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TC`s 1st large scale distribution


Cash cards for US explosion victims

Neglect environmental protection


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，感恩您的加入。


●Coming up in today`s top stories, in China, Sichuan Tzu Chi volunteers are carrying out Tzu Chi`s first large scale aid distribution in Qionglai(邛崍) City to help 3,500 residents.

●Tzu Chi volunteers in Texas of the United States, hand out cash cards to victims of the recent explosion in the town of West.

●And, we see how Taiwan`s government neglects to reinforce laws that protect our environment, in favor of economic benefits.


●今天的提要，在中國四川，慈濟志工在邛崍市，舉辦第一場大型發放，幫助3500位受災民眾。

●美國德州慈濟志工，發放現值卡給威斯特小鎮，化學肥料工廠爆炸的受災民眾。

●接著，我們看看台灣政府如何坐視不管，環境保護法的存在，只顧著經濟發展的利益。


今日新聞提要：

1.邛崍發放 TC is here for you

2.邛崍備物資 Help is on the way

3.蘆山安心站 Bringing emotional support

4.川震菩薩 Living Bodhisattva rising from disaster

5.德州現值卡 Cash cards for explosion survivors

6.敬老院關懷併 Helping others help themselves

7.搶救病危少年 A miracle at Taichung TCH

8.菲為川震祈禱 Rehearsals for upcoming Buddha Day

9.體檢環基法十年(山林篇)2 In favor of monetary gains

END：保站彩繪


1.邛崍發放 TC is here for you

First up in China; following the Yaan(雅安) Earthquake on April 20th, Sichuan Tzu Chi volunteers have visited the disaster zones, to better understand the needs of local residents. On April 23rd, Tzu Chi`s first large scale aid distribution after the tremor was held, at Gaohe(高何) Town, in Qionglai(邛崍) City, helping 3,500 residents from 950 households. This time each family received two blankets and a relief pack.

在中國，4月20日的雅安地震後，四川慈濟志工來到災區了解災民的需求，在4月23日，強震後的第一場大型發放，在邛崍市 高何鎮舉行，幫助950戶 3,500多人，這次每戶人家，收到兩條慈濟毛毯，以及生活包。


2.邛崍備物資 Help is on the way

Prior to the distribution at Gaohe(高何) Town of Qionglai(邛崍) City, relief items and blankets donated by RT-MART and DA.AI Technology, both Taiwan corporations whose branch offices is located in the cities of Meishan(眉山) and Shifang(什邡), arrived at the disaster area the night before. Upon seeing the aid supplies, local residents all reached a helping with the unloading.

邛崍市 高何鎮，舉辦發放前，發放物資都是由來自台灣的大潤發賣場，和大愛感恩科技，它們分別在中國眉山市，和什邡市都有據點，物資在前一晚抵達災區，看見物資的到來，當地居民也紛紛伸出援手，幫忙卸貨。


3.蘆山安心站 Bringing emotional support

As relief items pour into the hard hit areas of the recent earthquake in China`s Sichuan(四川) Province, Tzu Chi volunteers also arrived to carry out an aid distribution and bring emotional support to local residents in Lushan(蘆山). After deciding to set up a temporary support center for children, volunteers received help from other organizations and a local kindergarten, and were able to bring smiles to children in the disaster areas, through pictures and songs.

在中國四川省的雅安，發生地震之後，四川慈濟志工帶來物資援助外，也為蘆山居民帶來心靈上的支持，也決定要在安置站，設置小孩的安心服務中心，也獲得其他團體，與當地幼兒園帶來的援助，讓孩子們可以從，畫畫與唱歌中找回笑容。

4.川震菩薩 Living Bodhisattva rising from disaster

Among the Tzu Chi volunteers carrying out aid distributions in China`s Sichuan(四川) Province, is Jiang Xiaolei(蔣曉蕾), who also took part in the relief efforts after the 2008 Wenchuan(汶川) Earthquake. Following a failure in running her restaurant business, Jiang (蔣) began reflecting on her life and soon after decided to follow in Master Cheng Yen`s footsteps. In the aftermath of the Yaan(雅安) Earthquake, Jiang(蔣) joined other volunteers at relief work and vowed to accompany her fellow countrymen through this difficult time.

420雅安廬山地震過後，四川當地慈濟志工立刻動員，將物資送到災區，其中 一位蔣曉蕾，曾在汶川大地震，投入賑災行列，而與慈濟結緣，在生意遭受挫敗後，讓她開始停下腳步，自我反省，也才跟隨證嚴上人的腳步，這次420地震，她和其他志工一起投入賑災，承諾陪伴自己的鄉親。


《 靜思語 》

Every person has shortcomings; if the shortcomings can be overcome, we will live a wholesome life.

凡夫難免有缺點，若能勇於改過，必得完美的人生。


5.德州現值卡 Cash cards for explosion survivors

Moving to the United States, following an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, 142 houses were destroyed and 51 houses suffered major damage. In the aftermath of the explosion, besides handing out relief items to the victims, Tzu Chi volunteers from the Tzu Chi Dallas Chapter also distributed cash cards at a nearby community center.

轉到美國，德州威斯特小鎮，化學肥料工廠的大爆炸，造成142戶房屋全毀，51戶嚴重受損，在爆炸過後，慈濟達拉斯分會志工，除了進行物資發放，更在臨近災區的服務中心，發放現值卡。


6.敬老院關懷併 Helping others help themselves

Back to China, Xiamen Tzu Chi volunteers have been paying regular visits to nursing homes in the area for over 4 years. These visits have moved 72-year-old Yan Jihua(顏基華), who not only joined the volunteers, in caring for nursing home residents, but has also decided to go one step further, and sign up for a volunteer training course.

中國 廈門慈濟志工，四年來，定期關懷海滄敬老院，真誠的付出感動了，72歲的院友顏基華，他不單是穿起志工背心，關懷同院的老人，也進一步參加志工培訓。


7.搶救病危少年 A miracle at Taichung TCH

In Taiwan`s Taichung, 16-year-old Lin(林) was involved in a vehicle accident last November and suffered severe injuries. Such was the seriousness of his condition that the boy`s family even considered donating his organs if he didn`t make it. However, medical staff from seven different departments at the Taichung(台中) Tzu Chi Hospital worked together and miraculously brought the boy back to life.

台中一名高一學生，16歲的林同學，去年十一月底，發生嚴重車禍，傷勢非常嚴重，心痛的媽媽，一度考慮要捐出兒子的器官，不過，台中慈濟醫院的醫療人員不放棄任何希望，積極搶救，卻奇蹟似的挽回他的性命。


《 衲履足跡 》談品德教育 On Moral Education

We need to increase our vigilance and not let small desires or wrong thoughts cloud our hearts. Although perhaps small at the beginning, such desires and thoughts can(added this) slowly grow in power, eventually muddying our original nature and exhausting our spiritual resources. And a heart that has been despoiled as such, will do the same to the environment at large.

要提高警覺，不要讓小小貪心、惡念成為心靈的小偷，逐漸從竊賊養成強盜，破壞心靈環境、消耗心靈資源；心靈受破壞、污染，所作所為就會汙染大地環境。


8.菲為川震祈禱 Rehearsals for upcoming Buddha Day

Tzu Chi volunteers in the Philippines have begun rehearsals for the up-coming Buddha Day ceremony in May. And among the 473 performers taking part are Tzu Chi care recipients from Manila and local volunteers from Quezon City. At a recent rehearsal, everyone`s love came together regardless of their faith, as they prayed for victims of the Yaan(雅安) Earthquake in Sichuan, China.

菲律賓慈濟志工，已經展開了密集的排練，迎接五月份即將到來的浴佛活動，參加的473人包括了，在馬尼拉的照顧戶，以及計順市的本土志工，在近期的彩排當中，大家將匯聚在一起，不分宗教，一起為四川震災的鄉民祈禱。


9.體檢環基法十年(山林篇)2 In favor of monetary gains

In the recent years, Taiwan`s government has put boosting economical benefits ahead of environmental protection, such examples are the excessive limestone mining in Hualien, and the overdevelopment of tourist attractions in Ali(阿里) Mountain. Although Taiwan`s laws clearly states, un-renewable resources must be monitored and protected, sometimes governing bodies will turn a blind eye to such laws in favor of future economic benefits.

最近幾年，台灣為經濟發展掛帥，遠超過環保概念，例如花蓮山區開礦，以及開發阿里山景點的觀光，雖然台灣的環境基本法，清楚規定，不能過度開發，非再生性資源，必須被監管，採取保護措施，不過，政府單位，卻是爭一隻眼閉一隻眼，忽略環基法的執行，只向利益看起。


END：保站彩繪

We stay in Taiwan at the end of the show, @ at the Hewei(和緯) Recycling Station in Tainan(台南), recycling volunteers designed a large storage cabinet to help tidy up the station`s environment, and invited students of the community`s parent-child class to come and paint the exterior surface of the cabinet. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

節目最後我們來到台灣，台南的和緯環保站，志工設計了一個大型收納桶，讓環保站的環境變得整齊有序，也邀請親子班的學員，在收納桶的外觀做彩繪，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2013.04.25)