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Buddha Day celebration begins


Biggest DA.AI Technology store

Banana Kingdom no more?

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

●Coming up in the show today, before the grand Buddha Day ceremony on May 13th, Tzu Chi volunteers in Hualien, Taiwan, have already begun organizing smaller scale celebrations for those who are too old or frail to participate.

●Specializing in eco-friendly products, DA.AI Technology opens its biggest concept store in Taiwan, using green buidling materials.

●Dubbed ”Banana Kingdom” back in the 1960s, Taiwan seems to have lost that title but banana farmers hold on and try to find a way to survive.


歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入。

●今天的提要 5月13日浴佛節前夕，台灣花蓮慈濟志工，為無法前來現場的長者提前舉辦浴佛典禮

●特別的環保商品，大愛感恩科技，最大環保概念館開幕，強調的是使用綠色環保素材

●60年代香蕉王國稱號的台灣，似乎已經漸漸失去這個封號，蕉農努力找到生存之道


1.澳洲車禍關懷A life changing car accident

2.花社區浴佛Helping seniors celebrate Buddha Day

3.贏在起跑點Taking baby steps when raising children

4.八分飽(二)楊添丁The love of a taxi driver

5.大愛感恩士林店DA.AI Tech. opens in Shilin

6.360蕉農(一)Taiwan once called the banana kingdom

7.360蕉農(二)Music band helps raise awareness

END：印尼慈青培訓


1.澳洲車禍關懷A life changing car accident

First up in the show, we have a report from Australia on a young Taiwanese man who was injured in an auto accident during his working holiday in the country. Kuo Tingyu(郭庭瑜) from Taiwan went to Australia a year ago to explore new opportunities; however, a road accident cut short his trip, and caused a great deal of pain for him and his family. Thankfully, with Tzu Chi volunteers” help, they were able to turn their thoughts into positive thinking.

首先來看澳洲一位來自台灣的年輕人，到當地打工發生車禍的報導，一年前郭庭瑜到澳洲追尋工作的機會，沒想到發生嚴重車禍，庭瑜和媽媽對發生車禍非常沮喪，慈濟志工的幫助改變了他們對於車禍的看法。


2.花社區浴佛Helping seniors celebrate Buddha Day

Moving to Taiwan, as Buddha Day and Mother”s Day are less than two weeks away, Tzu Chi volunteers in Hualien have started visiting local nursing homes to celebrate the festivals with the seniors who are unable to make it to the main venue.

鏡頭轉到台灣，距離佛誕節與母親節不到兩個禮拜，花蓮的慈濟志工為了體恤老人家無法親臨浴佛會場，特地到安養機構舉辦浴佛大典。


3.贏在起跑點Taking baby steps when raising children

In our featured series, ”One Step Ahead”, yesterday we looked at some of the best ways to help school-age children grow intellectually and emotionally according to the development of the brain. Today, our focus shifts to infants and toddlers between the ages of one and three, a period when the brain grows at its most rapid pace. Toddlers explore the world through their senses, and the stimulation they receive greatly aids the development of neural connections, and hence their intelligence. We speak to experts in neuroscience and child psychology to better understand how best to help toddlers reach their full potential.


贏在起跑點專題，昨天帶您了解如何幫助國小階段的孩子智力與情緒發展，今天我們要探討的，是一到三歲的幼兒，其實從腦部發育情況來看，大腦在一到三歲時成長最為急促，在這個階段的孩子，透過感官認識世界，來自外界的刺激，有利於神經元的連結、提高智力，我們問腦科學與兒童心理學的專家，如何幫助幼兒發揮最大的潛力。


4.八分飽(二)楊添丁The love of a taxi driver

Mr. Yang is a Tzu Chi care recipient living in Taichung, Taiwan. A taxi driver by trade, Mr. Yang made enough to get by. However, at 35, diabetes took his right leg, after which he was required to receive weekly dialysis treatments. As his meager income was unable to cover his medical costs, Tzu Chi stepped in to help. Now Yang is once again driving his cab and helping others as a way to give back.

台中有位慈濟照顧戶楊先生，開計程車維生，還能安然度日，但是三十五歲那年，糖尿病導致右腳截肢，接著還開始洗腎，微博的薪資無法負擔醫療費用，慈濟人適時關懷協助，楊先生現在再度開計程車，也日日投善款，發善念、回饋愛。


5.大愛感恩士林店DA.AI Tech. opens in Shilin

Environmentally oriented, DA.AI Technology is a company that makes products out of recycled PET bottle. We join the opening ceremony of DA.AI Technology”s largest store in Taiwan, which is located in the Shilin District of Taipei.

環保開幕的報導，大愛感恩科技公司以回收寶特瓶製作環保物品，我們跟著大愛感恩科技，來到位於台北士林最大的概念館開幕了。


6.360蕉農(一)Taiwan once called the banana kingdom

In our featured report on Taiwan”s sunset trades, today we”ll be looking at the fading industry of banana farming and the farmers behind it. In 1963, Taiwan”s bananas were widely exported to Japan. In the ensuing 10 years, banana farming became one of the most important industries in Taiwan, earning the country considerable amounts of foreign exchange. Back in the golden age, mountains were filled with banana farms which earned Taiwan the title of Banana kingdom. Let”s take a look.

今天台灣夕陽產業的專題，我們來看看逐漸落寞的香蕉產業，一九六三年，台灣的香蕉大量進口日本

十年間，香蕉種植成為台灣主要的產業之一，為我國賺取可觀的外匯，在那段風光的日子裡，山上有著滿滿的香蕉園，使得台灣儼然成為香蕉王國，讓我們來看看。


7.360蕉農(二)Music band helps raise awareness

75-year-old Lv Ming, whom we met in the last story, has seen the rise and fall of the banana industry in his hometown of Qishan, and witnessed how young people moved away one after another in search of better business opportunities. To the delight of Lv Ming and other banana farmers like him, several local young men came together and formed a band, hoping to use music to revive Qishan”s banana culture.

剛剛我們看到有關75歲呂明的報導，看到老旗山蕉農產業的沒落，也看到許多年輕人離開了旗山，尋找更好的工作機會，為了振興香蕉產業，多位年輕人組成”台青蕉樂團”，希望透過音樂重振旗山香蕉文化。
END：印尼慈青培訓
At the end of the show, we go to Indonesia, where college students who were interested in humanitarian work attended a Tzu Ching Seminar held at the Tzu Chi School in Jakarta. We”ll leave you with these images. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

節目最後，我們來到印尼，一群大學生來到慈濟大愛學校，參加慈青培訓讓他們對慈濟，有更深的了解。一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2012.05.03)