Vocabulary: 原住民 yuán zhù mín indigenous peoples原 yuán former 守護 shǒu hù to stand guard守 shǒu to guard 摧毀 cuī huǐ destroy 成立 chéng lì establish 保護 bǎo hù to protect保 bǎo to defend 遭受 zāo shòu to suffer遭 zāo meet by chance (usually with misfortune) 破壞 pò huài destruction破 pò to break 行政院 xíng [...]
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More on that hillside collapse onto the freeway
師公格山坍塌前 衛星照拍出裂縫-Yahoo!奇摩新聞 師公格山坍塌前 衛星照拍出裂縫 NOWnews 更新日期:”2010/04/26 13:01″ 生活中心／綜合報導 北二高基隆七堵段發生山崩，數十萬立方公尺土方崩落在南北雙向車道，畫面令人怵目驚心；對照GOOGLE過去拍攝的衛星照片發現，原本的山坡就有一條大裂縫，專家說，光是基隆到汐止路段至少就有3處道路經過的山頭屬於順向坡，交通部將全線徹查，並裝置儀器監測，防止意外再發生。 位於七堵的「師公格山」昨日下午發生山崩，數十萬噸的土石宣洩而下，路面瞬間被掩埋，這岩層間順向坡的弱面，衛星空照圖中早有顯示；透過空照圖標示出這次坍方的範圍，南北約200米，東西約100米，大約50個籃球場大小，再把比例尺放大來看，北端竟然存在一條明顯的V字型順向坡，走山就是從這裡啟動。 再從這張剖面圖來看，這個順向坡坡角大約16度，向下延伸到公路時因為施工遭截斷，更令人擔心的是，沿線附近還存在其他的順向坡。 根據經濟部地調所所長林朝宗表示，就在坍方處往北不遠處，還有一處面積更大的順向坡，光是基隆到汐止路段，至少就有3處道路經過的山頭屬於順向坡。交通部表示將全線徹底檢查，並且裝置儀器監測，避免類似事件重演。（新聞來源：東森新聞記者張嘉男、王鎮宇）
Not allowed to hang your laundry outside?
US residents are battling with property owners and neighbors for the right to hang their laundry outdoors. It’s odd that the country where people put most importance on “human rights” fusses over such small things that people here take for granted, like discussing if you can be naked in your own home. 美國人拚節能, 爭戶外曬衣權- 最講人權的國家竟需爭這台灣人無法想像的芝麻綠豆小事, [...]
污染
Taiwan should make a greater contribution to the worldwide effort to cope with climate change, President Ma Ying-jeou said. How about starting by contributing to efforts to cope with the pollution problems in Taiwan? 馬總統說台灣應對全球努力於緩和氣候變化多盡力- 從先把自己家裏污染的問題解決開始吧?
Stray dogs and cats
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan promised yesterday to take measures to stop inhumane treatment of stray dogs and cats, in response to a petition by animal rights activists. Taiwan is the “hell of stray animals. It is a big, ugly scar on a pretty face. 農委會昨天即要求關閉全台一百零四處動物留置所; 台灣流浪貓狗留置所如同「動物煉獄」.這樣的事就如同一個醜陋的大疤在臉上 . nong2 wei3 hui4 zuo2tian1 ji2 yao1qiu2 guan1bi4 quan2 tai2 [...]
“全球”非皆是好球
"全球"非皆是好球 "Many laud the globalization of technology as a positive force that spreads the wealth and helps industry grow." But meanwhile, more than 1,000 former employees of a RCA facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan (RCA was one of the eight major computer companies along with IBM, Burroughs, Control Data Corporation, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR and UNIVAC [...]
釋放能量 – Release energy
Three temblors jolted Taiwan yesterday, but caused no damage or casualties. The earth needs to release energy just like people. 昨天台灣有三次無人傷亡的震動,土地和人一樣需要釋放能量. zuo2tian1 Tai2wan1 you3 san1ci4 wu2ren2 shang1wang2 de zhen4dong4 ,tu3di4 he2 ren2 yi2yang4 xu1yao4 shi4fang4 neng2liang4 .
Black-faced spoonbill – 黑面琵鷺
The endangered black-faced spoonbills have migrated in record numbers to southern Taiwan to spend the winter this year. The winter of southern Taiwan is not cold. Maybe that is why they are here for the winter season. (Ha, me too!) 今年瀕臨絕跡的黑面琵鷺以創新高的數量在南台灣過冬. 南台灣的冬季不冷, 也許這是為什麼它們來這兒(哈! 跟我一樣.) jin1nian2 bin1lin2 jue2 ji1 de hei1 mian4 pi2 lu4 yi3 chuang4xin1 [...]
Alishan – 阿里山
I visited Alishan when I was young, and I’ve been wanting to visit again for a long time but never did due to my fear of crowds. I learned recently that due to the damage caused by typhoon Morakot, tour busses could not go to Alishan, so there were very few visitors. As a result, [...]
Finding a quiet apartment – 台灣市區的房子
This morning I heard the noise of a crane and I started to worry. "Don’t tell me it’s going to happen again," I thought. It is funny or maybe tragic that every time we move to an apartment because there is a park in front of it and we could see trees from the balcony [...]