week4

298 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine

Doug Stanglin and Gary Strauss, USA TODAY11:13 p.m. EDT July 17, 2014

Officials from several countries vow to quickly determine who's behind Thursday's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 and the deaths of all 298 aboard.

U.S. intelligence officials confirmed that the crash was caused by a surface-to-air missile near Ukraine's border with Russia, but have yet to determine where it originated. Theincident already is inflaming tensions between the two countries and escalating political rhetoric elsewhere.

Malaysia Airlines said Ukrainian air traffic control lost contact with Flight MH17 about 30 miles from Russia. There were no distress calls as the Boeing 777, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew, began to break apart as it fell from the sky in the world's deadliest aviation incident since 9/11.

Crash victims and body parts were strewn among burning debris up to 10 miles away. Among the dead: 154 Dutch nationals, 27 Australians, 11 Indonesians, six Brits, four Germans, four Belgians, four French, three Filipinos and a Canadian. Malaysian Air officials have so far not identified any Americans among the passengers, although they cautioned that some nationalities have still not been verified.

The crash site is in Ukraine's war-torn Donetsk region, where political unrest and scattered fighting between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants has festered for months. After the downing of several Ukraine aircraft in recent days, accusations, blame and finger-pointing over Thursday's crash was fevered.

The crash occurred two hours after the flight departed Amsterdam at about 12:15 p.m. local time. It's the second disaster involving a Malaysia Air Boeing 777 this year. On March 8, Flight 370 disappeared with 239 passengers and crew aboard on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bejiing. Despite one of the most extensive searches in flight history, Flight 370 has yet to be found.

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-people

   WHEN-no

   WHAT- air crash

   WHY- many factors

         WHERE-Ukraine

   HOW- many factors

Keywords：

   1. intelligence officials :美國情報局

   2.  rhetoric 修辭

   3.  political unrest 政治動亂

   4.  Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹

    5.  extensive 廣泛的

week3

Nuclear protesters demand a stop to referendum

By Ann Yu,The China Post

May 27, 2013, 12:03 am TWN

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Anti-nuke protesters circled the Legislative Yuan, yesterday, demanding the government immediately terminate the launch of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant and vote down a referendum bill concerning the facility.

Activists said the government has continued construction of Nuke 4, as the plant is commonly known, despite the demands iterated during the 309 Anti-Nuke Protest, which expressed clearly the people's desire to terminate the plant. They described the government-proposed referendum on the plant's fate as a ploy designed to confuse citizens.

According to the Referendum Act, a referendum is effective only if it achieves a voter turnout of over 50 percent, which is unlikely in Taiwan.

Activists complained that the referendum was a ploy by the Kuomintang, citing the nature of the referendum question, which can be translated as: “Do you agree that the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should be halted and that the facility should not become operational?”

As many protesters feared that the referendum bill was likely to pass in the legislature, anti-nuke activists circled the Legislative Yuan to express their demand that legislators vote down the bill.

Protestors formed the letters “STOP,” in front of the building, screaming “Dangerous Nuke Power! Stop! Years of Nuke waste! Stop!”

Asking lawmakers to look beyond their parochial political self-interest, activists urged lawmakers to hear the voices of the people and scrap the Nuke 4 immediately. Activists said that launching a referendum to decide the fate of Nuke 4 is a waste of money.”

Earlier this year, Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) proposed holding a referendum on the fate of Nuke 4, stating that this would help end the more than 2-decade-old controversy surrounding the facility. He promised that the government would do everything possible to ensure the safety of the plant, initiating a string of safety inspection measures that include taking media personnel for a visit of the facility.

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-Taiwanese

   WHEN-no

   WHAT- protest nuclear

   WHY- many factors  

         WHERE-Taiwan

   HOW- many factors

Keywords：

   1. Nuclear protesters:核能抗議者

   2.  Referendum :公投法

   3. parochia ; 地方性的

   4. Legislative;立法的

   5. media personnel ;媒體大眾

WEEK2

Gotze wonder goal crowns Germany champions

Germany are the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ champions, lifting the Trophy for the fourth time in their history after overcoming Argentina 1-0 courtesy of an extra-time goal by Mario Gotze at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.

A naturally frenetic beginning to the encounter brought an early sight of goal for Gonzalo Higuain. The genesis of the chance was actually a Germany free-kick, with rapid pressure from Ezequiel Lavezzi on the loose ball ultimately forcing an opportunity for his team-mate, who sought the far left corner with a low drive from an acute angle but dragged the effort wide.

Initial Nationalmannschaft dominance in possession petered out before the quarter-hour and, in succession, Lionel Messi, Pablo Zabaleta and Philipp Lahm were left bemoaning a lack of reachable targets inside the danger zone as they carefully picked out crosses from wide.

Neither participant in the finest opening of the first 20 minutes had anybody to blame but himself. Toni Kroos miscalculated a header back to his goalkeeper, merely finding Higuain unmarked and uncatchable. The Argentina forward seemed a certain scorer as he bounded towards Manuel Neuer but contrived to instead hook a right-foot shot off target to the left.

With 30 minutes on the clock, the Albiceleste No9 did put the ball into the net, but luck continued to desert the South Americans as the officials rightly adjudged him offside. After collecting a pass in freedom on the right flank, Lavezzi had swept a vicious centre along the corridor of the Germany penalty box to Higuain, who expertly guided home first time with a side-foot. But the flag was correctly raised and it remained goalless.

A moment later, Andre Schurrle was introduced by Joachim Low in place of the injured Christoph Kramer, who himself had been named in the starting XI at the last moment following an issue in the warm-up for Sami Khedira. The Chelsea attacker was involved almost immediately, controlling a Thomas Muller delivery and quickly blasting at goal only for Sergio Romero to pull off a save.

Though Germany largely contained Messi in the first half, the Barcelona superstar caused alarm before the break when he galloped along the right touchline and to the near post before being crowded out by a combination of defence and goalkeeper. At the other end, composed hold-up play by Miroslav Klose teed up Kroos for a shot that was simple for Romero.

There was still time in an absorbing period for defender Benedikt Howedes to thunder a header from Kroos’ precise corner against Argentina’s right post, with Muller ruled offside as he attempted to acrobatically send in a rebound from close range.

When the two sides returned after the break, Alejandro Sabella had decided on a change, with Sergio Aguero replacing Lavezzi in an advanced position. They started the brighter too and, as previously with Higuain, Messi dispatched a shot off his strongest foot wide of the far post from a narrow angle, having been found by a cute Lucas Biglia pass.

Trademark movement from the World Cup’s all-time top scorer, Klose, married with a lofted Lahm cross but the striker's header was little trouble to Romero. With each passing minute, the match became increasingly stretched, with neither team yielding in their attacking ambitions.

Enzo Perez was somewhat fortunate to pick out talisman Messi in the 75th minute, prompting the 27-year-old to arc around a series of German challenges at the outer edge of the area. The strike was always coming but when the No10 did unleash a curler and the massed ranks of Argentinians in attendance drew breath, it skewed harmlessly off target.

Back at the other end, Mesut Ozil was accurate in passing across the field to the onrushing Kroos, who realised the need to hit the ball instantly as opponents closed in. However, Romero was able to watch his cool side-foot drift wide. The Albiceleste goalkeeper was then equally comfortable in keeping out a Gotze daisy-cutter, heralding extra time in Rio.

The pace from the outset of the additional period was relentless; Schurrle smacked straight at the keeper, Aguero looked for a colleague from the left at the conclusion of a counter-attack and saw none, while substitute Rodrigo Palacio looped the ball over Neuer but lost control after taking down a fine Marcos Rojo inswinger in space.

Then, with seven minutes of the 120 remaining, the decisive moment arrived. Schurrle bulldozed past three Argentina defenders on the left flank, drawing Sabella’s charges out of shape and clipping over them to Gotze. The 22-year-old’s technique was exquisite, cushioning the ball on his chest and volleying at an awkward height, finding the far corner of the net to write his name into German and World Cup football folklore

 Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-Germany

   WHEN-13 Jul 2014 - 16:00 Local time

   WHAT-complete

   WHY-complete

   WHERE-Estadio do MaracanaRio De Janeiro

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1. frenetic ：狂熱

   2.  adjudge：判決

   3. offside：越位

   4.  a keeper：守門員

   5. folklore ：傳說