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

歡迎您收看大愛英語新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入。

HEADLINES:Aid for tornado victims

HEADLINES:Up, up in the air

HEADLINES:The art of kite making


Coming up in the show today, relief supplies reach more tornado affected families in the Midwest of the United States as Tzu Chi volunteers carry out their fourth such aid distribution.

You”ve heard of vacuum cleaners, but what about vacuum elevators? We find out what they are, and how they work, in our featured series on Taiwan”s lifts.

And, in our double feature on Taiwan”s traditional trades, we meet kite makers who are keeping the industry alive by innovating new kites that can even fly without the wind.


●美國慈濟志工展開第四次發放，為災民帶來更多物資。

●您有聽過吸塵器，但您聽過真空電梯嗎？在我們升起天際線專題中，我們來認識真空電梯以及使用方式。

●另外，在今天的真情臉譜專題，我們來認識風箏師傅，他們努力設計並創新，讓風箏可以不必有風就能飛翔。


今日新聞提要：

1.肯塔基州發放

2.檳城慶衛塞

3.浴佛邀請卡

4.升起天際線(3)

5.花慈食品雙認證

6.創意蔬食

7.0425傳統風箏(一)

8.特技風箏(二)

9.寫歌推環保

10.美總會贈書

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1.肯塔基州發放

First up in the show, the Midwest of the United States was hit by violent tornados last month, which left a trail of destruction. Recently, Tzu Chi volunteers organized a fourth distribution for the victims, this time in Butler, Kentucky. A total of 95 households, or 264 residents, received much-needed aid.

節目一開始，上個月美國中西部遭到龍捲風侵襲，造成嚴重破壞，慈濟志工來到肯塔基州的巴特勒城，舉辦第四次的發放，這次幫助了95戶總共264人。


2.檳城慶衛塞

Moving to Malaysia, Tzu Chi”s campaign to encourage the public to eat 80 percent full, and save 20 percent to help the poor made its mark on Wesak, or Buddha Day festivities in Penang, Malaysia. At the official festival, Tzu Chi volunteers helped set up the venue, and then handed out lunches during the celebration. This year, as Wesak coincided with Earth Day, volunteers took the opportunity to practice environmentalism, and promote Tzu Chi”s ”80/20” campaign.

慈濟 ”蔬食八分飽 兩分助人好”，在馬來西亞的衛塞節宣導成功，衛塞節的慶祝活動，慈濟志工佈置場地，分發餐盒，活動當天正好是世界地球日，慈濟志工特地宣導環保，也提倡蔬食八分飽、兩分助人好的理念。


3.浴佛邀請卡

Staying on the topic of Buddha Day, which falls on May 13 in Taiwan, this year Tzu Chi is encouraging participants to eat 108 vegetarian meals before the ceremony, to prepare their bodies and minds. To help people keep count, the invitation card designed by Tzu Chi has a useful checklist. Volunteers have also taken to the Internet, to better spread the message of vegetarianism.

延續佛誕日的話題，在台灣五月十三日是佛誕日，今年慈濟邀請大家一起在浴佛節前，吃一百零八天的素食，為慶典作準備，為了幫助大家記得天數，邀請卡上特別設計了勸素的格子，也透過網路，邀請大家響應素食的活動。


4.升起天際線(3)

In today”s feature on how elevators impact our lives, we examine a new type of design for lifts. Over the last few days, we”ve already seen one of the oldest elevators in Taiwan, and the fastest elevator in the world, but both are based on pulley mechanics, with bulky machine rooms. This new type of elevator is compact, and has none of the extra baggage.

在今天的專題，電梯如何影響我們的生活，我們來看一種新的電梯，這幾天來，我們看了許多台灣的老舊以及最快的電梯，但是這兩種電梯都是靠著滑輪與鋼索，並須要一間龐大的電梯機房，而這種新的電梯，不需要很大的空間，也不需要機房。


5.花慈食品雙認證

Taiwan”s Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital received two accreditations concerning food safety - HACCP and ISO 22000 - and is now the only medical institution in eastern Taiwan with the double recognition. Patients and families can dine at the hospital knowing that every bite comes from a safe and reliable source.

花蓮慈濟醫院日前獲得兩樣驗證，食品安全管制系統HACCP認證以及ISO2200 國際驗證，成為東部地區唯一獲得雙重認證的醫院，讓病患及家屬在院內享用的餐點，更有保障。


6.創意蔬食

One of the ways to better health is to have a well-balanced vegetarian diet. Also in Taiwan, recently the Taichung City government held a vegetarian cooking contest, in which businesses and students put their creativity to test, producing tasty meatless dishes that look good and are low on food miles.

均衡攝取蔬食有益健康，台中市政府舉辦蔬食創意料理比賽，不少學生、業者參加，運用創意巧思，製作一道道美味健康，低食物里程的蔬食。


7.0425傳統風箏(一)

In our featured series on Taiwan”s sunset trades, today we introduce you to the art of kite making. Traditional kites are limited in shape, but for our next story, 60-year-old kite making master, Yang Xueshi (楊學詩), from Nantou is going to show us the unusual designs he has created over the years.

在今天的真情臉譜專題中，我們要介紹風箏工藝師，傳統的風箏形狀有限，在接下來的故事中，60歲來自南投的風箏工藝師楊學詩，帶我們來認識他多年來 所設計不同形狀的風箏。


8.特技風箏(二)

Most kites have one string and can only fly if there is a strong breeze. However, in recent years, a few enthusiasts have created kites that can fly without the wind. These special kites have two strings instead of one. We meet modern kite designer, Chen Zhengting(陳正廷) to find out more.

大多數的風箏只有一條線，而且要有風才能飛的起來，不過近年來，有許多人製作沒有風就可以飛的風箏，這些特製風箏有兩條線，讓我們來認識現代風箏設計者陳正廷，來多了解新的風箏。


9.寫歌推環保

69-year-old Zeng Kunchi (曾崑池) is a retired engineer, who now spends his time composing songs to promote recycling because he believes music has the power to educate people. The pensioner even took a degree in music, and has already composed 300-400 tunes.

六十九歲的曾崑池，是位喜愛創作的退休的工程師，因為他相信歌曲能教化人心，他更進修音樂相關的課程，目前為止已經寫三四百首曲子。


10.美總會贈書

Since 2006, US Tzu Chi Headquarters has been promoting its humanitarian mission by donating Jing Si publications to libraries. By 2009, more than 5,000 Tzu Chi books could be found in more than 186 public libraries and 18 national and university libraries in the US. Recently, more of Tzu Chi”s books have been donated to some 20 libraries in southern California.

慈濟美國總會從2006年開始，致力推廣靜思人文，到2009年時，已經有186個公立圖書館，18個國家與大學圖書館，收藏超過5000本慈濟出版品，最近，南加州又有20多家社區圖書館參與典藏。


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To end the show, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, TIMA members recently organized a free clinic especially for patients with spinal injuries. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

在節目的最後，回到台灣桃園，慈濟人醫會最近特別為脊椎受傷的人舉辦義診，讓我們一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2012.04.27)