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News 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.
ICRT hosts News For Kids, a education show with 1,000 episodes published.
A big sports competition was in New Taipei for three days. Men's and women's teams came from ten countries! But…Typhoon Bavi tried to come too! 新北市舉辦了一場為期三天的大型運動賽事，有來自十個國家的隊伍前來參賽。不過，颱風巴威也想來共襄盛舉！ Click HERE for the full t
The Ganges is a river in India and Bangladesh. It is very important to many people. They say it is from heaven. They say the water is very clean. 恆河是一條貫穿印度與孟加拉的河。有許多人仰賴這條河生存，他們認為恆河的水從天上來，是潔淨的水。 Click HERE for the full tr
Taiwan loves baseball! The U.S. loves baseball! We’re friends. So some U.S. baseball teams have Taiwan Days! 台灣人跟美國人都愛棒球，有些美國棒球隊會有「台灣日」！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
A sprint is a short, fast run. The world’s fastest sprinter is Usain Bolt. He has eight Olympic gold medals! He is the world's fastest in the 100-meter sprint. He is the world's fastest in the 200-meter sprint too! 短跑賽是緊
What do you think grandmas do? Well, in Taiwan, one grandma went to a baseball game. But she did not watch it. She was the star! 阿嬤通常都在做什麼？ 在台灣，有一位阿嬤參加了一場棒球賽，但她不是觀眾，而是場上的球星！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Summer is very hot in Taiwan! The sun is very strong. Walking outside is not fun. We get sweaty very fast! 台灣的夏天很熱，只要一出門就會全身是汗！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
A rat is in a warehouse. It is looking for food. It sniffs. It scratches. It chews. It bites! The rat thinks it is safe. But something is hunting it! 有一隻老鼠在倉庫裡東聞聞、西抓抓，還到處啃咬。 老鼠以為他很安全，但其實有東西正在準備獵捕牠！ Click HERE for the ful
Hot air balloons are very big balloons. They go high in the sky. A big basket is under each balloon. A pilot and riders are in it. 熱氣球非常巨大，可以飛到高空。熱氣球下方有一個大籃子，搭載飛行員跟乘客。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocab
Taiwan has a new champion! He is a skateboarder. He won a silver medal! And he is eleven years old! 一名十一歲的台灣小男孩在亞洲錦標賽獲得了滑板銀牌！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Do you like going to concerts? It is exciting to see your favorite singers! 你有去演唱會追星過嗎? 親眼看到喜歡的歌手會很開心! But sometimes good tickets are hard to get. They sell fast! So some fans stay up late to get tickets online. Some lea
Every year, Taiwan has many Hungry Ghost festivals. It’s a very big, very old festival. Some say it’s more than two thousand years old! People honor the ghosts of family and friends who died. 台灣很多地方都會過中元節。 他大概有超過兩千多年的歷史。
In India, people fly kites. They have been flying kites for hundreds of years. At festivals, thousands of colorful kitesfly. Some people fly them from the tops of buildings! Kites high in the sky are beautiful! 印度人喜歡放風箏，
One day at a zoo in Kaohsiung, chimpanzees had newspapers and books! The chimps put them close to their faces. They looked and looked at them. 有一天，高雄的某一座動物園裡有黑猩猩在讀報紙和書！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Narrator: Scientists around the world worry about blindness. When people cannot see, their lives are not easy. So one blind man ran a marathon. That is more than 42 kilometers! People gave him money for running. He helps
Some people can make pretty pictures... in coffee! They make them with very, very small milk bubbles. The pictures are called latte art. 有些人可以在咖啡的表面，用很小的牛奶泡泡畫出各種圖案，這叫做咖啡拉花。 Click HERE for the full transcript!
What makes seeds grow into plants? 是什麼讓種子長成一棵一棵植物？ We put seeds in water or the ground. We do this when the weather is good for them. We water seeds in the ground. Then we wait. The seeds start to grow. 天氣好的時候播種，把種子放進土裡或
Did you know our bodies can be younger or older than we are? Maybe you are ten, but your body is twelve! 你可知道，我們身體的年齡可能會比實際年齡年輕或者年老呢? Our bodies' age shows how worn out our cells are. How do scientists know they are wear
In India, one place has big mountains around it. In the winter, there is one road to the place. This road is important. Every day, many trucks and cars use it. It is in the mountains. 印度有一個地方被高山環繞。冬天的時候，只有一條山間道路可以通往那裡。每天
Do you like to go for long drives? How long is your longest drive? Two men wanted to go for a very long drive. They wanted to start in the U.K. They wanted to drive to South Africa! How crazy! 你喜歡開車長途旅行嗎？有兩名男子有個瘋狂的想法。他們想
Who’s a good dog?! Dogs are great! When we come home, they show us love and happiness! They make us laugh. They make us walk! We play with them. 回到家的時候，狗狗會用愛與快樂讓我們開懷大笑！我們和狗狗出門散步、玩遊戲，度過快樂的時光。 Click HERE for the full trans
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