News For Kids

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

Shhh… listen. Where is that beautiful music coming from? Oh! It is from a music player! 噓??仔細聽！音樂是從哪裡傳出來的呢？阿，原來是從留聲機傳出來的！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Can you run and play on the street? Noooooo... It is too dangerous! But on one street in England, kids played on the street! And it was safe! 在大街上玩很危險，但是在英國，有一條街可以讓小朋友安全的玩耍！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Big green and yellow frogs live in Southeast Asia. They have long back legs. They have big hands and feet. They hop. They jump from tall trees. Then…whoosh! They fly!...

Narrator: A four-year-old boy wanted to know about soccer and swimming. But he didn't go to his family or friends. He called the police! 有一個四歲的小男孩想問關於足球和游泳的問題，但他沒有問他的家人或是朋友，而是打電話給警察！ Click HERE to see the full episode...

In Sweden, a town is moving to a new place. The land under the town is getting weak. The people are leaving most buildings. But some buildings will go to the new town. 一個瑞典的小鎮要搬家了！這個小鎮下面的土地很脆弱，所以很多建築物都要被移去新的地方。 Click...

What do you do at the beach? Some kids play in the water. Some make sand castles. Some pick up seashells. And some dig for clams! 你都在海邊做什麼呢？你可以玩水，還可以在沙灘上堆沙堡、撿貝殼、挖蛤蜊！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Australia has many cool animals. One is new to us. It is very cool! 澳洲有很多有趣的生物。現在，有人發現了新的物種！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

Narrator: Long ago, Keelung needed shelters for its people. Shelters keep people safe when there is danger. When there is no more danger, people go home. 以前打仗的時候，基隆需要可以讓人暫時避難的地方。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

Skateboarding is cool. Did you know some surfers started it? About seventy years ago, they put roller skate wheels on short surfboards. They surfed the streets! 玩滑板很酷！七十年前，一群喜歡衝浪的人把輪子裝到衝浪板上，就變成了滑板。他們在地面上衝浪！ Click HERE...

TAXI! Have you taken a taxi in Taiwan? Many taxi drivers here know great places to eat! 你有在台灣搭過計程車嗎？很多計程車司機都會知道當地好吃的餐廳在哪裡！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

I want to have a drink at this cafe. But people are sitting … and sitting. Many are using their phones or laptop computers. Some are working. Some are studying. Some are watching videos. Hey, there's a seat! Ahhhh…...

Narrator: Mmmmmm! Taiwan loves pork belly! It is the meat in lu rou fan, gua bao, and other dishes. It is delicious! Pork belly looks delicious too. Under the pork skin, you can see fat, meat, fat, and meat. Ooohh!...

It is raining very hard. Streets and homes are flooded. The water is one meter high! 下暴雨了！很多街道跟住宅都淹水了！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

A young man loves planes. He became a pilot three years ago. He was 17. A child in his family has cancer. It makes people very sick. The young man wanted to help fight it. 一名熱愛飛機的青少年，十七歲那年成為飛行員。 他的家族中有個小孩得了癌症，他決心要幫忙抗癌。...

A family had a turtle. She lived in their garden. But one day, they could not find her! They looked everywhere in the garden. They looked again and again! 有一家人在他們的花園裡養了一隻烏龜。有一天，烏龜不見了！大家怎麼找都找不到他！ Click HERE for the full...

Oh! This cafe looks good! But everyone here has old plastic bags. They have old plastic bottles too. Why? 咦? 這間咖啡館的顧客，手上都拿著舊塑膠袋跟寶特瓶欸！ Click HERE for the full transcript!