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
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!
Nov 12, 2024 • 5min
Saving Lost Little Birds
Saving Lost Little BirdsOn a small island in Iceland, families join the "Puffin Patrol." They have boxes and flashlights. They search the streets at night. They look for lost pufflings!在冰島，有一些家庭會加入海鸚鵡巡邏隊。他們會在晚上帶著箱子跟手電筒，到街上尋找走失的小海鸚鵡！Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Nov 12, 2024 • 5min
Mushroom Mycelia Move Robots
Mushroom Mycelia Move RobotsRobots can do many things. But they need to moveto do those things. Scientists are looking for new ways to make robots move.With no batteries or wires, robots could do many more things.機器人可以做很多事，科學家正在找出不用電池或電線就能移動的方法，這樣機器人就可以做更多事!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Nov 7, 2024 • 5min
Taiwan Sends Two Satellites into Space
Taiwan Sends Two Satellites into SpaceDid you know Taiwan has a space agency? It's called TASA. It does cool things!你知道台灣有太空總署 TASA 嗎? 他們會做些很酷的事情。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
Nov 7, 2024 • 5min
Jumping Over Water Is a Sport
In the Olympics, pole vaulters run with a long pole. They hold the pole and jump high! They let go of the pole! They go over a high bar! They come down on a MAT so they don't get hurt. The pole vaulter with the highest jump wins! 奧運有撐竿跳項目，運動員握著長長的竿子快跑，然後撐在地上讓自己跳起來，越過欄杆，落在軟墊上，跳最高的就能獲勝!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.
Nov 5, 2024 • 5min
Taiwan's Giant Trees Need Help
Taiwan's Giant Trees Need HelpOn a mountain in Taiwan, a scientist climbs a giant tree. It is 67 meters tall. That's as tall as a 20-story building! 在台灣的山上，科學家正在攀爬一棵巨大的樹。這棵樹有 67 公尺高，就像 20 層樓那麼高!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!
