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 2, 2025 • 5min
New Year’s Special (Part II): Party Time!
Yesterday was about calendars. Today, we’re talking about celebrations! 昨天大家認識了各國的月曆，今天來聊聊不同的慶祝方式! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.
Dec 31, 2024 • 5min
New Year’s Special (Part I): Calendars!
It's 2025! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to our three-part New Year’s Special!There are many days for the new year all overthe world. Why? Well, different cultures use different calendars.你知道世界新年的日子很不一樣嗎? 因為每一個文化有自己特別的月曆。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Dec 30, 2024 • 5min
More Electric Scooters Deliver Mail
More Electric Scooters Deliver MailElectric scooters are great. They are better than gas scooters. Gas scooters are loud. Electric scooters are quiet. Ah, that sounds so nice!電動機車比一般燃油車好多了，它們不會發出很大的噪音。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.
Dec 29, 2024 • 5min
Japanese Satellite Surprise
Japanese Satellite Surprise Manmade satellites go around the Earth. Some take pictures of things in space. Some take pictures of the Earth. Some help us know how to go somewhere. Some help us know about the weather. Some send phone calls to different places. Satellites are important!人造衛星繞著地球轉，它們有很多任務！像是拍攝太空跟地球的照片、把電話轉接到世界各地、幫助我們做天氣預報等等。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Dec 26, 2024 • 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!
Dec 26, 2024 • 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!
Dec 25, 2024 • 5min
Who Starts Christmas in September?
Who Starts Christmas in September?Santa: Happy holidays! Ho, ho, ho!Narrator: You may love Christmas. But people in the Philippines love Christmas more! Filipinos start Christmas from … huh? … September!?大家都愛耶誕節，但菲律賓人絕對是耶誕節最大的粉絲!他們從九月就開始準備了!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Dec 23, 2024 • 6min
Taiwanese Wins the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
Taiwanese Wins the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This means when you want something very much, keep going! Never give up!「如果失敗了，就要一直試到成功!」意思是如果你想要完成一件事的話，就要努力堅持下去!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.
Dec 22, 2024 • 6min
Getting Close to Gray Whales in Mexico
Getting Close to Gray Whales in MexicoOnce upon a time, gray whales were almost gone because people hunted them. But today, in Laguna San Ignacio in Mexico, these whales are not just safe, they're super friendly!灰鯨以前差一點絕種，但是現在在墨西哥聖伊格納西奧潟湖，牠們不僅很安全，還可以跟人近距離接觸!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
Dec 20, 2024 • 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!
