Date：

October 1^st, from No.6~9 Walking Trail

Arrangers：

Taichung City Department of Transportation, Taichung City's  Associations of Hiking and Environmental Protection

Gathering time：

8 a.m., October 1st, 2006

Gathering place：

The shuttle bus stop on Dongshan Road ( It is along Dongshan Road, past Songzhu Road  and toward the direction of the Dakeng roundabout. It was an army site before. It is across from Dakeng's Earthquake Park and No.9 Walking Trail.) There were attendants and the flag of the convention.

Acitvity's procedure：

8:00-8:30 Assemble at the shuttle bus stop and take the goods for the trash picking activity.

Start off at 9 a.m. Walk along the No.9 Walking Trail to Kuanyin Pavilion, walk down from the No.6 Walking Trail to the No.7 Walking Trail, towards Wind Moving Rock. After that, walk down from the No.6 Walking Trail to Kuanyin Pavilion and then walk down from the No.9 Walking Trail to Earthquake Park to eat lunce. (The time of the route was about two to three hours)

Activity's content：

Walk from Walking Trail No.9 to Wind Moving Rock. Pick up the trash while hiking along the way to make the environment cleaner and better.

Attending members：

Tzu-Hsing, Huang    Wei- Ling, Chen    Wei- Ling's mom    
Tzu-Hsing's mom

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Let's join the activity together.

Wei- Ling, Chen：

Wow! The arragner even offered us water and towels! Fantastic!

Wei- Ling's mom：

Well! You could tell how hard they worked!

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

Let's start off quickly!

Checked in and receive the supplies for trash picking.

Let's start off!

Took our belongings.

 Taichung City's  Associations of Hiking and
Environmental Protection supported this activity.

Earthquake Park（former Jyungong Elementary School）

Wei- Ling, Chen：

Eh! Wasn't that an elementary school? Wow! It's Jyugong Elementary School, but why was it so messy?

Wei- Ling's mom：

Well. That was Jyugong Elementary School. It became so messy because of the 921 earthquake several years ago. The school has moved to the other place. To preserve this relic, the government kept it as an earthquake park.

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Look! The playground cracked!

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Eh! How come the government would leave this elementary school for the memory instead of building it again?

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

The government kept this school for historical evidence. Furthermore,Jyugong Elementary School was on Chelongpu fault line, which was an active fault line. If it were built again, then the disaster would happen again. 

 The original scene of Jyugong Elementary School
and the one after the earthquake.

The destroyed bricks.

 I couldn't tell it's a classroom.

 The playground cracked.

 The tragedy of Jyugong Elementary School.

 The destroyed school dormitory.

Wei- Ling, Chen：

A strange thing happened! How come the master of the chicken didn't keep an eye on it but let it go around?

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

Oh! That was a wild chicken—a chicken was raised in the mountain to let it go around.

Wei- Ling's mom：

Let's stop to buy some bamboo shoots.

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Wow! The bamboo shoots here were so big.

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

Of course! The bamboo shoot is Dakeng's special product.

Dakeng's wild chicken

Dakeng's special product:
Machu（Bamboo）Shoots

Wei- Ling, Chen ：

Wow! Who's he? （a tall handsome uncle with a smile came to us）

Director of Taichung City Bureau of Transportation and Communication：

Hello! I am Wunjhong Ci, Director of Taichung City Bureau of Transportation and Communication. Everyone is welcome to attend this meaningful activity. You can do exercise and keep our earth from being polluted by picking the trash.

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Wow! How come so many organization joined this activity? Let me check it-- Taichung City Bureau of Transportation and Communication, Taichung City's  Associations of Hiking and Environmental Protection, the volunteers of Dakeng Scenic Area etc.

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

We found that many organizations have paid much attention on this “trash picking” activity.

Wei- Ling, Chen：

Take a look quickly. That uncle is holding a long clip.

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

Yes! That's for picking the trash in the valley.

Uncle：

Well! It's more convenient to pick the trash in the valley with this tool! Do I need to do a demonstration?

Wei- Ling's mom：

Please do it for us. Thank you.

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

In order to decrease the trash, they really paid much attention.

Wei- Ling's mom：

Wow! We finally complete the hiking! This activity is very interesting! Children can learn the importance of cleaning the environment so that we can't be a rotten apple in the barrel.

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

We can do environmental protection while we are going for a stroll. It is good for our health and we can work for public interests for the earth better.

Wei- Ling, Chen：

I saw many people picking up lots of trash while hiking, so people shouldn’t throw the trash carelessly.

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

We saw many people try their best to work for the earth. I admired them a lot. Finally I picked up a big bag of trash—it was my harvest. Attending this activity was very meaningful.

 We took a picture with Director of Taichung City Bureau of Transportation and Communication.

 We took a picture with the flag of Taichung City's Associations of Hiking and Environmental Protection.

 Let's squat down to pick up the trash!

 What a convenient tool for picking up the trash.

 Took notes attentively.

 We held our harvest.

　Learning remarks：

Tzu-Hsing, Huang：

In this activity many people slid down the mountain groove to pick up the trash without hesitation. It was risky, so we could tell they must often go trash picking in the mountains. It was really touching for their environmental protection.

Wei- Ling, Chen ：

Never throw the trash while hiking.

Tzu-Hsing's mom：

There were many hiking specialists to attend the trash picking.  They picked up the trash with great skill. One hand was wearing a glove and the other was holding the trash bog. We could tell they often went trash picking by their behavior.

Wei- Ling's mom：

The earth is everyone's home. We have to cherish it for our offspring.