模範母親前往大陸旅遊

Kinmen's model mothers set out for(1) China via the Mini-Three-Links on May 11 to start a 3-day trip to Xiamen and Quanzhou at the expense of(2) the County government. Director of Social Affairs Bureau Hsu Nai-chuan saw them off(3) at the pier on behalf of Magistrate Li and wished them a happy journey. He repeatedly reminded the workers to take good care of those model mothers and make sure everyone could leave home happily and return safely.
金門縣政府招待模範母親小三通知性之旅，5月11日啟程前往大陸廈門、泉州展開3天的旅遊行程。縣政府社會局長許乃權也代表李縣長到碼頭送行，祝福大家旅途愉快，他並一再叮嚀工作人員照顧好模範母親們，大家快快樂樂出門、平平安安回家。

In order to thank the model mothers for their hard work and dedication,(4) Magistrate Li publicly cited(5) and awarded them yesterday and arrangements were made for them to go on a 3-day trip to Xiamen and Quanzhou.
金門縣政府為感念模範母親們的辛勞，日昨由縣長李炷烽頒獎表揚後，並安排她們前往廈門、泉州進行3日遊。

The 30-member group going on the journey, including the model mothers, their accompanying children and government workers, was led by the Chairwoman Ni-Zhen Pei-Hui and the Secretary General Tang Li-Hui of Kinmen County Women's Rights Promotion Association. Most of the members were already grandmothers. The 85-year-old Mrs. Zhang Shui was the oldest in the group. She was excited about going to Xiamen and Quanzhou to visit temples. Being seen off by her son-in-law Lin De Gong, the Director of Kinmen Land Administration Bureau, made her even happier.
參加這趟模範母親知性之旅的人員，包括模範母親及陪同子女、工作人員共30人，由金門縣婦女權益促進會理事長鄭倪佩輝、總幹事唐麗輝帶隊出發。參加知性之旅的模範母親，大多數是祖母級，其中，年紀最大為85歲的張誰老太太，老人家對於要到廈門、泉州禮佛，十分開心，尤其是女婿縣府地政局局長林德恭到碼頭送行，老人家更是樂不可支。

The itinerary(6) of the model mothers' 3-day travel includes visits to Quanzhou's Kaiyuan Temple, Tongan's Fantian Temple, Xiaman's Putuo Temple and Guanyin Temple, as well as other attractions and historical monuments like Quanzhou Maritime Museum, Laojun Rock, Luoyang Bridge, and China Museum for Fujian-Taiwan Kinship, etc. They were expected to return to Kinmen on the 13th.
縣政府招待模範母親小三通知性之旅，行程包括到泉州開元寺、同安梵天寺、廈門南普陀寺、觀音寺等寺廟禮佛，以及參觀泉州海外交通博物館、老君岩、洛陽橋、閩台緣博物館等名勝和古蹟，預定13日下午返回金門。

■1. set out for-出發前往～。
■2. at the expense of-由～支付費用；以～為代價。
■3. see off-為～送行。
■4. dedication-(n)奉獻；專心致力，獻身。
■5. cite-(vt.)表揚；表彰。引用。
■6. itinerary-(n)旅程，行程、路線規劃。
資料來源：金門縣政府