Take care of the forest trails(維護森林踪跡)

I like Dasyueshan trails. They are very long, various and clean. Each of them is different – sometimes there is stone-stairs, sometimes – it is a path through the woods, sometimes – it is wooden trails. They do not disturb the peace and silent of the forest. And small sign board looks very natural there. They unite with it – like it always was the same, like it remain like this forever.

But nothing stands still in our world and if we want the trail to be good and safe, if we want sign boards to be clear and beautiful – we need to take care of them. This is a new side of our work – this is what we did previous week.

In July, when we were in Basianshan, we had an experience of working holidays – socially useful work of repairing the trails and tribunes.

Now, here in Dasyueshan, we did another kind of work – we cleaned the boards. You can check our work – before and after.

我喜歡大雪山的步道，又長又清潔。每一條步道都與眾不同—有的有石梯、有的步道穿過樹根、有者則是木制的步道。它們與森林結合得如此美妙，安靜又和諧。那裡小小的解說牌也佇立在那裡，成為森林的一份子。

我們除了維護步道，這個星期的工作就是清理解說牌—一個全新的任務。

七月份在八仙山時我們度過了有趣的工作假期—維修步道。

在大雪山，我們清理解說牌。您可檢查我們的工作成果—前後的分別可大了。

Before 之前

After  之後

 We could use only cloths, water and all kind of plants that we found in the forest. No chemicals at all!

Really, I don’t know what kind of dirt is it on the boards – I can just guess that it must be some natural dust – but to get rid of it using only water and our hands was rather hard. Even our great stamina didn’t help and dirty spots remain the same.

我們用抹布、水及各種隨手找到的植物葉子來清洗解說牌。一點化學成分也沒有！我覺得解說牌上的污垢應該是一些天然塵埃---可是只用清水和雙手清理實在有點困難，體力好也無濟於事。

We could have spent hours cleaning these boards without the help of our teacher Lai. He, seeing our useless attempts, got some green cypress branches and the work went on. It do really more effective than use Fanta to clean your pot! 

 如果沒有賴茂林老師的協助下，我們應該要花上數小時的時間清理解說牌吧！老師似乎不費九牛二虎之力，手裡拿著檜木的葉子就開工了。這招真的很有效！

Soon all the spots disappeared but we have one more problem – cause of the branches and the dust all the boards became green. While we were thinking, what we could do with it, teacher Lai helped us once more. He found some moss which plants in great amounts everywhere in Dasyueshan and use it to make the board clean. It is obvious – moss is a natural sponge and can clean everything easily! We should have known this!

不一會兒，牌上的污垢慢慢消失了。賴老師又隨手摘了一些青苔幫我們擦一擦，就把解說牌擦乾淨。青苔就像天然的海綿，把任何污垢擦乾淨。我們早就應該曉得了！

The only thing left – is just to use napkin to make the sign board dry. Ta-dam! It’s like a new one!

Using these methods our work became faster and more effective. 

最後，用一用衛生紙擦幹解說牌。大功告成！

And even a rain couldn’t stop us. Actually, later it nonetheless made us return back, because it became very heavy.

Now you know how the sign boards remain clean and beautiful in the forests!   

下雨天也不阻我們清理解說牌的決心。雨勢越來越大，後來我們也打退堂鼓了。

現在乾淨又美麗的解說牌就佇立在森林裡！

 

Written by Olga
奧利嘉  撰寫

Translated by Chia Yee

嘉怡 翻譯