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News For Kids
Hosted by ICRT · EN
News For Kids brings you easy stories in English, with Chinese translations to help students and second language learners here in Taiwan!
Stories are written and recorded by ICRT correspondents, and uploaded every weekday morning.
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The Smart Kumquat Farm
Yesterday00:05:40Tap to summarizeDo you know what kumquats are? They are a small orange fruit. They are sweet and sour.你知道金棗嗎？金棗是一種酸酸甜甜的柑橘類水果。Two farmers in Yilan grow kumquats. They grow them in very smart ways!有兩位在宜蘭的果農用很聰明的方式種植金棗！Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Taiwan VR Movie with Indigenous Story Wins Awards
2d ago00:05:41Tap to summarizeHave you seen a VR movie? You put on a headset. The movie starts. And… you are in the movie! You can walk around. You can go anywhere you want! Everything looks real. But it is not!你有看過虛擬實境VR電影嗎？把裝置戴在頭上之後，就好像置身在電影裡面！你可以到處走，眼前所有的景色都超逼真！Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Hero Rat Gets Statue
3d ago00:05:45Tap to summarizeSome countries have wars. Afterwards, people try to build their lives again. But in a few countries, many cannot. Landmines are everywhere.有些國家在打完仗之後需要重建，但是到處都埋著地雷，讓重建變得非常困難。Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →No More Running for Taiwan’s Little Green Men
4d ago00:05:42Tap to summarizeHave you seen little green men? Some of them wear hats. They are everywhere!你有看過小綠人嗎？小綠人隨處可見，有些頭上還戴著帽子！ These little green men are on crossing signals. They help us know when we can safely walk across the street.小綠人會出現在十字路口，告訴我們什麼時候可以安全地過馬路。 Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Pet Walks in Socks
5d ago00:05:34Tap to summarizeOne day in Kaohsiung, a car stopped at a red light. A woman was crossing the street. She was pushing a cart. She was walking with her pet. It was a big tortoise! And, it was wearing socks! Huh?!高雄一位女子正在過馬路。她推著一台小推車，還帶著她的寵物，一隻穿襪子的陸龜！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Dragon Boat World Records
1w ago00:05:46Tap to summarizeReady, set... Happy Dragon Boat Festival! 端午節快樂！龍舟比賽正式開始了！ Many dragon boat teams want a world record. They want their boat to be the fastest or the biggest. They want to be the best! 很多龍舟隊都想創下世界紀錄，讓自己的龍舟成為最快、最大，最厲害的龍舟！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →A Friend to Every Orangutan
1w ago00:05:44Tap to summarizeOne day, a scientist went to Borneo. She wanted to study orangutans. She studied them there for fifty years! Whoa!有一天，一位科學家想研究紅毛猩猩，所以她就去了婆羅洲。她在那裡總共研究了五十年！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →A Song for Taiwan’s Brave Firefighters
1w ago00:05:40Tap to summarizeFirefighters keep us safe. They put out fires. They help when no one else can. They are very brave.消防員撲滅火災，在沒有人能幫忙的時候伸出援手，保護我們的安全。他們非常勇敢！ Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Woman Finds Good Use for Broken Glass
2w ago00:05:27Tap to summarizeIn the U.S., some glass is recycled. But most glass goes to landfills. Glass can take one million years to break down. That’s not good for the environment! But one woman is recycling glass.在美國，有些玻璃會被回收，但大部分的玻璃最後都會出現在垃圾掩埋場。玻璃需要一百萬年才能被分解，這很傷害環境！但現在，有一位女子正在努力回收玻璃。 Click HERE for the full transcript!
Transcribe →Kids Are the Chess Pieces on this Chessboard
2w ago00:05:44Tap to summarizeQipan is a village in Yunlin. "Qipan" means chessboard. And yes, Qipan loves Chinese chess! The game is good for the brain. Players have to listen, think, and plan.在雲林的棋盤村，很多村民都喜歡下象棋！這種遊戲對大腦很好，因為玩家必須懂得聆聽、思考跟做計畫。Click HERE for the full transcript!
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