2015年11月12日 星期四

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

2015年11月5日 星期四

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 7.8Mw or 8.1Ms 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  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 (Mw) 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