The Miyagase Dam on the Nakatsu River commands the landscape as the river cascades down into the valley below.

中津川上的宮長瀨大壩在河水的沖刷下俯瞰著河谷的風景。

This pristine, cold water is perfect for these hot summer days, providing an ideal place to fish, swim or enjoy a barbecue.

在這炎熱的夏季，這片純淨冰涼的水面非常適合釣魚、游泳或享受燒烤的理想場所。

Today we've come up here to enjoy a day off with our friends along the Nakatsu River at TashiroUndo Park.

今天我們來到這裡，和朋友們一起在中津河畔的田代恩堂公園享受一天的假期。

Here come the girls! Coming down the stream like a lazy river!

姑娘們來了！像一條慵懶的河流一樣順流而下！

Did it make you thirsty, playing in the water? And hungry?

在水裡玩，是不是很渴？也餓了嗎？

OK, we're going to have some good food here.

好了，我們要在這裡吃點好東西。

We're going to have meat, we're going to have chicken and sausage.

我們要吃肉，我們要吃雞肉和香腸。

Meat and chicken and sausage — that sounds awesome to me.

肉、雞肉和香腸--我覺得這聽起來很不錯。

(In Portuguese) What's your preferred meat?

你喜歡吃什麼肉？

It's everything. Everything?!

這就是一切一切？

It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter

不要緊！不要緊！

It just has to be meat! Yes, it just has to be meat.

必須是肉！是的，它只是必須是肉。

There's the meat! That's it right there.

這就是肉！這就是它在那裡。

Are you hungry? Good!

你餓了嗎？餓就好！

You too Becster?

你也是貝斯特？

Mommy too. Mommy too!

媽媽也是媽媽也是！

(In Portuguese) And how about you guys? Are you hungry? Not so much?

(葡萄牙語)那你們呢?餓不餓？不太餓?

I am! Ah, OK.

我是！啊，好吧。

Sarah's already eating, huh?!

莎拉已經在吃東西了，嗯？

Just the day before, a small group of friends and family got together at Paz Coffee Shop

就在前一天，一小群朋友和家人在帕茲咖啡店聚在一起。

as Side and Jaquie celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary and renewed their wedding vows.

側和傑奎慶祝結婚30週年，並重溫結婚誓言。

It was so good to have something positive to celebrate again that our celebration spilled over into the next day along the Nakatsu River.

又有積極的東西可以慶祝，我們的慶祝活動就這樣蔓延到了第二天的中津河畔。

(In Portuguese) And the celebration continues!

(葡萄牙語)慶祝活動繼續進行!

Yes it does — and with Churrasco!

是的--而且是和Churrasco一起的!

It's really good.

這真的很好。

Hey guys, how's it going?! Ah, Daddy's back!

嘿，夥計們，怎麼樣了？啊，爸爸回來了！

Whoa, hey dude!

哇，嘿，夥計！

Daddy, we went in the boat. We went all the way over there and came back.

爸爸，我們坐船去了。我們一直走到那邊，然後回來。

Really?! Without hardly getting wet!

真的嗎？幾乎沒有弄溼！

But we crashed into a rock and it went (imitates sound)

但我們撞到了一塊石頭上，它就走了。

So we're getting done here.

所以，我們要在這裡完成。

Wow- there doesn't seem to be an end!

哇--似乎還沒有結束!

That's Churrasco — there's no end!

這就是Churrasco--沒有盡頭!

But our celebrations didn't end there — it was time to celebrate one of our own family — our very own momma chan!

但我們的慶祝活動並沒有結束--是時候慶祝我們自己的家人--我們自己的陳媽媽了!

Today is a big day — Ruth's birthday!

今天是個大日子--露絲的生日!

The big 41!

大41號！

Whew! 41! We're going to go celebrate!

唷！41!我們要去慶祝了！

But before that Daddy's going to give Mommy a present.

但在此之前，爸爸要給媽媽一個禮物。

Now let me take a little video.

現在讓我拍一段視頻。

Wow

譁

Those are pretty, huh? Those are beautiful.

這些都是漂亮的，是吧？這些都是美麗的。

Did he do it for you? No, I picked them.

他為你做的嗎？不，是我選的

But then he put them together. It was two different ones.

但後來他把它們放在一起。這是兩個不同的。

Are you going to dump the water for Daddy?

你要給爸爸倒水嗎？

Yeah.

是啊。

They're coming out! They're coming out.

他們要出來了！他們出來了

Mommy's coming out! Mommy's coming

媽媽要出來了！媽媽出來了

I need the car turned on please. Alright.

我需要打開車，請。好吧，我知道了

I hot.

我熱。

Oh look soap!

哦，看肥皂！

Ah, yep, there's the soap!

啊，是的，那是肥皂!

Oh, it's not done? Oh no, it's going to take like 5 or 10 minutes.

哦，還沒有完成？哦，不，這將需要像5或10分鐘。

It's pretty cool, huh guys?

很酷吧，夥計們？

Oh! Here comes the dryer!

哦，烘乾機來了！

See, the water sprays on to rinse it off.

你看，水噴上去就能沖洗乾淨。

And then the air's blowing it down and away.

然後空氣把它吹下來，然後離開。

Pretty freakin' cool! Are we done?

非常酷！我們完成了嗎？

See that light over there — it's red right now. But when it turns green, we're all done.

看到那邊的燈了嗎，現在是紅燈。但當它變成綠色的時候，我們就都完了。

All finally done?

終於搞定了？

Look at those teeth!

看看這些牙齒！

Sarah lost a tooth and is getting another one back in, right?

莎拉掉了一顆牙，又要換一顆回來，對吧？

Oh nice, I like it. I like it.

哦，不錯，我喜歡它。我喜歡它。

It looks like I have three front teeth.

看起來我有三顆前牙。

Green! Oh there it is! It's all green!

綠色的！哦，它在那裡！都是綠色的！

We're done, yeah! OK everybody, sit down. Buckle in.

我們完成了，耶！好了，大家坐下來。扣在。

Here comes Momma chan!

陳媽媽來了！

Mommy's here! Where were (was) you?

媽媽在這裡！你去哪裡了？

I was working!

我在工作！

She had to work on her birthday!

她生日那天要工作！

Get some bread ready for the Coffee Shop.

為咖啡店準備一些麵包。

That's right. Cinnamon roll dough. It's all good.

對了，肉桂卷麵糰 That's right.肉桂卷麵糰。這都是好的。

Alright, now we're going to go celebrate Momma's birthday!

好了，現在我們要去慶祝媽媽的生日了！！。

Yeah!

是啊！

How was the car wash? Gooooooood.

洗車怎麼樣？很好

Hey Dude! Where are you going? Right here.

嘿，老兄！你要去哪裡？就在這裡

Shopping with Momma on her birthday!

和媽媽一起逛街過生日!

Should we go down? Yeah!

我們要不要下去？好啊！

OK, I'll get you each an emoji one.

好吧，我給你們每人一個表情符號。

Mommy's choosing chocolates but it means that we all get to choose some chocolates too.

媽媽在選擇巧克力，但這意味著我們也可以選擇一些巧克力。

Ok - which ones would you like? Joshua I think you should get the sunglasses.

好吧--你喜歡哪一款？約書亞 我覺得你應該買墨鏡。

You all squeezing in, waiting for Mommy?

你們都擠在這裡，等媽媽嗎？

It's some birthday cake — everyone's enjoying! You look like you're loving it, huh?

這是一些生日蛋糕--每個人都在享受!你看起來很喜歡它，是吧？

Is it so yummy? Yea!

好吃嗎？好吃！

Let's sing — hello! OK, ready?

我們來唱--你好！好了，準備好了嗎？

(Singing Happy Birthday)

（唱生日快樂）

It's 36 degrees out right now, but it feels like 46 degrees!

現在外面36度，但感覺像46度!

That's like 114, 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

這就像114，115華氏度。

So the kids want to go out and play outside, I don't blame them,

所以孩子們想出去玩，我不怪他們。

But it's so hot, so we're going to go to a park with water.

但是天氣太熱了，所以我們要去有水的公園。

Water is an essential part of the summer experience in Japan.

在日本，水是夏天必不可少的體驗。

We are setting up our swing!

我們正在設置我們的鞦韆！

OK, let's see.

好吧，讓我們來看看。

Thanks to Anna! I needed to climb up that tree!

謝謝安娜！我需要爬上那棵樹！

Good job, Anna!

幹得好，安娜！

Anna, stop it! I'm having fun!

安娜，別這樣！我很開心！

Hey Daddy — is it OK if you go to the deep water with me?

嘿，爸爸--你和我一起去深水區可以嗎？

OK, hang on just a second. I'm going to watch them swing and then I'll go with you.

好的，等一下我去看他們盪鞦韆，然後我和你一起去。

Let's see. That's pretty good, huh?

讓我看看這是相當不錯的，是吧？

It's not going to swing too much up there, you know? It will swing more at the bottom.

它不會在上面擺動太多，你知道嗎？它將會在底部擺動更多。

It's Becca the explorer!

是探險家貝卡！

Yes!

是的！

Is your new doll going for a swim? Yeah.

你的新娃娃要去游泳嗎？去了

Very nice.

非常好

Here's John. John's on break right now. What's up?

約翰來了約翰現在在休息什麼事？

He's got the phone out, no!

他把電話掏出來了，不!

I caught you! I caught you! The work never ends.

我抓住你了！我抓到你了！工作永遠不會結束。

Me and my Father are always working.

我和父親一直在工作。

This is the summertime snack right now — some grapes!

這就是現在的夏日零食------------------------------------------------------------------------------------葡萄

Everybody's chowing in.

大家都在吃東西

Hey, did you guys bring this? We did.

嘿，你們帶了這個嗎？帶了

Wow- did you buy this at Costco or what?

哇，你是在好市多買的還是怎麼的？

Believe it or not, we didn't. Found it online.

不管你信不信，我們沒有。在網上找到的。

Ha! I don't believe it. Yeah.

哈！我不相信它。是啊，我不相信

I don't believe it.

我不相信

We bought something cool that wasn't bought at Costco.

我們買了一些很酷的東西，但不是在Costco買的。

Weeeee! Oh Ben, I don't think that branch can hold you!

Weeeee!哦，本，我不認為那根樹枝可以容納你！

That branch looks like it's about to come down!

那根樹枝好像要掉下來了!

This girls are having a sleepover here tonight at their cousins

這兩個女孩今晚在表姐家過夜。

Yeah! At Uncle Ben and Aunt Debbie's.

是啊！在本叔叔和黛比阿姨家。在Ben叔叔和Debbie阿姨家。

Right? YEAH!

對吧？是啊！

Yes?!

是嗎？

We're going to watch the new Life in Japan.

我們要去看日本的新生活。

I'm ready to do my interactions.

我已經準備好做我的互動了。

Water brings life and refreshment wherever it's found, and there's no river quite as near and dear to us as the Tama River.

無論在哪裡，水都會給我們帶來生機和活力，沒有哪條河流像多摩河一樣離我們這麼近，這麼親切。

This river flows right in front of our home, and provides us with a beautiful green view in the middle of the city

這條河就在我們家門口流過，為我們提供了美麗的城中綠景。

a view you get to enjoy every week!

你每週都能享受到的美景！

Recently we've discovered a whole new way to enjoy it.

最近我們發現了一種全新的享受方式。

Adults hang out in the shade... And Uncle Paul swims with the kids.

大人們在樹蔭下閒逛... ...保羅叔叔和孩子們一起游泳

And Uncle Paul swims with the kids!

還有保羅叔叔和孩子們一起游泳！

At 138 km long and a basin of 1240 km2, the Tama River is a large river by Japanese standards.

多摩川長138公里，流域面積1240平方公里，按照日本的標準，是一條大河。

It flows from the mountains West of Tokyo and comes down to divide the cities of Tokyo and Kawasaki.

從東京以西的山間流淌而下，將東京和川崎兩市分割開來。

The cities' high growth period from 1965-1975 severely affected the river

1965-1975年，城市高速發展期，嚴重影響了河道

as it became polluted with run-off, sewage and processing plants along the river.

因為它被沿河的徑流、汙水和加工廠汙染了。

Therefore the Tama River got a bad name.

是以，多摩河就有了一個不好的名字。

But the efforts in recent decades to reclaim the health of the river have paid off,

但近幾十年來為恢復河道健康所做的努力已經得到了回報。

as the water quality of the river has returned to high “A” grade, just below the highest level of AA or drinkable.

由於河道水質已恢復到高 "A "級，僅低於最高級別的AA級或可飲用。

That's higher than a lot of pools you swim in!

這比很多游泳的池子都要高!

We have relished living along the Tama River, and even more this summer as we have discovered the joy of swimming in the Tama!

我們一直很喜歡在多摩河邊生活，今年夏天更是發現了在多摩河裡游泳的樂趣!

And it's not just us — many others are diving in up and down the river.

不僅僅是我們，還有很多人在上下游跳水。

Getting our Natsu Yasumi (summer vacation) homework done!

做好我們的夏安美(暑假)作業!

Ah, I need to erase so bad!

啊，我好想擦掉啊!

What are you having to do, Sarah?

你要做什麼，莎拉？

I'm drawing what's so fun vacation.

我在畫什麼這麼好玩的假期。

How about you, Anna cakes? Don't mess me up!

你呢，安娜蛋糕？別給我添亂！

No!!!! Oh sorry, I messed you up?

不！！！！哦，對不起，我給你添麻煩了？

Becca got all her homework done so now she can chillax.

貝卡把所有的作業都做完了，現在她可以放鬆一下了。

With Joshua. With Joshua.

和約書亞在一起和約書亞在一起

Yeah, I'm helping Becca

是的，我在幫貝卡

And Joshua, you still have your Natsu Yasumi, don't you?

還有約書亞，你的夏安美還在吧？

You still have break a whole 'nother week, huh? Awww!

你還得再休息一個星期，嗯？啊！

So, is this a picture of our camping trip?

那麼，這是我們露營的照片嗎？

There's the huge orange tent that we have

有一個巨大的橙色帳篷，我們有。

And a big, happy sun, huh?

還有一個大大的快樂的太陽，嗯？

Now Anna has finished her work, so... I'm waiting for the grilled cheese.

現在安娜已經完成了她的工作，所以... ...我在等著吃烤奶酪呢

Yes, OK, it's almost ready.

是的，好的，就快好了。

There it is. I'm on grilled cheese duty tonight.

就是這樣今晚我負責烤奶酪。

Flip! Umm, that looks good.

翻轉！嗯，這看起來不錯。

Rivers are a huge part of our lives.

河流是我們生活的重要組成部分。

There would be no life without them.

沒有他們就沒有生活。

In fact, the most important river in our lives is the river of the love of God in Jesus Christ that flows through the lives of everyone who believes in Him.

其實，我們生命中最重要的河，就是在耶穌基督裡神愛的河，流過每一個信他的人的生命。

It's a river of hope and joy, peace and nourishment.

這是一條充滿希望和歡樂、和平和滋潤的河流。

Wherever it flows, things flourish.

流向哪裡，哪裡就會物阜民豐。

It's the secret to our family's happiness.

這是我們家庭幸福的祕訣。

I like to think that the Japanese city of Aikawa where we enjoyed our barbecue is named after this river,

我喜歡認為，我們享受燒烤的日本相川市就是以這條河命名的。

because it translates as “The River of Love.”

因為它的譯名是 "愛之河"。

What a beautiful picture of God's great love!

上帝的大愛是多麼美麗的畫面啊!