

News For Kids
ICRT
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.
Stories are written and recorded by ICRT correspondents, and uploaded every weekday morning.
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Nov 27, 2024 • 5min
Train Ticket Prices May Go Up
In Taiwan, many people use trains every day. They are easy and cheap. Trains are a great way to go to school or work. They are a fun way to go to see family and friends!在台灣,每天都有很多人搭車上班、上課,或是見朋友跟家人,搭火車很便宜又方便!Click HERE for full transcript!

Nov 26, 2024 • 5min
Taiwan to Stop Dolphin Shows
Do you like to watch dolphin shows? Dolphins jump together! They play with balls! They walk on water! Yes, they walk on water... with their tails! Dolphins do many tricks in shows!你喜歡看海豚表演特技嗎?牠們會玩球、跳躍,甚至用尾巴在水面上走!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Nov 25, 2024 • 5min
Boy Breaks Vase and Gets Lesson
One day, a family went to a museum. They looked at many old things. The family has a four-year-old boy. He saw a vase. It was three thousand five hundred years old!一個四歲的小男孩跟他家人到博物館,他看到一個三千五百年前的古老瓶子。Click HERE for full transcript!

Nov 24, 2024 • 5min
Scientists Think Mars Has Lots of Water
Water is important for life. On Earth, there is no life with no water. That is the same for other planets too, like Mars.水非常重要,沒有水就沒有生命,在火星上也是。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Nov 21, 2024 • 5min
Scientists Studying Lobster Color
Lobsters live at the bottom of the ocean. They have long bodies and ten legs. Their big front legs have big claws! Watch out! 龍蝦住在海底,牠們有長長的身體跟十隻腳,小心哦! 牠們的兩隻前腳有巨大的鉗子!Click HERE for full transcript.

Nov 20, 2024 • 5min
As Glaciers Melt, Submarine Looks at Mud Piles
In Greenland, big, slow ice rivers are melting. These are glaciers. Climate change is melting them.在冰島,因為氣候快速變遷,巨大的冰川正在融化。Click HERE for full transcript.

Nov 19, 2024 • 5min
F1 Race Car in Taichung
Something very exciting happened in Taichung. Afast race car raced on Shizheng Road! Sixty thousand people came to watch! It was a fun, noisy day!台中有一件刺激的事情!一輛超快的賽車在市政路上飆車,吸引六萬人來觀看,是熱鬧的一天!...Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

Nov 19, 2024 • 5min
A Big Social Media Change for Teens
A Big Social Media Change for TeensMany teenagers are on social media. Some of their accounts are changing …有很多青少年用社群媒體,有一些帳號將會有很大的改變。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

Nov 17, 2024 • 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!

Nov 14, 2024 • 5min
The Pasta'ay Festival Is About Something Serious
The Saisiyat are one of the Indigenous Taiwanese Peoples. Long ago, there were many Saisiyat people. Today, there are around six thousand Saisiyat in Taiwan.賽夏族是台灣的原住民族,原本人口很多的他們,現在只有大約 6 千人。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!