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Many people like hamburgers and French fries… but we know too much fast food isn't healthy. 大家都知道吃太多速食很不健康。 But one fast food restaurant in China has a fun idea. They want to remind people that fast food is OK every now and then… if you remember to exercise! So, this fast-food store uses exercise bicycles for seats. 在中國的一家速食餐廳，把飛輪當座位。 You can come inside, buy a ham...

Cooking shows are my favorite television shows to watch. 我最喜歡看做料理的電視節目。 All the food that chefs make on TV look so delicious! The only problem is… I can't taste it! 電視上的大廚做的料理都看起來很美味，但是吃不到！ I wish I could taste all the delicious things that I see on television. Well, that might be possible soon, because some people have invented a television screen that people...

Woah! That rain is really heavy! Some people might even say "it's raining cats and dogs''! But that's just a funny expression. It just means heavy rain. 意思是在下傾盆大雨，並沒有真的在下動物雨。 But there actually is a very strange and rare weather event called animal rain! Yep. And it happened not long ago in the state of Texas in the USA. 美國德州最近真的發生下動物雨！ On what seemed like just...

Did you know there is an airport near Kenting? But no one is using it anymore. 你知道墾丁附近有一座現在已經沒有人在使用的機場嗎？ Many people thought building an airport near Kenting was a good idea. They said, "People from anywhere in Taiwan can fly to Hengchun Airport! That will be faster than driving!" 當年是希望大家可以坐飛機來墾丁玩，所以蓋了恆春機場。 But there were some problems. The wind i...

The ocean is beautiful, but there can be a lot of gross things in it. 大海很美，但裡面可能有髒東西。 Things like plastic, garbage, and… sea snot? Sea snot is what it sounds like: a gooey, slimy thing that is in the sea. Sea snot 是海裡黏糊糊的東西, 跟鼻涕一樣。 It's growing because of climate change. Climate change is causing a lot of areas in the ocean to become warmer. When this happens, tiny, l...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a king or a queen? 你有沒有想過當國王或女王會怎麼樣呢？ Well, now you can be one, kind of… Piel Island is a tiny island in England. There isn't much there apart from a castle and a pub. 皮爾島是一個英格蘭的小島，除了一座城堡跟小酒館以外，那裡沒有什麼東西。 The island does get some visitors though, and someone needs to take care of the island and a...

Do you know why there is so much light during the day? It's because of the sun! 你知道為什麼白天那麼亮嗎?當然是因為太陽！ The light from the sun makes everything bright. But have you ever thought of what would happen if the sun… went out? 如果太陽不再發光發熱了該怎麼辦呢？ That is something that could happen, but don't worry. It won't happen for 5 billion years, which is a really, really, really,...

What kind of animal or bug has the most legs? 哪一種動物有最多隻腳呢？ Let's see… people have two legs, dogs have four legs, cats also have four legs. 人類有兩隻腳，狗跟貓有四隻腳。 Cockroaches… ew, I hate cockroaches… they have six legs. 我討厭的蟑螂，有六隻腳。 And spiders have eight legs. 蜘蛛有八隻腳。 But have you heard of a bug that has over one thousand legs? It's true! The bug that has ove...

Tiny Book Sold for Big Price Oh, hello. I'm reading a book. It's a really interesting story. But it's a big, heavy, and long book! It's taking a long time to finish. 我現在看的書又厚又重，已經看很久了。 I might try a shorter, smaller book next time. Not too small though. Not like a tiny book I heard about recently that's so small you can't even read it! 我聽說有一本書非常小，小到看不見寫什麼！ Mad...

If you listen to ICRT, you can hear all the newest pop songs. ICRT can also tell you what the top ten pop albums are in Taiwan, Japan, America, the U.K., and lots of other places. ICRT可以告訴你世界各地最熱門的流行音樂專輯排名。 But, you will never guess what pop album was in the top ten in Australia just last month… actually, it was in the top 5! Do you know why you will never guess? Because it's...

Guess what? Kaohsiung City's Shou Shan Zoo has welcomed a new baby! But not just any baby, a baby sloth. 是一個樹懶寶寶！ Do you know what a sloth is? It's a kind of animal that moves very… very… slowly. 樹懶的動作非… 常… 非… 常… 的… 慢。 The zoo says the baby sloth was born in October of last year, 樹懶寶寶去年十月出生的, and it seems to be doing great. It has a very protective mother who has bee...

I like to travel, but I hate how long it takes at the airport sometimes. There are so many people and it takes so long to show your passport and paperwork. 機場常常人很多，還要檢查證件，要等好久喔！ Well, hopefully there won't be any more long lines at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Because they are starting to try out their new "One ID" facial recognition system. 桃園國際機場開始使用新...

I love going to the park with my dog. It's fun to see him run around with other dogs and enjoy the space outdoors. 看著我的狗狗在室外跑來跑去，真好玩！ I wish I could take my dog everywhere. Not just to parks and beaches, but to indoor places as well… Such as restaurants, museums … and school! 我也想帶狗狗到一些室內的地方，例如餐廳、博物館，還有學校。 But I guess most indoor places won't let dogs...

Ohhh, do you ever feel hungry, but also too lazy to actually cook anything? 你會不會有時候肚子很餓，但是懶得做一些東西來吃？ Wouldn't it be nice if you could push a button and your kitchen just made you something to eat? 只要按個鈕，廚房就幫你做飯，那該有多好？ Well, now you can! With robot chefs! They'll make your food, and even wash the dishes too! 現在有機器廚師, 不但做飯後還會洗碗！ It's very...

Hi kids! Do you know what I'm doing today? I'm going to have a special meal. It's a luxury meal. 我今天要去吃豪華大餐！ The meal is from a five-star hotel. But I'm not eating in a restaurant or a hotel. No; I'm going to it on a bus. Yes, that's right… a bus! It's a double-decker bus. 這是一輛雙層巴士。 Also, it is black. So, if you see this big, black bus, you will know it's special. The bus drive...

I love the sound of the sea. 我喜歡海的聲音。 But I don't really like the sound of seagulls! They are very noisy birds! 可是海鷗真的很吵！ Sydney Harbour in Australia has a lot of seagulls. 澳洲的雪梨港有很多海鷗。 Sydney Harbour is very famous. Many people visit to see the Opera House, take pictures, go to restaurants and have fun. 很多人會去雪梨港看歌劇院跟觀光。 So lots of people, and lots of s...

Sometimes, very old people live in places called care homes… special places with doctors and nurses to take care of them. 有一些人老了以後會住在安養院，接受醫生和護士的照顧。 Being very old can be hard. Some very old people can't walk very well and feel tired and bored. In England, one care home for old people had a fun idea. They said, "Hey! Let's bring some penguins to play with everyone… that w...

Do you guys like hiking? Hiking is great. But it can be dangerous, too. If you are not careful, you can fall. Or you might get too close to a strong river. 在野外健行有潛在的危險，可能會掉到山谷裡，或者碰到湍急的河流。 That's what happened to two men in Canada. They were hiking too close to a river and got trapped. 有兩個加拿大的登山客，因為河水上漲，就被困住了。 But they were lucky. Five other me...

Many places have forest fires… but in Australia, they have bush fires. 很多地方有森林大火，但澳洲是叢林大火。 In 2020 there were some terrible bush fires in Australia. The bushland caught fire and it burned for many weeks! 2020年，澳洲發生叢林大火，連續燒了好幾個星期。 The firefighters in Australia tried to put out the fires. They even used airplanes and dropped water on the fires… but the fires w...

Ask your mom or dad about Taiwan before the high-speed rail, or "HSR", was built. 問問你的爸媽在還沒有高鐵的時候台灣是怎樣呢？ Back then, if you wanted to go from Taipei to Kaohsiung, you could take a bus or a train…but they were slow. It would take maybe 5 hours! If the traffic was bad… the bus could take 8 hours! 以前要從台北到高雄，搭巴士可能要花五到八個小時。 Now we have the HSR and… zoom! we...

Staying at a nice hotel is fun! But in just a few years … some people could be staying at a nice hotel… in space! Yeah! A space hotel is going to open in 2027! 2027年有一些人可能會去太空旅館度假。 You will be able to look out the window and see Earth far below you. 從窗戶看出去就會看到地球。 What a great view! The space hotel will look like a Ferris wheel. 這個太空旅館看起來就像一座摩天輪。 The ho...

What would you do if you found a box of diamonds and rubies? 你如果找到一盒裡面有鑽石或是紅寶石之類的珠寶，你會怎麼做呢？ In English we call these stones "gems". They are very expensive. 在英文裡面，這種石頭叫做gems，價值很高。 A mountain climber in France found a box of gems on a mountain. The climber could have kept them and not told anyone, but this man was honest. 有一位法國的登山客在山上發現...

Do you want to hear a funny story? In New Zealand, there is a potato called 'Doug.' Yes! The potato has a name! Doug. 紐西蘭有一顆馬鈴薯名叫道格。 Why does the potato have a name? Well, this potato is special. It may be the biggest potato in the world! 它有名字，因為它是世界上最大的馬鈴薯。 Two farmers in New Zealand found the potato when they were working on their farm. The potato is about the sa...

Three… two… one! Happy new year! 新年快樂！ Are you excited for the New Year's countdown tonight? 你們很期待今天晚上的新年倒數嗎？ A New Year's countdown is when it is ten seconds away from midnight on New Year's Eve. 剩下十秒鐘的時候會開始倒數。 Then, you count the seconds backwards all the way to one, then it's the New Year! 數到一的時候就是新年了！ But not everyone celebrates the New Year at th...

Oh, hello! Today I'm going up to the top of Taipei 101! Taipei 101 is famous for being one of the tallest buildings in the world, so the view up here is awesome! 台北101很高，風景也很漂亮！ What other famous buildings have you heard of? 你還知道哪些有名的建築物？ What about the Eiffel Tower in France? 法國的艾菲爾鐵塔？ Or the Pyramids in Egypt? 埃及的金字塔？ Or what about the Taj Mahal in India?...