Today’s news is about a famous festival held in November in Thailand, The Loy Krathong festival. The festival is famous for praising the God of Water in Thai, and people will put Krathongs on the River to praise for good luck. However, according to some research, it’s said that people celebrating the festival have left some environmental problems to the river. Hence, we will share about the phenomena there, and some solutions toward the issue in today’s news. Furthermore, we also invite Dean who has studied in Thailand as an international student for seven years since high school to share his experience in Thai, breaking some myths about Thailand. This interview will be very helpful if you want to study in Thailand! Let’s listen together~
這次Jane 和 Julia 要帶著聽眾們透過新聞認識泰國當地著名的節日「水燈節」；水燈節約在每年11月於泰國舉辦，除了供奉當地的水神外，當地人更可以購買水燈讓水燈漂流於河上，為人民帶來好運。然而，根據新聞及研究資料顯示，逐年來的慶祝儀式已對當地河川造成嚴重的影響。在今天的新聞中，我們除了會認識水燈節的意義外，也會分享當地人如何提出對應的解決辦法以減緩節慶活動對環境造成的影響。除了探討有關節慶或是環境保護相關的議題，今天更是邀請到Dean來分享他在泰國生活七年的學生生活，並破除一些有關泰國的迷思，今天的採訪將是一則對於想要去泰國交換、留學的聽眾們十分有利的分享喔～一起來收聽今天的節目吧！
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