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Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I’m Wendy Chen. Thank you for joining us.


歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是陳美瑾，感恩有您的加入。

●Coming up in the show today, Tzu Chi volunteers in Indonesia are helping victims of a recent earthquake, by handing out rice and clothes.

●In our continuing series on weather conditions, we find out why typhoons are a threat to Taiwan, and how weather prediction is more of a warning than forecast.

●And, we meet the master of ink stone engraving, Dong Zuo, in Changhua County, who can carve almost anything on ink stones.

●今天的提要，印尼慈濟志工幫助地震的受災民眾，帶來大米和衣物。

●今天的天氣專題中，我們帶大家看看為何颱風會威脅台灣，而氣象預報多半是提醒，而不是預報。

●接著，我們帶大家認識硯雕家，住彰化縣的董坐，任何雕刻都難不倒他。

今日新聞提要：

1.印地震發放 Tending to quake victims in Indonesia

2. 美食物倉儲二年 Food bank program in New Jersey

3. 清寒助學家訪 Home visits with Tzu Chi

4.廈門教育交流 Teachers exchanging ideas

5.天氣知多少(3) The importance of disaster prevention

6. 360硯雕 Ink stones engraving, Master Dong

7.大林做月餅A healthy holiday treat

8. 澎湖中秋關懷 Visiting care recipients

9.腦麻做月餅 Hard work pays off

END： 心蓮中秋節

1.印地震發放 Tending to quake victims in Indonesia

On September 9th, Indonesia’s Java was struck by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which destroyed over 400 houses in the Bogor Regency. There were also nearly 500 houses damaged in the Su-ka-bu-mi Regency. In the aftermath of the earthquake, at the request of the local government, Tzu Chi volunteers went to survey the disaster area, and distributed rice and clothes to the quake victims.

九月九號印尼爪哇島發生芮氏規模4.8的地震，造成距離震央最近的茂物縣有四百多棟房子損毀，另外，在蘇加武眉縣也有近五百戶家庭受災，地震過後慈濟志工在當地政府的要求協助下，前往災區勘災並進行大米和衣物的發放。

2. 美食物倉儲二年 Food bank program in New Jersey

In the United States, New Jersey Tzu Chi Chapter has set up a food bank in their local community. Recently, Tzu Chi volunteers held a banquet on September 10th, to celebrate the second anniversary of the program. When Tzu Chi volunteers first started, only two families came to pick up the food parcel, but now the number has increased to 80.

慈濟美國新澤西分會，在社區成立食物倉儲邁入第二年之際，慈濟志工特地在九月十日舉辦感恩餐會，回想剛開始提供素食，僅有二戶來領取，但是到現在已經有八十戶。

3. 清寒助學家訪 Home visits with Tzu Chi

Every year, Tzu Chi College of Technology hands out scholarships to its needy students. Tzu Cheng fathers and Yide mothers also visit these students at home, to find out more about their learning environment. The door to door visits not only ensure the students stay on the right track, but their family members also gets to know Tzu Chi as well.

慈濟技術學院每年都會頒發助學金給家境清寒的學生，而慈誠懿德爸爸媽媽也時常走進孩子們的家庭關懷孩子的學習狀況，家訪不僅能夠了解孩子的狀況，也能和家裡的成員 建立良好關係，讓他們更認識慈濟。

4.廈門教育交流 Teachers exchanging ideas

In China’s Xiamen, a teachers’ seminar was held on September 16, with members of Tzu Chi Teachers Association from Taiwan as guest speakers. Over 130 Chinese teachers from different regions participated, and were all much inspired by the experience.

在中國廈門9月16日舉行教育交流課程，130多位來自大陸學校老師收穫豐富，表示對於與學生的教學互動會有很大的幫助。

5.天氣知多少(3) The importance of disaster prevention

According to estimates, each year Taiwan suffers losses of approximately 6.8 million USD from natural disasters, of which, over 80 percent are from typhoons. When a typhoon is forming in the seas off Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau gathers the data necessary to predict the storm’s path, rainfall, and wind speed and force. However, weather conditions can change in an instant, and me-teo-ro-logical technology is limited. As a result, there exists a margin of error, and many question the accuracy of the CWB’s predictions. In fact, weather predictions are intended more as forewarnings than forecasts.

根據統計，台灣一年的自然災害，造成的損失約有680萬美元，其中超過八成來自颱風，每回台灣外海一有颱風形成，氣象局總是繃緊神經，蒐集資料，預測颱風路徑，降雨以及風力，只是 大氣瞬息萬變，加上氣象科技的極限，讓預測存有誤差，因此，不少人對氣象局產生質疑，其實天氣預報的目的就是要提醒民眾戒慎、防災。

6. 360硯雕 Ink stones engraving, Master Dong

In our series of feature reports on Taiwan’s fading industries, today we meet Dong Zuo(董坐) from Changhua(彰化) County, who is known for the beautiful and creative ink stones he makes. With over 40 years of experience, the artist can carve almost anything on the ink stones. Despite the decline of the industry, Dong and his two sons are devoted to making these tools, which are nowadays viewed as artworks.

在今天的真情臉譜專題中，我們認識住在彰化縣的董坐，一位知名的硯雕家，擁有40多年的經驗，他幾乎什麼都可以刻，即便進入硯台沒落的年代，董坐及兩個兒子仍然投入這項藝術品。

7.大林做月餅A healthy holiday treat

In just a few more days we’ll celebrate the Moon Festival. At Dalin (大林) Tzu Chi Hospital, employees are making moon cakes to express thanks to Tzu Chi’s medical volunteers. The cakes are not only an expression of good will - they’re also good for the health. With no unsaturated fat, these moon cakes will make a happy and healthy autumn holiday.

再過幾天就是中秋節，大林慈院同仁親手做月餅來感恩醫療志工的付出，這一顆顆的月餅不僅有同仁的心意更兼顧健康，像是以無水奶油來代替酥油的中秋月餅，吃的快樂，健康的中秋節。

8. 澎湖中秋關懷 Visiting care recipients

Staying in Taiwan, but moving to Penghu, on September 23rd, Tzu Chi volunteers arrived at the homes of care recipients with blessings, food and even new clothes. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day when families reunite, the volunteers hope that the new clothes will help the senior residents to celebrate with their families with a fresh look.

也是台灣的報導，來到澎湖，9月23日 慈濟志工來到照顧戶家，帶來祝福、食物還有新衣服，中秋節是團圓的日子，因此志工希望新的衣服能讓老人在和家人聚會時有個全新的樣貌。

9.腦麻做月餅 Hard work pays off

Next, we meet a member of the Chaiyi(嘉義) City Cerebral Palsy Association, Li Hongyu(李弘裕). His greatest wish is to become a pastry chef and in order for him to obtain his certification, he had to spend many hours memorizing the steps to making the perfect pastry. Despite burning his hands over a long period of practicing bread making, he never thought of giving up and was eventually awarded with his certification.

接著我們來到嘉義市，認識一位腦性麻痺協會的成員，李弘裕，他最大的夢想就是成為西點麵包師傅，為了考取執照李弘裕比別人花更多時間，反覆練習製作麵包，僅管練習時，曾經燙傷手，但他從不放棄，最後，還考上執照。

END： 心蓮中秋節

To celebrate the coming Moon Festival on Sunday, over 25 actors from Tzu Chi’s performers association arrived at the Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, to participate in the Mid-Autumn celebration for patients from the palliative ward who cannot return home. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

為了慶祝周日的中秋節，超過25位慈濟藝聯會藝人來到台北慈濟醫院，超過25位慈濟藝聯會藝人來到心蓮病房，與不能返家過節的患者一起慶祝中秋佳節。

一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。

(2012.09.28)