新冠肺炎疫情全球蔓延，讓各國從政府官員到普羅大眾都擔心不已，目前已經出現停課停市的狀況，希望能盡快將疫情控制。丫丫園地的小記者們一直緊貼事態發展，在上星期把握機會與一位重要人物進行採訪，就是在上個月擔任美國武漢撤僑專機機長～～丁毓麟醫師 Dr. J. Ting !

身兼醫生與機長的丁醫生是一位非常傑出與特別的人物，這次美國由武漢撤僑的專機也是由他負責駕駛。丁醫師熱心公益多才多藝，除了熱愛飛行之外，他也現任加州 City of Hope 醫院的特約醫師，擁有多年豐富臨床經驗。我們很高興這次能邀請他和大家分享他的人生經歷，包括他如何成功載回201人返美的經過，並分享有關防疫的專業知識和重要資訊，更現場接受觀眾的線上提問。

這次特別專訪已經在三月七日在 Facebook 直播舉行，如果您當天錯過了這個精彩的直播訪問，可以點擊以下鏈接觀看錄影視頻！另外，幾位小記者並以文字記錄了當天大家的訪問，讓大家對丁醫師有更深入的認識，千萬不要錯過喔！

這次活動由 INLA 熱情贊助，希望由這次活動能傳遞正確的醫療常識，同時也帶給大家正面能量的訊息。

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Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

About Dr. J. Ting

Originally from Taiwan, J. Ting, D.O., received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995; completed his pediatrics internship at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in 1996 and emergency medicine residency at Cleveland Clinic Health Systems/South Pointe Hospital in 1999.He has over 20 years of experience in medicine both as a critical care hospitalist, and an emergency medicine physician.Dr. Ting had also worked 11 years with Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers as a stadium physician treating all in-game emergencies. He’s appeared regularly as a special guest commentator in medicine and aviation for Los Angeles’ local Mandarin and Cantonese language radio station KAZN AM1300 and KMRB AM1430.  He has been a flight instructor for many years; currently is an airline pilot for Kalitta Air flying the Boeing 747; after previously flying the Boeing 777 for Southern Air and Embraer 175 for United Airlines.

 

一月一日就是玫瑰花車遊行的大日子，三位小記者 Aaron、Ryan 和 Kyran 來到華航花車記者會籌備現場，評審時間快到了，不知道今年的大獎將會花落誰家？

Aaron Estrada, age 14

With the passage of 2019, the decade has now come to a close giving rise to year 2020, and our entry into a new decade. To begin this new year, the  annual Roses Parade leads us into this next decade with the parade theme “THE POWER OF HOPE”. This theme is meant to communicate that what is wanted can be attained. (tournamentofroses.com)

This year is the 131st running of the parade. On New Year’s Eve LajajaKids junior journalists visited 5 floats: Amazon Studios , Blue Diamond Almonds, China Airlines, Honda, and Pasadena Celebrates 2020.We also met and spoke with float designer John Ramirez his daughter Sofia Ramirez, and various float performers. In the course of our interview with John Ramirez, we learned several interesting facts.  John is the float designer for Artistic Entertainment Services and he designed the Rose Parade float for China Airlines. This year the float includes elements from Taiwan. China Airlines officials approached John and told him they would like to have a music box as part of the float. Immediately he knew what they were referring to because in his past travels to Taiwan he saw that music boxes were a significant part of the society in that they were in airports, malls, and various public areas. The float include a toy plane with the China Airlines logo on it, and food from Taiwan, lanterns, and at the center of the float is the Taipei 101 building. These are things that not only Taiwanese people would recognise, but also people from around the world.

 Later on one more float was being brought out but we had already left by the time it came out of the assembly area.The day was exciting and informative. We took videos of the different floats and recorded the China Airlines performance.

While there, we had the opportunity to ask float assembly personnel questions about their particular float and what kind of message they’re trying to convey, what type of material and flowers the float is made of, and what is their opinion regarding the floats design.

Being so close to the floats was amazing because you could really see all the fine details and workmanship on the float. It’s hard to tell from a quick glance but if you looked close enough you could see small little things put on the floats that you wouldn’t notice by just glancing through it quickly. It really shows how much effort was put into each and every one of these floats.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the Rose Parade this year, you should definitely go next year because the Rose Parade is a great experience. If given the opportunity to report on the floats again, I definitely would because each year every float is so creatively beautiful and unique the experience would necessarily be new and unique! You can find more about information to see the floats next year  https://tournamentofroses.com/events-calendar/post-parade-a-showcase-of-floats/

Kyran Lin, age 12

The sun was shining, the streets were crowded, and people were snapping away with their cameras. It was the day before the 131st Annual Rose parade! When I first got there, I was amazed! This was my first time attending the Rose Parade on New Year’s Eve! There were humongous floats that were filled with flowers, plants, seeds, nuts, and even fruits! Dozens of volunteers were rushing around carrying trays of flowers and seeds, giving the magnificent floats their finishing touches.

    We then approached the float we were going to see, China Airlines’ float, called “Dreams of flying, wings of hope.” The float consists of many items that showed the characteristics of Taiwan, which included beef noodle soup, mango ice, matcha green tea, Chinese lanterns, and much more. The meaning behind this was explained by the float designer Mr. Ramirez, in which he stated, “ Hopefully these are things that not only Tawainese people will recognize, but people around the world.” What he is trying to explain is that he wants other people to know about Taiwan and it’s customs, rather than just Tawainese people. This float was my personal favorite because it had a lot of things that I recognized and liked, like the beef noodle soup! One thing that I found very interesting was that the floats couldn’t pass a certain height because of underway on the Rose Parade.

   We also cover a couple of other floats other than China Airlines’. One example would be Blue Almonds’ float, called “Almond Breeze, the Best Almonds Make the Best Almond Milk.” The float was covered in blooming almond trees and a huge carton of their famous almond milk. I choose the Blue Almond’s float after China Airlines’ because I thought it was the most detailed out of the rest of the floats. I thought all the pieces of the trees were planned with precision and detail, from the bees, to what type of plants they used for the bark of the tree trunk.

    Going to the Rose Parade was a new and exciting experience for me. I was amazed at all the companies’ creations that were filled with flowers, seeds, nuts, and plants. Being able to see the final preparations of the Rose Parade wowed me. I would want to take part in the Rose Parade again next year!

Phoebe Zhang , Age 10

Yilin Yao

Chloe Liu，Age 11

Lexie Hsieh, Age 10

全新迪士尼冰上世界秀 Mickey’s Search Party 《米奇的尋人派對》將在 12 月來到 LA 和小朋友見面，除了大熱的 Moana、美女與野獸、小美人魚、魔雪奇緣、Toy Story、阿拉丁等精采卡通人物外，還有全新上場的 Coco 電影人物，與大家最愛的米奇米尼，肯定讓你耳目一新！

這次的全新演出將給觀眾帶來與過往迪士尼冰上世界不同的感受。特殊旋轉式佈景舞台設計營造出四個精彩場景、令人驚心動魄的空中表演、可愛詼諧的表演元素、炫麗奪目的視覺燈光效果、節奏快速並隊形複雜多變的冰上表演和動人心弦的迪士尼音樂。從燈光、佈景、音樂、編舞、到服裝，迪士尼冰上世界《米奇的尋人派對》將帶來神奇而難忘的視覺饗宴，是每年不容錯過的精彩演出 !

【預告】丫丫有禮送出兩套迪士尼冰上世界門票 , 密切留意 !! 

 

• Los Angeles Staples Center  12/12 – 15
• Anaheim Honda Center 12/19 – 23
• Long Beach Arena 12/26 – 30
• Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena 1/1 – 5

Sonia Maria Sotomayor 是美國聯邦最高法院大法官。也是美國聯邦最高法院第一位拉丁裔法官和第三位女性法官。而最近 Sotomayor 大法官竟在百忙中出版了一本兒童圖書 Just Ask！ ，主題是「敢於不同、敢於做自己」，由獲獎藝術家 Rafael López 設計。

這是一本關於了解人們之間的差異，並讚揚善良與關懷的童書，就像不同類型的植物和花卉使花園更美麗和愉快，不同類型的人使我們的世界更加充滿活力和美妙。Sotomayor 利用自己為例，她作為一名被診斷患有糖尿病兒童的童年經歷，闡述了關於兒童所面對的各種挑戰，並鼓勵小朋友遇到困難時要敢於發問。

Hollywood Fringe Festival 是歷史悠久的演藝文化活動，每年都有許多新劇在這裡發表，讓更多觀眾認識。Once Upon The First 將在本週末以及下周六上演多場，大家一起來捧場吧！

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5909

An Actor or A Career in Medicine

An Interview with Actor, Singer, Producer, and Composer, Todd Lien

by Aaron Estrade, age 13

Do you feel that you want to become a singer or actor, but it’s not what your parents want for you as a career? Today, I woke up looking forward for a new and exciting experience. As a La JaJa kids junior journalist, I have had the opportunity and pleasure of interviewing many different types of individuals. But today, for the very first time I get to interview an actor. Having limited experience in the acting industry, this should be a pretty interesting experience.

I arrived at the interview location with anticipation and ready to go. The interview was taking place at an art academy in Rosemead, California called StarFactory. I met with my co-interviewer, junior journalist, Phoebe Zhang. Together, we organized how we were going to conduct our interview. Just like me, Phoebe was energetic and excited about the interview. We interviewed a young actor and singer named Todd Lien.

Todd Lien was born and raised in Taiwan. He studied in a career for medicine at the University Of Washington, but all along while studying this, he had a deep interest in the arts. In a bold and courageous move, he decided to pursue a career in the arts. In 2014, he pursued his passion for acting and studied at the New York Film Academy graduating with an MFA degree where he studied, acting, musical theatre, film, music, and directing.

It was a pleasure to meet Todd Lien. He’s very friendly, personable, and I must say a dashing young man who is full of energy and positivity. Over the course of his new career, Todd has been involved in many artistic productions. He has acted on film as recently as two months in a production filmed in Mexico. He has performed live in several musical theater productions, he has directed and produced various artistic productions with the most recent one currently running which he wrote and directed “Once Upon The First”, and he’s a talented and captivating singer.

This interview was an informative, energetic, and fun experience. Even in the context of an interview, Todd Lien is entertaining and captivating. We had such a great time with lots of laughter. He’s also a wonderful acting and singing teacher. It was a pleasure and an honor to get to talk with him on such a personal level. I highly recommend that everyone goes to see his currently running performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival if possible. Once Upon The First is based on a true life story of one of his students. It is currently performed by a group of 15 of his own talented students, and Phoebe and I are very fortunate to be amongst the cast.

Here are some highlights of the musical “Once Upon the First"

– The only American-born Chinese-American children’s cast performance group at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

-Eighty percent of music and dance is original and supported by Tony Award winner Broadway composer, Jeff Marx.

– The Hollywood documentary filmmaker Selena Moshell is shooting the whole film and it will be released to the mainstream film festivals.

– The director and screenwriter of this drama is Todd Lien. The original music arrangement was done by the talented musician/composer Christina Chen.

This musical had me thinking about times when we feel different or wanted to go a different or nontraditional path from those around us including our own parents.

The show will continue to run the following times and dates if you are looking to attend this show

6/15 Saturday 1pm & 7pm
6/16 Sunday 2pm
6/23 Sunday 11am & 9pm

There are also lots of others shows you can go see with your family. Check out https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/

Be bold and be yourself. Until next time …

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by Phoebe Zhang ， 9 years old

Have you ever wanted to watch a musical or maybe even be in One?? Well today, we interviewed Todd Lien on the musical named Once Upon The First. This play is mostly about a boy that is different from people that is around him in school and gets bullied for it. But in the end, they all become friends because of one reason that changed the thoughts of the bully’s, to not bully anyone because that person is different Todd Lien is an acting teacher that teaches at starfactory in Rosemead. He teaches adults and students.

When he has time off from teaching, he usually goes to acting auditions and also has been in many movies. This year the musical is going to be competed at the Fringe. He had won 2 awards in the Fringe, 2 in a row. He works really hard on his scripts for his students to perform and compete. This year is the first year that his students will compete at the Fringe. He is hoping that his students will win. There will be 8 characters in the musical. The billy’s are Sammie, Jessie, and Ryan. The bullied kid is named Simon. The non-bully kids are ruby, grace, Riley, and Ariana. There are two sets of groups that are going compete the same musical so either of the groups won’t get tired to compete. If you want to know more about Todd Lien and hid acting career, you can look in the description for this topics video.

About the show ~~~

The storyline explores the topics of self-acceptance and love by guiding the audience through the journeys of a girl who is half Chinese and half Caucasian and a boy who pursues his artistic dream of performing Chinese Opera as the beautiful Empress from an ancient Chinese dynasty. An American-born child whose parents are different ethnicities struggles with her own identity of who she really is because of the Asian way she was raised within the melting pot culture of the U.S. While she struggles for the first time with finding out who she really is, she meets a boy who also struggles with pleasing his parents without losing his artistic identity and passion for acting as the famous concubine in Beijing Opera. The new friendship helps both of them to realize that they are both special individuals and they are not defined by the color or their skins or whichever artistic passion they pursue. The bully, the main antagonist, serves as a main cause of all the turmoil theses two protagonists go through in the musical, but the bully ends up going through a change of heart.

大家小學6年級的時候，都在幹什麼呢？

日本有名6年級的女孩，一臉清純可愛的樣子，但卻是個賽車好手，無畏速度的膽量，讓很多民眾都變成她的小粉絲了呢！ 據《ETtoday》報導，日本一名才國小 6 年級的女孩，「Juju」野田樹潤，雖然外表清純、稚嫩，不過她可是個女賽車手喔！可以用時速240的速度在場上奔馳，完全不出給玩車的大人呢！

其實她的爸爸野田英樹，就是前F1賽車的好手，曾在國際賽事中拿下第3名，創下日本第一人的好成績，女兒也在爸爸的陪伴下，開始熟悉賽車，並對賽車有了濃濃的興趣，從 3 歲開始就在大人的協同下玩賽車，2年前正式出道，成為全世界第一個，小學女生車手！

事實上，因為賽車運動算是比較不安全的一種運動，尤其難度相當高，很多好友都勸她早點放棄比較好，不過小小年紀的她，卻希望可以貫徹自己的夢想，還希望當上日本第一個F1女車手，真的是很有抱負呢！ 讓我們看看她超厲害的賽車技術吧！

▼Juju的父親是前F1賽車手野田英樹，於1982年踏入賽車界，1994年在國際F3000賽事上拿下第3名，成為了日本史上第一人。

▼在父親的影響下，Juju從小就接觸賽車，3歲開始學賽車，2016年時以F4賽事正式出道，成為全球史上第一位國小女學生賽車手。

▼她曾在岡山國際賽車場上跑出1分32秒的好成績，打破了F4單圈最快紀錄。賽車難度很高，而且比較危險，很多人勸Juju放棄，但她的夢想是成為「史上第一個F1冠軍女車手」，她希望可以貫徹自己的夢想，繼續在賽車這條路上前進。

看牙醫大概在讓人心情沮喪緊張的事件排行榜上名列高位，不過如果有一系列可愛溫馨的Hello Kitty(凱蒂貓)、Gudetama(蛋黃哥)、Melody(美樂蒂)等卡通人物作伴，大家的心情應該輕鬆愉快很多吧！

最近開幕的天普市 Hello Kitty 柏麗牙科已經是許多小朋友甚至大人的至愛，在診所開幕當天，三位丫丫小記者 Phoebe、Ryan 和 Carissa 來到開幕禮，與 Hello Kitty 興奮見面，又與創辦人杜振軒牙醫博士面對面訪談（Hello Kitty 沒有嘴巴，沒法接受小記者們的訪問），一起來看看當天開幕盛況和訪談過程！

丫丫小記者：Phoebe Zhang, Carissa Yu, Ryan Lo

拍攝剪接：Justin Zhang

Phoebe Zhang (age 9)

在很多事故中有大原因來自於超速，因此各國或車廠都在想辦法如何降低事故，如今一位 10歲女孩 Isa 就想到不需花大錢就能讓車輛在行經路口斑馬線，自然就會減速方法。

於世界各地超速都是導致意外事故的主要因素，因此各個國家都在件力能夠降低事故的方案，其中在沒有燈號的路口，由於少了燈號的警示往往會讓駕駛忽略車速而導致發生意外，因此會在斑馬線部分透過各種如配色或形狀等方式來讓車輛減速，對此美國一位10歲女孩就想到一種簡易方法就能輕鬆讓車輛減速通過。

我們都知道 3D立體圖畫能帶來讓人身歷其境的視覺感受，因此這位女孩就想到利用 3D圖畫繪製斑馬線，使其斑馬線呈現立體條狀視覺感受，讓車輛通過時造成駕駛會有需通過減速坡的錯覺，因此自然而然就會降低速度。但其實在國內桃園、淡水等地區已經有繪製 3D斑馬線來降低事故。

從影片中可以看見 3D斑馬線確實會造成視覺上的錯覺，而人的反應就會很自然的減速來專注前方狀況，但真正的交通安全還是得仰賴每位駕駛觀念，為有良好正確的駕駛觀念才是有效降低事故的根本之道。

作者：彭郁儒，Carture 車勢文化
original article: https://autos.yahoo.com.tw/news/%E5%A4%AA%E8%81%B0%E6%98%8E%E4%BA%86-%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E9%83%BD%E6%B2%92%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0-%E4%BD%8D10%E6%AD%B2%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%A9%E5%8D%BB%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0%E8%83%BD%E8%AE%93%E8%BB%8A%E8%BC%9B%E5%9C%A8%E8%B7%AF%E5%8F%A3%E6%B8%9B%E9%80%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95-052253004.html?fbclid=IwAR3FxCg8PfIEqb65vSgpya3DsUs5XI2ExmWVYvlMnM4p-PS-S4cAhQmsRsI