News For Kids

Have you seen big groups eat beautiful meals on a road? These are roadside banquets. People have them for new babies, weddings, and other events. 你看過一群人在路邊吃大餐嗎?台灣慶祝新生兒或喜宴時會舉辦，那叫做辦桌。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Seagrass grows in the ocean. It grows where the bottom of the ocean gets some sunlight. That's up to fifty meters deep. Seagrass fields can grow in the middle of the ocean! 海草長在照得到陽光的海底，可能是有 50 公尺深的海中央! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has its own butterfly. It's the purple crow butterfly. In sunlight, its color changes all the time. Japanese scientists call its changing color "magic light." 紫斑蝶是台灣特有的蝴蝶，翅膀會在陽光下變色，日本科學家稱這個現象為幻色。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In South America, a tree's roots grow above the ground. They look like octopus legs. Some people say the tree walks! Is that true? 南美洲有一棵樹的樹根突出地面，像是章魚腳，甚至有人說它會走路! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Today is World Bicycle Day. What's that sound? That's right. It's a YouBike! It's a bike people can rent. 世界腳踏車日就是今天! 一起租 YouBike 來騎吧 ! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone knows Earth has one moon. That's why it's called 'the moon'. It goes around our planet. People have gone to the moon in rockets. How do we know something is a moon? It goes around and around a planet or something that isn't a star. 地球只有一個月亮，但只要不斷繞著行星，又不是星星的物體就叫月亮，所以外太空裡有很多顆。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Being out in the sun with friends feels good! Doing this when we're exercising, having fun, and helping others feels GREAT! 在太陽下跟朋友玩很享受，如果可以同時運動跟幫助人，感覺更棒! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Blimps are airships. They look like whales in the sky! They're full of a gas. This gas is lighter than air. The gas makes blimps go up. 飛船就是飛行的船，長得很像鯨魚，裡面充滿比空氣輕的氣體，所以可以升到空中。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A mom in Yunlin has a daughter. She took her daughter to the doctor. The doctor told the mom her daughter needed to eat many kinds of food. What if her daughter didn't want to? The doctor said the mom needed to find ways to get her daughter to eat them. 雲林一個女孩長不高，醫生告訴媽媽，要讓她吃各式各樣的食物，媽媽該怎麼做呢? Click HERE for the full transcript!

A young man from Japan visited Taiwan. He wanted to see Taiwan's beautiful scenery. He got on his bike. He wanted to ride all the way around Taiwan. 一個日本年輕人想看台灣最美麗的風景，所以他跳上腳踏車，要繞台灣一圈。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some of us talk to our plants. Did you know that plants talk, too? But they don't talk like we do. And we cannot hear them talk. So how do we know plants talk? 你知道植物會說話嗎? 只是跟人類方式不同，我們也聽不到，那怎麼知道的呢? Click HERE for the full transcript!

What happens to old ships? Some become museums or hotels. Some are recycled. And some help ocean animals! 不再使用的舊船要如何處理? 可以變成旅館或博物館，或是被回收，也許還能幫助海洋動物! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Brazil is a country in South America. It's famous for many things. Carnival is Brazil's most famous celebration. Many cities there have big, big parties! There's lots of music and dancing. Many people wear colorful costumes! 南美洲巴西最會辦派對! 他們的嘉年華有很多音樂表演、舞蹈，還有五彩繽紛的變裝! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bees are yellow and black. They fly from flower to flower. This helps make food for us. But bees need help, so today is World Bee Day. 蜜蜂每天飛來飛去散播花粉，可是很辛苦的! 大家趁著今天是蜜蜂日，和牠們說辛苦囉! Click HERE for the full transcript!

When you are walking to school or somewhere else, you have to be careful. Many drivers are not careful! 我們都知道行人要注意安全，但有時候不小心的是汽車駕駛! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Sunday is International Museum Day. Museums show us many things. In Croatia, one museum is about laughter! 星期天是國際博物館日!博物館帶給我們很多新知識，克羅埃西亞有個歡笑博物館! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you love fresh strawberries?! They're in strawberry tarts, strawberry milk, strawberry tánghúlu! Yum yum yum! 草莓香甜可口，草莓塔、草莓牛奶、草莓糖葫蘆都好吃! Click HERE for the full transcript!

We need to buy vegetables! But it isn't time to eat. It's time to make music! Yes, vegetables can make music! 買蔬菜的時間到囉! 這些蔬菜不是用來吃的，而是當作樂器演奏! Click HERE for the full transcript!

There are many kinds of races. There's car racing. There's horse racing. And there's pigeon racing! 比賽種類繁多，有賽車，賽馬，還有賽鴿。不過我們這裡講的賽鴿，很不一樣。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Small Stuff Makes Big Bear Itch A big white bear lives in a zoo. People love seeing him. He's fun to watch. 動物園住著一頭大白熊，許多人很喜歡去拜訪牠。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!

Daughter Teaches Mom Taekwondo It's Mothers' Day this Sunday. Do something special for your mom this weekend! 這個週末就是母親節，為媽媽做一些特別的事情吧！ Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!

Can you think of any animals that might be dangerous? Bears and lions can be dangerous. There are many more. Did you guess birds? Well, one kind of bird is dangerous and scary! It looks like a dinosaur! 有些動物相當危險，讓人害怕。你能想到哪些動物呢? 比如說熊跟獅子，但是鳥類呢? Click HERE for the full transcript!

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!

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!

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.