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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!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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! Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

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。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

At a junior high school in the U.S., teachers teach. Kids learn. Everyone eats lunch. Later, everyone goes home. At the end of the day, no one is at the school. Click HERE for the full transcript!

Dirty air is not good for our lungs. Lungs are the parts of our body that help us breathe air in and out. Dirty air can make our lungs weak. Weak lungs can make running and playing hard. Weak lungs can make breathing hard! 肺是人體的呼吸器官，而髒空氣會讓肺變得虛弱，影響呼吸和日常活動。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

What can fall on you like rain and snow? At a temple in Gukeng in Yunlin, money can! 除了下雪和下雨，還能下什麼呢？在雲林古坑鄉的一間宮廟，會下鈔票雨！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

In many places around the world, young people are farming. But they are not growing plants. They are aura farming. Aura is coolness. People say you can grow aura. That is why they call it "aura farming." 現在年輕人的新流行叫做 “aura farming”，就是透過耍酷來製造氣場。 Click HERE for the full transcript!

A pizza shop was having a busy day. But it was going to get busier! Someone called the shop. The person ordered 18 pizzas! That is a lot of pizzas! 美國一家忙碌的披薩店接到電話訂單，竟然點了18個大披薩！ Click HERE for the full transcript!