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Man Goes to Every Country without Flying Thor, a man from Denmark, went on a long trip. He went to every country in the world! That's 203 countries! Other people who did this used planes. But Thor didn't use planes. He wanted to do something new. 來自丹麥的索爾造訪過世界上每一個國家，一共有203個。通常大家是坐飛機環遊世界，但索爾並沒有這麼做。 Thor had 650 Taiwan dollars to use every day. This mone...

Stuck on Eiffel Tower, Man Says Marry Me Do you know what the Eiffel Tower is? It’s a very tall tower in Paris, France. Millions of people visit it every year. Many visitors take the glass elevators to the top floor. It is 276 meters up! Visitors can see beautiful views of Paris. 你知道什麼是艾菲爾鐵塔嗎? 它是在法國巴黎的一座高塔。每一年都有上百萬人參觀，遊客會搭玻璃電梯到高達276公尺的觀景台，俯瞰...

Christmas is here in New Taipei City! From today until New Year's Day, you can go to Christmasland! At this festival, see Santa Bear and his friends: a snowman, a gingerbread man, a rabbit, and … macarons! 新北市要來迎接聖誕節! 從今天起到元旦，你可以去新北耶誕城喔! 這個活動我們可以看到桑塔熊跟他的夥伴雪人、薑餅人、兔子，還有馬卡龍! People love Christmasland's lights. There are sooooo many! The lig...

This Island Floats We live on an island.* *Islands have water all around them. Oceans, seas, and many lakes and rivers have islands in them. 我們住在島上，島嶼四面環繞著海水。很多的海洋、湖泊跟河流上都有島嶼。 Do islands float like a boat? Most islands are connected to the earth. They don’t float. Does Taiwan float? No, it doesn’t. But some small islands float. And some of them float too much! 島...

Chickens Like Classical Music What kind of music is this? It's classical music. Many people like classical music. Some dogs like it too. Do you know what other animals like classical music? Chickens! 很多人喜歡古典音樂，有一些狗狗也喜歡。但你知道還有哪一些動物喜歡古典音樂嗎？就是雞！ New Zealand has a famous group of musicians. They play music in very nice places. Some of these musicians played at...

Hide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats Let’s play hide and seek! I’ll count. You hide. Find somewhere I can't see you. Ready? Go! 我們一起玩捉迷藏吧！我來當鬼，你去找個我看不到你的地方。 3 … 2 … 1! Ready or not, here I come! … Hey! Where did you go?! Hmm … I found you! I win! Hide and seek is so fun! How about playing hide and seek with an elephant? That's too easy, right? How about playing with a m...

Dog Saves Boy Are dogs people’s best friends? There's a great dog named Axel. He lives with a boy named Gabriel and Gabriel’s mom and dad. 狗狗是人類的好朋友嗎? 有一隻狗叫Axel，牠跟一個叫Gabriel的小男孩，還有Gabriel的爸爸媽媽住在一起。 One morning, Axel woke up Gabriel’s mom and dad with his paws. Pat, pat, pat, pat! He pawed and pawed them. 有一天早上，Axel用腳掌不停地拍Gabriel的爸爸媽媽，要搖醒...

Scientists Make a Strong and Weak Glue What’s glue? It’s sticky stuff. It holds things together. Glue is useful. When we make something, sometimes we glue things together. When we break something, sometimes we can glue the parts together again. 膠水很實用。我們做東西用得到，或是打破東西要黏起來，都用得到。 But there’s one bad thing about glue. It’s hard to take things apart again. 但是膠水有個缺點...

Wedding Picture Is Full of Garbage I am looking at a wedding picture in the newspaper. The bride is so beautiful! Her wedding dress is beautiful too! The groom is so handsome! But - hey! Where are they? 我正在看報紙上的結婚照，照片裡的新娘很漂亮、新郎也很帥氣，可是這張照片是在哪裡拍的呢? In many wedding pictures, the bride and groom are somewhere nice. Maybe they're at a lake, a park, or a garden....

Do you like beaches? They're fun! You can swim in the ocean. You can relax on the sand. You can watch the sun go down. But be careful! Don't park your car by the ocean! 你喜歡海邊嗎?你可以游泳、在沙灘上放鬆、看夕陽。但是要注意喔! 不要把車停在海邊! That's what a family did. They drove to Waipu Beach in Miaoli around five p.m. one day. They parked their two cars on the beach. Then they went and had...

Helping Kids Make Friends Sammie helps lonely kids. They feel sad… They need a friend. Sammie helps them find friends! Sammie幫助孤單的孩子交朋友。 How does Sammie help? She gives buddy benches to schools. What are they? Well, buddy means friend. And benches are long seats for two or three people. Buddy benches are seats for friends! Sammie 怎麼幫助他們呢? 她捐好朋友長板凳給學校。Buddy的意思是朋友...

Artist Fights to Save Art on Old Chewing Gum Do you like chewing gum? Some sugar-free chewing gums can be healthy! They make your teeth whiter, calm you, and stop bad breath. 你喜歡嚼口香糖嗎? 有一些無糖口香糖很健康。它們可以美白牙齒、防止口臭，也可以安撫情緒。 When you finish chewing your gum, do you eat it? Don't do that! It's CHEWING gum! It isn't EATING gum! It goes in the trash, not in you!...

Capybaras Run Away Do you have a pet? Many people have cats or dogs. These animals are cute and friendly. What other animals are cute and friendly? 你有養寵物嗎? 很多人養貓跟狗，牠們很可愛也很友善。還有哪些動物又可愛又友善呢? Capybaras are! Do you know about capybaras? They look like small pigs. They're fast runners. They can run up to fifty kilometers an hour! 你知道水豚嗎? 牠們看起來像小豬，牠們...

The Moon Shakes! What happens in an earthquake? Under our feet, the ground shakes - on the Earth! What about moonquakes? Yup, the ground shakes on the moon! 發生地震的時候，我們腳下的地球震動。那月震呢? 沒錯，就是月球的地面發生震動! Why do moonquakes happen? The moon gets VERY hot during the day. This means it get a little bigger.* *The moon gets VERY cold at night. It gets a little smaller. The m...

These Blind Farmers Help With Your Rice and Noodles Do you like grains? Some grains are rice, corn, and wheat. 你喜歡穀物嗎? 譬如說米飯、玉米跟小麥。 In Taiwan, we use rice to make braised pork rice. We use cornstarch to make egg crepes, sauces, and fried chicken. We use wheat flour to make noodles for beef noodle soup and buns for pork belly buns. 在台灣，我們用米飯做滷肉飯，用玉米粉做蛋餅、醬料...

Halloween Saved for Dog Lovers Hi everyone, Happy Halloween! Halloween is fun. People wear costumes. They are ghosts, witches, monsters, or anything else they want. 萬聖節快樂! 萬聖節很好玩，大家裝扮成巫師、巫婆或是怪物，或其他模樣。 Many kids knock on doors. They say "trick or treat!" Some people have Halloween parties and wear costumes. 小朋友敲門說:「不給糖就搗蛋」! 也有人會舉辦萬聖節派對跟化裝...

Groups Move “In Time” to Music Narrator: How do soldiers march? They march together. **Sergeant Major: **“Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! …” *(cont.)* Narrator: They’re moving “in time”. Together, they step with their left foot.* *Together, they step with their right foot. Then their left, then their right, then … ah! You get the idea! 他們同時做一樣的動作，一起同時踏出左腳，然後右腳。 When...

Katalin Kariko is a scientist. Some people say she saved the world. Maybe she saved your life! Katalin Kariko是一位科學家。有人說她拯救了世界，也許她還救了你一命。 Vaccines help stop people from getting sick. Dr. Kariko had an idea to make better vaccines. She worked on her idea for many years. 疫苗可以防止人類生病。 Kariko博士想出辦法，讓疫苗更加有效。 Then Dr. Kariko worked with Dr. Drew Weissma...

Snails are small animals with a shell. They crawl very slowly. Snails leave silver lines on the ground. They eat fruit, vegetables, and many other things. Gardeners and farmers don't like snails. 蝸牛是個很小的動物，牠們吃水果、蔬菜等等，所以園丁跟農夫都不喜歡蝸牛。 But many people around the world like snails. They like to eat them.*** ***Some people pay a lot of money to eat snails! Where are th...

We live on Earth. Some people call it the “Blue Planet”. From far away, the earth looks blue. That’s because the earth has so much water. 地球有很多水，遠看地球是藍色的，因此有人把地球叫做藍色星球。 Most of the earth’s water is in the oceans. Oceans are very big! Many things live in them. There are animals and plants we don't know about. 大部分地球上的水都在海洋，廣闊的海洋有很多我們還不知道的生物...

A small town has a big art project called the Time Pyramid. 一座小鎮有個很盛大的藝術計畫，它叫做時間金字塔。 Pyramids take a long time to make. In Egypt, the Great Pyramid took 20 years. In Germany, the Time Pyramid is taking about 1,200 years!? 建金字塔要花很長的時間，埃及吉薩大金字塔花了20年，德國的時間金字塔居然要花1200年才能完成。 But this pyramid will be about 7 meters tall. That's small! Why...

The School With Two Students How big is your school? Some schools are small. They are far from cities. They have two or three hundred students. 你的學校有多大呢? 有一些離城市遠的學校，有大概兩、三百位的學生。 And some schools are very small. They are on a mountain, in a forest, or on an island. They have twenty or thirty students. 還有一些在山上、森林或離島更小的學校，有二、三十位學生。 But there...

Scientists Want to Build Moon Homes Do you want to live on the moon? It’s very different from here. 你想要住在月球嗎? 這跟在地球生活很不一樣喔。 Here, the air is safe to breathe. On the moon, there is lots of dust. Breathing moondust is very dangerous. It’s very sharp! It can kill you! 地球的空氣很安全，但月球上有很多的灰塵。吸入這些灰塵很危險，可能會要了你的命。 Do you still want to live on the m...

Bears Have Breakfast in Van Do you know that bears like sweet food? Bears like fruit and honey. What other sweet foods do bears like? They like donuts! 你知道熊喜歡吃甜食嗎?牠們喜歡吃水果跟蜂蜜，還有甜甜圈! One morning, a mother bear and a baby bear were looking for food. They saw a van. The van was by a store. The van doors were open. No one was in the van. That’s because the driver was taking do...

A Lazy Game from a Silly Saying Do you hear people say “all Taiwanese like stinky tofu”? Saying this is silly, right?! 你聽過別人說: 「所有台灣人都喜歡吃臭豆腐」嗎? 這聽起來很傻，對吧? It’s silly because it’s wrong. Do all Taiwanese like stinky tofu? Of course not! Everyone, in every country, is different. And everyone likes different things. 因為這是錯誤的說法，不管哪個國家，每一個人都不一樣，喜...