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House calls to the mountains
Keep up 10,000 steps a day
Skincare our grandmas used

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

歡迎收看大愛英文新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入

Coming up, doctors from the Tzu Chi Hospital in Guanshan, in Taiwan”s Taitung County, make regular house calls to remote mountain villages, to care for the needy.

An easy way to keep yourself fit is to stick to a walking program of 10,000 steps a day, which will benefit you both physically and emotionally.

Later, in our featured series on Taiwan”s traditional trades, we find out how some of the country”s oldest skincare brands have survived against fierce competition from international labels.

●花蓮關山慈院，定期到偏遠山區關懷貧窮的人。

●要保持良好的體態，不二法門，只要一天走上1萬步，對身心健康有極大的幫助。

●待會，在今天傳統行業的報導中，我們一起來看看過去的護膚保養品行業，面對國際品牌保養品的競爭壓力，很難經營下去。

今日新聞提要：

1.關山利稻往診

2.印尼老者義診

3.水懺黃秀丹

4.水懺卓錦鈺

5.日行萬步十年

6.生活八分飽(二)

7.馬安邦環保站

8.日前川來台

9.阿嬤級保養品

END：南港讀書會

1.關山利稻往診
This month, Guanshan Tzu Chi Hospital, in Taiwan”s Taitung County, will celebrate its 12th anniversary. For many years, the Tzu Chi doctors regularly visit Lidao and Wulu villages to provide healthcare to those living in the mountains.

這個月，台東關山慈濟醫院啟業即將屆滿12年，為了確保居民的健康，醫療團隊每周會定期上山，多年來提供居民醫療服務。

2.印尼老者義診

Tzu Chi volunteers in Indonesia have long been caring for residents of a nursing home in East Jakarta. Recently, volunteers returned with doctors to give the seniors a checkup.

印尼志工長期關懷，東雅加達一所養老院，這次還帶著醫生為老人家提供義診。

3.水懺黃秀丹

The musical adaption of Water Repentance sutra re-opened on Thursday night in Taiwan”s Hualien. Huang Xiudan(黃秀丹) is a performer of the show. Her friend invited her to participate, hoping that Xiudan could finally learn to cope with the untimely loss of her 18-year-old son.

水懺演繹再度登場，周四晚間在花蓮演出，黃秀丹是這次水懺演繹裡其中一名入經藏菩薩，她的朋友，因為不忍看她因為18歲的兒子往生，繼續消沉下去，邀約她參與經藏演繹。

4.水懺卓錦鈺

Staying on the topic of Water Repentance sutra, Zhuo Jingyu is a teacher at the junior high school affiliated to Tzu Chi University. Zhuo is using interactive methods to teach the Water Repentance sutra to her pupils, because she herself has benefitted from the Buddhist scripture.

也是水懺相關報導，花蓮慈大附中的卓錦鈺老師，參加水懺共修入經藏後，應用水懺經文中的涵義，教導學生。

《 靜思語 》

A life without purpose is a life without value.

沒有使命的人生，是沒有價值的生命。

5.日行萬步十年

The Department of Health in Taiwan launched a campaign called ”10,000 steps a day” in 2002. Ten years later, the Department is reminding the public of the health benefits of walking, in hopes that more people will join in.

國民健康局從2002年，開始推動日行一萬步的活動，十年過了，健保局再次提醒大家健走的好處，希望更多人能加入。

6.生活八分飽(二)

Next, we meet Tzu Chi volunteer, Shen Huixian(沈惠賢), from Taiwan, who has several ingenious ways to save on power and resources, in her personal effort to care of the environment.

慈濟志工沈惠賢，是個生活智慧王，有許多節能省電的方法，來保護地球資源。

7.馬安邦環保站

Also caring for the planet are volunteers in Ampang suburb of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. There are two environmental stations in the area, where recyclables are given a second lease on life.

也是愛護地球的環保志工，是馬來西亞吉隆坡安邦慈濟志工，這裡成立了兩個環保站，讓回收物有了第二個生命。

8.日前川來台

Wheelchair bound Japanese woman, Maekawa Tomoko has one wish: to travel abroad to see the world. When Japan was flooded with donations from Taiwan in the aftermath of the March 11 tsunami and earthquake last year, Maekawa was so moved she decided that her first overseas destination would be Taiwan. We find out how her dream was made possible in the next story.

今年33歲，日本籍的前川知子，雙腳無法行走，她最大的心願就是出國體驗世界，去年日本發生311地震，台灣人踴躍的愛心捐輸，讓她決定親自到台灣走一趟，帶您來看看，她的願望是怎麼實現的。

《 衲履足跡 》 On Vegetarianism 談茹素
Spiritual cultivation reforms our behavior. Becoming a vegetarian is easy if you know how to empathize with other living beings.
Man, capable of destruction and creation, should do his best to love and protect all forms of life.

修心養性才能端正行為。發願齋戒並不困難，只要以同理心看待眾生命，就能發菩薩心，不忍食眾生肉；身為萬物之靈的人類，更應用愛保護、疼惜眾生。

9.阿嬤級保養品

In Taiwan, in the 1960s when imported goods were pricy and limited in variety, many women look to locally produced skincare products for help. Now, these once popular local brands are struggling against tough competition from abroad. In our report on Taiwan”s fading industries, we meet Zhou Heping(周和平), who is determined to keep his family business of selling Taiwanese skincare products running.

在台灣1960年代的時候，進口保養品價格昂貴，種類也不多，當時，大多數的人都用台灣本土品牌的保養品，老招牌禁不住進口貨龐大的競爭壓力，在我們今天的真情臉譜專題中，我們來認識第二代經營人，周和平，雖然生意不好做，但是他說，他會持續堅持下去。

END：南港讀書會

Taiwan”s Tzu Chi volunteers have been studying the Water Repentance sutra very diligently. We join a study group in Nangang, Taipei, where participants shared with one another how the sutra has made a difference in their lives. We”ll leave you with these images. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.

台灣慈濟志工繼續深入經藏，我們跟著南港區共修讀書會，看看水懺經文的分享，讓生活變得不一樣，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。

(2012.03.09)