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Disaster survey for Isaac flood victims


China”s Chengdu, a city of abundance

Spreading of red fire ants in Taiwan

Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I”m Helen Liao. Thank you for joining us.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是廖珮如，感恩有您的加入。

Coming up in today”s show, Tzu Chi volunteers in the United States are carrying out a disaster survey for flood victims of Hurricane Issac in Louisiana.

We go to the city of Chengdu(成都) in China, and see how the city is moving forward, after the Wenchuan(汶川) Earthquake in 2008.

In our feature reports on ”Insect Invasion” in Taiwan, we take a look at how the raising in temperature, poses a risk on the spreading of red fire ants.

今天的提要，美國慈濟志工來到路易斯安那州水患地區，拉普拉斯城鎮勘災

我們來到中國成都，看看2008年汶川地震後，如何展現生命力

接下來的蟲蟲危機專題中，我們帶大家看看溫度上升，如何讓紅火蟻數量快速竄升的危機

1.艾薩克勘災Disaster survey for Isaac victims

In the United States, Hurricane Isaac left a trail of destruction in the state of Louisiana, with La Place City been one of the worst hit. Tzu Chi volunteers from Houston, Texas, met up with their counterparts in New Orleans, to carry out a disaster survey on September 5th.

在美國，一級颶風艾薩克重創美國易斯安那州，拉普拉斯城鎮是重災區，來自德州、休士頓的慈濟志工與紐奧良的志工會合後，在9月5日進行勘災。

2.越新芽發放Scholarship aid program

For the past three years, Tzu Chi volunteers in Vietnam, has been handing out scholarship, to needy students in Ho Chi Minh City. On August 26th, volunteers once again, handed out scholarships to poor students. This time the scholarship aid program, helped a total of 381 students.

慈濟第三年在越南胡志明市，發放助學金幫助貧困學生，8月26日再一次發放助學金給貧困學生，共有381位學生接受助學金幫助。

3.職志承擔發放Relief distribution day

In Taiwan, the 24th day of every lunar month, is relief distribution day at the Jing Si Abode in Hualien. This time, the event was on a Sunday; therefore, many Tzu Chi Foundation staff, decided to give a helping hand. The volunteers on site, included Tzu Chi teachers, nurses, doctors and many more.

在台灣每個月農曆的24號，是靜思精舍例行的發放日，這個月的發放日在禮拜天，因此許多慈濟職工和志工參與，參與的包括老師 護士 醫生等。

4.天府瑰寶(1)四川之寶Land of abundance

The 512 Wenchuan(汶川) Earthquake devastated China”s Sichuan(四川) in 2008, however the city of Chengdu(成都), is moving forward, from the disaster. From its traditional old streets, to the Giant Panda research center, to archeological sites. Chengdu(成都) really is a city of a-bun-dance.

大陸四川歷經512汶川大地震的衝擊，可是成都市依舊展現旺盛的生命力，從老街道到貓熊育研究基地，到金沙遺址，成都真是天府瑰寶。

5.蘇早會義檢Suzhou Health Promotion Center

After 22 years of hard work, in promoting Tzu Chi”s philosophy and spreading the seeds of Great Love in China, the Suzhou(蘇州) Tzu Chi Health Promotion Center, was finally established last weekend. The medical staff received blessings from Master Cheng Yen and Tzu Chi volunteers.

經過二十二年的耕耘，在中國散播愛的種子，慈濟的醫療志業團隊，蘇州慈濟健康促進中心終於在上周成立了，在今天的志工早會中，健康促進中心的所有成員，都得到證嚴法師與全台六所慈濟醫院團隊的祝福。

6.墨爾本推素” Meatless week ” event

To celebrate the 7th lunar month as a month of auspiciousness, Tzu Chings in Melbourne, Australia started a ”meatless week” event. For a week, volunteers and Tzu Chings provided vegetarian lunchboxes to 232 local university students. Let”s take a look.

為了響應農曆七月是吉祥月的活動，澳洲墨爾本的慈青發起了齋戒周的活動，由慈濟志工和慈青提供一個星期的愛心素食午餐，這次總共有232位大學生響應，讓我們來看看。

7.蟲蟲危機(4)紅火蟻Trying to stop the red fire ant

The red imported fire ant has become a major threat to ecological bio-diver-sity in Taiwan and has cost famers millions of dollars in crop losses. As scientists work to find ways, to control the spread of this species, many worry that the current increase in temperature, will only make it easier, for the ants to spread to previously not-colonized cooler mountain regions, thus threatening the high level of bio-diver-sity still found there.

紅火蟻造成台灣生態多樣性的威脅，並且造成農夫種植的作物數百萬美元的損失，科學家正試圖找出控制紅火蟻擴散的方法，紅火蟻在台灣西岸出現蹤跡，許多人擔心目前地球的暖化，會讓紅火蟻更容易侵入過去不適居住的寒冷山區，並威脅到高海拔的生物多樣性。

8.另類記者(14)潘俞臻Media volunteer turn reporter

Next, we meet one media volunteer in Taiwan”s Tainan(台南), Pan Yuzhen(潘俞臻), who was originally a book-keeper. Pan joined the organization”s media work in 2004, and she became a reporter for Da Ai TV last year.

接下來我們認識住在台南真善美志工－潘俞臻，她本身是記帳士，在2004年參加慈濟，過去8年投入真善美的工作，去年成為新聞部的記者。

9.印薇薇助人Lung disease patient volunteers to teach

In Jakarta, Indonesia, a Muslim, Wi-wik Ha-sa-nah, volunteers to teach children, to read the Quran even though she suffers from a serious lung disease. Her friends reported her condition to Tzu Chi, which decided to help pay for her surgery. To reciprocate, Wi-wik saved money in the bamboo bank for donations.

印尼雅加達有位穆斯林－薇薇哈莎娜，義務教導社區的孩子 誦念可蘭經，即使她患有嚴重的肺病，在朋友的通報下，得到慈濟補助，能夠開刀治療，她以感恩的心投竹筒來回報。

END：泰企業響環保

At the end of the show, we go to Thailand, where Tzu Chi volunteers are promoting environmentalism in various communities. Volunteers held workshops at corporations, and setup recycling bins at shopping malls, in hopes of encouraging these stores to join the recycling efforts. . Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

節目最後來到泰國，慈濟志工在各社區宣導素食，志工企業公司開茶會做宣導，也到商場做環保，帶動商家一起做回收。以上是我們今天的節目，感恩收看，再會。(2012.09.11)