Time Capsule for a Big Birthday

The U.S. had a big birthday this summer. It is now two hundred fifty years old! There were lots of parties. Fireworks went off! Cool planes flew in airshows!今年夏天，美國用煙火，飛行特技等等，盛大慶祝建國250周年!Click HERE for the full transcript!

What is small and green and has a strong smell? It is not soap. We do not wash with it. We can eat it. It is cilantro! 香菜有綠色的嫩葉，一小把就可以增添食物的香氣。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Many of Taiwan's roads have trees. These roadside trees are important. They make the air cooler and cleaner. They help make the roads quieter. They help keep people on sidewalks safe. And they give us something nice to look at!在馬路兩邊的樹木非常重要，不只讓空氣清新、保護行人安全，還能美化市容！Click HERE for the full transcript!

King cobras are big, long snakes. They are three or four meters long. That is longer than two Taiwan cobras! Like Taiwan cobras, they are dangerous! Their venom is very strong and fast. It can kill! 眼鏡王蛇是毒蛇，體長可以到3公尺以上，比台灣眼鏡蛇長兩倍，非常危險!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taiwan has a lot of train lines. Some go under the ground. Some go very fast. Some go through forests. Some go over rivers. And now, one line goes to places with lots of art! The Sanying Line is in New Taipei. The trains go to Sanxia. Hakka people have lived in Sanxia for a long time.Click HERE for the full transcript!

Taipei Zoo got two presents. They are two animals from Shanghai Zoo in China. Can you guess what kind of animals they are? Are they apes? How about lions? No, they are red pandas. Their names are Lele and Tiantian. Lele is a 3-year-old boy. Tiantian is a 2-year-old girl.臺北市立動物園獲得兩件禮物，是來自上海動物園的小貓熊，樂樂跟甜甜。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In Taiwan's parks, kids are looking everywhere. They are looking under plants and trees. They are looking under benches where people sit. What are they looking for?最近，很多兒童在公園裡到處尋找，樹底下草裡面都找了。他們究竟在找什麼？Click HERE for the full transcript!

Have you been to Hualien Bus Station? A cute orange cat works there. But last year, he was a hungry kitten. A kitten is a baby cat! One night, station workers heard a cat meowing. Where was the cat? They looked and looked. But they did not find it.花蓮轉運站有一隻橘色的貓咪，牠是怎麼來的？之前一個晚上，車站員工聽見貓叫聲。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Do you know how to ride a bike? A young woman in South Africa knew how to do many things. But she did not know how to ride a bike. When she was a girl, she tried to learn how to ride.你會不會騎腳踏車? 南非有個年輕女孩，她會做很多事，就是不會騎腳踏車。Click HERE for the full transcript!

The sun is very big and very bright. We cannot look at it. Looking at it is bad for our eyes. The moon is small and bright. The sun makes it bright to us!We see the sun and the moon take turns in the sky almost every day. Click HERE for the full transcript!