- Ho'opulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill
For schooling in a page of unique island history, I join a tour of Hawaii's only remaining rice mill, situated among the taro ponds. Rice was grown here commercially from the 19th century until Hawaii's rice industry collapsed in the 1960s.
The Ho'opulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill is now in the middle of Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, off-limits to most visitors. So if you're a birder, the tour also offers chances to bolster your life list with possible glimpses of endangered species such as the koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck).
The tour is highly personal. Leading it is 35-year-old Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama, whose family is in its sixth generation of farming the valley, which included operating the mill until its closure. Now, through a nonprofit, the family helps preserve the historic mill, which has been rebuilt and restored through many flash floods and two major hurricanes. She shows how scoops of rice moved on a conveyor belt powered at first by a water wheel. later by a hefty diesel engine.
The tour concludes with a demonstration of taro pounding using a lava-rock stone.
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Teaching Topic: Permutations 名詞的排列組合
Permutations
/ˌpɚmjuˈteɪʃən/
one of the many different ways or forms in which something exists or can be arranged — usually plural
一個國家或文化裡頭,
越常見到的事物通常就會有越多的詞彙來形容他,
像芬蘭文就有超過30個單字用來形容不同種類的冰雪,
因為芬蘭長期處在冰雪當中,
義大利文有各式各樣的用來表示麵條的單字,
因為義大利把他們的麵發洋光大,
中國人的主食是米,
米在英文就叫做rice,
煮熟的米叫做飯,
在英文還是叫做rice,
中國人還是糯米飯, 小米粥...
這些在英文裡都叫做rice,
因為在西方很少吃飯,
就算吃飯也是配菜
Language Lab
off-limits adj.
/ˈɑːfˈlɪməts/
— used to say that people are not allowed to enter a place or use something
— often + to
- The warehouse area is off-limits to customers.
- The military base is off-limits to civilians due to security reasons.
bolster v.
/ˈboʊlstɚ/
to make (something) stronger or better : to give support to (something)
- The company needs to bolster its marketing strategies to survive in the market.
- The coach is good at bolstering his team members with pep talks.
closure n.
/ˈkloʊʒɚ/
a situation or occurrence in which something (such as a business or factory) closes forever
- The closure of the mines caused many workers to lose their jobs.
- The closure of the branch stores helped the company's finances to improve.
a feeling that a bad experience (such as a divorce or the death of a family member) has ended and that you can start to live again in a calm and normal way
- After saying goodbye to her ex-boyfriend, Sandy finally reached a sense of closure.
hefty adj.
/ˈhɛfti/
large and heavy; big and strong
- Kyle gave his brother a hefty push to get him on the train.
very large
- Teresa lost her job, and now she doesn't know how she's going to pay back her hefty loans.
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