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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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Being Bored Can Be Good for You Sometimes 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!

Let the games begin! This year, the World Masters Games will be in Taiwan! It's the world's biggest event with many sports. It's every four years. And this is the first time it's in Asia! 世界壯年運動會規模很大，四年舉辦一次，今年第一次辦在亞洲，就在台灣! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Many people around the world enjoy swimming and playing in the ocean. They play sports and games. They go surfing, sailing, and snorkeling! 你喜歡水上運動嗎?世界上很多人喜歡游泳跟玩水，還有衝浪、駕駛帆船或是浮潛! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everybody has dreams. But not everyone can make their dream come true. Ang Lee is a Taiwanese movie director. He made his dream come true. 實現夢想很不容易，出生台灣的李安，努力實現夢想，成為世界有名的大導演! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Daisy says she's 78. She says she's a grandma. She loves to talk. She can talk on the phone all day! 阿菊說她是個78 歲的老奶奶，很喜歡整天在手機上跟人聊天! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Baby flies are called larvae. They have no legs or wings. They are very small. One kind of larvae is black soldier fly larvae. These larvae can make something good! 蒼蠅的小寶寶叫做蛆，牠們沒有腳或翅膀，有一種蛆叫黑水虻，牠們可以做厲害的事情! Click HERE for the full transcript!

Scooters are fun, let's go for a ride! But, hey, the most important thing is to be safe. Put on a helmet! 搭機車兜風很好玩，但不要忘記戴安全帽哦! Click HERE for the full transcript!

What do archaeologists do? They find out about the lives of people long ago. They go to very old places. 考古學家做什麼呢? 他們到古老的地方探索，嘗試了解古時候的人如何生活！ Click ⁠ HERE ⁠ for the full transcript!

A ten-year-old girl can't hear anything at all. She is deaf. She talks with her hands, using sign language. Many people don't know sign language. It was hard for her to talk with them. 有個十歲的女孩耳朵聽不見，她用手語跟人溝通，但遇到不懂手語的人，就十分困擾。 Click ⁠ HERE ⁠ for the full transcript!

Hualien has been hit by some big earthquakes and typhoons since last April. They made trees fall down! They also made trees break into smaller pieces of wood. The wind pushed the wood into the ocean. There, it became driftwood! 去年四月到現在，花蓮很多的樹，都因為大地震跟颱風倒下，被雨水或是風帶到海裡，成了漂流木! Click HERE for the full transcript

Many things give people ideas for new foods. The full moon gave someone the idea for mooncakes. An old story gave someone the idea for cute Christmas gingerbread houses. 有些食物的靈感，從意想不到的地方得來，像是月餅造型從滿月而來，薑餅屋的由來則是從一篇老故事！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

April is a great time to travel in Taiwan. You can stay at a hotel. Put some clothes in a bag and you're ready! 四月最適合旅行，趕快打包行李吧！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Whoa … that car is so long! Is someone famous inside? Everyone is taking photos! 哇！大家怎麼都在拍這台好長的車子？裡面載著什麼人呢？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Happy April Fools' Day! Today is a fun day of pranks and laughs! 愚人節快樂! 今天很好玩，可以盡情整人。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Last week, we learned that bigmouth buffalo fish can live for more than one hundred years. Now scientists say that some kinds of whales can too! 之前我們學到胭脂魚可以長命百歲，科學家說有一些鯨魚也非常長壽。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan loves volleyball! We play it on the beach! We play it indoors! We play it outdoors in parks! And now there's something new and exciting for Taiwan's volleyball players and fans! 台灣人很喜歡排球，我們會在沙灘、室內、公園玩，現在有個大好消息，讓台灣的排球選手和粉絲很期待! Click HERE for the full transcript!