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Wetlands are land covered in water. Taiwan has many wetlands. Go for a walk in one. You will lose your boots in the mud! Wetlands are full of life! Many animals and plants livethere. 濕地是被水覆蓋的土地，有很多動物跟植物住在那裡！走在濕地上，只要一不小心鞋子就可能會陷在泥巴裡！ Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Have you tried wasabi? It is a spicy green paste. The paste comes from the root of wasabi plants. Wasabi plants grow in humid, cold places. They can take two years to grow! 你吃過芥末嗎？芥末是一種綠色的、很嗆的調味醬，它是用山葵的根做出來的。山葵喜歡濕冷的環境，生長期長達兩年！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Most dogs can learn some words like "sit," "stay," or "fetch." But for most dogs, learning the names of toys is hard. 大多數的狗可以學會一些簡單的指令，聽得懂[坐下]、[別動] 或[撿回來]。但是要學會玩具的名字就困難了。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Puppets are dolls that people move. Some people love puppets! They have puppet shows. They tell stories and jokes with their puppets. 木偶是由人來操控的娃娃。有一些藝術家很喜歡木偶，用它們演戲，講故事、說笑話。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Taichung, there are two mango trees in front of a house. Some people driving or walking by see the trees. They stop. They look at the trees again. There is something strange around the bottom of the trees… 台中有一戶人家門口種了兩棵芒果樹。大家經過的時候都會停下來看兩眼，因為芒果樹的底部有點怪怪的。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Vietnam, some old trees grow high in the mountains. Some of the trees are more than one hundred years old! Going to these trees takes many hours. 越南的高山上，有一些歲數超過百年的大樹，想見到這些樹要花好幾個小時才到得了！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

In the U.S., many black bears live in forests. But one bear lived under a house! 美國有很多黑熊住在森林裡。但有一頭熊竟然住在一棟房子的底下！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some singers do not write their songs. But pop star Taylor Swift writes her songs. She is a songwriter! 有些歌手不會自己作曲，但流行歌曲巨星泰勒絲，是自己寫歌的創作型歌手！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A rocket stands on a launch pad. That is where rockets take off. The rocket is 100 meters tall. NASA made it. NASA is the U.S. space agency. 火箭矗立在發射台上，準備發射升空。這枚火箭高達100公尺，是美國太空總署製造的。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Do you like going to museums? How about libraries? Well, how about a museumbrary? Hm? What?! 你喜歡參觀美術館或是圖書館嗎? 假如兩個合併在一起呢? Click HERE for the full transcript!

On a mountain in Keelung, there is a stinky tofu shop. One man runs it. His name is A-hsing. Many trees are around the small shop. It has lots of signs outside. A-hsing wrote them. 基隆山上有一家臭豆腐店，老闆兼廚師，名叫阿興，他的小店外面有很多樹叢，大大的標誌都是他手寫的。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A company makes cars. But now it wants to make robots! These robots have a head, two arms, and two legs. They look a little like humans. They move like humans. 一家汽車製造公司想做機器人，有頭，有四肢，看起來像人，動作也像人。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

How does your school day start? 你每天的上學日怎麼開始？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

In South Africa, an elephant lives in a forest. Long ago, the forest was full of elephants. Now she is the last elephant there. 在南非的森林裡住著一頭大象。很久以前，森林裡有很多大象，但如今只剩下她。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A man walked down a street in Yilan. He was holding an umbrella over his head. 一名男子撐著傘走過宜蘭的街道。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Seven astronauts were living on the International Space Station. It is four hundred kilometers above Earth! 有七位太空人住在距離地球大約四百公里的國際太空站。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Formosan sika deer are cute. Taiwan is lucky to have them. The last wild one was seen about sixty years ago! 台灣很幸運，擁有可愛的梅花鹿。但是最後一隻野生的梅花鹿，生活在六十年前。之後就沒有再看見了。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: What did you eat for lunch? Some people say: Auntie: You are what you eat. Narrator: Does that mean if you eat a sausage, you are a sausage?! No, no, no. 你今天午餐吃什麼呢？有些人說「吃什麼像什麼」，但這不代表我們吃香腸就會變成香腸了！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A farm in Nantou has many cherry trees. Every year, the trees have many pink flowers. They are called cherry blossoms. Spring is the best time to see these beautiful blossoms. 南投有一個農場有很多櫻花樹。春天是最適合賞櫻的季節，春天一到，樹上都會開滿粉紅色的櫻花。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Kenya, a boy lived near a lake in a big park. Many birds lived there too. 在肯亞，有個小男孩住在湖邊，這個湖在大公園裡。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

The weather is getting warmer all over Taiwan. But sometimes it is cold. What do you wear then? Hmmmm. Clothes with fleece inside are soft and warm… 天氣變涼的時候，穿有刷毛的衣服既柔軟又保暖！ Click ⁠ HERE ⁠ for the full transcript!

Mangrove forests grow where the land and the sea meet. They are muddy! 紅樹林生長在陸地與海的交界處，那裡都是泥巴地。 In Colombia, the mud in a mangrove forest is dirty. It has many very small pieces of plastic in it. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you been to Mingde Reservoir in Miaoli? It has fun things to watch and do. 你去過苗栗的明德水庫嗎？那裡以後會有很多好玩的新活動喔！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Dogs are great pets. Many people have dogs. They take their dogs for walks. But a man in the U.S. also does something else with dogs. 狗是很棒的寵物，很多人喜歡帶狗出門散步！美國有一名男子帶狗散步的理由很特別。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

There's a big festival in Neimen in Kaohsiung. It is the Song Jiang Battle Ritual! 在高雄內門區，有一個盛大的活動叫做宋江陣。 Click HERE for the full transcript!