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
Jan 15, 2025 • 5min
Stand on Both Sides of Escalator Steps
Escalators are moving steps. They help people go up or down easily. They are in busy places. On most escalators, two people can stand or walk on one step.手扶梯是一種移動式的樓梯，讓人們很容易地上下樓，手扶梯會在繁忙的地方，一般來說，可以讓兩個人同時站在左右兩側。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 14, 2025 • 5min
Looking for Gold in New Taipei
Ugh! There's so much sand! My hands are tired. And I'm so cold. Maybe there isn't any … Wait! I see a shiny rock. It looks like gold! Woohoo!!
吼！好多沙子，挖得我手好酸，這裡怎麼可能會有... 等等！這閃亮亮的石頭，該不會是黃金！
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Jan 13, 2025 • 5min
Exercise is Good for the Brain
Exercise is good for our bodies. It helps make us healthy. It helps us fight sickness. It makes our bodies stronger! And it makes our brains bigger too! What?我們都知道運動對身體很好，讓我們更強壯健康，但是你知道運動也會讓腦袋長大嗎？Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 12, 2025 • 5min
Making Clothes Colors Better for the Earth
Our clothes are many colors: blue pants, red dresses, yellow shirts. They look great! But giving clothes color is bad for the Earth.我們的衣服五顏六色，但是把衣服染色其實對地球很不好。Click HERE for the full transcript.
Jan 9, 2025 • 5min
How to Live Longer
Lots of people want to live longer. Many people in Taiwan can live a long time. But how about longer?! Longer is better! So what's the best way to live longer?很多人希望長命百歲，台灣很多人很長壽，但有了一些秘方後，我們也許能活更久！Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 8, 2025 • 5min
Taiwan Watches Bananas from Space
Bananas... yum! Guatemala and Belize, countries in Central America, grow bananas. Taiwan grows bananas too. It knows a lot about bananas! It helps these countries keep their banana plants healthy. 中美洲的貝里斯跟瓜地馬拉兩個國家，種的香蕉都很好吃。是台灣幫助他們維持香蕉樹的健康喔！Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 7, 2025 • 5min
Student Finds Old City
Wow! There are so many trees here! Look to your left! Trees! Look to your right! There are more trees! We are in a forest, right?哇！這裡有好多樹木！左看右看都是高大的樹，我們走在森林裡，對吧?Click HERE for the full transcript.
Jan 6, 2025 • 5min
Drones Kill Fire Ants in Taiwan
Do you live near fire ants? Be careful! These ants are worse than other ants. They bite! Then they sting! Three to seven times! OUCH! That hurts a lot! 你住的地方附近有紅火蟻嗎? 這種可怕的螞蟻會叮咬人三到七次，非常痛!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 5, 2025 • 5min
Sailing the Humpback Highway to Help Save Humpbacks
The Maori are New Zealand's Indigenous people. Whales are important to them. These very big ocean animals gave the Maori meat, milk, oil, and more.毛利人是紐西蘭原住民，座頭鯨對他們很重要，它提供了鯨魚肉、奶、魚油等資源。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 2, 2025 • 5min
New Year’s Special (Part III): Food!
Yesterday was about New Year’s celebrations. Today, we’re talking about food!昨天介紹的慶祝方式都很有趣，那不同國家會吃什麼食物來迎接新年呢?Click HERE for the full transcript.
