Week6- Aylan Kurdi

Surviving family members of Aylan Kurdi have revealed how the Syrian three-year-old came to be washed up dead on a beach in Turkey on Wednesday morning.

Aylan's distraught father, Abdullah Kurdi, tried and failed to hold on to his wife and two sons after their boat to the Greek island of Kos capsized. He has reportedly now said his only wish is to return their bodies to their home town of Kobani and then “be buried alongside them”.

The family had been making the treacherous journey across Turkey to Europe in the hope of joining Abdullah’s sister, Teema Kurdi, a hairdresser who has lived in Vancouver, Canada for more than 20 years.

The Independent has taken the decision to publish the image, which some may find offensive, lower down in this article because among the often glib words about the "ongoing migrant crisis", it is all too easy to forget the reality of the desperate situation facing many refugees.

Speaking to the National Post’s Terry Glavin, Ms Kurdi said she had learned of Aylan’s death, as well as that of his brother Galip and mother Rihan, at 5am on Wednesday morning. The images of Aylan emerged in Turkish media at around midday, and have since sparked international outrage over the refugee crisis.

Glavin told BBC Radio 5 live on Thursday that Ms Kurdi had heard from family members about Abdullah’s desperate battle to save his family in the sea.

“There's a terrible story he told about swimming from one to the other, finding one [son] who seemed to be alright and then going to another, finding him drowned... and then going back to the first boy and finding him drowned,” he said.

“He made it, but his wife didn’t.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdi-s-story-how-a-small-syrian-child-came-to-be-washed-up-on-a-beach-in-turkey-10484588.html

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-Aylan Kurdi

      WHEN- on Wednesday morning.

      WHAT-the Syrian three-year-old came to be washed up dead on a beach

      WHY-no given

      WHERE-in Turkey

      HOW-no given

Keywords：

   1.reveal:揭示

   2.distraught :發狂

   3.capsized:翻船

   4.alongside:並肩

   5.treacherous :奸詐

   6.offensive:進攻

   7.glib :巧舌如黃

   8.outrage :暴行

  

Week 5-Singles’ Day

E-commerce giant Alibaba has broken its own record for sales on China's Singles Day, the world's biggest online shopping event.

By the close of trade, the site had seen sales worth 91.2bn yuan ($14.3bn; £9.4bn), a 60% increase from last year.

In comparison, sales on Cyber Monday, which is the biggest online shopping day in the US, hit $1.35bn, according to data analytics firm ComScore.

Singles Day is held every year on 11 November.

The day is also referred to as Double Eleven because of its date.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34773940

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-no given

      WHEN- 11 November

      WHAT-E-commerce giant Alibaba has broken its own record for sales on China's Singles Day

      WHY-no given

      WHERE-In Tainan

      HOW-no given

Keywords：

   1.E-commerce:電子商務

   2.yuan:元

   3.analytic:分析

   4.firm:公司

   5.refer:參考

Week 4-dengue fever

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The dengue fever outbreak has come under control in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, where the disease has been concentrated since the start of May, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

As of Friday, Tainan had reported 81 new cases for this week, but that was 21 fewer than the figure it reported on the same day last week, the CDC said.

The number of accumulated confirmed cases there now stands at 21,688, out of a total of 29,052 cases nationwide, CDC data showed.

However, the endemic continues unabated in neighboring Kaohsiung city, where 227 new cases were reported as of Friday this week, an increase of 77 cases from the same day last week, according to the agency.

The CDC added that while 129 patients had died from the mosquito-borne disease in Taiwan, 28 remain under intensive care units and 26,693 have recovered. 

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201510310006.aspx

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-no given

      WHEN- Oct. 31

      WHAT-the dengue fever outbreak has come under control

      WHY-no given

      WHERE-In Tainan

      HOW-mosquito-borne

Keywords：

   1.accumlate:累積

   2.confirmed:確認

   3.endemic:流行

   4.unabated:不減

   5.agency:機構

   6.mosquito-borne:蚊子傳播

Week3-Taiwan Formosa Water Park explosion injures hundreds

More than 500 people were injured when fire ripped through crowds at a party at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.

Saturday's incident at the Formosa Water Park is believed to have happened when a coloured powder ignited after being discharged onto the crowd.

Footage showed people panicking and screaming. Inflatable water toys were shown being used as stretchers.

Some 190 people are seriously hurt - 182 are in intensive care.

Some of them breathed in the powder, causing respiratory problems.

Local media said organisers of the Color Play Asia event had been taken in for questioning by prosecutors.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33300970

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-the amusement park players      WHEN- Saturday      WHAT-More than 500 people were injured when the explored happened       WHY-a coloured powder ignited after being discharged onto the crowd.      WHERE-Formosa Water Park      HOW-no given

Keywords：

   1.ripped :划開、拉開

   2.ignited:點燃

   3.discharged :出院、放行

   4.footage:影片 

   5.inflatable:充氣 

   6.stretcher:擔架

   7.respiratory :呼吸

   8.prosecutors:檢察官

Week 2- Nepal earthquake

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed over 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8M_w or 8.1M_s and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19, making April 25, 2015 the deadliest day on the mountain in history. The earthquake triggered another huge avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing.

Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened, across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.

Continued aftershocks occurred throughout Nepal at the intervals of 15–20 minutes, with one shock reaching a magnitude of 6.7 on 26 April at 12:54:08 NST.The country also had a continued risk of landslides.

A major aftershock occurred on 12 May 2015 at 12:51 NST with a moment magnitude (M_w) of 7.3. The epicenter was near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mt. Everest. More than 200 people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured by this aftershock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-not given

      WHEN- 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April

      WHAT- An earthquake happened in Nepal killed over 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000.

      WHY-It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

      WHERE-In Nepal

      HOW-It taggered an avalanche on Mount Everest and in the Langtang valley.

Keywords：

   1.magnitude:大小

   2epicenter:震央中心

   3.hypocenter:震源

   4.approximately :大約

   5.triggered :引發

   6.avalanche :雪崩

   7.vulnerable :弱勢

   8.geology:地質學

   9.urbanization:都市化

 10.intervals :間隔

Week 1- Apache helicopter scandal

The Control Yuan has voted to impeach 601st Air Cavalry Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Lao Nai-cheng (勞乃成) and two other officers over security breaches and rule violations in what came to be known as the “Apache helicopter scandal” earlier this year.

A nine-member Control Yuan committee yesterday said that it had voted unanimously to impeach Lao, a pilot-instructor for the US-made AH-64E Apache attack helicopter.

Brigade commander Major General Chien Tsung-yuan (簡聰淵) was impeached after a unanimous vote, while brigade personnel section head Lieutenant Colonel Tao Kuo-chen (陶國禎) was impeached after an 8-1 vote.

Lao took a group of 26 relatives and friends, including a Japanese man and five domestic caregivers who were foreign nationals, on a private tour of a restricted-access base which houses Apache helicopters and other advanced aircraft.

That visit on March 29 led to a firestorm after one visitor, TV personality Janet Lee (李蒨蓉), posted photographs on Facebook that drew widespread public criticism.

The Control Yuan report accused Lao of “wasting” the NT$40 million (US$1.28 million) the government spent to send him to the US for flight training.

“Lao took the nation’s assets as his own private property. He used the Apache helicopter as a social networking tool and took the helicopter helmet as a prop for a private party. During the investigation, Lao continued to lie about his actions and tried to cover them up. He has brought dishonor to the military,” the report said.

Chien was was the first person to breach base security with a tour for his relatives and friends on Feb. 20 this year, the report said, adding that Lao followed Chien’s example.

The investigation said that Tao was in charge of security and access to the base on March 29, but violated registration requirements and other regulations in permitting Lao’s group to bypass security checks.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/08/2003622542

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-Chien Tsung-yuan,Tao Kuo-chen,Janet Lee

      WHEN- Feb. 20 this year

      WHAT-Lao Nai-cheng, Chien Tsung-yuan and Tao Kuo-chen was impeached

      WHY-Lao took a group of 26 relatives and friends on a private tour of a restricted-access base which houses Apache helicopters and other advanced aircraft.

      WHERE-military

      HOW-voted by committee

Keywords：

   1.impeach:彈劾

   2.breach:衝破、裂口

   3.unanimously:一致

   4.caregiver:褓姆

   5.firestorm:風暴

   6.registration:註冊、定位

   7.bypass:路旁、分流

   8.brigade:旅、隊

   9.lieutenant:陸軍中尉、海軍上尉

 10.restricted-access:限制訪問