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.
Latest episodes
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
Many People Want to Be Flight Attendants
Many People Want to Be Flight AttendantsWhat do you want to be when you grow up? Maybe you want to be a firefighter or a police officer. You can help people. Maybe you want to be a race car driver. You can drive fast!你長大之後想做什麼呢? 也許你想當消防員或警察幫助別人，或是當賽車手開快車!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
Transgender Teacher Wins Excellent Teacher Award
Transgender Teacher Wins Excellent Teacher AwardA math teacher from Chiayi has won an excellent teacher award. She is the first transgender person to win!嘉義一位數學老師得到最佳教師獎，她是第一個得獎的跨性別老師。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
The Lucky $120,000 Sea Snail
The Lucky $120,000 Sea SnailDo you want to pay $120,000 Taiwan dollars for something... and then let it go?你願意花 12 萬元買個東西，然後馬上放棄它嗎?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
What Will Be the Toys of the Year?
What Will Be the Toys of the Year?Making a new toy sounds fun. But it's hard to do. Inventors think about the toy. They think about the kids who will play with it. Is the toy too easy or too hard for the kids?發明新的玩具聽起來很有趣，但其實不簡單。發明家要思考玩具會不會太難?小朋友會喜歡嗎?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
It's Tangyuan Time for Taiwan Tomorrow
It's Tangyuan Time for Taiwan TomorrowWhere is Taiwan? It's in the northern half of the world. And, tomorrow is a special day for this half of the world! Tomorrow the sun shines for the shortest time this year. And the night is the longest this year.台灣在地球的北半球，而明天是很重要的日子! 是北半球白天最短，夜晚最長的一天。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
Australia Saves Island Sea Turtles
Australia Saves Island Sea TurtlesDeer are cute. But on one island in Australia, they caused problems. 鹿是一種很可愛的動物，但牠們在澳洲的小島造成麻煩!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Jun 13, 2025 • 5min
Taiwan Has the World's Biggest Swim Event
Taiwan Has the World's Biggest Swim EventIn Taiwan, more than twenty thousand swimmers went to Sun Moon Lake. Mostswimmers were from Taiwan. There were swimmers from thirty eight othercountries too!超過 2 萬個游泳者湧進日月潭，他們不只來自台灣各地，還有其他 38 個國家的選手!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Jun 12, 2025 • 5min
Fish Drop During Earthquake
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!
Jun 12, 2025 • 5min
New Worlds in the Earth
Did you know there are worlds underground? They are in caves. Caves are spaces in the Earth. Some are very big. Some are small. And some people love to go into them.你知道地底下有另外一種世界嗎？地底下有很多大大小小的洞穴，很多人喜歡去探險。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jun 12, 2025 • 5min
Being Bored Can Be Good for You
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!
