learn a lot more about the human brain. They can study neuroscience in college.在學校裡，你會學到大腦如何控制身體、讓身體運作。想進一步了解人類大腦，學生可以在大學選讀神經科學。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has many milkfish farms. Milkfish are easy to farm. But sometimes they get too cold. Then they die! What can fish farmers do with these fish?台灣有很多虱目魚養殖廠。虱目魚不難照顧，但有時候天氣太冷，他們容易被冷死！這些冷死的魚該怎麼辦呢？Click HERE for the full transcript!

Robots can do many things. Some robots make cars. Some fly and take pictures. And some do dangerous things! These dangerous things are not safe for people to do.機器人可以做很多事，製造汽車，空拍照都行。他們還可以完成人類做不到的危險任務。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some shops have lights in front. Some shops have guards in front. They help keep shops safe.有一些店門口會亮燈或是有警衛駐守，保護店家的安全。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Hikers hiked up a tall mountain. It is in the U.S. It is four thousand two hundred meters tall. The hikers were tired and hot.一組登山客爬上了一座美國的高山，他們又熱又累。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Shhh… listen. Where is that beautiful music coming from? Oh! It is from a music player!噓??仔細聽！音樂是從哪裡傳出來的呢？阿，原來是從留聲機傳出來的！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Can you run and play on the street? Noooooo... It is too dangerous! But on one street in England, kids played on the street! And it was safe!在大街上玩很危險，但是在英國，有一條街可以讓小朋友安全的玩耍！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Big green and yellow frogs live in Southeast Asia. They have long back legs. They have big hands and feet. They hop. They jump from tall trees. Then…whoosh! They fly!在東南亞，有一種黃綠色的青蛙。牠們的後腿很長，有很大的手掌跟腳掌。牠們會從高高的樹上往下跳，然後滑翔！Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Narrator: A four-year-old boy wanted to know about soccer and swimming. But he didn't go to his family or friends. He called the police!有一個四歲的小男孩想問關於足球和游泳的問題，但他沒有問他的家人或是朋友，而是打電話給警察！ Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

In Sweden, a town is moving to a new place. The land under the town is getting weak. The people are leaving most buildings. But some buildings will go to the new town. 一個瑞典的小鎮要搬家了！這個小鎮下面的土地很脆弱，所以很多建築物都要被移去新的地方。Click HERE for the full transcript!

What do you do at the beach? Some kids play in the water. Some make sand castles. Some pick up seashells. And some dig for clams!你都在海邊做什麼呢？你可以玩水，還可以在沙灘上堆沙堡、撿貝殼、挖蛤蜊！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Australia has many cool animals. One is new to us. It is very cool!澳洲有很多有趣的生物。現在，有人發現了新的物種！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Long ago, Keelung needed shelters for its people. Shelters keep people safe when there is danger. When there is no more danger, people go home.以前打仗的時候，基隆需要可以讓人暫時避難的地方。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Skateboarding is cool. Did you know some surfers started it? About seventy years ago, they put roller skate wheels on short surfboards. They surfed the streets!玩滑板很酷！七十年前，一群喜歡衝浪的人把輪子裝到衝浪板上，就變成了滑板。他們在地面上衝浪！Click HERE for the full transcript!

TAXI!Have you taken a taxi in Taiwan? Many taxi drivers here know great places to eat!你有在台灣搭過計程車嗎？很多計程車司機都會知道當地好吃的餐廳在哪裡！Click HERE for the full transcript!

I want to have a drink at this cafe. But people are sitting … and sitting. Many are using their phones or laptop computers. Some are working. Some are studying. Some are watching videos. Hey, there's a seat! Ahhhh…這間咖啡廳客滿了。店裡的人都在用手機或電腦工作或是讀書。他們在咖啡廳的時間很長很長！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Mmmmmm! Taiwan loves pork belly! It is the meat in lu rou fan, gua bao, and other dishes. It is delicious! Pork belly looks delicious too. Under the pork skin, you can see fat, meat, fat, and meat. Ooohh!台灣人超愛五花肉，滷肉飯、刈包裡面都有！豬皮下面可以看到一層瘦一層肥的肉！Click HERE for the full transcript!

It is raining very hard. Streets and homes are flooded. The water is one meter high!下暴雨了！很多街道跟住宅都淹水了！Click HERE for the full transcript!

A young man loves planes. He became a pilot three years ago. He was 17. A child in his family has cancer. It makes people very sick. The young man wanted to help fight it.一名熱愛飛機的青少年，十七歲那年成為飛行員。 他的家族中有個小孩得了癌症，他決心要幫忙抗癌。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A family had a turtle. She lived in their garden. But one day, they could not find her! They looked everywhere in the garden. They looked again and again!有一家人在他們的花園裡養了一隻烏龜。有一天，烏龜不見了！大家怎麼找都找不到他！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Oh! This cafe looks good! But everyone here has old plastic bags. They have old plastic bottles too. Why? 咦? 這間咖啡館的顧客，手上都拿著舊塑膠袋跟寶特瓶欸！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone in a small town in Spain is excited. Big trucks are coming! They are full of tomatoes! It's time for a big tomato fight!載著番茄的大卡車正在開往西班牙的一個小鎮。他們要舉辦一場盛大的番茄大戰！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Eels look like snakes. They move like snakes. But they live in water! Eels are very long fish.鰻魚長得像蛇，動作也像蛇，但牠們其實是水生動物！Click HERE for the full transcript!

The Maya people have lived in Central America for thousands of years. These smart people made many new things.住在中美洲好幾千年的馬雅人十分聰明。他們發明了很多東西！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Most bears are strong and dangerous. But some bears need help.大部分的熊強壯而兇猛，但有時候也需要別人幫忙！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Today is Halloween. Maybe you'll see pumpkins with scary faces! BOO!今天是萬聖節！你也許會在路上看到可怕的南瓜燈喔！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan's high-speed rail trains are great. They are very fast. And now, these trains are better! Why? They are quieter.台灣高鐵變得更好、更安靜了！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: When we hear "You did a great job" or "You look nice," that feels good! It can make us smile all day!每個人受到稱讚時，心情都會變好！Click HERE for the full transcript.

Traveling is fun. You can travel by plane. You can travel by train or boat. And you can travel around the world! One man travels a lot. He traveled around the world two times! 旅行的方式有很多種，每一種都很有趣！有一名男子已經環遊世界兩次了！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you like to see fish and other ocean animals? Well, there's a great new aquarium in Taichung!台中現在有一座新的水族館！ Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz. 

There's something old and new in Taipei! It's the new National Railway Museum. You can learn about Taiwan's old trains. Go and see it with your family!國家鐵道博物館要開幕囉！你可以在那邊看到早期的火車。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In sunny Taitung, a farmer is working. He loves to work on his farm!The farmer grows rice. It is called "Ugly Beauty." Well, this kind of rice is not pretty! But he likes it a lot. It tastes good!有一個農夫在台東種植稻米，他種的米叫做「醜美人」。這種米不好看，但很好吃！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Mushrooms love rainy and humid weather. Taiwan is often rainy and humid. Wild mushrooms grow everywhere here! You might see them in the mountains, on farms or fields, at school, or in your backyard.台灣氣候潮濕，非常適合野生菇類的生長。這些菇類會長在山上、農場上、也可能從你家後院的泥土中冒出來！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Every night near a small town in the U.K., some mama ducks and baby ducks go for a walk.在英國的一個小鎮，每晚都有鴨媽媽帶著一群寶寶出來散步。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Nature is everywhere! There are oceans, mountains, forests, animals, and much, much more. When you learn about nature, you can help keep it safe.大自然無所不在，你要是對海洋，山脈或是動物有更多了解，就可以保護它們。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you ride the bus? Many people ride the bus. Some ride every day. But, sometimes, bus riders get a surprise.你平常會搭公車嗎? 有些人天天搭公車，但車上偶爾會發生意外！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone wants an umbrella on rainy days. But did you know umbrellas can have magic? They do in Japan!你知道在日本雨傘是有魔法的嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!