News For Kids

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October 22 Warming Weather Hurts Taiwan's Chocolate
Chocolate is delicious. It can be sweet. It can be bitter. It can have fruit or nuts. And it can be Swiss. It can be Japanese! But did you know it can be Taiwanese?
Taiwan has been making chocolate for a short time. About 25 years ago, some farmers started to grow cacao trees. Taiwan’s hot and humid weather made them easy to grow.
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October 21 Robots Look for Broken Sidewalks
Taiwan has robots in some restaurants. But it does not have them on sidewalks. In five cities in the U.S., new robots are moving on sidewalks.
台灣有些餐廳會僱用機器人，而在美國五座城市，新式的機器人卻出現在人行道上。
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October 20 A New Way to Pay Less
What can you do to pay less for something? You can look at the prices in two or three stores. You can wait for a big sale. And at one place, you can dance to pay less!
怎麼樣用比較少的錢買到東西？可以貨比三家、等待大減價，或是用跳舞來打折！
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October 20 Pulling a Castle
Long ago, some important people lived in a big castle. It is in Japan. It is made of wood and stone. It is VERY heavy.
在很久以前的日本，一座用木材和石材建造的城堡不只很重，還住了很多重要人物。
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October 18 Good Things from Bad Tomatoes
In Uganda, a young girl helped in her family’s shop. She picked out tomatoes that were no good anymore. No one could eat them. She had to throw them away.
Every morning, the girl did this. Lots of tomatoes went bad. It made her sad.
烏干達一個年輕女孩在自家的店裡幫忙，她每天都要丟掉好多爛番茄。
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October 15 A Soccer School Saves a Team
Barcelona is one of the most famous soccer teams in the world. It is in Spain. Some of the world’s best soccer players have played on this team.
Barcelona has a soccer school. It looks for young soccer players around the world. It asks these kids to come to the school. This school is free!
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October 14 Tainan Takes Care of Stray Animals at New Shelter
In many countries, many, many dogs and cats do not have a home. Taiwan also has too many stray dogs and cats.
在很多城市都可以看到貓狗在街上流浪，台灣也有類似的問題。
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October 13 The First Boat Trip in 300 Years
Indigenous people have lived in Taiwan for thousands of years. But not all of them stayed here! About four thousand years ago, some Tao people built boats. These boats were for long trips.
原住民在台灣生活了幾千年，但並不是一直定居在這裡。大約四千年前，達悟族人建造了可以航向遠方的船。
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October 12 Lost Dog Goes to the Police
A woman in Kaohsiung has a small dog. The woman and her family often told him not to go outside. They worried that he would get lost. So the dog stayed inside.
高雄有位女子養了一隻小狗。因為怕小狗走丟，平時都讓牠待在家裡。
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October 11 Pizza Shop Robots
Robots are everywhere. They build cars. They clean floors. They help doctors. And they can work all day and night!
Some pizza shop owners want robots. They do not want them to sell pizza. They do not want them to deliver it. They want robots to make it!
機器人會做很多事，並且不會累。有些披薩店老闆也想雇用機器人來做披薩。
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