A Big Job on a Roof

0:00What? No way! Yes way! It's time for news for kids! News for kids! 真的假的 真的假的 I like it! I like it! Yeah! Yeah! 你不知道的去尾新鮮事 ICRT news for kids In one part of new Taipei People were very worried about a building They called the city City workers went to the building They went up to the top They looked at the roof Many many things were on the roof There were old bikes and suitcases There were old chairs and tables There were also old bottles and other things to recycle But they were not recycled Many more things were on the 5th floor

1:00It was full The stairs were full too Why were there so many things? For many years a man carried things up to the roof He said he used them to study science Everything got older and older They smelled Lots of big bugs came Lots of mice came The city and others cleaned up the roof two times a few years ago But the man carried more things up A typhoon was coming Maybe it would come to new Taipei Strong winds could blow things off the roof They could fall on people City workers needed to clean up the roof fast

2:00Forty workers came They put everything on the roof in big white bags Tall cranes took the bags down Trucks carried the bags away The days were hot Everything smelled bad But the workers kept working They cleaned up more than 24,000 kilograms of old things It took four days Now the man must pay the city 2 million NT Maybe more typhoons are coming But the people near the building feel safer The roof is clean For now vocabulary Taipei is the building that has been working at the roof And the typhoon has been cleaned up Clean up, clear Jane, you have too much old stuff

3:02Your stuff is too much You really need to clean it up You really need to clean it up I know, I know Forty workers But my living room is not full yet But my living room is not full yet Are you kidding? 開玩笑 I have to move around things just to get to the door We all have to go to the door to get to the door Table, table, chair, chair, chair And I can't sit down And I can't sit down There's stuff piled up on every table in chair The chair is all right You're right, sorry about that You're right, sorry about that Carry, banh yin I can help you carry some of these downstairs I can help you put some banh xia lo No, no, I'll just buy one more chair No, no, I'll just buy one more chair

4:04I'll go buy a chair Please clean up 清楚, full 滿的, table 桌子, chair 椅子, carry banh yin It's quiz time! Question number one, what was on the roof? A, many old things B, new chairs C, a garden Question number two, what came to the roof? A, cats, B, bugs, C, trucks Question number three, who cleaned up the roof? A, people living near the building B, the man, C, city workers The answers are all available on the ICRT website and app If you have a fun fact, a joke or a news story you'd like to share with us

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