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All Men Are Brothers: Taiwan’s Medical Aid Teams Worldwide 四海之内皆兄弟也：台湾医疗团队行遍天下

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For over forty years, Taiwan has provided medical assistance to developing countries worldwide. Originally, this aid came from medical teams sent to allied nations by the central government. The International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) which was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sent its first team of doctors to Libya in 1962.

40年来，台湾提供医疗协助给世界各地的开发中国家。最初是由中央政府派往邦交国的医疗团队提供协助的。由经济部所设立的国际合作发展基金会（简称国合会ICDF）在1962年派出第一支医生队伍前往利比亚。

In recent years, budget cuts have compelled ICDF to recruit medical personnel from the private sector. At the same time, the number of Taiwanese nongovernmental organization (NGOs) providing medical and public health assistance internationally has increased. For countries in need, this means that assistance is no longer solely bound to diplomacy.

近年来，由于预算删减促使国合会不得不转向民间招募医疗人员。而同时，台湾的非政府组织(NGOs)在提供国际性医疗和公共卫生的协助上，次数愈来愈多。对于需要救助的国家而言，这意味着可获得的协助不再受限于外交一途。

Among these NGOs is the Tzu Chi International Medical Association established to provide free medical care and emergency relief, Tzu Chi embraces a “self-help, local resources” philosophy. Since local people generally understand their needs best, Tzu Chi recruits volunteers in situ tocarry out assistance projects. For example, in January 2002, following a month of flooding, Tzu Chi mobilized locals in Jakarta to clear away millions of tons of garbage. Tzu Chi continues to guide a local effort to control future flooding of the Kali Angke River.

除了这些非政府组织，还有国际慈济人医会。慈济成立这个组织是为了提供免费医疗和急难救助，并采取「自立更生，就地取材」的态度。一般而言当地人最能了解当地的需要，所以慈济就在原地招募志工执行协助任务。譬如2001年1月印度尼西亚的水患已达一个月，慈济在雅加达动员当地人士清除了数百万吨的垃圾，随后慈济还率领当地人整顿红溪河以防止未来再泛滥。

Tzu Chi, like many other Taiwanese NGOs, helps countries help themselves in our era of increasing globalization.

慈济就像其他许多台湾的非政府组织，在这日益全球化的时代帮助那些有意自助的国家。

Vocabulary

单词发音

developing countries 发展中国家

allied [əˋlaɪd] adj. 结盟的；联姻的

compel [kəmˋpɛl] v. 强迫，使不得不

bound [baʊnd] adj. 被缚住的；受束缚的

diplomacy [dɪˋploməsɪ] n. 外交

emergency [ɪˋmɝdʒənsɪ] n. 紧急情况；突然事件；非常时刻

in situ【拉】在原处；在原位置

mobilize [ˋmob!͵aɪz] v. 动员；调动

local [ˋlok!] n. 当地居民，本地人

Jakarta [dʒəˋkɑrtə] n. 雅加达（印度尼西亚首都）

Sentence of the Day

They're not passing the buck.

他们不逃避责任。

pass the buck  推卸责任

课文讲解

Steve and Doris, Taiwanese overseas students, are practicing their English in a Los Angeles café: 史提夫和桃乐丝都是台湾去的海外留学生，他们在洛杉矶一家咖啡店里练习英文：

S: I thought we could talk about local issues today. So I bought some articles about medical assistance for illegal Mexican immigrants.

我以为今天我们要讨论当地的议题，所以我带了一些提供医疗协助给墨西哥非法移民的文章来了。

D: Yeah, that’s a big problem, especially north of L.A. in Antelope Valley. The Mexican laborers there are the backbone of agriculture.

是啊，这确实是个大问题，尤其洛杉矶北部的安第洛普山谷地区。那里的墨西哥劳工可是当地农业的支柱。

S: But because they’re here illegally, there’s practically no medical care for them. That’s why Taiwan’s Tzu Chi organization established a free clinic there a couple of years ago.

但因为他们都是非法来到此地，几乎完全得不到医疗协助。也因此几年前台湾慈济功德会在那儿设立免费的诊所。

D: Didn’t they organize a mobile clinic?

他们不是设立活动诊所吗？

S: Right. Tzu Chi dubbed it ‘Great Love,’ and brought in local doctors to help out.

是的。慈济把它命名为「大爱」，而且也请来当地医生帮忙。

D: It says here that there were facilities for a dentist, a gynecologist, a general practitioner, and even a doctor of Chinese medicine. Talk about thorough.

文章上说它的设备可供一位牙科、一位妇科、一位全科医生，甚至再加上一位中医师使用，可说相当完备。

S: My favorite anecdote is about the dentist who was reminded he wanted to leave early, and answered, “I can’t leave. I still have lots of patients.”

我最欣赏的片段是有位医生被提醒要早点离开，但他却回答：「我不能走，还有这么多病人。」

D: That’s commitment! You know, I hadn’t realized that though Tzu Chi’s a Buddhist organization, its international volunteers are from many different faiths.

那就是献身！你知道，我以前不了解虽然慈济是佛教组织，但其实它的国际志工有各种不同的信仰。

S: With operations in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa, that stands to reason.

那合情合理，因为慈济在东南亚、南美洲、和非洲都设有组织。

D: I had no idea they were in California too.

我不知道他们在加州也有。

S: Yep. No one deserves to suffer.

是啊。任何人都不须受苦受难。

－by Michelle St. John

Vocabulary

单词发音

backbone [ˋbæk͵bon] n. 支柱；骨干；基础

dub [dʌb] v. 授予……称号；把……叫做

gynecologist [͵gaɪnəˋkɑlədʒɪst] n. 妇科医生

practitioner [prækˋtɪʃənɚ] n. 开业者（尤指医生、律师）

talk about 说来真是…

anecdote [ˋænɪk͵dot] n. 轶事，趣闻

faith [feθ] n. 信仰；宗教信仰

stand to reason 理所当然 to seem reasonable

Sentence of the Day

They practice what they preach.

他们言行一致。

practice what one preaches 身体力行