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Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I”m Leeway Tsai. Thank you for joining us.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入。

Food for Typhoon Washi victims
Exclusive footage from N Korea
New LED lights for disaster relief

Coming up in today”s show, Typhoon Washi victims in the Philippines can finally put food on their tables with Tzu Chi”s distribution of rice.
We bring you never seen before footage taken during a Tzu Chi aid distribution in North Korea when the death of its leader, Kim Jung-il was announced nationwide.
And later, we take a look at Tzu Chi”s latest innovation-- a solar LED lighting system that will come in handy on disaster relief missions.

今天的提要，菲律賓瓦西風災的居民，因為慈濟的大米發放，讓居民能飽餐一頓；我們帶大家看慈濟在北朝鮮發放前，巧遇北朝鮮宣告領導人金正日往生的情形；接著，帶大家看看慈濟的最新發明，太陽能LED路燈，即將在未來的賑災發放中，發揮功效。

今日新聞提要：
1.菲發放第一天 1st day of relief on Mindanao
2.前黃鎮發放 Relief supplies for Quanzhou residents
3.泉州第一顆種子 Quanzhou aid distribution a success
4.易縣特殊發放 Tzu Chi visits education center in Hebei
5.常熟歲末祝福 Year end blessing ceremonies
6.蘇州醫療個案 New ear, new hope
7.1227北朝鮮(2)幕後觀察 Mourning interrupts afternoon distribution
8.★1230歷史的今天 On this day, the 30th of December
9.太陽能路燈 New Tzu Chi relief gadget
END：加蒙特婁耶誕&加高貴林耶誕


1.菲發放第一天 1st day of relief on Mindanao

In the Philippines” Mindanao, Tzu Chi began large-scale post-Washi disaster relief distributions on Wednesday, December 28th. Due to the sudden increase in the number of people in need of assistance, volunteers now plan to hold eight distributions in three days. As the shipment of supplies was delayed, on Wednesday, rice from Taiwan was first handed out to 3,000 families in Cagayan de Oro.

慈濟在菲律賓民答那峨島上，為瓦西風災的災民舉辦的大型發放，從星期三 12月28號開始，由於發放人數超過預期，志工決定展開三天八場發放，又因為所有物資沒有如預期抵達，星期三只好先發放來自台灣的大米，幫助卡加延德奧羅市的三千戶人家。


2.前黃鎮發放 Relief supplies for Quanzhou residents

As part of Tzu Chi”s annual winter aid distribution in China, on Tuesday, Tzu Chi volunteers in Fujian Province visited seniors and underprivileged families in Quanzhou”s Qianhuang Town with winter supplies. Volunteers also made personal deliveries to those who could not attend the event.

慈濟在中國，這個星期二慈濟志工在中國福建，前往泉州的前黃鎮，探訪獨居老人及困苦家庭，並舉辦冬令發放，無法親自參加的居民，志工們也親自送上物資。


3.泉州第一顆種子 Quanzhou aid distribution a success

Staying in Quanzhou, on Wednesday, volunteers traveled to the districts of Licheng, Fengze, and Luojiang (鯉城、豐澤、洛江) to deliver supplies to 4,300 households. The organizer of this year”s distribution is Liu Tianchuan (劉田川) , who is a local volunteer from Quanzhou. Thanks to his hard work and commitment to the Tzu Chi cause, the distributions were a resounding success. Also attending were members of the media, who tried their hand at volunteering for the day and came away feeling extremely rewarded by the experience.

慈濟志工在星期三，來到福建泉州進行冬令發放，來到鯉城、豐澤、洛江三個區，有4300多戶的鄉親順利領取到物資，這次承擔總協調的泉州志工劉田川，他的發心與投入，讓發放圓滿，而在泉州的發放，還有電視台記者投入志工領域，一天下來，得到滿滿的收穫。


《 靜思語 》

To love our planet is to love all living beings.

疼愛大地，就是疼愛眾生。


4.易縣特殊發放 Tzu Chi visits education center in Hebei

Tzu Chi volunteers from China”s Hebei Province recently traveled to Yi County”s special education center, where they delivered winter goods to the school”s students. As the school is still under construction and funds are limited, volunteers also brought along food and daily necessities, thereby helping the students get a nutritious and filling lunch.

河北地區的慈濟志工，日前來到易縣的特殊教育中心，贈送冬季物資給學生們，由於學校還在建設中，經費有限，志工提供的食物和生活用品，剛好能彌補學生午餐的問題。


5.常熟歲末祝福 Year end blessing ceremonies

Tzu Chi”s year-end blessing ceremonies are currently taking place throughout China. Next up, we follow volunteers and Jing Si Abode nuns from Taiwan, to their first stop at Changshou, in Jiangsu Province, where six ceremonies have been planned.

慈濟歲末祝福的活動，在大陸各個地區展開，在接下來的報導當中，我們跟著志工與精舍師父，第一站來到江蘇常熟，預計會參加華東各地共六場活動。


6.蘇州醫療個案 New ear, new hope

With China”s growing wealth gap, countless people who are struggling to get by often choose to ignore their illness. To help find a solution to break the cycle of poverty and sickness, Tzu Chi volunteers in Suzhou are currently working on the construction of a community health center that will offer health consultations. In our next report, we meet one disadvantaged family whose child was born hard of hearing but had little money to seek out the best medical care. Thankfully, the Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital in Taiwan, and a local children”s hospital came together to give the young patient a cochlear implant, bringing hope to a once desperate family.

中國大陸貧富懸殊日趨嚴重，有許多民眾生活過的貧困，身體有病痛卻選擇不就醫，因為貧與病的惡性循環，慈濟志工在蘇州規畫健檢中心，提供居民健康診療，另一個醫療個案，來看一個經濟不好的家庭，家中的小孩先天聽力障礙，但是沒有錢為他做最好的治療，台中慈院與蘇州附屬兒童醫院，合力完成人工電子耳植入手術，讓這個家庭再次看到希望。


《 衲履足跡 》On Educating the Wealthy 談教富濟貧

You are most blessed and happy when you have the ability to help those in need. Happiness cannot be bought with money.
There is a fine line between wanting to give and waiting for help. If we change our perspective and attitude, we will be able to give our love to the needy.

有能力幫助人的人最有福，也是最快樂的人，這分快樂不是用金錢能賺取的。願意付出或是坐等別人的幫助，只在一念之差，若能轉變觀念與心態，也能以愛付出。


7.1227北朝鮮(2)幕後觀察 Mourning interrupts afternoon distribution

North Korean leader Kim Jung-il died on December 17. When his death was announced to the world on December 19, the only footage of the public”s reaction to the news came from the official North Korean media. In our next story, we bring you exclusive pictures taken by a Da Ai TV news crew, who were filming Tzu Chi”s aid distribution in North Korea, when the announcement was made.

北朝鮮領導人金正日本月17日過世，這個消息在19日震驚全球，全世界的媒體都採用朝鮮中央電視台的畫面，在我們接下來的報導，我們帶您跟著大愛新聞記者，當時正在當地參加慈濟發放，在第一時間直擊，為歷史做了見證。


8.★1230歷史的今天 On this day, the 30th of December

1944 Farewell Rolland
French novelist Romain Rolland produced acclaimed works such as Life of Beethoven and Life of Michelangelo. The gifted author spent eight years writing his masterpiece, Jean Christophe, which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915. Greatly respecting India”s spiritual leader, Mahatma Gandhi, Rolland authored his biography, and the two became friends and regular correspondents. On this day in 1944, Rolland passed away at the age of 78.

1969 Marcos reelected
Inaugurated on this day in 1969 as the ninth president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos was the first Filipino president to win a second term. The inauguration ceremony, which involved a military review, was attended by representatives from more than 40 countries, including US vice president, Spiro Theodore Agnew. The Filipino dictator ruled the country for 21 years.

1999 Millennium bug
The approach of the new millennium presented a problem for computers that abbreviated the four-digit year to two digits. Experts feared that the rollover from 1999 to 2000 would cause errors in computer programs that could lead to malfunctioning in the aviation and banking industries. International Y2K Cooperation Centers were set up to minimize the date error effect. Fortunately, no significant computer failures occurred.

2001 Hope for quake-damaged schools
The 1999 Taiwan earthquake caused severe damage to Zhongliao(中寮) Junior High School in Nantou County. The Tzu Chi Foundation commissioned Taiwan”s famed architect Yao Renxi(姚仁喜) to rebuild the school. The new school opened on this day in 2001. On the same day of the next year, Dongshi(東勢) Elementary School also reopened.

2003 Filipino club foot case
Two Filipino girls who had congenital club foot both had corrective surgery at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Taiwan. The girls recovered well, and were discharged on this day in 2003, after which the hospital arranged accommodation for them that offered a suitable environment for their rehabilitation and recovery. The pair returned to the Philippines in February 2004.

1944年，法國大文豪 羅曼羅蘭逝世，法國大文豪 羅曼羅蘭創作＜ 貝多芬 ＞ ＜ 米開朗基羅 ＞等英雄傳記，後來以八年時間完成長篇小說＜ 約翰克里斯朵夫 ＞，在1915年獲頒諾貝爾文學獎，羅蘭十分敬重印度聖雄甘地，也成為彼此定期書信往來的好友，羅蘭在1944年這天過世，享壽七十八歲。

1969年，首位連任總統馬可仕宣誓就職，1969年馬可仕宣誓就職，成為菲律賓第九位總統，他也是位連任的菲律賓總統，現場也進行軍事閱兵典禮，包括美國副總統阿格紐與來自四十多國代表都到場觀禮，獨裁的馬可仕，統治期間長達二十一年。

1999年，迎接Y2K千禧蟲危機，千禧年到來，威脅所有將4位數年份改為兩位數的電腦程式，專家擔憂 1999年轉2000年時，電腦將會故障，造成像是飛航安全與銀行帳務等資訊的問題，於是紛紛啟動千禧年指揮中心，以確保程式的正確運算，幸好全球都未發生大規模的當機事件。

2001年希望工程新校落成，位在南投中寮鄉的中寮國中，在台灣九二一地震中受創嚴重，慈濟基金會認養校園重建工程，委託姚仁喜建築設計，這天完工啟用，隔年，台中東勢國小也在這天完成新校舍工程。

2003年跨海求診，歡喜出院，罹患馬蹄內翻足的兩名菲律賓少女，在花蓮慈濟醫院進行矯正手術，由於術後復原良好，2003年這天出院，並且由院方安排療養場地，隔年二月回國。


9.太陽能路燈 New Tzu Chi relief gadget

In order to provide emergency lighting or power, which will greatly enhance Tzu Chi”s disaster relief, especially in poorer parts of the world, the Religious Affairs Department of the Tzu Chi Foundation teamed up with Taiwan”s Industrial Technology Research Institute to produce a solar powered LED lighting systems. We now introduce you to Tzu Chi”s latest relief tool.

為了讓救災時若有足夠的照明，或有電力可以使用，將大大提升慈濟的救災行動，尤其是前往世界較貧窮的地區，也因此慈濟基金會宗教處與台灣的工研院合作，開發出太陽能LED路燈，現在為您介紹這項慈濟賑災新工具。


END：加蒙特婁耶誕&加高貴林耶誕

It is coming to the years end, and Canada Tzu Chi volunteers in Coquitlam and Montreal organized parties in a nursing home and a hospital respectively, to share some holiday joy with those who cannot spend this festive time with their loved ones. We”ll leave you with these images. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

歲末將至，加拿大高貴林和蒙特婁的慈濟人，來到老人院和醫院，陪伴無法返家過節的老人們過耶誕節，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2011.12.30)