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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!

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!

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!

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 tra...

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!

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! Click HERE for the full transcript!

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!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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!

Escalators are moving steps. They help people go up or down easily. They are in busy places. On most escalators, two people can stand or walk on one step. 手扶梯是一種移動式的樓梯，讓人們很容易地上下樓，手扶梯會在繁忙的地方，一般來說，可以讓兩個人同時站在左右兩側。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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!

Ugh! There's so much sand! My hands are tired. And I'm so cold. Maybe there isn't any … Wait! I see a shiny rock. It looks like gold! Woohoo!! 吼！好多沙子，挖得我手好酸，這裡怎麼可能會有... 等等！這閃亮亮的石頭，該不會是黃金！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Exercise is good for our bodies. It helps make us healthy. It helps us fight sickness. It makes our bodies stronger! And it makes our brains bigger too! What? 我們都知道運動對身體很好，讓我們更強壯健康，但是你知道運動也會讓腦袋長大嗎？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Our clothes are many colors: blue pants, red dresses, yellow shirts. They look great! But giving clothes color is bad for the Earth. 我們的衣服五顏六色，但是把衣服染色其實對地球很不好。 Click HERE for the full transcript.

Lots of people want to live longer. Many people in Taiwan can live a long time. But how about longer?! Longer is better! So what's the best way to live longer? 很多人希望長命百歲，台灣很多人很長壽，但有了一些秘方後，我們也許能活更久！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bananas... yum! Guatemala and Belize, countries in Central America, grow bananas. Taiwan grows bananas too. It knows a lot about bananas! It helps these countries keep their banana plants healthy. 中美洲的貝里斯跟瓜地馬拉兩個國家，種的香蕉都很好吃。是台灣幫助他們維持香蕉樹的健康喔！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Wow! There are so many trees here! Look to your left! Trees! Look to your right! There are more trees! We are in a forest, right? 哇！這裡有好多樹木！左看右看都是高大的樹，我們走在森林裡，對吧? Click HERE for the full transcript.

Do you live near fire ants? Be careful! These ants are worse than other ants. They bite! Then they sting! Three to seven times! OUCH! That hurts a lot! 你住的地方附近有紅火蟻嗎? 這種可怕的螞蟻會叮咬人三到七次，非常痛! Click ⁠ HERE ⁠ for the full transcript!

The Maori are New Zealand's Indigenous people. Whales are important to them. These very big ocean animals gave the Maori meat, milk, oil, and more. 毛利人是紐西蘭原住民，座頭鯨對他們很重要，它提供了鯨魚肉、奶、魚油等資源。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Yesterday was about New Year’s celebrations. Today, we’re talking about food! 昨天介紹的慶祝方式都很有趣，那不同國家會吃什麼食物來迎接新年呢? Click HERE for the full transcript.

Yesterday was about calendars. Today, we’re talking about celebrations! 昨天大家認識了各國的月曆，今天來聊聊不同的慶祝方式!    Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

It's 2025! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to our three-part New Year’s Special! There are many days for the new year all overthe world. Why? Well, different cultures use different calendars. 你知道世界新年的日子很不一樣嗎? 因為每一個文化有自己特別的月曆。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

More Electric Scooters Deliver Mail Electric scooters are great. They are better than gas scooters. Gas scooters are loud. Electric scooters are quiet. Ah, that sounds so nice! 電動機車比一般燃油車好多了，它們不會發出很大的噪音。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Japanese Satellite Surprise Manmade satellites go around the Earth. Some take pictures of things in space. Some take pictures of the Earth. Some help us know how to go somewhere. Some help us know about the weather. Some send phone calls to different places. Satellites are important! 人造衛星繞著地球轉，它們有很多任務！像是拍攝太空跟地球的照片、把電話轉接到世界各地、幫助我們做天氣預報等等。 Click...

Taiwan Has the World's Biggest Swim Event In Taiwan, more than twenty thousand swimmers went to Sun Moon Lake. Most swimmers were from Taiwan. There were swimmers from thirty eight other countries too! 超過 2 萬個游泳者湧進日月潭，他們不只來自台灣各地，還有其他 38 個國家的選手! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!