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Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I”m Wendy Chen. Thank you for joining us. Coming up in today”s program, Tzu Chi volunteers in Taiwan”s Taipei, are tending to bereaved family members of a fire in the Shilin District. Taiwan”s vegetable vendor and philanthropist, Chen Shuju (陳樹菊) is visiting the local Tzu Chi Chapter while on a trip to the Philippines. And, cacao tree farmer Qiu Mingsong (邱銘松) in Pingtung, is the first in Taiwan, to produce locally made and processed chocolate bar.



歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是陳美瑾，感恩您的加入。今天的提要：台灣台北的慈濟志工，前往膚慰士林區一場火災的罹難家屬。台灣菜販與慈善家陳樹菊，在去菲律賓領獎時，拜訪當地慈濟分會。另外，屏東可可樹農邱銘松，是台灣第一位製作巧克力的人。


今日新聞提要：

1. 士林火警膚慰

2. 慈濟村不燒金

3. 印尼吉祥月

4. 陳樹菊訪菲

5. 吉隆坡心素派

6. 另類記者(4)陳和昇

7. 愛心服務車

8. 屏東巧克力(一)

9. 屏東巧克力(二)

END: 柏斯吉祥月


1. 士林火警膚慰

In Taipei, Taiwan, a fire occurred in the early morning of August 29, at a temple in Shilin District, leaving six people dead. Upon hearing the accident, Tzu Chi volunteers soon arrived to comfort bereaved family members and neighbors, and led them in chanting Buddhist scriptures for the deceased. Moreover, the volunteers also handed out consolation cash to the terrified neighbors, in hopes of bringing peace to their hearts.

在台灣台北，8月29日士林發生一場寺廟火警，造成六人罹難，慈濟志工在得知消息後，立即前往慰問家屬和鄰居，並且帶領鄰居為往生者助念，還送上慰問金給受到驚嚇的左鄰右舍，希望能安撫他們的心情。

2. 慈濟村不燒金

Also in Taiwan, Pingtung”s Houcun (後村) Village was the recipient of Tzu Chi”s help after the 8/8 floods in 2009. To thank Tzu Chi, local residents started to sort recyclables every week at a local temple, and vowed to make Houcun (後村) an eco-friendly village. Recently, the village head also called on all residents to reduce the amount of joss paper burnt, and to replace animal offerings with flowers and fruits.

也是台灣的報導，屏東萬丹鄉後村村 ，在2009年八八水災後受到慈濟人的幫助，感念慈濟的關懷，村民每星期都在廟口做環保，也表示要讓後村村成為慈濟村。最近村長呼籲村民，減少燒金紙的量，普度祭品多用鮮花素果取代。

3. 印尼吉祥月

Moving to Indonesia, where the Chinese community, also have the tradition of celebrating the seventh lunar month by burning paper money as an act of filial piety to their ancestors. Tzu Chi volunteers went door to door to promote the right belief and invited residents to join their study group.

鏡頭轉到印尼，農曆七月，在印尼的華人社區，會燒香拜拜紀念祖先，表示孝敬之心。慈濟志工為了倡導吉祥月孝親月的正念，挨家挨戶的宣傳，也邀民眾共修。

《 靜思語 》

Always strive to live in the present moment; refrain from empty talk or daydreaming.

人生要恆持當下這一刻，不要空談、妄想。

4. 陳樹菊訪菲

Taiwan”s vegetable vendor and philanthropist, Chen Shuju (陳樹菊) who has donated millions of dollars from her modest income, was voted one of the most influential people by the TIME magazine in 2010, and in the same year, was also voted one of the many heroes of philanthropy by Forbes Asia. Moved by Chen”s act of kindness over the years, the Philippines” Ramon Magsaysay Foundation decided to award the woman with this year”s Magsaysay Award. While on her trip to the Philippines, Chen Shuju seized the opportunity to visit the local Tzu Chi Chapter.

台灣菜販與慈善家陳樹菊，用過去少許的收入，陸續捐了好幾百萬做公益，在2010年，由時代雜誌推選，成為百大影響人物，同一年，也被亞洲富比士選為偉大的慈善家。深受陳樹菊的善念而感動，菲律賓麥格塞塞基金會決定今年的麥格塞塞獎給她，在菲律賓的行程中，她把握機會拜訪當地慈濟分會。

5. 吉隆坡心素派

The crew of Da Ai TV”s cooking show ”Modern Vegetarian”, was recently in Malaysia to film their upcoming episodes. On August 24th, 6 Tzu Chi volunteers from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, came on the show, to demonstrate Malaysia”s multicultural yet vegetarian dishes.

大愛台烹飪節目《現代心素派》，製作團隊在馬來西亞進行拍攝，8月24號，六位雪隆香積志工輪流上場，與主持人一起烹調融合馬來西亞多元文化的各式素菜。

6. 另類記者(4)陳和昇

In our continuing series on Taiwan”s media volunteers, we travel to Tainan to meet media volunteer Chen Hesheng(陳和昇). Like many of Tzu Chi”s media volunteers, Chen has thrown himself into the work of reporting news for Tzu Chi, and that includes buying his own camera. Chen”s enthusiasm and commitment to his work has not been diminished, by the fact that he is currently undergoing chemotherapy and electrotherapy for colorectal cancer. He says, his condition has only strengthened his determination, to do all he can, to spread Tzu Chi”s message of love and gratitude.

真善美志工系列報導，今天來到台南拜訪陳和昇師兄，他就像其他慈濟真善美志工，致力於報導慈濟的事蹟，也自掏腰包購買攝影器材，陳和昇師兄致力於攝影記錄，並未因為最近接受大腸癌的化療與電療而停止工作，疾病讓他更懂得要把握每個可以付出的機會，傳遞慈濟的愛與感恩。

7. 愛心服務車

Hualien Railway Station is the second busiest station in Taiwan. The daily passenger traffic usually increases during the summer and winter breaks; however, the lack of infrastructure is inconvenient for physically-challenged passengers. To help, two local entrepreneurs donated 2 mobility vehicles, to enhance the accessibility of the handicapped to the public transport.

花蓮火車站是全台第二繁忙的火車站，寒暑假的旅客量都會增加，然而火車站硬體設備不足，對身心障礙人士來講很不方便，為了改善這樣的狀況，有兩位在地實業家捐贈兩台愛心服務車，讓身心障礙的朋友不再擔心出門不方便的問題。

《 衲履足跡 》
On Spiritual Purification:

As the relationship shared by human beings and the environment is a symbiotic one, human desires inevitably bring chaos upon the earth. To help cleanse our environment, one must first rid oneself of material desires and strive to have a pure heart.

主題：談淨化

開示：人與天地息息相關，此大時代的大動亂，起源於人心欲念，尤其現代人對生活物質的享受與追求愈來愈多；欲淨化環境，須先淨化心境。

8. 屏東巧克力(一)

Next, we meet Qiu Mingsong (邱銘松) who was originally a betel nut tree farmer in Taiwan”s Pingtung, however, knowing how detrimental betel nuts are to human body and the environment, the farmer wanted to plant something else. 8 years ago, Qiu began planting cacao trees. Though he eventually managed to produce quality cacao seeds, at that time, Taiwan had no equipment to turn these seeds into cocoa solids or cocoa butter to produce chocolates. Luckily, with help from his family, Qiu finally produced the first chocolate bar entirely made and processed in Taiwan. Let”s take a look.

接著，我們來認識邱銘松，本來是台灣屏東的檳榔農，因為了解檳榔對環境的傷害，一直想要轉種別的作物，八年多前他投入種可可樹，但當時台灣沒有相關的技術將這些可可做成巧克力，幸好有了家人的幫助，他終於做出了第一塊全程產自台灣的巧克力，讓我們一起來看看。

9. 屏東巧克力(二)

In our last report, we learned about the years of hard work Qiu Mingsong(邱銘松) has devoted to making locally produced chocolates. Qiu says his success would not have been possible without the love and support of his wife and children. In our next report, we look at how the family, united in their efforts, has made a name for themselves in the trade.

上則報導中，我們了解邱銘松多年來努力製作台製巧克力，邱銘松說，成功的背後是家人的愛與支持。在我們接下來的報導，我們來看看這一家人，團結的力量，是他們成功的關鍵。

END: 柏斯吉祥月

We go to Australia at the end of our program, and join Tzu Chi volunteers at the Perth Tzu Chi Liaison Office, as they are holding a blessing ceremony to celebrate the 7th lunar month. Volunteers prepared delicious vegetarian food, in hopes of encouraging the participants to take on a meatless diet. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

在今天節目的最後，我們來到澳洲，跟著柏斯慈濟志工舉辦農曆七月吉祥月的活動，志工們準備好吃的素食，希望鼓勵民眾吃素，讓我們一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2012.09.03)