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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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5:26

Flight Attendant Saves Flamingo Eggs

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2024/04/17

Flight Attendant Saves Flamingo EggsHave you been on a plane? Flight attendants work on planes. They bring food and drinks to people. They help people. One day, a flight attendant helped six… flamingo eggs!?! 你坐過飛機嗎?飛機上的空服員會給乘客食物跟飲料，也協助乘客。有一次空服員救了六顆紅鶴的蛋。 Flamingos are big pink birds with long, thin legs. A zoo needed flamingos. So a zookeeper was taking the eggs to the zoo. 紅鶴是一種腳又細又長、粉紅色的大鳥。有一個動物園需要紅鶴，於是飼養員帶了六顆蛋準備送到動物園。 The eggs were in a special machine. It kept them warm. But the machine

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5:03

This Guide Is a Penguin

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2024/04/16

This Guide Is a PenguinAt a zoo in England, a young penguin cannot see well. It was hard for her to do things. Sometimes she bumped into walls or other penguins. Oops! And sometimes she fell over rocks. Ouch! 英國動物園有一隻企鵝的眼睛狀況不佳，行動很不方便。有時候她會撞到同伴或牆壁，也會被石頭絆倒。 Getting food was scary. When it was time to eat, lots of hungry penguins ran to the food! They got food with their long, sharp beaks. 餵食的時候也很危險，很多企鵝會衝到食物前，用牠們長長、尖銳的嘴巴吃東西。 But she couldn't see their beaks! She didn't want to get hurt. She needed

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5:06

No Phones in England's Schools

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2024/04/15

No Phones in England's SchoolsAre mobile phones the most important thing kids have? 手機對小朋友來說很重要嗎? England's government doesn't think they are. With phones at school, many kids can't study well. They don't talk very much to others. They sit and use their phones. 英國很多小孩帶手機上學，讓他們沒辦法專心上課。他們也不怎麼一起聊天，都坐著滑手機。 So England's government will have a new rule: kids cannot use phones at school! They cannot use phones in class! They cannot use them during breaks! This means no phones between classes and no

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5:20

This Cat Loves Salad

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2024/04/14

This Cat Loves SaladA woman wanted a cat. She went to an animal shelter to get one. Animal shelters take care of animals with no homes. People can get a pet and take it home. 有一位女士想要養貓，於是她去動物收容所想要領養一隻。 The animal shelter had many cats. The woman saw a cute black cat. She liked him very much. He went home with her. 收容所有很多貓，她看到一隻可愛的黑色貓咪，非常喜歡就帶牠回家。 At home, she learned something about the cat. He ate a lot! And he wanted to eat more than cat food! 這隻貓進家門之後，女士發現牠很會吃，而且想吃的還不只是貓食。 One day, she ate a

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5:13

From a Backyard Rocket to a Space Mission

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2024/04/11

From a Backyard Rocket to a Space MissionNarrator: Space is so big. There's always something new to learn. 外太空很大，還有很多新知可以去探索。 In 2020, a girl from the UK was six years old. On TV, she saw a rocket launch to Mars. Astronaut Liz, or Astro Liz, fell in love with space then. 2020年，英國一位六歲女孩在電視上看到火箭發射到火星，從此之後愛上外太空。 Astro Liz loves learning about space. She makes videos about space. She posts them online. She shares her learning and excitement with everyone! Liz 喜歡學習太空知識，也製作太空影片放到網路上，分享給大家。 Astro Liz

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5:17

The Thai Ghost Hunters

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2024/04/10

The Thai Ghost Hunters Do you believe in ghosts? Here in Taiwan, we have Ghost Month. It's when all ghosts can walk the earth and visit the living … 你相信世界上有鬼嗎? 在台灣，我們有鬼月，鬼在這個時候都會出來走走。 Some ghosts are mean. They live in spooky places. They do scary things. That makes many people scared of ghosts. 有一些鬼住在陰森的地方，它們很兇又會做出可怕的事情，讓很多人怕鬼。 Spooky old castles may be haunted. That means they might have ghosts in them. Some newer places may be haunted too. Imagine being scared of ghosts and living in a haunted

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5:30

AI Opens 2,000-Year-Old Secrets

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2024/04/09

AI Opens 2,000-Year-Old Secrets Two thousand years ago, a volcano erupted in Italy. Towns were destroyed. Many people and things were lost. Scrolls were also lost. 兩千多年前，義大利火山爆發，摧毀了附近的城鎮，很多人跟東西都遭到掩埋，有很多卷軸也不見了。 People wrote important thoughts and information on these long papers. Then they rolled the scrolls. 卷軸是一張長長的紙，人們在紙上寫下重要的想法跟訊息，再把它捲起來。 Three hundred years ago, many scrolls were found. They were in a house destroyed by the volcano. 300年前，一棟被火山摧毀的房屋裡面，發現了很多卷軸。 But the scrolls were burned black

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5:10

A Fan Referees a Game

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2024/04/08

A Fan Referees a Game One day, a man went to a big soccer game in the UK. A team named the Wolves was playing. The man was a big Wolves fan! The game was very exciting! 有一天，一個男人去看了一場在英國的大型足球比賽。一支名叫狼隊的球隊正在比賽。這個人是狼隊的超級球迷！ Then a referee got hurt! Referees are important for soccer games. They make sure the players are following the rules. Now the teams needed another referee. 裁判對於足球賽非常重要，他們確保球員遵守規則。現在有一位裁判受傷了，需要有人來接手。 This Wolves fan raised his hand and said, "I can help!" They gave him a special

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5:20

Hungry Hikers Call Fire Department

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2024/04/07

Hungry Hikers Call Fire Department Oh, there's a fire! Call the fire department! 天啊，失火了!趕快叫消防車。 Fire departments help when there's a fire. They also help in other emergencies. The fire department in Nantou County helps with emergencies on mountains. 除了滅火，消防員也會緊急救援。南投縣消防局也會上山救援。 Some hikers were hiking on mountains in Nantou County. The weather was very cold. There was ice on the hiking trails. The hikers walked very slowly to stay safe. It took a lot of time. They ate all their

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5:20

Hungry Hikers Call Fire Department

News For Kids ·

2024/04/05

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Oh, there's a fire! Call the fire department! 天啊，失火了!趕快叫消防車。 Fire departments help when there's a fire. They also help in other emergencies. The fire department in Nantou County helps with emergencies on mountains. 除了滅火，消防員也會緊急救援。南投縣消防局也會上山救援。 Some hikers were hiking on mountains in Nantou County. The weather was very cold. There was ice on the hiking trails. The hikers walked very slowly to stay safe. It took a lot of time. They ate all

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5:08

Rocking Confidence

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2024/04/04

Rocking ConfidenceDo you want to be a rock star? Imagine… you're on a stage. The lights are bright. You're playing a guitar. How scary! But how exciting! 你想成為搖滾明星嗎? 想像一下你站在台上彈吉他，燈光又很刺眼，感覺好嚇人但又讓人好興奮! That's what happened to some women. They joined a women's rock camp. People join camps to learn things. At this camp, the women learned how to play rock music and sing rock songs! 有一群女性就遇到這樣的事。因為她們參加女子搖滾營，學習如何彈搖滾樂、唱搖滾歌! Some women were shy. But they tried many new things! They became

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5:13

A Happy Day for Kids! Yea!

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2024/04/03

A Happy Day for Kids! Yea! Are you a kid? Congratulations! Today is Children's Day! It's your day! Make sure to tell your parents that it's Children's Day! 你是兒童嗎?那恭喜你! 今天是兒童節，是你的節日喔! So what do you want for Children's Day? Do you want a new toy? How about a new video game? 兒童節你想要什麼樣的禮物呢，想要新玩具還是新的電玩? Well, a new toy or a new video game is cool. It will make you happy… for about two months. That's right! Scientists say something new makes us happy for about two or three months. After that, it's

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5:21

Dolls Made for All Kids

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2024/04/02

Dolls Made for All Kids Playing with dolls is fun. You can make dolls dance, jump, and fly! One girl loves dolls. And she has a dream. When she was younger, she was sick. She was in the hospital a lot. She met kids with disabilities there. 有一個女孩喜歡玩娃娃，她小時候常常生病跑醫院，在醫院遇到很多有身心障礙的小朋友。 Some kids used wheelchairs. Some had arms without hands. Some had a new leg. But they didn't have dolls that looked like them. 有一些小孩需要坐輪椅。有一些孩子沒有手，有一些有義肢。但是他們都沒有一個像自己一樣的娃娃。 She wants kids to have dolls that look like

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5:15

Tea Leaves Can Clean Water

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2024/04/01

Tea Leaves Can Clean Water Black tea! Green tea! Bubble tea! Tea shops are everywhere in Taiwan! Many of us drink a lot of tea. Do you? 紅茶、綠茶、珍珠奶茶! 台灣到處都有飲料店，我們喝掉很多茶。 We buy about one billion cups of bubble tea every year in Taiwan. We use lots of tea leaves! What happens to them? 台灣每一年喝掉超過十億杯的珍珠奶茶，用過的茶葉會怎麼處理呢? Almost all tea shops throw away tea leaves. Thousands of kilograms go to landfills every day. 幾乎所有的飲料店都會把茶葉渣丟掉。每天有好幾千公斤的茶葉渣被倒進垃圾掩埋場。 The leaves rot and make a gas. The gas makes the Earth

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5:20

Scarves Warm Hearts

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2024/03/31

Scarves Warm Hearts Something wonderful happens in cities in Canada and the U.S. every year. It started long ago with a surprise! On a very cold day in a Canadian city, fourteen statues of great heroes… wore scarves?! 每一年冬天，加拿大跟美國很多城市都會發生美妙的事。最開始是很多年前一個寒冷的冬日，加拿大城市的14座偉人雕像，脖子上都圍了圍巾。 The colorful scarves were handmade. Each scarf had a message that warmed people's hearts. And the scarves were free! 這些色彩繽紛，手工做的圍巾都可以免費拿取，上面還有溫馨的小紙條。 Some people took pictures of the statues that day. They posted the

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5:13

Best Friend Saves Man from Icy Lake

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2024/03/28

Best Friend Saves Man from Icy LakeNarrator: One snowy winter day, a man and his dog Ruby hiked to a lake. The weather was so cold that the lake water was frozen! They walked on the ice. 一個下雪的日子，一位男子跟他的狗狗Ruby爬山去了一個湖。天氣冷到湖面都結冰了，他們直接走在湖面上。 But then the ice broke! The man fell into the icy water! He couldn't get out! Man: Help! Hello? Help! Please, someone help! Narrator: Ruby stayed by him. Someone called the police. 但是湖面的冰突然碎裂，男子掉進水裡出不來。Ruby待在他身邊，目擊者趕緊報警。 The police officer was worried. The ice

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5:16

Out of Gas But Unstoppable

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2024/03/27

Out of Gas But Unstoppable People love ordering food online*. *Food delivery drivers are busy! In India, one delivery driver uses his scooter to deliver food orders. But one day, it needed gas. He went to the gas station. 人們喜歡線上點餐，讓外送員都很忙碌。印度有一位外送員騎機車送訂單。有一天他的機車需要加油，就去了加油站。 At that time, everyone was worried about gas. Was there enough? Maybe not! So everyone wanted to buy gas. The line at the gas station was very long! 當時大家都很擔心汽油不夠，所以都去買油，讓加油站大排長龍。 The man waited… three hours! Then he got a new

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5:14

Hermit Crabs Reuse Our Trash

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2024/03/26

Hermit Crabs Reuse Our Trash Why is that plastic bottle cap moving? Oh! A hermit crab is using it as a shell! 怎麼有塑膠瓶蓋在移動呢? 原來有寄居蟹把它當作外殼! Hermit crabs don't have their own shells. But they need one to live. Most hermit crabs use sea snail shells. But people are seeing hermit crabs using our plastic trash as their shells! They're seeing this all over the world! 寄居蟹沒有自己的外殼，但是牠們需要殼才能活下去。通常牠們用海螺的殼。可是現在到處都有人看到寄居蟹用塑膠垃圾當作外殼。 Is plastic good or bad for hermit crabs? Some plastic is lighter than shells. It

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5:10

Dog Smells Gas, Saves Owner

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2024/03/25

Dog Smells Gas, Saves Owner A dog in the USA saved the lives of his owner and other people. How? He went outside his owner's house. He dug and dug the ground. The dog dug for hours and hours in one place. He made a big hole! 美國有一隻狗救了牠的主人跟其他人的性命。怎麼做到的呢?牠跑到屋外，一直在同一個地方挖洞。 His owner thought that was strange. Her dog didn't dig big holes. Something was wrong! So she checked the hole with a special machine. 牠的主人覺得很奇怪，她的狗平常不會這樣挖洞。她感覺事情不對勁，於是用特殊儀器偵測洞口。 The machine showed a lot of dangerous gas there! What

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5:09

Teenager Becomes Lawyer

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2024/03/24

Teenager Becomes Lawyer Last year, a teenager became famous. Why? He became the youngest lawyer in California. He was seventeen years old! 去年有一位青少年爆紅了，因為他成為加州最年輕的律師，他才十七歲! Lawyers help people with problems about laws. Laws say what we can and cannot do. Becoming a lawyer isn't easy. There are a lot of laws to study! 律師幫人處理法律問題。要成為一名律師很不容易，要讀很多法律方面的知識。 This lawyer says he isn't smarter than other teenagers. But from when he was a child, he studied a lot. Studying was important in his family. He had

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