News For Kids

That's the sound of a fire truck. Someone needs help! Firefighters are going to help! 這是消防車的聲音，有人需要幫忙囉！ Firefighters help in emergencies. It can be a fire or a car crash. It's when something bad happens. 消防隊員會幫助有緊急狀況的人，像是火災或是車禍。 Five boys had an emergency. They needed help from firefighters. It wasn't because of a fire… They were in a sewer! Sewers are unde...

Hi! Today, I… Oh, excuse me… "Hello. Sorry, I can't talk right now. I'm very busy. Bye." Sorry, I just had a phone call. Speaking of phone calls, let me tell you all about the world's first "drone call". 不好意思，我剛剛在講電話。說到電話，讓我告訴你世界上第一個用無人機打電話的故事。 Drones are small machines that fly. Some drones have cameras. A man called Casey lives in Oregon. It snows there in...

I love ketchup. I put it on everything I eat. I eat it on hot dogs, hamburgers, rice. That's right. I sometimes put it on rice. Yum! 我好愛番茄醬，我會把它放在熱狗或是漢堡上，有時候還會配白飯吃！ I love ketchup very much. But I don't eat only ketchup. I need some food to eat it with. Ketchup on French fries, on pizza, on… Oh, now I'm hungry! 但是我不會光吃番茄醬，得要跟其他東西一起吃，像是薯條，披...

Bye, buddy! Be good! See you later! I want to be with my dog all day. But I can't take him everywhere. Is he okay at home all day? He can't have fun. He can't go for a walk. Is he bored? Does he want to play with other dogs? 我不能每天都把狗狗帶在身邊，牠在家會不會很無聊？牠會想跟其他狗狗玩嗎？ Many people are busy. They can't walk their dogs. What do they do? They get a dog walker. Mo is a dog wa...

I love tuna! My favorite food is tuna sushi. Tuna tastes good. It's a healthy food too. Many of us eat tuna. Fishermen catch the tuna we eat. They catch seven billion kilograms every year! That's a lot of tuna! 我喜歡吃鮪魚壽司。鮪魚好吃又健康。很多人都吃鮪魚，漁民每一年捕撈70億公斤的鮪魚！ But that's too much tuna. The number of tuna fish is smaller every year. That's not good. What happens when...

Today is Mother Goose Day in the USA. 今天是美國的鵝媽媽節。 Blossom is a goose. She lives on a pond. Blossom 是一隻住在池塘裡的鵝。 Animals don't have wives or husbands. They have mates. Geese have the same mate all their lives. Blossom's mate was Bud. But Bud died last year. 動物沒有所謂的老婆或老公，動物的夫妻叫做配偶，鵝一生只會有一個配偶。Blossom 的配偶 Bud 去年過世了。 Blossom went to an off...

Tomorrow is International Dance Day! Dancing is cool. We can feel good, have fun, and listen to great music! 明天是世界舞蹈日！跳舞很好玩，還可以聽音樂！ A university in the USA has a marathon. 美國有一所大學，都會辦馬拉松比賽。 There are marathons all over the world. In many marathons, people run a long, long way. They run for 42 kilometers. Most run to get money for others. They give the money t...

Yay! I'm finished studying! I went to college. I studied for two years. I got a degree in cooking! My degree shows I can cook well. 唸了兩年，我終於從廚藝學校畢業了！ Some people go to college or university. They want a degree. A degree shows they studied something. Some degrees take two years. Some take four or five years. But guess what? One man's degree took fifty-two years! That's a very long...

Narrator: Hi! I'm at a wedding. The bride… She's so beautiful! Voice: You may now kiss the bride… Narrator: What a beautiful wedding! Every couple wants something different for their wedding. Some couples want a small wedding. Some couples want a big wedding. And some couples want a very, very different wedding! 每一對新人都想要不一樣的婚禮，有人喜歡小型婚禮，有人期待盛大的結婚儀式，也有人希望有很...

Ouch! A cut! It's so small… It's tiny! But this tiny wound hurts so much! I need a bandage. 我割傷了！傷口好小，可是好痛！我需要一條 OK 繃。 Do you know about the new "smart bandages"? The smart bandages are stretchy. These stretchy bandages are easy to use. You can put one on any wound. 你有聽過「智慧繃帶」嗎？這種繃帶可以拉很長，包覆在各種傷口上。 These smart bandages have tiny computers. These...

What time is it in New York? I know that's a hard question. 你知道現在紐約幾點嗎？ New York is 12 hours behind Taiwan. When it's noon here, it's midnight in New York. You're eating lunch. But kids in New York are sleeping. 紐約比台灣慢 12 個小時，現在這裡是中午，所以紐約那裡是半夜。你吃午餐的時候，紐約的小孩在睡覺。 Japan is one hour ahead of Taiwan. It's noon here. But it's 1 PM there. Kids in Ja...

Tomorrow is Earth Day! I'm at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung. The museum has lots of stones, plants, animals, and insects. 明天就是世界地球日！我現在人在台中科博館，裡面有很多岩石、植物、動物，跟昆蟲。 There are bees, butterflies, crickets and many more insects… 這裡有蜜蜂、蝴蝶、蟋蟀等等。 Insects help make the earth healthy. We need them! But many insects are dying all over t...

Oh, excuse me. I'm brushing my teeth. There! I'm finished. Sorry about that. It's important to take care of your teeth. It's easy. You need a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, and… your teeth! 照顧牙齒很重要，也很簡單，你只需要一支牙刷、一條牙膏、一捲牙線，還有你的牙齒！ How many times do you brush your teeth every day? Do you brush them two times? Three times? But toothbrushes can't brush between yo...

I'm at an ice cream shop. I want one small scoop of ice cream. There are many flavors! There's chocolate… strawberry… vanilla… WAIT! What is that?! Crickets?! In ice cream?! 我在冰淇淋店裡面，有好多種口味可以選，有巧克力、草莓，還有… 蟋蟀？ That's right! That's a strange flavor. Thomas is a cook. He makes strange ice cream flavors. He made liver sausage and cheese ice cream! One time, Thomas put g...

Ah! Italy… Italy is a country. It's in Europe. It has a long history. It has a great culture. The Romans lived there two thousand years ago. They made beautiful statues, temples, and other things. 義大利是歐洲一個歷史悠久的國家。羅馬人兩千年前在義大利創造了美麗的雕像還有聖殿。 We can see many of these things in Italy today. They are very, very old! But Italy keeps them safe. They are important to...

Voice: 你好！ Narrator: Good morning! That woman is so happy! Hmmm… How happy is everyone in Taiwan? There is a big group of countries. It is called the United Nations. Some people call the United Nations "the UN". United Nations 聯合國，它是一個由很多國家組成的組織，英文縮寫是 "UN"。 The UN makes a list. It shows how happy countries are. This list is the "World Happiness Report". The UN makes the...

Ahh! That's better… now I need to wash my hands! Toilets are great! They take our germs away. That helps us to be healthy. Without toilets, people can get very sick. But toilets cost money. Some people don't have money for a toilet. 抽水馬桶可以帶走細菌，讓我們保持健康。但有一些人買不起抽水馬桶。 In Cambodia, there's a big lake. It's called the Tonle Sap. It's the biggest fishing lake in the world...

Today is the start of the traditional New Year in Thailand! The Thai New Year is called Songkran. It is in April every year. It's Thailand's most famous festival. There's a lot of music and dancing! 今天是泰國傳統新年--潑水節！潑水節在每一年四月，是泰國最有名的慶典，大家會在這一天唱唱跳跳。 There's a lot of water too. Water is very important for Songkran. There are lots of big water fights! People...

A marathon is a long running race. It is 42 kilometers long! 一場馬拉松要跑 42 公里。 What about an ultramarathon? An ultramarathon is hundreds of kilometers long. 超級馬拉松怎麼樣呢？ 要跑好幾百公里！ What about an ultramarathon in the cold, icy Arctic? 如果是辦在冰天雪地的北極超級馬拉松呢？ The Yukon Arctic Ultra is in the cold, icy Arctic. It’s an ultramarathon in Canada. It’s 700 kilometers lo...

Hey there! Today is International Pet Day. I'm at my local pet store. I want a new pet! Let's see… They have dogs… cats… and birds… Hi! Oh, and they have… crocodiles? 今天是國際寵物日，我在寵物店裡面，這裡有狗狗、貓咪、小鳥，還有… 鱷魚？ A man named Jonathan has a pet crocodile! Jonathan lives in Mexico. He went to a pet store there. He bought a small, green, and angry crocodile! Jonathan named he...

We celebrate mothers on Mother's Day, and fathers on Father's Day. So, we celebrate brothers and sisters on Siblings Day. Siblings Day is on April 10th, which is today! 你有兄弟姊妹嗎？我們會慶祝父親節跟母親節，今天，我們要慶祝兄弟姐妹節。 Most people know their siblings. But some people don't! 我們都知道自己的兄弟姊妹是誰，但有人可能不知道喔。 Dacina and Traian are a sister and brother. They are...

Hey, students! Do you want to fly in a rocket? You can do that! 你們想要搭火箭嗎？ There is a new way to fly high. A Japanese company is making a balloon. The balloon can take people very high. 有一家日本公司製造了可以飛很高的氣球。 Some rockets go up to 400 kilometers. The balloon doesn't go up 400 kilometers. Space is 100 kilometers up, but the balloon doesn't go up 100 kilometers. 火箭可以飛到...

How do you spell the word "Taiwan"? 你知道「台灣」用英文要怎麼拼嗎？ One girl spelled Taiwan, and… she won a spelling bee! What's a spelling bee? It's a contest in American schools. Many students like it. Winners can go to state and national spelling bees. 拼字比賽在美國很受歡迎，學校比賽的冠軍可以參加全國拼字比賽。有一個女生因為拼出台灣，得到了冠軍！ In this contest, students try to spell words....

Did you watch the Oscars? They're the biggest movie awards in the world! This year's Oscars were great! There was a movie called "Everything Everywhere All at Once". It won seven awards! 你會看奧斯卡頒獎典禮嗎？這是全世界最大的電影獎項，今年有一部電影叫做「媽的多重宇宙」贏了七項大獎！ An actress called Michelle Yeoh is in the movie. She plays a laundromat owner who gets superpowers! 這部片的女主角...

Japan is great for art, food, science… and sports too! There's a town in Japan called Tsuruta. It's very small. Only about 10,000 people live there. That's not very many. About two and a half million people live in Taipei City! 日本有一個小鎮叫做鶴田，居民很少，只有一萬人。台北市有兩百五十萬人喔！ Every year before the COVID pandemic, Tsuruta hosted a very special sports tournament: the National S...