News For Kids

Discover the ancient game of Go, a strategic board game played for over 4,000 years. In this episode, we'll explore its history, how it's played, and how 22-year-old Taiwanese player Lai Jun-fu made history by winning a major tournament in South Korea. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including vocabulary and a quiz!

The Moon Water Contest In this episode, we explore the exciting race to make moon water! Learn how scientists are trying to turn dirty moon ice into clean water with help from a contest hosted by the UK and Canadian space agencies. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Stamps of a Taiwan Sports Star Taiwan's badminton champion featured on the country’s stamps. Learn about her journey to becoming a world champion and a role model for perseverance. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Happy Double Ten Day   Today is Double Ten Day! Everyone has the day off! It’s a national holiday in Taiwan! 今天是雙十節! 全台灣的人都不用上班上課，一起慶祝國慶日 ! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Sea Otters Do Important Work Sea otters are cute, furry animals. They look like teddy bears. They eat a lot. They rest on their backs on the ocean. What a nice life! 海獺是一種毛茸茸的可愛動物，每天吃完東西就仰躺在海上休息，好休閒 ! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Teens' Machine Takes Microplastics from Water Plastic is everywhere. We drink from plastic bottles. We carry the items we buy in plastic bags. Even parts of our homes are made of plastic! 塑膠到處都有，我們用塑膠瓶喝水。我們買的東西裝在塑膠袋裡面，甚至房屋的一部份都是塑膠做的! Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including the vocabulary and quiz.

The Kid of the Year A U.S. magazine chose a Kid of the Year! This 15-year-old boy plays music and reads a lot. He plays basketball and chess. And he makes soap. It can help people with skin cancer! 美國一份雜誌選出年度最有影響力的小孩，這個十五歲的男孩會彈奏音樂、讀很多書，他會打籃球跟下棋，他還會做特別的肥皂，幫助皮膚癌病人。 The boy started mixing soaps and other things when he was four. He want...

Stretching Helps Your Body "Eight, nine, ten… phew!" Exercise is hard work! But kids in Taiwan need more exercise. It's very important for good health. 呼! 運動很辛苦，但台灣的小孩需要做更多運動，這對健康非常重要。 Do you know two important things to do when you exercise? They are warming up and stretching! 當你做運動時有兩件很重要的事: 就是暖身和拉筋! A researcher says to warm up first. You can w...

Waiting for Flying Cars Companies have been working on flying cars for many years. So we ask, "Where are the flying cars?" 很多公司一直在研究飛天車，到底甚麼時候會做出來呢? Flying cars are hard to make. The cars need to fly a long way. And they need to be safe. Companies have to test their flying cars many times. No one wants cars to fall from the sky! 飛天車很難製造，因為它需要安全地長途飛行。公...

The Taishin Youth Volunteer Awards A young girl's love of books is changing lives! She loves to read. She wants to help kids everywhere to read, learn, and grow. 有個女孩，她對書本的熱愛正在改變生命! 她要幫助世界各地的兒童閱讀和學習。 The girl found a group online. It helps kids to study. She volunteered. She read books online with students in India. She had a great time! 這個女孩志願參加幫助兒童...

Taiwan Will Get Better Water Ahhhh! Water is soooo good. Safe drinking water helps us be healthy. Drinking water comes out of our faucets at home. 水真好喝! 安全的飲用水能讓我們保持身體健康。 Taiwan's drinking water is good. But it is going to get better! Taiwan is making our water safer to drink. How? It is going to take out one kind of chemical. 台灣的水的品質將要變得更好，怎麼做呢? 未來將要把水...

Backpacking Dogs In a big park in the UK, many dogs wear backpacks… on their stomachs! Why? 在英國一個公園裡，許多小狗肚子兩邊綁著背包，這是為甚麼呢? A long time ago, the UK had wolves. The wolves walked a lot. They walked in forests. They walked in tall grass. Seeds caught on their fur. They walked some more. Seeds fell off their fur. And new plants grew in new places. 很久以前在英國有野狼，牠們...

Mmmmm… Tuna is delicious. Mmmmm-mm! And bluefin tuna is very delicious! 黑鮪魚太好吃了。 Bluefin tuna fish are big. They can be from one and a half meters to three meters long! They can weigh from sixty kilograms to four hundred fifty kilograms! 黑鮪魚身體巨大，牠們可以從1.5到3公尺長，60到450 公斤重 ! In Taiwan, fishermen are very good at catching bluefin tuna. That’s great! They can catch all of...

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In June, two astronauts were excited. They were flying a spaceship to the ISS. That's the International Space Station. 六月時，兩個很興奮的太空人，駕著太空船飛到了 ISS，也就是國際太空站。 Astronauts try new things in space there! These things help us learn more about space. 太空人要嘗試很多新事物，幫助我們更了解太空。 The ISS is also a...

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ People lived in Taiwan thousands of years ago. We don't know a lot about them. Sometimes we find their things. These things can help us learn more. But sometimes the things are a mystery. 幾千年前，就有人類在台灣生活，我們偶而也會找到一些那些人的遺跡。不過有時候找到的東西是個謎。 A tall, thin stone stands in Taitung. It's very, very ol...

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Deer are beautiful animals. It's exciting to see them in a forest. But it's not good when a deer is on a road. That's very dangerous. 鹿是美麗的動物，在森林看到牠們會讓人很開心。但是鹿如果出現在道路上就糟糕了，那會很危險。 A deer can die when a car hits it. People can get hurt too. 鹿被車子撞到可能會死掉，人也可能受傷。 In the U.S., tw...

Super Light Shoes Made With Spray Ready… Set… Go! Look at them run! What a race! How do they run so fast? 你看他們跑步! 真是精采的一場賽跑! 他們怎麼能跑這麼快? The Paris Olympics was this summer. The fastest runners in the world were there. 巴黎奧運在今年夏天舉行，全世界跑得最快的選手都聚集在那裡。 Hellen Obiri was there. She's from Kenya, an East African country. She's one of the greatest maratho...

Taiwan’s First Medal in Paris This year, the world came together for the Summer Olympics. It was in Paris. 全世界都在上個月為了巴黎奧運聚在一起 ! Many countries compete in many sports. Some sports are swimming and running. Other sports use guns.* *Skeet uses guns. 許多國家都會參與各項比賽。有些運動是游泳和跑步，也有些運動要使用到槍。定向飛靶射擊比賽就需要用到槍。 In skeet, an athlete shoots two fl...

Taiwan's Kids Get Free Milk Ahhhh! Milk is good for you. Most of the milk people drink comes from cows. This milk helps your bones and teeth become stronger. 牛奶對身體好，喝牛奶可以幫助骨頭跟牙齒強壯。 Last year, people in Taiwan drank 20 liters of milk each. But that's much less than people in Europe and Australia. Europeans drank 53 liters each. Australians drank 92 liters each! 台灣去年每人平...

Good Health for Back to School It's back to school for you! But! It's also back to catching colds… More sneezing and coughing are around you! But there are many ways to stay healthy. 嘿!該是你們回學校上課的時後囉! 但是隨著開學，越來越多身邊的人咳嗽和打噴嚏，你們也更加容易感冒，不過，有很多保持健康的好方法哦。 Listen up! What's the first thing to do before you eat? Well, you wash your hands! Using...

Lost King Found on Social Media Do you look at pictures of your family and friends on social media? Or do you look at funny pictures and animal videos? 你會在社群媒體上瀏覽朋友的照片嗎?還是看好笑的照片或動物影片呢? Some people who like art look at art on social media. Maybe they're looking at a picture of a family. But if there's art in the picture too, the art lover sees the art! 藝術愛好者會在社...

Green Electricity in Taitung Deep in the earth, it's very, very hot. In Taiwan, under Taitung, it's very, very, very hot! The water there is hot too. It's so hot that it makes lots of steam! 台東地底下的溫度非常高，地下水也很燙，會產生很多的蒸氣。 The hot water and steam come out of the earth. The hot water makes hot springs. Many people go to Taitung's hot springs. They sit and relax … ahh! Cloud...

Saying Goodbye With Fantasy Coffins Ghost Month is done. 農曆鬼月已經結束囉。 When a person's life is done, they might be put in a coffin. Then their family and friends say goodbye to them. 人的生命結束的時候，他可能會被放進棺材裏面。他的親友會再跟他道別。 Most coffins are long boxes.* *Most are made of wood. But sometimes the person has a very different coffin! 多數棺材是長長的木製箱子。不過有時...

An Inside Look at Mascots Mascot: T-E-A-M! Goooooo team! Narrator: That's a mascot cheering at a baseball game. The mascot is the cute animal or the cool superhero dancing around. Mascots make fans loud and excited! 那個吉祥物正在為棒球比賽加油! 吉祥物可以是可愛的動物或是大英雄，他們會跳舞逗粉絲開心。 Being a mascot actor looks easy and fun. They dance, cheer, and do funny things. 當吉祥物的演員看...

No Cows Needed for This Butter Mmm … Toast and butter, yum! Most butter is made from cow's milk. But a company has a new way to make butter. 烤土司加奶油真好吃! 大多數的奶油是用牛奶做的，現在有一間公司有新的方式做奶油。 It uses carbon dioxide and other gases that come from the air. It heats the gases. That makes the fat for the butter. No cows are needed! 這間公司加熱空氣中的二氧化碳跟其他氣體，做...