News For Kids

Taoyuan has a new library. It has 23,000 books. And it has robots and self-driving vehicles! 桃園有一間新的圖書館。這間圖書館有兩萬三千本書，而且還有機器人跟自動駕駛車！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: It is 2026! Happy New Year! Crowd: Happy New Year!! Narrator: 現在是 2026 年！新年快樂喔！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

It is New Year’s Eve! Tomorrow is a new year! 今晚是跨年夜！明天就是嶄新的一年了！ Taipei is having a big New Year's Eve party tonight. Thousands of people are going! There will be famous people and great music. And Taipei 101 will have beautiful fireworks! 台北今晚有一場超大的跨年派對，有好幾千人要參加！除了會有很多藝人出席，也會有好聽的音樂。最棒的是，台北 101 會有漂亮的煙火秀！ Click HERE f...

In an island country, some women fished. They fed their families the fish they caught. They sold their extra fish. 在一個島國上，一群婦女靠捕魚維生。她們抓到的魚可以餵飽家人，多的魚可以拿去賣。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Babies start out very small. They are so small that they need lots of care and help. 小嬰兒剛出生時都很小，他們需要很多照顧與幫忙。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Oh, no! That beautiful bird is hurt! It flew into a shiny window. And it was flying fast! Ouch! 糟糕！那隻漂亮的鳥撞上窗戶後受傷了！小鳥飛得很快，一定非常痛。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Santa: Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas! Narrator: Everyone knows Santa Claus! But how about “Granny Claus”? 大家都認識聖誕老公公，但你認識「聖誕老奶奶」嗎？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a small island in an ocean. It is far away from everything. The next island with people is two thousand four hundred kilometers away! 在海中有一座小島。這座島與世隔絕，離它最近的島也有兩千四百公里！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

There's a very strong man in Egypt. He pulled a 279-ton train. He used his teeth to pull it! 在埃及有一個超級強壯的男人。他可以用牙齒拖動一列 279 噸重的火車！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Orcas live in the ocean. They are black and white. They are also called "killer whales." They are whales, and they are the biggest dolphins in the world. They weigh three to six tons. 全身黑白的虎鯨生活在海中，也被稱作為「殺人鯨」！虎鯨是海豚科內體型最大的物種，重量可以高達三到六噸！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a big sea. It is below Europe and above Africa. It has big flat places on the bottom. They are meadows. 在歐洲跟非洲大陸的中間有一片叫做地中海的海域。地中海海底有很多寬闊的草原。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

You study hard at school. What makes you study? Do rewards for good grades make you study? 你在學校努力學習是為了什麼？如果好成績可以換來獎勵的話，你會更認真嗎？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Taipei, a big black dog worked in a hospital. He was the first dog to do this in Taiwan. 有一隻大黑狗在台北的醫院工作。牠是台灣第一隻在醫院工作的狗！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

How many languages do you speak? Maybe you speak three: a Taiwanese language, Mandarin Chinese, and English! Maybe you speak more than three! 你會說幾種語言呢？也許你會一種台灣的方言、中文，還有英文！也許你會的還不只這三種！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Alligators are dangerous. They have long, strong jaws. Their jaws have many teeth. They can eat small animals like cats and dogs! 美洲鱷魚很危險，牠強而有力的大嘴巴有很多牙齒，能夠獵食小動物。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Every year, a small town in Ireland has an exciting sports contest. It's on two kilometers of a road! For three days, everyone has fun … road bowling? 每年，愛爾蘭的一個小鎮都會舉辦為期三天的道路保齡球比賽！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Aaagh! Mosquitoes are everywhere! They are a big problem in many countries. They carry sicknesses. They like to bite people. Millions of people get sick from mosquito bites every year. 到處都是蚊子！蚊子會叮人，散布病菌。每年都有好幾百萬人因為蚊子叮咬而生病。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Student: Let's get out of here! Narrator: Uh oh! Some students are having trouble at school! The trouble is not about their homework or tests. It is about some big birds! 有些學生惹上大麻煩了！這個大麻煩不是考試或是作業，而是一些很大隻的鳥！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Every year there are new toys to buy. But one is the newest, coolest, cutest toy! Everyone wants it! They run to the stores! 每一年，都會有很多人搶著買最新、最酷、最可愛的玩具。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: A 13-year-old boy took some medicine. Every day, millions of people take this medicine safely. But it hurt the boy's eyes. Boy: Oh! My eye! Narrator: He was in the hospital for a long time. 每天有數以百萬計的人安全服用一種很普通的藥。但一個十三歲的小男孩卻在服藥之後眼睛受傷。他住院很長一段時間接受治療。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

In school, you learn how your brain makes your body work. Some people want to learn a lot more about the human brain. They can study neuroscience in college. 在學校裡，你會學到大腦如何控制身體、讓身體運作。想進一步了解人類大腦，學生可以在大學選讀神經科學。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has many milkfish farms. Milkfish are easy to farm. But sometimes they get too cold. Then they die! What can fish farmers do with these fish? 台灣有很多虱目魚養殖廠。虱目魚不難照顧，但有時候天氣太冷，他們容易被冷死！這些冷死的魚該怎麼辦呢？ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Robots can do many things. Some robots make cars. Some fly and take pictures. And some do dangerous things! These dangerous things are not safe for people to do. 機器人可以做很多事，製造汽車，空拍照都行。他們還可以完成人類做不到的危險任務。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some shops have lights in front. Some shops have guards in front. They help keep shops safe. 有一些店門口會亮燈或是有警衛駐守，保護店家的安全。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Hikers hiked up a tall mountain. It is in the U.S. It is four thousand two hundred meters tall. The hikers were tired and hot. 一組登山客爬上了一座美國的高山，他們又熱又累。 Click HERE for the full transcript!