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Hey, students! Do you guys ever feel stress? Lots of things can make people feel stress. For example, loud noises make me feel stress. 很多事情可以給人壓力。 Did you know that monkeys also feel stress? 你知道猴子也會有壓力嗎？ Today, I'm going to talk about some monkeys in Kaohsiung. People noticed that these monkeys are losing hair. That's right - they are going bald! 有人發現，高雄的猴子在掉毛，...

I really hope we can get rid of COVID soon! I really want my friends to come to Taiwan and visit me! 很希望疫情快點結束，我希望我的朋友來台灣找我玩！ But… it's not only you and me who miss visitors. Some penguins do, too! 有些企鵝也很想念遊客。 Ha… no, not penguins in the South Pole… they are just fine there by themselves. I'm talking about penguins at a zoo in Thailand. 不是南極的企鵝，而是泰國動...

Do you guys like steak? Lots of people love it. They even love hearing the sound of steak cooking in a frying pan. 你們喜歡吃牛排嗎？很多人喜歡，他們甚至喜歡煎牛排的聲音。 You know that steak comes from cows, right? But a university in Taiwan made a steak without a cow. How did they do that? They used a printer. 台灣的一所大學用印表機做出了牛排。 Well, not that kind of printer. They used a 3D prin...

Here's a question for you. Can animals laugh? Many people think only people laugh. But animals can laugh, too! Well, not like that. They don't sound like humans. But at least 65 animals can laugh in their own way. 至少有65種動物跟人一樣都會笑，但是聽起來跟人不太一樣。 Some researchers from the USA found this out. They found out that dogs, seals, cows, monkeys and dolphins laugh. I wish I could tel...

My cat has a long tail. Sometimes we might see a cat without a tail, but usually, cats have tails, right? Well, in Japan there is one kind of kitty cat that doesn't have a long tail. Its tail is so short, it looks like the tail of a bunny rabbit! It's called the Japanese Bobtail cat. 日本有一種貓咪，牠們的尾巴跟兔子一樣短，牠們叫做日本短尾貓。 Scientists say there have been Japanese Bobtail cats i...

Building a house is a lot of work. There are a lot of materials you need to use. You need heavy materials like wood, bricks, and steel! All of these things help make a house sturdy and strong. But they're so heavy! 蓋房子要用到木頭、磚塊，還有鋼鐵。這些材料可以讓房子更堅固，但是它們很重！ But if these materials were too thin and too light, they probably would not be very strong. Then, the house wo...

I haven't been on a vacation in a long time. How about you? Well, how would you like to stay at a brand new place in Switzerland for free!? 你想去瑞士免費住全新的房子嗎？ Sounds pretty sweet, right? But wait, there's a catch. The trip is free, the place is new, but… it's a jail. And you'll be an inmate. 聽起來很不錯，不用旅費、住的地方是新的，但是那是一座監獄，而且你要當犯人！ That's right. The Sw...

Have you ever put on a shirt and the collar was just way too tight? Eugh! My neck! It's pretty uncomfortable, isn't it? Now imagine wearing that shirt for six years! 穿著衣領很緊的衣服應該很不舒服吧！你能想像這樣穿六年嗎？ Oh, man! That would really put you in a bad mood! Well, that's what happened to an unlucky crocodile! Well, it wasn't wearing a shirt, but its neck was trapped, for six years!...

You would think mostly everybody knows that you shouldn't touch things at museums. And you especially should never, ever draw on the paintings! 大家都知道不可以碰美術館裡面的東西，更不該在藝術品上畫畫！ But somebody did that at a museum in Russia. And it wasn't a visitor to the museum, or a thief, it was… a guard at the museum who did it! Apparently, a guard decided to use a pen to draw on a paint...

Oh no, I've run out of doggie poop bags! I hate it when that happens. Whenever I walk my dog, I always forget to bring enough bags to pick up his poop! 我每一次遛狗，都忘記多帶一些塑膠袋裝狗的便便！ It's important to clean up after your dogs when you take them for a walk, otherwise there would be doggie poop everywhere outside! 遛狗的時候要幫牠們撿便便，不然會到處都會是。 A woman in Japan named Ak...

Hey kids! Today I want to talk about a very important topic… sleep! Sleep is really important. Many people don't get enough sleep. 睡眠很重要，但是很多人都睡太少。 How much sleep is enough? Adults should get about eight hours of sleep. What about kids? Babies need a lot of sleep. They need 12 to 16 hours of sleep. Wow! That's a lot of sleep. 大人需要睡八個小時，嬰兒要睡12到16個小時。 What about yo...

Crows are super smart birds! I mean… really, really smart! Scientists say crows are about as smart as 7-year-old children! 烏鴉超級聰明，智商大概跟7歲小孩一樣！ Crows love to play games and they can make tools! 牠們喜歡玩遊戲，也會製作工具！ And crows can be a little naughty, too - just like 7 year-old kids! They sometimes take things and fly away… and they sometimes find a way to get into garbage...

Have you ever wondered what happens to all of the machines that people have sent into space? 你有沒有想過，人類送上外太空的東西，用完之後去了哪裡？ For example, the International Space Station, or ISS, is like a giant "building" in outer space that astronauts use. 太空人使用的國際太空站就像一棟很大的建築物。 But NASA, the U.S.'s space agency, say they need to shut it down soon. 美國太空總署說，需...

Hi there! Excuse me; I was just eating some chicken nuggets. A lot of restaurants sell fried chicken nuggets… it's a very popular food! 很多餐廳都有賣雞塊。 But these days, lots of people don't want to eat meat. So one fried chicken restaurant tried something different. They made special chicken nuggets. 現在有很多人不吃肉，所以有炸雞餐廳做了特別的雞塊。 They took the chicken out of the nuggets. W...

Do you like soy milk? I do! I drink soy milk almost every morning! 我喜歡豆漿，幾乎每天早上都會喝。 But, there are now lots of other kinds of milk, too! There is oat milk… and almond milk… but here's a new one: potato milk! 現在有燕麥奶、杏仁奶，甚至還有馬鈴薯奶！ Really?? Potato milk? Sounds weird, right? But people who have tried it say it is delicious! Potato milk doesn't have as much protein a...

A really big sea dragon has been found in England. And I mean a really, really, really big sea dragon. 有人在英國發現了一條非常大的海龍。 But of course I'm not talking about a real sea dragon. I'm actually talking about a dinosaur. 但它不是真的海龍，而是一隻恐龍！ And of course I'm not talking about a live dinosaur. I'm talking about one that has been dead for millions and millions of years! 這隻...

Have you ever seen a blue cow? Sure… in a cartoon, maybe. But would you believe me if I told you that there really are blue cows? It's true! 你有看過藍色的牛嗎？ In Europe, there is a county called Latvia. In Latvia, they have a special kind of cow that is blue! Some of them are light blue and some are dark blue. 歐洲有一個國家叫拉脫維亞，那裡就有藍色的牛，而且有深有淺。 When the blue cows are bab...

Most cats hate water. My cat hates bathing and swimming… So, can you imagine a cat that loves to go surfing? 大部分的貓咪都怕水，但你能想像喜歡衝浪的貓咪嗎？ No way! That's crazy. A surfing cat! Actually, there is such a thing! Hokule'a is a cat in Hawaii. He likes to go surfing. Hokule'a goes surfing with his owner… and the cat seems to like it! 夏威夷有一隻貓很喜歡跟主人一起衝浪。 You can watch...

When you think of pets, you probably think of dogs and cats first, right? But, what do you think is the third-most popular pet? 講到寵物，通常會先想到狗狗跟貓，那第三名呢？ It's fish! Fish are fun to look at and come in all different shapes and the most amazing colors! It might seem easy to have pet fish, but they actually need a lot of care. 養魚當寵物看起來很簡單，但其實需要花很多心力。 You shou...

Dogs and donkeys are really different. They look different and they sound different. Dogs bark and… donkeys do donkey sounds. Okay… that might not be a good donkey sound, but there is a donkey in England that thinks it's a dog! 狗狗跟驢子很不一樣，但是英國有一頭驢子認為自己是一條狗！ This young donkey acts just like a dog. It runs like a dog. It follows people around like a dog. It sleeps on the s...

Is that a bus? Um… yes… But it's also a train! It's a bus and a train… it's a BusTrain! 這台車是一輛巴士，同時也是一輛火車！ A bus and a train… no way… that's crazy! Some places in Japan, like Tokyo, are super busy, and many, many people live there. But very few people live in some places in the countryside of Japan… some towns only have around 100 people… but they need a way to travel. 在日本，有...

Some dogs help us find lost people. Dogs can smell very well… and they use their noses to smell and find lost people. We call these dogs "search and rescue" dogs. 有一些狗狗會用嗅覺來幫忙找失蹤的人，這種狗叫做搜救犬。 But in the U.K., one search and rescue dog got lost… 在英國有一隻搜救犬失蹤了。 The dog's name is Juno. Juno was out for a walk one day, and she ran into some tall grass. Why? We don...

When people take trips, they often go on airplanes. Planes are very fast and convenient. 搭飛機旅行很快而且很方便。 But there is a big problem with them. They make a lot of pollution. This is because of jet fuel. Jet fuel creates a lot of pollution. 但是飛機使用的燃料會製造很多污染。 But there is some good news! Companies are making a special jet fuel from plants. 有公司用植物來做噴射機的燃料。 La...

Can you imagine a cabbage that weighs 15 kilos? Many young children don't weigh 15 kilos! But there is a cabbage that was grown in Kaohsiung… and it's 10 times bigger than most cabbages… and weighs almost 15 kilos! 在高雄有一顆將近15公斤重的高麗菜，比一般的高麗菜大十倍！ How did the cabbage grow so big? The Kaohsiung farmers found some land that was very clean… no pollution… and they didn't use an...

There are some really amazing beaches in Hualien! Most beaches are sandy… but some beaches in Hualien just have stones! No sand… but lots and lots of stones! 在花蓮，有一些海灘沒有沙子，而是有很多很多的石頭。 Many people visit these beaches with stones every year. The stones are beautiful… but… we shouldn't take any stones home if we visit the beach, right? 這些石頭很漂亮，但是我們不應該把它們帶回...