News For Kids

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.

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!

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!