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
May 1, 2025 • 5min
Big Colorful Balloons Coming to Taiwan
Big Colorful Balloons Coming to Taiwan Something is in the sky! Is that a bird? Is it a plane? Wait, is that a hot air balloon?咦?是我近視了嗎?天空中是不是有一顆熱氣球?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.
Apr 30, 2025 • 5min
Tiger Beetles Have a Superpower
On a dark night, a small insect is on a mission. Its mission is to stay safe and not be eaten! But the tiger beetle does this in a different way from most insects. It has a superpower! It can trick its hungry hunters! Bats love to eat insects. 黑暗中，昆蟲都要保護自己，而虎甲蟲有個超能力，會欺騙想吃掉自己的獵食者!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 29, 2025 • 5min
After Long Wait, Taichung School Gets New Sports Field
In 2004, a big typhoon hit Taiwan. It hurt many people. It destroyed many homes and businesses. Taichung was one of the cities the big typhoon hit. The wind and rain were very strong! The typhoon destroyed an elementary school sports field!2004 年有一個大颱風襲擊台灣，台中受到很大損失，一座小學操場被風雨毀掉!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 28, 2025 • 5min
Whales are Picky Eaters
Humpback Whales are big ocean animals. They eat small fish, little shrimp, and other small ocean animals. 座頭鯨是大型海洋動物，牠們會張開嘴大口吃小魚小蝦，還有其他小動物。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 27, 2025 • 5min
Too Many Mattresses Making a Mess in Taiwan
Narrator: Uhh! This mattress is so bad! Urgh … I can't sleep on it! It's time to throw it away …In Taiwan, we throw away more than 950,000 mattresses every year! Cities are having a hard time with old mattresses.這個床墊好爛哦，我要丟掉! 台灣每年丟掉 95 萬個床墊! 我們面臨舊床墊大災難!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 24, 2025 • 5min
Monkeys Like Grandma's Oden Shop
Oh no! The monkeys are here! Gah! They're taking our food!猴子來襲!牠們來搶我們的食物了!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 23, 2025 • 6min
Taiwan Fights Noise with Sound Cameras
Urgh! What is that sound! Oh! That noise is so loud!天啊! 這聲音太大聲太刺耳了!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 22, 2025 • 5min
A New Kind of Olympics Is Coming
Last year, the best athletes from many countries took part in the Summer Olympics. All athletes trained hard. Taiwan did very well. Our athletes won seven medals!去年有超精彩的夏季奧林匹克運動會，台灣運動員得了 7 個獎牌!Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 21, 2025 • 6min
The Money-Saving Dam Builders
To keep water in a river, people build walls. These walls are called dams. Dams can also keep water out of rivers.人們建築水壩來控制河流的水位。水壩就像一道牆，把河水擋住。有時候水壩的功能是讓雨水不要進入河流。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Apr 20, 2025 • 5min
Being Bored Can Be Good for You
Being Bored Can Be Good for YouSometimes you want to do something exciting. But nothing looks fun. That's being bored. People don't like being bored. It doesn't feel good.你常感覺無聊嗎? 大部分人不喜歡這種找不到有趣事情的感覺。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!
