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Last year, big typhoons came to Hualien. The heavy rain caused landslides. Rocks and dirt fell down the mountains. The landslides took away many trees and other plants.This is bad for the mountains. Trees and plants help hold dirt. They keep the mountains strong.去年，一場很大颱風在花蓮造成土石流，帶走很多樹木和植物。山坡上的樹木和植物對水土保持很重要，要怎麼辦呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you played tug of war? Two teams hold a big rope. There is a line between the teams. Both teams pull and pull! The team that pulls the other team across the line wins! 拔河是有趣的比賽，兩支隊伍握著繩子兩端，用力向後拉，把對方拉過中線就獲勝。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Bats fly at night. Many hang upside down. There are many kinds of bats. Taiwan has more than thirty kinds! Its biggest one is about 20 centimeters long. This bat's open wings are up to one meter wide! Click HERE for the full transcript!

We do not know a lot about the ocean and its plants and animals. To learn more, scientists in the U.S. made a robot that can fly! It can also dive into water and swim. All of these are very hard for robots to do. 為了多多了解海洋和海洋生物，美國的科學家造了一個能飛行，潛水和游泳的機器人。Click HERE for the full transcript!

There is a new big park in Taiwan! It's in a very big old building in Kaohsiung! Yes, it is indoors! And it is the size of two soccer fields. Wow!高雄一棟老建築裡，一座室內遊樂園最近開幕了，占地有兩個足球場那麼大！Click HERE for the full transcript!

Singapore wants its people to spend less time scrolling. It wants them to read more books. So now it has a fun new plan!新加坡希望人民少滑手機、多看書，於是推出了一個有趣的計畫。 Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

In September, it rained... and rained... and rained. It was very wet in Kaohsiung! 九月的高雄下雨下個不停，整個城市都變得非常潮濕！When it rains so much, the air in homes can get wet. That makes things in homes wet. When things stay wet, mold can grow. 一旦房屋裡的空氣和物品充滿濕氣，就可能造成發霉。Click HERE for the full transcript!

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.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。Click HERE for the full transcript!

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！Click HERE for the full transcript!