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News For Kids

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.

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00:05:17

Flying Robots to Clean Up Mount Everest

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2024/10/21

Flying Robots to Clean Up Mount Everest Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Every year, many people climb it. But they leave a lot of trash. It makes the mountain dirty and dangerous. 聖母峰是世界最高峰，每年都有很多人去攀登，但是他們留下很多垃圾，讓聖母峰變得又髒又危險。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

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00:05:17

Man Saves License Plates After Typhoon

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2024/10/17

Man Saves License Plates After Typhoon A man in a yellow raincoat got off his scooter. He was holding a plastic bag. He walked into a police station. What was he doing there? 穿著黃色雨衣的男人，下了機車，提著一袋塑膠袋走進警察局。他在做甚麼呢? Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including the vocabulary list and a quiz to test your understanding!

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00:05:29

South Korea Doesn't Waste Food

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2024/10/17

South Korea Doesn't Waste Food Oh no! The kids didn't eat all their lunch! Did you know that food that is not eaten is called "food waste"? 糟了，這些孩子們沒有把午餐吃完，你知道剩下的食物就會變成廚餘了嗎! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including vocabulary and quiz!

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00:05:17

Too Hot for the Summer Olympics in 25 Years

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2024/10/15

Did you watch the Summer Olympics a few months ago? Paris was very hot. The hottest days were more than thirty-five degrees! That is hot for Paris!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.

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00:05:23

Going for Go

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2024/10/14

Discover the ancient game of Go, a strategic board game played for over 4,000 years. In this episode, we'll explore its history, how it's played, and how 22-year-old Taiwanese player Lai Jun-fu made history by winning a major tournament in South Korea. J Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including vocabulary and a quiz!

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00:05:23

The Moon Water Contest

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2024/10/13

The Moon Water Contest In this episode, we explore the exciting race to make moon water! Learn how scientists are trying to turn dirty moon ice into clean water with help from a contest hosted by the UK and Canadian space agencies. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

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00:05:21

Stamps of a Taiwan Sports Star

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2024/10/10

Stamps of a Taiwan Sports Star Taiwan's badminton champion featured on the country’s stamps. Learn about her journey to becoming a world champion and a role model for perseverance. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

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00:05:18

Happy Double Ten Day

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2024/10/09

Happy Double Ten Day Today is Double Ten Day! Everyone has the day off! It’s a national holiday in Taiwan! 今天是雙十節! 全台灣的人都不用上班上課，一起慶祝國慶日 ! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

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00:05:17

Sea Otters Do Important Work

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2024/10/08

Sea Otters Do Important Work Sea otters are cute, furry animals. They look like teddy bears. They eat a lot. They rest on their backs on the ocean. What a nice life! 海獺是一種毛茸茸的可愛動物，每天吃完東西就仰躺在海上休息，好休閒 ! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

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00:05:23

Teens' Machine Takes Microplastics from Water

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2024/10/07

Teens' Machine Takes Microplastics from Water Plastic is everywhere. We drink from plastic bottles. We carry the items we buy in plastic bags. Even parts of our homes are made of plastic! 塑膠到處都有，我們用塑膠瓶喝水。我們買的東西裝在塑膠袋裡面，甚至房屋的一部份都是塑膠做的! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including the vocabulary and quiz.

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00:05:11

The Kid of the Year

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2024/10/06

The Kid of the Year A U.S. magazine chose a Kid of the Year! This 15-year-old boy plays music and reads a lot. He plays basketball and chess. And he makes soap. It can help people with skin cancer! 美國一份雜誌選出年度最有影響力的小孩，這個十五歲的男孩會彈奏音樂、讀很多書，他會打籃球跟下棋，他還會做特別的肥皂，幫助皮膚癌病人。 The boy started mixing soaps and other things when he was four. He wanted to see what happened. When he was seven, he got a kids' science set. Then he had an idea for something to help the world

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5:28

Stretching Helps Your Body

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2024/10/03

Stretching Helps Your Body "Eight, nine, ten… phew!" Exercise is hard work! But kids in Taiwan need more exercise. It's very important for good health. 呼! 運動很辛苦，但台灣的小孩需要做更多運動，這對健康非常重要。 Do you know two important things to do when you exercise? They are warming up and stretching! 當你做運動時有兩件很重要的事: 就是暖身和拉筋! A researcher says to warm up first. You can walk, jog, or ride a bike. Warm up for five to ten minutes. Then you are ready to move more! 專家說可以先走路、慢跑或騎腳踏車暖身，大概五到十分鐘，這樣你就準備好做更多運動。

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5:25

Waiting for Flying Cars

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2024/10/01

Waiting for Flying Cars Companies have been working on flying cars for many years. So we ask, "Where are the flying cars?" 很多公司一直在研究飛天車，到底甚麼時候會做出來呢? Flying cars are hard to make. The cars need to fly a long way. And they need to be safe. Companies have to test their flying cars many times. No one wants cars to fall from the sky! 飛天車很難製造，因為它需要安全地長途飛行。公司要不停地測試，確保飛天車不會墜機! So how do flying cars work? Every company has a different idea. But most flying cars use propellers. The propellers push

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5:27

The Taishin Youth Volunteer Awards

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2024/09/30

The Taishin Youth Volunteer Awards A young girl's love of books is changing lives! She loves to read. She wants to help kids everywhere to read, learn, and grow. 有個女孩，她對書本的熱愛正在改變生命! 她要幫助世界各地的兒童閱讀和學習。 The girl found a group online. It helps kids to study. She volunteered. She read books online with students in India. She had a great time! 這個女孩志願參加幫助兒童學習的線上團體，她很喜歡在網路上，和印度的學生一起唸故事! Next, she started her own group. She worked with more than 70 schools in Taiwan. She helped many students

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5:13

Taiwan Will Get Better Water

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2024/09/29

Taiwan Will Get Better Water Ahhhh! Water is soooo good. Safe drinking water helps us be healthy. Drinking water comes out of our faucets at home. 水真好喝! 安全的飲用水能讓我們保持身體健康。 Taiwan's drinking water is good. But it is going to get better! Taiwan is making our water safer to drink. How? It is going to take out one kind of chemical. 台灣的水的品質將要變得更好，怎麼做呢? 未來將要把水中一種化學物質拿掉。 Some chemicals clean our water. They kill bacteria and viruses. They stop us from getting sick. 好的化學物質會殺掉水中的細菌跟病毒，讓我們不會生病。 Other

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5:21

Backpacking Dogs

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2024/09/26

Backpacking Dogs In a big park in the UK, many dogs wear backpacks… on their stomachs! Why? 在英國一個公園裡，許多小狗肚子兩邊綁著背包，這是為甚麼呢? A long time ago, the UK had wolves. The wolves walked a lot. They walked in forests. They walked in tall grass. Seeds caught on their fur. They walked some more. Seeds fell off their fur. And new plants grew in new places. 很久以前在英國有野狼，牠們在森林間走動，皮毛會黏到種子。狼群到處走，種子跟著掉到別的地方，長出新的植物。 But the UK doesn't have wolves now. And this big park wanted lots of new plants. It needed

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5:27

Why Taiwan Doesn’t Catch All the Bluefin Tuna

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2024/09/25

Mmmmm… Tuna is delicious. Mmmmm-mm! And bluefin tuna is very delicious! 黑鮪魚太好吃了。 Bluefin tuna fish are big. They can be from one and a half meters to three meters long! They can weigh from sixty kilograms to four hundred fifty kilograms! 黑鮪魚身體巨大，牠們可以從1.5到3公尺長，60到450 公斤重 ! In Taiwan, fishermen are very good at catching bluefin tuna. That’s great! They can catch all of these fish! But wait a minute! What about next year? There won't be any bluefin tuna! 台灣的漁夫很會捕撈黑鮪魚，他們可以把黑鮪魚全部抓完。等等

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5:22

A Very Long Short Space Trip

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2024/09/24

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In June, two astronauts were excited. They were flying a spaceship to the ISS. That's the International Space Station. 六月時，兩個很興奮的太空人，駕著太空船飛到了 ISS，也就是國際太空站。 Astronauts try new things in space there! These things help us learn more about space. 太空人要嘗試很多新事物，幫助我們更了解太空。 The ISS is also a big space home. Some astronauts live there for six months. Some visit for a short time. The two astronauts were going to visit for eight days

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5:23

Taitung's Mystery Stone

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2024/09/23

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ People lived in Taiwan thousands of years ago. We don't know a lot about them. Sometimes we find their things. These things can help us learn more. But sometimes the things are a mystery. 幾千年前，就有人類在台灣生活，我們偶而也會找到一些那些人的遺跡。不過有時候找到的東西是個謎。 A tall, thin stone stands in Taitung. It's very, very old. The top is a half-moon shape. 在台東，有一根又高又細的石柱，非常古老，頂端是半月形的。 What was the stone for? Maybe it was for a building. Maybe it was for an

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5:17

Students Want to Save Deer from Cars

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2024/09/22

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Deer are beautiful animals. It's exciting to see them in a forest. But it's not good when a deer is on a road. That's very dangerous. 鹿是美麗的動物，在森林看到牠們會讓人很開心。但是鹿如果出現在道路上就糟糕了，那會很危險。 A deer can die when a car hits it. People can get hurt too. 鹿被車子撞到可能會死掉，人也可能受傷。 In the U.S., two high school students want to help deer. They want to make a device. It can help stop cars from hitting deer. It has a camera. It also uses artificial

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