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我們生活於科技日新月異的世代，礙於於語言上溝通之阻礙，導致人與人之間有一層隔閡，從事翻譯這行多年，我也曾經擔心過哪一天人工翻譯會不會被機器取代。我的答案是未知。

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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

Cherry blossom season is in full bloom. In Kaohsiung, one teacher of floral arranging shows you how to transform cherry blossoms into an attractive display for the home. 

These beautiful cherry blossoms not only impress visiting tourists but can also be used to create terrific floral arrangements to be appreciated at home.

With 30 years of experience in floral arranging, this instructor knows how to trim cherry branches and place them in a special pot. The instructor makes the branches look as if they grew out of the pot, and even has a technique for bending branches into right angles. 

Kao Hua-yang
Floral Arranger 
You choose where you want to bend then slowly bend it. Arrange it so it resembles a beautiful cherry tree.

Other plants used to create floral arrangements include rapeseed and tomatoes.

Kao Hua-yang
Floral Arranger
Any vegetable can be displayed this way. For example, you can even use Chinese cabbage.

In other seasons, fruits and vegetables offer another choice for DIY projects that can be used to decorate the home.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=69565A491D7D6015F374A67896163933

Local universities are generating extra revenue by selling everything from clothing to soy sauce. By applying their logos to these items, the schools are able to advertise their names while boosting loyalty among students and alumni. 

These workers locate merchandise and tape boxes while others receive new orders. This busy warehouse has many people packing goods and getting them ready for shipment.

This may look like a retail shop, but it’s actually the library of National Taiwan Normal University. In addition to four physical stores, the university launched an online shopping site and makes its goods available on Yahoo. Target audiences for these goods are students and alumni.

Some of the products sold on this website include a popular thermal bottle, a handbag printed with an image of a blue magpie, a dark blue jacket embroidered with the university’s name, and creative DIY products. Annual sales last year topped NT$4 million.

Huang Ching-fei
National Taiwan Normal University Press
There are basically two design directives for our products. The first is spreading the spirit of National Taiwan Normal University, and the second is promoting Taiwan-inspired products.

Local universities are attaching their names to everyday items in the hopes of boosting revenues.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=BEAEC77CA40779183E4FE637F862CFE0

Higher pay for caregivers in Hong Kong and better job opportunities across Southeast Asia are putting pressure on the local supply of foreign caregivers. One labor broker says she used to be able to provide clients with several applicants to choose from but now has trouble providing more than one. 

This woman came from Indonesia to serve as a caregiver. She currently lives in a dormitory run by her labor broker as she awaits the move into her new employer’s home. It took more than 600 hours of class and interviews over a period of more than three months before she was ready to come to Taiwan.

Indonesian Caregiver
Compared to Malaysia, Singapore or Hong Kong, there are more formalities involved with coming to Taiwan. It takes longer.

Demand for foreign caregivers exceeds supply, as can be seen by these application papers.

Chen Mei-hsing
Labor Broker Firm GM
There wasn’t a severe worker shortage prior to April of last year. Clients could look at resumes, and for each client, we could offer four to five people to choose from. Now, however, we are only able to offer an average of one resume 
A reason for the shortage could be growing labor demand in the workers’ home countries.

Chen Mei-hsing
Labor Broker Firm GM
Many foreign firms are building factories in these countries. An Indonesian worker who is able to find a job close to home will find it unnecessary to fly overseas to do this kind of work.

Taiwan’s aging society has led to increased demand for caregivers. At the same time, rising salaries for foreign laborers in Hong Kong have put packages there on a par with Taiwan. The resulting decreased supply of foreign caregivers is putting pressure on locals who need help caring for family members.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=8065DB3CE452C1F71D6DD60015261CD6

Chinese yuan are accepted at a growing number of places in Taiwan. From souvenir shops to night markets, the yuan can be used in many of the same places that Chinese tourists are known to frequent. 

Tourists exchange Chinese yuan as they check into their hotel. This convenience carries over into tourist shops which have begun to accept yuan payments.

For example, you can pay for stinky tofu on Shenkeng Old Street with yuan.

Chinese Tourist
You can use yuan in Hong Kong, so you should be able to use it in Taiwan, too.

Yuan is accepted in craft shops and for purchases made on tour buses.

The emergence of yuan as a payment option in Taiwan benefits Chinese tourists, who enjoy the convenience, and Taiwanese merchants, who turn a profit exchanging yuan at the bank. Some merchants leave their earnings in yuan-denominated accounts, which tend to pay higher interest.

Last month there were savings of over 210 billion yuan in Taiwan bank accounts. With preferential interest rates reaching 3 percent or more, it’s no wonder that Taiwan’s tourism industry has opened its arms to the yuan.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=99417B961297F603FE4DDF0054065FEE

Chunghwa Post officially inaugurated direct Chinese yuan-denominated remittances today. A total of 165 post office locations throughout Taiwan will be able to perform this new service. 

One of Taiwan's largest institutions is now entering the Chinese yuan remittance business.

In the past, those wanting to remit Chinese yuan, would first have to convert NT dollars into US dollars which were then remitted to a recipient in China who would need to convert the foreign currency into Chinese yuan. Now, people in Taiwan can convert NT dollars into Chinese yuan and have the funds directly remitted. 
A fee of NT$250 will be charged and transactions will be capped at around NT$100,000 per remittance.

Ong Wen-chyi
Chunghwa Post Chairman
We spent at least six months ensuring that there were no problems with this remittance service and later discussed with relevant authorities how to take the next step. Logically speaking, if you make a remittance, you should also have a savings account. This involves many factors, so we needed to respect the opinions of authorities on this matter.

According to Chunghwa Post, a total of NT$1.3 billion was remitted to China by the post office last year, with the amount coming into Taiwan from China amounting to NT$400 million. The post office expects that direct yuan remittances will allow it to earn upwards of NT$10 million in transaction fees each year.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=8B0B7B54E229A4512B2C251C8F8440B3

Kaohsiung is trying a novel approach to market its fruit in Canada. It invited eight Canadian backpackers to work on local farms for 11 days and get a firsthand taste of Taiwan’s high-quality fruit, hoping that they will serve as fruit ambassadors when they get back home. 

Kristen Fong is a Canadian nurse who is in Taiwan for the first time to experience agricultural life. She earned honors as the top performer among eight Canadian backpackers trying their hand at farming, but she wasn’t sure why. 

Kristen Fong
Canadian Backpacker
I feel great. I don’t know, because I looked like I struggled the most.

Bringing Canadian backpackers and Taiwanese farmers together was an idea created by agricultural agencies to promote the country’s produce. 

Chen Ying-lian
Kaohsiung Agriculture Bureau Official
We believe that having them promote our agricultural products through their perspective after coming to see the products is much better than us expending a lot of effort to promote our products. I think it’s more direct. 

Having these backpackers share their experience in Taiwan through social networking sites is the Kaohsiung Agriculture Bureau’s newest attempt at marketing its products, as it tries to expand the market for Taiwan’s fruit.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=125B0C6162DBB0FD75EE8E6807D8B064

Next we have a touching story from Taitung where a teacher changed the life of one of his students. At one time, Wen Jun-wei was a problem child who hated school. But inspired by a lively math teacher, Wen developed a love of learning and got an A on a test after previously turning in an exam that scored just two points. 

Students in this junior high school classroom are busily reviewing their books ahead of an upcoming test. Among them, with his head down, is a student who at one point was considered a problem child.

Yeh Chia-jhu
Guidance Counselor
Every time he would be depressed and frustrated. Seeing him would make the teacher upset.

Wen Jun-wei is in his last year of junior high at a school in Chihshang Township, Taitung. In the past, he was known for misbehaving, and compared school to hell. His grades in elementary school reflected this attitude. Then, in his second year of junior high, he ended up with a teacher named Jhan Yong-ming. Jhan’s lively teaching style sparked Wen’s interest and encouraged him to work hard at math. By attending after-class review sessions, Wen made quick progress.

Wen Jun-wei
Student
In the past I didn’t care if I got two points on a test. But I went from scoring a two, to scoring 96. I felt a great sense of accomplishment when I saw my score.

Wen’s progress has been compared to changes made among students in the French drama “The Chorus.” The patience and skill of one teacher instilled a joy of learning in a student who at one time struggled.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=2490ECB2B70F54AE8C996AF24F840FE9

Hot Springs Inflation
Resorts in Beitou have maintained 50 percent discounts on hot spring baths there for the past seven years, but prices are about to climb back up. Some operators in the Beitou resort area plan to raise prices 3-5 percent in July to reflect rising costs, and hot spring resorts in the hills east of Beitou could hike prices 10-20 percent in September.

Vacation for Hourly Workers
The Ministry of Labor has drafted rules that would protect the vacation rights of Taiwan’s 400,000 hourly workers. The rules include formulas that calculate vacation days, sick days and personal leave based on the number of hours worked. Employers who do not abide by the new rules will be subject to fines up to NT$300,000. 

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=61A53D14DA077C214BEF751B94CCE467

A rare procedure carried out in Taiwan has brought great joy to a couple from Shanghai. The pair came to Taiwan seeking their first child and ended up with a baby girl after the cryopreservation of the husband’s sperm, a donated egg and the embryo. A doctor who helped with the procedure said this was only the fifth time worldwide that all three types of cryopreservation were successfully used. 

This young girl, resting in her mom’s embrace, brought great joy to a couple from China. Her arrival wasn’t easy.

Nurse Practitioner
When they called here in the beginning, they were delighted to hear that they could register for and quickly receive a donated egg. Within a week they flew in from Shanghai to complete the necessary paperwork.

The couple faced many challenges. The woman is 48 years old and has already undergone menopause. With no legal avenue for them to have a baby in China because of a ban on egg donation, the couple sought assistance in Hsinchu. They ended up using a cryopreserved egg, and both the husband’s sperm and the embryo were also cryopreserved. It was the first time ever in Taiwan, and the fifth time in the world, that a child was born after all three stages of cryopreservation.

Wang Huai-lin
E-Stork Deputy Superintendent
The first time a baby was born using three stages of cryopreservation was in Italy. The other three instances were in China, but these all involved using the mother’s own egg. This case in Taiwan involved the use of a donated egg.

Over the past 16 years, the couple figures to have spent about NT$500,000 trying to become pregnant. Now that they have their first child, they say they are open to the idea of having a second.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=D7B7BED9F8580944F4C1778E8F9CAFA1

A local bank has introduced a new credit card function for smartphones. Clients who save their banking information onto their phone’s memory card can use the phone as a digital wallet and eliminate the need to carry a plastic credit card. 

Customers at this fast food restaurant can order from their table and pay by holding their cell phone over the menu, without ever speaking to the cashier.

Once the order is confirmed the food is prepared and then delivered straight to the table. These customers were happy with the convenient service.

To get a drink, all you have to do is wave your phone near the sensor of a vending machine. Your phone can also be used to pay for the bus or MRT. To take advantage of this service, first ask your bank to save your credit card information onto an SD memory card, then just put the card into your phone. The phone then serves as a digital wallet. Safeguards are also in place if the phone is ever lost.

Hong Wen-an
Banking Employee
It’s the same as a traditional credit card. If you lose your phone, just report it to your credit card company.

Widespread smartphone use has made banks confident in the future of phone credit card services. But for now, this function is only available for Android users with phones that take SD cards and have near field communication capability.

資料來源：

http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/index.aspx