The guide dog that leaped onto subway tracks after his blind owner lost consciousness and fell off a station platform is assured a loving home after his retirement.
那隻在牠的盲人主人失去意識並跌落地鐵月台後跳向地鐵鐵軌的導盲犬，已被保證能在退休後擁有一個美滿的家園。
Cecil Williams, who has been recovering at a hospital with Orlando still by his side, had been slated to get another working dog in January or February to replace the 11-year-old black Lab.
Kissing helps us assess potential partners if, like a Jane Austen heroine, we cannot wait forever for Mr Darcy to come along, a study suggests.
研究顯示，親吻有助於我們評估可能的伴侶，如果我們像（英國小說家）珍奧斯汀書裡的女主角一樣，沒辦法永遠等待達西先生到來。
Scientists believe kissing helps people judge the quality of a potential mate through taste, smell and fitness.
Chen Goes Golfing
Baltimore pitcher Chen Wei-yin threw 45 pitches in a spring training bullpen session Monday. New Orioles pitching coach Dave Wallace supervised the session and praised Chen’s control of his change-up. It was also President's Day in the US. According to Orioles tradition, the whole team participated in a charitable golf tournament after practice concluded.
Ballroom Dancing
A press conference was held today for the World Dance Council’s Asian Tour Taipei Open, which will debut on Feb. 28 at the Taipei Arena. The event will have total prize money of NT$3.3 million and feature a record 142 couples from 31 countries.
Run Across Taiwan
In preparation for next month’s Run Across Taiwan Ultramarathon, FTV anchor Lin Po-yu and other sports anchors inspected the course over the weekend. They warmed up and jogged part of the mountain route. Lin hopes the event raises awareness and money for those suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=2AFF65BF77142E30A52E0695A1314203
Over a period of less than two months more than 600,000 visits have been made to the Yunlin Agriculture Expo. The event is proving to be a big success in promoting environmentally friendly lifestyles.
Yunlin County Commissioner Su Chih-fen worked as an expo guide, handing out brochures to visitors. With today’s nice weather, the number of visitors dramatically increased.
The person celebrated as the 600,000th visitor to the expo was quite surprised by the honor and happy to receive an electric scooter valued at NT$40,000.
The event has been dubbed the first agriculture expo to be held in Taiwan. Besides cultivating an appreciation for local land, it also promotes environmentally friendly concepts such as low carbon lifestyles.
Su Chih-fen
Yunlin County Commissioner
We have spent a lot of manpower and effort along with a lot of money to transform this 18-hectare site. Afterwards, we will use the area for environmental education.
With the expo expected to run for another two weeks, organizers are confident they will attract a total of 700,000 visitors.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=FA2A0992354DC0CC89FCE31635670337
A diving instructor from Taitung recently discovered a rare type of black coral off the coast of Green Island. Lin Ming-sheng was just over a hundred meters below the surface when he obtained footage of this astonishing find.
In this barren, underwater land, where there seems to be little color other than the blue sea and sandy white floor, a white, translucent coral is seen. Diving instructor Lin Ming-sheng discovered it when deep-sea diving off Mati Bridge.
Lin captured video of this moment because it was the first time he had ever seen this type of coral. The Academia Sinica has confirmed that it is a type of black coral never before seen in Taiwan.
Lin Ming-sheng
Diving Instructor
When I looked at it, I knew it was special.
Black coral, which gets its name from the black or dark brown color of its skeleton, is the oldest group of coral in the world. There are about 250 known species. The colony Lin found was 50 centimeters high and 30 centimeters wide. He did not take a specimen, so scientists do not know if it’s a known species or a newly discovered one.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=9C9B2B7153E02998560F955CC209ACF7
The Hsinchu City government commissioned local glassmakers to create colorful lanterns that decorate the Hucheng River. These lanterns are made of a special type of glass known as liuli and are an interesting departure from the more common paper lanterns.
At night this area is made more colorful with the reflection of these glass lanterns on the water. Hsinchu is known for its glassmaking, and this local specialty is on display as nearly 300 meters of this river are decorated with beautiful glass lanterns.
Chang Chuan-cheng
National Hsinchu University of Education
There are nearly 500 glass works which are hand-blown. We hope to merge this traditional handicraft with local characteristics as well as modern art, landscape art and public art.
While these glass works appear beautiful, few know the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
This expert glassmaker is carefully blowing glass in front of the furnace. Timing must be exact or the piece will break. Technique and patience are tested with every piece the glassmaker creates.
Tseng Huan-chun
Glassmaker
Making glass is difficult, hot work. I hope that we don’t lose this type of traditional industry because it will be hard to bring it back.
Seeing their glasswork perfectly integrated into the environment inspires glassmakers. They hope that future generations make new glass lanterns in Hsinchu so this beautiful art form can continue.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=2822A54CA59FA0DD73A1B5E46AACACD4
A kidney disease sufferer in Taichung spent a week eating copious amount of fungi. This led to worsening of his condition and a case of gout.
A doctor commenting on the case says that mushrooms are high in protein. They are great for healthy people to consume, but the high levels of purine they contain can pose a risk for people with kidney problems or gout.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=12CA1DC558DB057A1FEB738CF6DE3B61
To study the canopy of Shei-Pa National Park, two 7-story aerial research platforms were created and linked together by a bridge. These form Taiwan’s first high-altitude canopy research platform.
To get to this aerial platform, you need to wear a safety helmet, a safety harness, carabiners and a safety rope. You use your hands and feet to climb this rope up into the air.
This aerial platform sits 21 meters in the air, roughly the equivalent of a 7-storey building. The two platforms can accommodate six people, and there is a 10-meter bridge between them. For those with a fear of heights, walking on this bridge, with big gaps between wooden planks, can be a hair-raising adventure.
Overseas researchers frequently use lifts or hot air balloons to research forest canopies, though Taiwan researchers have a difficult and physically strenuous task of climbing ropes high into the air.
From this tree, the view is very different. Video cameras capture squirrels eating meat and bird eggs.
Lee Chiu-fang
Shei-Pa National Park Director
Reaching the canopy at higher than 20 meters allows us to see natural ecology that we rarely see.
These aerial platforms linked by an aerial bridge may soon be open to others who want to experience the special feeling of being high up in the forest canopy.
資料來源：
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=4002007AE4463FD39C9D3529C5BB86D0
