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


●Coming up in today”s show, Tzu Chi volunteers in the US are holding a relief distribution in Washington, for nearly 1,000 victims of a forest fire.

●We return to Kinmen for our series on invading species, and see what the local government is doing to save their native wildlife.

●And, we have easy access to tap water, thanks to TWC”s inspection staff, who are working hard to ensure no water pipes are leaking.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是陳美瑾，感恩有您的加入。

●今天的提要，美國慈濟志工，在華盛頓州為千人火災，受災民眾舉辦發放，我們來看入侵家園的專題報導。

●來到金門，看看當地居民，努力拯救原生物種。

●接著，我們擁有自來水，這都要感恩自來水公司的檢漏員，他們當起水管醫生，守護水管的安全。

今日新聞提要：

1.美火災關懷

2.巴生義賣清掃

3.馬三小吃素

4.阿根廷吉祥月

5.入侵家園(4)

6.360檢漏員

7.熱愛生命邱伯安

8.梨山獨老關懷

9.蘇州布展傳承

END：馬大愛園遊會

1.美火災關懷

On August 13th, a forest fire devastated the state of Washington in the United States. The blaze started at a construction site, and was fueled by strong wind. After five days of containment, the fire was fully controlled, but in its wake, it destroyed almost 100 homes, leaving nearly 1,000 people homeless. Upon hearing of the disaster, Seattle Tzu Chi volunteers went to survey the disaster area and set up a relief distribution.

8月13日，美國華盛頓州，發生一場嚴重林火，這場火災起火點是在工地，加上有風勢的助長，這場大火延燒五天，才全面控制，燒毀了近百戶民宅，近千人被迫撤離家園，西雅圖慈濟志工得知消息後，也前往勘災發放。

2.巴生義賣清掃

Moving to Malaysia, Tzu Chi volunteer in Klang, are preparing for their upcoming charity sale on the 17th of September, to fundraise for the construction of a new Jing Si Hall in Kualu Lumpur and Selangor. Volunteers first visited residents to inform them of the road closure during the event, in which they also handed out coupons for them to use at the sale. Later, 137 volunteers came together with residents to clean up the surrounding area, that brought everyone closer together.

轉到馬來西亞，慈濟巴生支會，將在九月十七日舉辦義賣會，義賣會當天將會封路擺攤，志工挨家挨戶通知住戶，也送上義賣兌換券，137位志工同時也邀約大家，一起來打掃周圍環境。

3.馬三小吃素

Also in Malaysia, but in Penang, an elementary school student, Cai Shuming (蔡書銘) has kept up his vegetarian diet since the 7th lunar month blessing ceremony in 2010. In the past two years, he has convinced his family of five to join the meatless campaign, and even his grandmother has become an ambassador, in spreading the benefits of vegetarianism.

也是馬來西亞的報導，在檳城，有位就讀小學同學蔡書銘，2010年因為參加吉祥月祈福會，而開啟了茹素因緣，兩年來，家中的其他五人成員，也在他的影響下，全部都成為素食一族，就連他的奶奶，也幫他宣道茹素的好處。

4.阿根廷吉祥月

Prior to the end of the 7th Lunar month which falls on September 15th, last Saturday, Tzu Chi volunteers in Argentina, also held a blessing ceremony, to promote Tzu Chi”s philosophy. In attendance were 100 local residents, who were to there find out a bit more, about the auspicious month and the Chinese culture.

阿根廷慈濟志工，在9月15日舉辦七月吉祥祈福會，當天參加的一百多個民眾，認識農曆七月跟中華文化。

《 靜思語 》

With perseverance and courage, the roughest roads can become smooth.

有毅力、勇敢，坎坷的道路也能走到平坦。

5.入侵家園(4)

Today, in our continuing series of feature reports on invading species in Taiwan, we return to Kinmen to see how the island, has been dealing with its Smooth cordgrass infestation. Using heavy machinery, the local government recently finished a four-year project, that helped clear 9 hectares of beachfront from the grips of the Smooth cordgrass, thus allowing the local wildlife to flourish once more. Let”s take a look.

今日的節目裡，我們再回到金門，來看看金門如何清除互花米草，利用大型機具，金門縣政府完成了一項四年的計畫，清除佔據海灘廣達9公頃的，互花米草棲地，讓在地的生物恢復生機，請看以下報導。

《 衲履足跡 》談環保意識 On Environmental Awareness

Reducing carbon emission is a global movement that needs to be practiced in our daily lives.

The earth is a place where all human beings live. To prevent disasters from happening to our shared home, we must raise environmental awareness worldwide.

全球都在呼籲的節能、減碳，要從生活中實際落實；地球是人類共住之處，只要有四大不調和的災難，都與每個人息息相關。欲平息災難，就要提升全人類的環保意識。

6.360檢漏員

Water is an important part of our daily lives. We only have to turn on the tap to get water. But behind the easy access to tap water, are thousands of water pipes connected to each other underground. Today, we are meeting a group of hard working staff from the Taiwan Water Corporation, who carry out inspections for leaking pipes all year round. Some even refer these men as ”doctors” of the water pipes.

水，是生活中不可或缺的要素，我們打開水龍頭就有水，但在方便的背後，有上千條水管的管線，是深埋在每一條馬路下，今天我們來認識一群，辛苦的台灣自來水公司員工，專門檢查這些水管是否有漏水，也有人稱檢漏員是水管醫生。

7.熱愛生命邱伯安

In Taiwan, next, we meet a previous award recipient of the ”Love of Lives” award of the Chou Ta Kuan Foundation, Qiu Boan(邱伯安), who at first, was born into a wealthy family. However, after his father passed away when he was just 13, life became very difficult. Luckily, he didn”t give up on studying, and today, he is not only a famous artist, but is also doing what he can, to help poor children continue their studies, including donating to the Chou Ta Kuan Foundation.

接下來鏡頭轉到台灣，我們來認識過去獲得，周大觀基金會熱愛生命獎，邱伯安原本家庭環境不錯，不過，在十三歲時，父親突然過世，從此家裡生活大不如從前，幸好他沒有放棄讀書，今天，已經成為有名的畫家，也持續幫助困苦孩子上學，包括捐款給周大觀基金會。

8.梨山獨老關懷

Staying in Taiwan, in Taichung”s Lishan (梨山), 86-year-old Mr. Lin lives in a remote area by himself. Having difficulties in moving about, the senior resident is unable to clean his house. As the poor living conditions have slowly affected his health, Tzu Chi volunteers recently paid him a visit to help clean up his home.

台灣的報導，台中市梨山地區，有一位八十六歲的獨居阿公，由於老先生行動不便，沒辦法整理家務，惡劣的生活環境影響他的健康，慈濟志工近來拜訪林老先生，展開大清掃。

9.蘇州布展傳承

In China, the Suzhou Tzu Chi Ground will be establishing an exhibition hall very soon. The exhibition hall will feature Tzu Chi”s history and charity work around the globe. Recently Taiwan Tzu Chi volunteers arrived in Suzhou, not only to help setup the venue but also share their experiences with local volunteers.

在中國蘇州，慈濟志業園區的博覽館，即將開幕，博覽館將展覽，慈濟的歷史等等，最近台灣的慈濟志工來到蘇州，不但幫忙佈置展覽場，更和當地志工經驗分享。

END：馬大愛園遊會

To raise funds for the construction of a new Jing Si Hall in Malaysia, Tzu Chi volunteers from the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chapter, held charity fairs in 3 different elementary schools at the end of August. Participants and Tzu Chi members from all walks of life, all kindly donated what they could. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

為了籌募靜思堂建設基金，馬來西亞慈濟雪隆分會，在八月底，分別在當地三個小學，舉辦大愛園遊義賣，獲得各界人士熱烈響應，為義賣盡一分心力，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。

(2012.09.17)