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Preparing for Hurrican Sandy


Growing rooftop vegetables

Tree doctor, Xiao Wenwei

Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I’m Mary Lee. Thank you for joining us.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是李佩芳，感恩您的加入。

●In today’s show, residents of the east coast of the United States are watching out for Hurricane Sandy and the potential damage it may cause.

●In Taiwan, we take a look at how New Taipei City’s residents are greenifying their roof-tops and at the same time growing edible vegetables

●And, in our feature report of Taiwan’s unique trades, we meet tree doctor Xiao Wenwei(蕭文偉), who is responsbile for curing sick trees.

●今天的提要，美國東岸警戒桑迪颶風的到訪，以及可能造成的傷害。

●在台灣，我們來看看新北市民，如何綠化屋頂 ，同時又能種植蔬菜。

●接著，今天的真情臉譜專題中，帶大家認識樹醫蕭文偉，他要醫治所有生病的樹木。

1. 桑迪慈濟 Moving supplies, preparing for disaster

In the United States, in preparation for the superstorm Hurricane Sandy, Tzu Chi’s New York Chapter has moved relief supplies to its Chinatown office. Over 1,000 portions of hot meals, daily necessities and blankets are ready to be distributed at a moment’s notice. Besides supplies, Tzu Chi has also set up a disaster coordination center to keep everyone abreast of the latest updates.

在美國，桑迪颶風來勢洶洶，慈濟紐約分會動員，準備生活物資到華埠聯絡處嚴陣以待，除了準備生活包、毛毯，也備妥一千多人份的米糧，物資以外，還設置協調服務中心。

2. 菲加洛干白米 Rice distribution in Caloocan City

In the Philippines, Tzu Chi volunteer held a rice distribution in Calo-o-can City in which each household picked up 20 kilograms of rice. In total, 931 households received rice, while the number of families that received help was even greater than that.

菲律賓慈濟志工在加洛干市，舉辦大米發放，每一戶可以領取20公斤的白米，這次總共發放了931戶，實際幫助的家庭其實更多。

3. 南慈辛巴威送愛 Love to Zimbabwe from Taiwan

In Taiwan, the “Love to Zimbabwe” stationery drive kicked off at Tainan’s Tzu Chi Elementary School and received an enthusiastic response from all. Through Da Ai TV’s reports on Zimbabwe, the students saw for themselves, the harsh conditions in which the Zimbabwean children studied in.

在台灣，台南慈濟小學發起送愛辛巴威的活動，得到熱烈的響應，透過大愛台的報導學生了解到辛巴威小朋友的困境，決定募集文具和故事書幫助他們。

4.城市菜園(1) Growing food in the sky

In Taiwan, the residents of one apartment building in New Taipei City’s Linkou(林口) have come up with an ingenious plan, that not only beautifies their building, but also helps them cut down on food costs. On the roof-top of their building, they have set up their very own garden. Evenings and weekends will find many of the residents busy with their plants or discussing gardening tips with their neighbors, which has also helped bring the community closer together.

在台灣，新北市林口有一群公寓居民想出了一個好辦法，不但美化居住環境，更幫助他們減少食物成本，在公寓的屋頂上，他們設了一座菜園，黃昏和週末的時候都會有居民忙著採收，或者和鄰居討論種菜的訣竅，這也讓鄰居之間變得更融洽。

5.外配子志工陪 Teaching children of foreign spouses

Over the past few years, the composition of Taiwan’s population has been changing with the continuous increase in number of foreign spouses. For these new immigrants, language barriers and living environment are all challenges they need to overcome, especially when having to deal with their children’s education. Four years ago, Tzu Chi volunteers in New Taipei City’s Xindian(新店) District set up a reading center, where volunteers come to tutor the children of foreign spouses.

多年來， 台灣人口結構不斷改變，外籍配偶人數不斷增加，對於這些新住民而言，不論語言或是環境都是一大挑戰，對於孩子教育更是無能為力，四年前，新北市新店區慈濟志工成立人文閱讀中心，由志工輔導外配孩子課業。

6. 馬亞庇新芽(一) TC changing young lives with scholarship

In Malaysia’s Sabah, from June to August Tzu Chi mobilized 4,000 volunteers to conduct home visitations to children from low income households as part of the selection process for this year’s New Shoots Scholarships. In the end over 1,000 children from 60 different schools were chosen to receive the scholarship, while awards for filial behavior and scholastic merit were also handed out at the awards ceremony.

馬來西亞亞庇慈濟志工，從今年六月到八月間動用四千人次，為低收家庭舉辦新芽獎學金的頒發，這次共有六十所中小學，超過一千位學生受惠，今年首次增設獎勵金發放。

7. 新芽蘇怡萍 The role of a mother & a sister

Tzu Chi’s New Shoots Scholarship award helps those students who faces difficulties in continuing school, like fourth year student, Su Yiping(蘇怡萍) of National Chengchi(政治) University in Taiwan. Since the passing of her mother, Su has been taking on the role of mother to her younger sisters. Looking forward to graduation next year, Su Yiping’s(蘇怡萍) one wish is to secure a civil servant job to be able to continue to take care of her two sisters.

慈濟新芽獎學金，幫助貧困學子求學路不中斷，就像這位就讀政治大學大四生蘇怡萍，母親驟逝後身為大姊的她，從此就姊代母職，蘇怡萍明年即將畢業，她最大的希望就是考取公務員，收入穩定就能照顧兩個妹妹。

8. 360樹醫

In our feature reports on Taiwan’s unique trades we meet tree doctor, Xiao Wenwei(蕭文偉) who works at the National Taiwan University Experimental Forest, which is the only research center for plants in Taiwan. The main goal of the job is to cure sickness in trees. Since trees cannot express their sickness; therefore, the job requires extra attentiveness. Xiao(蕭) says by curing old trees, he also gained valuable life experiences.

台灣真情臉譜，走訪360行，今天我們來認識全台唯一的植物醫學中心，台大實驗林工作的樹醫蕭文偉，這個工作的重點是醫治生病的樹，蕭文偉說為老樹看病，自己也學到無價的人生觀。

9. 燦爛的陽光 Art exchange between Taiwan & China

China Welfare Institute is China’s largest official agency responsible for social welfare. The Institute also sponsored an opera troupe composed of professional performers. Recently the troupe visited Taiwan to perform a stage play called “Bright Sunshine”, which portrayed the living conditions of mentally-challenged children. Hopefully, through such cross-strait art exchanges, Taiwan and China will find better mutual understanding.

中國福利會是中國最大的官方社會福利單位，旗下設有，兒童藝術劇院 的，舞臺劇團都是由專業的演員擔綱演出。最近兒童劇團來到台灣，演出舞台劇 燦爛的陽光，呈現心智障礙孩子的生活現況，希望透過兩岸的藝術交流增加了解和互動。

END：美歐巴馬環保

In the Summer of 2012, the principal from Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, led students to visit Taiwan and also visited Tzu Chi’s recycling station. Upon returning to the United States, the principal deemed “recycling” as required coursework in the new semester. The principal even invited Tzu Chi volunteers to the school, to explain to parents the importance of recycling. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

2012年暑假，美國歐巴馬中學的校長帶領學生到台灣參訪慈濟環保站，回到美國之後，新學期一開始將資源回收訂為必修課程，這次還邀請慈濟志工來學校，為家長了解環保的重要。一起來看看，感恩收看， 再會。(2012.10.31)