News For Kids
ICRT
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.
Stories are written and recorded by ICRT correspondents, and uploaded every weekday morning.
Episodes
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Dec 8, 2025 • 5min
Police Find Thousands of Unsafe Fake Toys
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!
Dec 7, 2025 • 5min
Man's Tooth Helps Him See
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!
Dec 4, 2025 • 5min
Nine-Year-Old College Student Studies to Help Kids
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!
Dec 3, 2025 • 5min
Milkfish Scare Man
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!
Dec 2, 2025 • 6min
Taiwan Has New Robot Dog
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!
Dec 1, 2025 • 5min
Superhero Keeps Shop Safe
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!
Nov 30, 2025 • 5min
Ice Cream on the Mountain
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!
Nov 27, 2025 • 5min
The Old Music Player
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!
Nov 26, 2025 • 5min
Play Street Brings Kids Outside
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!
Nov 25, 2025 • 6min
Flying Frogs Need Muddy Water
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!在東南亞，有一種黃綠色的青蛙。牠們的後腿很長，有很大的手掌跟腳掌。牠們會從高高的樹上往下跳，然後滑翔！Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.
