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Orangutans are smart apes. Sadly, there aren't many of them. Their rainforest homes are getting too small. They live in Indonesia and Malaysia. These countries are south of Taiwan.紅毛猩猩是聰明的人猿。可惜牠們越來越少，因為居住的雨林越來越小。牠們住在東南亞國家印尼跟馬來西亞。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Good Health for Back to School  It's back to school for you! But! It's also back to catching colds...More sneezing and coughing are around you! But there are many ways to stay healthy. 嘿!該是你們回學校上課的時候囉! 但是隨著開學，越來越多身邊的人咳嗽和打噴嚏，你們也更加容易感冒，不過，有很多保持健康的好方法哦。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Scientists say something is flying in space. And it's near Earth. It's not a spaceship. It's not a plane. It's a rock! Huh?科學家說地球附近有物體在飛，不是太空船或飛機，是一顆石頭！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Maybe your school has swings. Two long chains hold a seat. You hold the chains. The seat is behind you. You move back a little. Then you sit and put your feet out! Whee!你應該玩過學校的鞦韆，手抓緊鍊子，坐在椅子上，雙腳往前伸，然後往後彎，就可以飛好高！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Every year, many people catch the flu. Being sick isn't fun. But the flu is easy to catch. You can catch it when someone with the flu sneezes or coughs near you.每年很多人得流感，只要病人咳嗽打噴嚏，身邊的人就可能被傳染！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some dogs work at airports. Some dogs work for the police. Why? Dogs have good noses. They can smell things very well. They smell things much better than we can. They can smell things we cannot smell!有的狗狗在機場工作，有的是警犬，因為牠們的鼻子靈敏，可以聞到我們聞不到的氣味。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan loves sports! We won the WBSC Premier12 last year! The World Masters Games were here this year.台灣很喜歡運動，我們去年贏得世界棒球十二強，今年還舉辦世狀運!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Joss paper is burned for gods and people who have passed away. It's also called ghost money. 紙錢是活人燒給神明和已經過世的人使用，又叫做冥紙。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Playing with hula hoops is fun. You move your waist backward and forward fast. The hoop spins around and around your waist. It doesn't fall down! Do you know why?搖呼拉圈很好玩，你有好奇過為什麼只要前後搖擺，呼拉圈就會繞著腰旋轉嗎?Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan is a great country for birdwatchers. We have about seven hundred kinds of birds. We have ducks and geese! We have pigeons and doves! We have owls!台灣是很適合賞鳥的國家，我們有七百種不同的鳥、鴨子、鵝、鴿子跟貓頭鷹！Click HERE for the full transcript!