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
Feb 19, 2025 • 5min
Where You Buy Bread Isn't Important
Mmm... Taiwan has delicious bread. There are many kinds! And bread is everywhere. You can find bread at bakeries. You can find bread at convenience stores. 台灣的麵包好好吃哦！在麵包店和便利商店都買得到各式各樣的麵包。 Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 18, 2025 • 6min
Parks and Indigenous People Help Taiwan's Salmon
Taiwan has its own salmon! You can see them on the $2,000 Taiwan dollar bill. 台灣有種特別的鮭魚，叫做櫻花鉤吻鮭，你可以在兩千元鈔票上找到牠們。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 17, 2025 • 5min
Saving Giant Yams
Many plants have roots. Roots grow underground. Some roots are vegetables. Carrots and potatoes are root vegetables. Yams are big root vegetables!你知道我們吃的一些蔬菜，像胡蘿蔔跟馬鈴薯，是其他植物的根嗎?它們在地底下生長，而好吃的地瓜就是一種大型根莖類蔬菜。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 16, 2025 • 5min
A Spicy, Sour Soup Is a Country's Living Heritage
Tomyum Kung is a soup from Thailand. There's lime juice in it, so it's sour. There are hot chili peppers in it, so it's spicy! The "Kung" in "Tomyum Kung" means shrimp, so there's shrimp in it. There are other delicious things in it too.冬蔭功是泰國有名的湯料理，因為有加萊姆汁和紅辣椒，所以它又酸又辣，裡面還有放蝦子和其他好吃的食材。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 13, 2025 • 5min
Letters of Love
It's Valentine's Day! Today, many people use dating apps to find love. But long ago, people met in other ways…今天是情人節，你們會不會好奇四十年前沒有交友軟體，那時候的人怎麼談戀愛呢？Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 12, 2025 • 5min
Growing Toilet Paper
Toilet paper makes our lives better. But how many trees are cut down for toilet paper every year? One million trees are cut down!衛生紙是超級方便的發明，但是你知道嗎?每一年都有 1 百萬棵樹被砍下來做衛生紙!ClickHEREfor the full transcript!
Feb 11, 2025 • 5min
Saving Ring with Diamonds Given by Grandmothers
A man asked a woman to marry him. She said "yes!" He gave her a diamond ring. They were a very happy couple. The couple went to a beautiful garden. They wanted to take pictures. They were ready! They smiled.一位男士拿出鑽石戒指，向女朋友求婚，他們非常快樂地到花園裡拍照，紀念珍貴的一刻。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Feb 10, 2025 • 5min
Paintings Help People in the Hospital
Hospitals are not fun. They can make people sad. But a woman in the U.S. is making hospitals nicer. She helps people who are very sick.醫院常常是讓人傷心的地方，但美國一個婦人用自己的方式幫助病人，讓醫院變得更好。ClickHEREfor the full transcript!
Jan 19, 2025 • 6min
The Famous Baby Hippo
A baby hippo is famous. People love her cute face and playful moves. 有一隻活潑可愛的小河馬，廣受大家歡迎。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Jan 15, 2025 • 5min
New Worlds in the Earth
Did you know there are worlds underground? They are in caves. Caves are spaces in the Earth. Some are very big. Some are small. And some people love to go into them.你知道地底下有另外一種世界嗎？地底下有很多大大小小的洞穴，很多人喜歡去探險。Click HERE for the full transcript!
