

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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May 6, 2025 • 5min
Artist Brings Back Long-Ago Village Life
Carving wood to make art is called sculpting. Stone and metal can be sculpted too. But wood is strong and easier to sculpt! Artists can sculpt people and animals that look real. They can make scenes that tell stories.Sculpt是雕刻,就是在木頭或金屬刻出形狀,木頭韌性強又好雕刻,藝術家可以做出很真實的故事場景。Click HERE for the full transcript!

May 5, 2025 • 5min
This Cat Can Fly!
Skiing down a snowy mountain is fast and fun! But what's faster and more fun? Ski parachuting is! That is skiing with a parachute on your back! 滑雪這種運動好玩又刺激,但是還有更快更好玩的,就是滑雪跳傘。Click HERE for the full transcript!

May 4, 2025 • 5min
The Secret Wrestler Hero
Some kids have loving families. Others are not so lucky. When kids have nobody to care for them, orphanages give them a home, food, and love. 有些小孩家庭美滿,有一些則不是,當小孩沒人照顧時,孤兒院會提供他們家、食物和關愛。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.

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!