News For Kids

Antarctica is at the bottom of the world. It's a cold and windy place. A red and white bus called Ivan worked there. He took people from planes to research stations.南極是風大寒冷的地方，那裏有一台紅白相間的依凡巴士，依凡巴士負責載科學家到研究站。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Ground control: All systems are ready... Ten... nine... eight ...Narrator: Taiwan is getting its first rocket launch site! Rockets going to space will be launched from there.台灣將要蓋第一座火箭發射場，之後可以從這裡發射火箭到太空。Click HERE for the full transcript!

No one knows when an earthquake might happen. But there are three things we must do when an earthquake happens: drop, cover, and hold on. Dropping to the floor can keep us safe.地震不能預測，但我們知道怎麼應對，要趕快蹲到地上，找東西掩護並抓緊!Click HERE for the full transcript!

What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you want to be a chef, a police officer, or an artist? Or do you want to be a teacher, a musician, or a doctor?你長大想做什麼? 廚師、警察、藝術家嗎?或是老師、音樂家跟醫生呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you have a backbone? Yes! People have backbones. Birds, fish, and some other kinds of animals have backbones too. Backbones make us vertebrates. Without backbones, we'd be like jelly!你有脊椎嗎?當然啦! 人類、鳥類跟許多動物都有脊椎，不然我們會像果凍一樣!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taipei knows milk is good for kids. It makes bones and teeth strong and healthy.牛奶對小朋友很重要，能讓骨頭跟牙齒更強壯。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you seen big groups eat beautiful meals on a road? These are roadside banquets. People have them for new babies, weddings, and other events.你看過一群人在路邊吃大餐嗎?台灣慶祝新生兒或喜宴時會舉辦，那叫做辦桌。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Seagrass grows in the ocean. It grows where the bottom of the ocean gets some sunlight. That's up to fifty meters deep. Seagrass fields can grow in the middle of the ocean!海草長在照得到陽光的海底，可能是有 50 公尺深的海中央!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has its own butterfly. It's the purple crow butterfly. In sunlight, its color changes all the time. Japanese scientists call its changing color "magic light." 紫斑蝶是台灣特有的蝴蝶，翅膀會在陽光下變色，日本科學家稱這個現象為幻色。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In South America, a tree's roots grow above the ground. They look like octopus legs. Some people say the tree walks! Is that true?南美洲有一棵樹的樹根突出地面，像是章魚腳，甚至有人說它會走路!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Today is World Bicycle Day. What's that sound? That's right. It's a YouBike! It's a bike people can rent.世界腳踏車日就是今天! 一起租 YouBike 來騎吧 !Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone knows Earth has one moon. That's why it's called 'the moon'. It goes around our planet. People have gone to the moon in rockets. How do we know something is a moon? It goes around and around a planet or something that isn't a star.地球只有一個月亮，但只要不斷繞著行星，又不是星星的物體就叫月亮，所以外太空裡有很多顆。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Being out in the sun with friends feels good! Doing this when we're exercising, having fun, and helping others feels GREAT!在太陽下跟朋友玩很享受，如果可以同時運動跟幫助人，感覺更棒!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Blimps are airships. They look like whales in the sky! They're full of a gas. This gas is lighter than air. The gas makes blimps go up.飛船就是飛行的船，長得很像鯨魚，裡面充滿比空氣輕的氣體，所以可以升到空中。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A mom in Yunlin has a daughter. She took her daughter to the doctor. The doctor told the mom her daughter needed to eat many kinds of food. What if her daughter didn't want to? The doctor said the mom needed to find ways to get her daughter to eat them.雲林一個女孩長不高，醫生告訴媽媽，要讓她吃各式各樣的食物，媽媽該怎麼做呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

A young man from Japan visited Taiwan. He wanted to see Taiwan's beautiful scenery. He got on his bike. He wanted to ride all the way around Taiwan.一個日本年輕人想看台灣最美麗的風景，所以他跳上腳踏車，要繞台灣一圈。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some of us talk to our plants. Did you know that plants talk, too? But they don't talk like we do. And we cannot hear them talk. So how do we know plants talk?你知道植物會說話嗎? 只是跟人類方式不同，我們也聽不到，那怎麼知道的呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

What happens to old ships? Some become museums or hotels. Some are recycled. And some help ocean animals!不再使用的舊船要如何處理? 可以變成旅館或博物館，或是被回收，也許還能幫助海洋動物! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Brazil is a country in South America. It's famous for many things. Carnival is Brazil's most famous celebration. Many cities there have big, big parties! There's lots of music and dancing. Many people wear colorful costumes!南美洲巴西最會辦派對! 他們的嘉年華有很多音樂表演、舞蹈，還有五彩繽紛的變裝!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bees are yellow and black. They fly from flower to flower. This helps make food for us. But bees need help, so today is World Bee Day.蜜蜂每天飛來飛去散播花粉，可是很辛苦的! 大家趁著今天是蜜蜂日，和牠們說辛苦囉!Click HERE for the full transcript!

When you are walking to school or somewhere else, you have to be careful. Many drivers are not careful!我們都知道行人要注意安全，但有時候不小心的是汽車駕駛!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Sunday is International Museum Day. Museums show us many things. In Croatia, one museum is about laughter! 星期天是國際博物館日!博物館帶給我們很多新知識，克羅埃西亞有個歡笑博物館!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you love fresh strawberries?! They're in strawberry tarts, strawberry milk, strawberry tánghúlu! Yum yum yum!草莓香甜可口，草莓塔、草莓牛奶、草莓糖葫蘆都好吃!Click HERE for the full transcript!

We need to buy vegetables! But it isn't time to eat. It's time to make music! Yes, vegetables can make music!買蔬菜的時間到囉! 這些蔬菜不是用來吃的，而是當作樂器演奏!Click HERE for the full transcript!

There are many kinds of races. There's car racing. There's horse racing. And there's pigeon racing!比賽種類繁多，有賽車，賽馬，還有賽鴿。不過我們這裡講的賽鴿，很不一樣。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Small Stuff Makes Big Bear ItchA big white bear lives in a zoo. People love seeing him. He's fun to watch.動物園住著一頭大白熊，許多人很喜歡去拜訪牠。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!

Daughter Teaches Mom TaekwondoIt's Mothers' Day this Sunday. Do something special for your mom this weekend!這個週末就是母親節，為媽媽做一些特別的事情吧！Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!

Can you think of any animals that might be dangerous? Bears and lions can be dangerous. There are many more. Did you guess birds? Well, one kind of bird is dangerous and scary! It looks like a dinosaur!有些動物相當危險，讓人害怕。你能想到哪些動物呢? 比如說熊跟獅子，但是鳥類呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

Carving wood to make art is called sculpting. Stone and metal can be sculpted too. But wood is strong and easier to sculpt! Artists can sculpt people and animals that look real. They can make scenes that tell stories.Sculpt是雕刻，就是在木頭或金屬刻出形狀，木頭韌性強又好雕刻，藝術家可以做出很真實的故事場景。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Skiing down a snowy mountain is fast and fun! But what's faster and more fun? Ski parachuting is! That is skiing with a parachute on your back! 滑雪這種運動好玩又刺激，但是還有更快更好玩的，就是滑雪跳傘。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some kids have loving families. Others are not so lucky. When kids have nobody to care for them, orphanages give them a home, food, and love. 有些小孩家庭美滿，有一些則不是，當小孩沒人照顧時，孤兒院會提供他們家、食物和關愛。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.

Big Colorful Balloons Coming to Taiwan  Something is in the sky! Is that a bird? Is it a plane? Wait, is that a hot air balloon?咦?是我近視了嗎?天空中是不是有一顆熱氣球?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

On a dark night, a small insect is on a mission. Its mission is to stay safe and not be eaten! But the tiger beetle does this in a different way from most insects. It has a superpower! It can trick its hungry hunters! Bats love to eat insects. 黑暗中，昆蟲都要保護自己，而虎甲蟲有個超能力，會欺騙想吃掉自己的獵食者!Click HERE for the full transcript!

In 2004, a big typhoon hit Taiwan. It hurt many people. It destroyed many homes and businesses. Taichung was one of the cities the big typhoon hit. The wind and rain were very strong! The typhoon destroyed an elementary school sports field!2004 年有一個大颱風襲擊台灣，台中受到很大損失，一座小學操場被風雨毀掉!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Humpback Whales are big ocean animals. They eat small fish, little shrimp, and other small ocean animals. 座頭鯨是大型海洋動物，牠們會張開嘴大口吃小魚小蝦，還有其他小動物。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Uhh! This mattress is so bad! Urgh … I can't sleep on it! It's time to throw it away …In Taiwan, we throw away more than 950,000 mattresses every year! Cities are having a hard time with old mattresses.這個床墊好爛哦，我要丟掉! 台灣每年丟掉 95 萬個床墊! 我們面臨舊床墊大災難!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Oh no! The monkeys are here! Gah! They're taking our food!猴子來襲!牠們來搶我們的食物了!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Urgh! What is that sound! Oh! That noise is so loud!天啊! 這聲音太大聲太刺耳了!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Last year, the best athletes from many countries took part in the Summer Olympics. All athletes trained hard. Taiwan did very well. Our athletes won seven medals!去年有超精彩的夏季奧林匹克運動會，台灣運動員得了 7 個獎牌!Click HERE for the full transcript!

To keep water in a river, people build walls. These walls are called dams. Dams can also keep water out of rivers.人們建築水壩來控制河流的水位。水壩就像一道牆，把河水擋住。有時候水壩的功能是讓雨水不要進入河流。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Being Bored Can Be Good for YouSometimes you want to do something exciting. But nothing looks fun. That's being bored. People don't like being bored. It doesn't feel good.你常感覺無聊嗎? 大部分人不喜歡這種找不到有趣事情的感覺。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!

Let the games begin! This year, the World Masters Games will be in Taiwan! It's the world's biggest event with many sports. It's every four years. And this is the first time it's in Asia!世界壯年運動會規模很大，四年舉辦一次，今年第一次辦在亞洲，就在台灣!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Many people around the world enjoy swimming and playing in the ocean. They play sports and games. They go surfing, sailing, and snorkeling!你喜歡水上運動嗎?世界上很多人喜歡游泳跟玩水，還有衝浪、駕駛帆船或是浮潛!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everybody has dreams. But not everyone can make their dream come true. Ang Lee is a Taiwanese movie director. He made his dream come true.實現夢想很不容易，出生台灣的李安，努力實現夢想，成為世界有名的大導演!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Daisy says she's 78. She says she's a grandma. She loves to talk. She can talk on the phone all day!阿菊說她是個78 歲的老奶奶，很喜歡整天在手機上跟人聊天!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Baby flies are called larvae. They have no legs or wings. They are very small. One kind of larvae is black soldier fly larvae. These larvae can make something good!蒼蠅的小寶寶叫做蛆，牠們沒有腳或翅膀，有一種蛆叫黑水虻，牠們可以做厲害的事情!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Scooters are fun, let's go for a ride! But, hey, the most important thing is to be safe. Put on a helmet!搭機車兜風很好玩，但不要忘記戴安全帽哦!Click HERE for the full transcript!

What do archaeologists do? They find out about the lives of people long ago. They go to very old places.考古學家做什麼呢? 他們到古老的地方探索，嘗試了解古時候的人如何生活！Click ⁠HERE ⁠for the full transcript!

A ten-year-old girl can't hear anything at all. She is deaf. She talks with her hands, using sign language. Many people don't know sign language. It was hard for her to talk with them.有個十歲的女孩耳朵聽不見，她用手語跟人溝通，但遇到不懂手語的人，就十分困擾。Click ⁠HERE ⁠for the full transcript!

Hualien has been hit by some big earthquakes and typhoons since last April. They made trees fall down! They also made trees break into smaller pieces of wood. The wind pushed the wood into the ocean. There, it became driftwood!去年四月到現在，花蓮很多的樹，都因為大地震跟颱風倒下，被雨水或是風帶到海裡，成了漂流木!Click HERE for the full transcript

Many things give people ideas for new foods. The full moon gave someone the idea for mooncakes. An old story gave someone the idea for cute Christmas gingerbread houses.有些食物的靈感，從意想不到的地方得來，像是月餅造型從滿月而來，薑餅屋的由來則是從一篇老故事！Click HERE for the full transcript!