【時事學英文】菲律賓向世界say "THANK YOU" ~ 1 @ 輕鬆學英語，走向全世界

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The Philippines has launched a global campaign to thank the world for its outpouring
of help following last year's devastating typhoon that killed more than 8,000 people.

As part of the initiative, a series of electronic billboards were lit up with "Thank you"
signs in some of the world's most famous locations, including New York's Times
Square, Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing, London's Piccadilly Circus and Galeries Lafayette in
Paris.

Filipinos are also sending out messages of thanks on Twitter with the hashtag
#PHthankyou.

The campaign, kicked off by the Philippines Department of Tourism, launched on
February 8 -- exactly three months after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit.

Given how gracious the nation is being, it's a fine time to revisit one of the
Philippines best assets -- its 7,000 islands, edged by white sand buffering turquoise
waters filled with some of the world's most diverse marine life.
And most of them are relatively unexplored.

菲律賓最近發布了一個全球的宣傳，為的是要感謝世界各國在他們前年面臨颱風
災害時，所大力傾注的協助；那場毀滅性的颱風奪走了超過八千條人命。

在一個初期的活動中，一系列「感謝您」的標語在世界各地著名景點的電子看板
上出現，這些地方包括紐約時代廣場、東京的澀谷區站前十字路口、倫敦皮卡迪
利園環及巴黎拉法葉百貨。

菲律賓人們也在推特上以#Phthankyou 的標籤，表示感謝。

這場活動是由菲律賓觀光局在去年二月八日發起，也就是超級颶風海燕侵襲菲律
賓之後的三個月。

有鑑於這個國家的殷殷切切，現在正是再渡造訪菲律賓大大小小七千座島嶼的好
時機，這些島嶼被象牙色的沙灘及綠寶石般的海水所環繞，水中擁有世界級多樣
化的海洋生態。

而且，大多數島嶼的美麗仍尚未被發掘。