SpaceX lands rocket upright on ocean platform
By Kerry Sheridan, AFP
April 10, 2016, 12:04 am TWN
MIAMI -- After four failed bids SpaceX finally stuck the landing Friday, powering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket onto an ocean platform where it touched down upright after launching cargo to space.
Images of the tall, narrow rocket gliding down serenely onto a platform that SpaceX calls a droneship sparked applause and screams of joy at SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California.
"The first stage of the Falcon 9 just landed on our Of Course I Still Love You droneship," SpaceX wrote on Twitter, after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:43 pm (2043 GMT).
NASA spokesman George Diller confirmed that the rocket had successfully landed, just minutes after the Falcon 9 propelled the unmanned Dragon cargo craft to orbit, carrying supplies for astronauts at the International Space Station.
SpaceX has once before managed to set the rocket down on land, but ocean attempts had failed, with the rocket coming close each time but either crashing or tipping over.
Speaking to reporters afterward, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that being able to return costly rocket parts for repeated use, instead of jettisoning them into the ocean after each launch, will make spaceflight less expensive and less harmful to the environment.
"It is just as fundamental in rocketry as it is in other forms of transport such as cars or planes or bicycles or anything," said Musk, who also runs Tesla Motors.
Musk said it costs around US$300,000 to fuel a rocket, but US$60 million to build one.
"If you have got a rocket that can be fully and rapidly reused, it is somewhere on the order of a 100-fold cost reduction, in marginal costs," he said, adding that he hoped his competitors would follow suit.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/science-and-technology/2016/04/10/463029/SpaceX-lands.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- not given
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- lands rocket upright on ocean platform
WHY- not given
WHERE- not given
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. bid：努力
2. serenely：平靜地
3. applause：喝采
4. unmanned：無人駕駛的
5. orbit：軌道
6. tip：傾斜
7. jettison：丟棄
8. fundamental：基礎的
9. marginal：微小的
2016年12月20日 星期二
新聞英文(16)-Week Five：Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris climate agreement becomes int'l law
By Michael Astor, AP
November 5, 2016, 12:29 am TWN
UNITED NATIONS--The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law on Friday — a landmark demonstrating that countries are serious about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter faster than scientists expected.
So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the accord, which seeks to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Many more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to commemorate "this historic day for both the people and the planet" by holding a conversation with civil society organizations about how they can contribute to the objectives of the Paris agreement.
"For years, he warned that we are the first generation to really feel the effects of climate change — and the last that can meaningfully prevent its worst consequences," Dujarric said. "His push for action was backed by government officials, scientists, faith leaders, business executives and civil society activists around the world who understood that the future of our common home is at stake. They made today possible."
Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it underscores a new commitment by the international community to address the problem which is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels rising and transforming vast swaths of arable land into desert.
"It took more than seven years for the Kyoto Protocol to go into effect while less than a year for the Paris climate agreement to achieve the same," said Dr. Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey. "While the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is by all means positive."
Just the First Step
But scientists and policy makers say the agreement entering into force is just the first step of a much longer and complicated process of transitioning away from fossil fuels, which currently supply the bulk of the planet's energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.
"Climate change is a marathon not a sprint and the agreement sets a course for the marathon in the years ahead," said David Sandalow, inaugural fellow at the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy and a former under-secretary of energy in the Obama administration.
While the Paris agreement is legally binding, the emissions reductions that each country has committed to are not. Instead, the agreement seeks to create a transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well each country is doing at meeting its goals in hopes that this will motivate them to transition more quickly to clean, renewable energy like wind, solar and hydropower.
The agreement also requires governments to develop climate action plans that will be periodically revised and then replaced with new, even more ambitious, plans. Many of these details will begin to be addressed at the COP22 meeting next week in Marrakech, Morocco.
France's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre said he remained optimistic that the agreement signed in his country's c
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/environment/2016/11/05/483083/Paris-climate.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- many countries
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- signed the Paris agreement
WHY- tackling global warming
WHERE- not given
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. demonstrate：證明
2. emission：排放
3. accord：協議
4. commemorate：紀念
5. objective：目的
6. push：衝勁
7. stake：危險
8. transition：過渡時期
9. transparent：清晰的
10. renewable：可再生的
By Michael Astor, AP
November 5, 2016, 12:29 am TWN
UNITED NATIONS--The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law on Friday — a landmark demonstrating that countries are serious about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter faster than scientists expected.
So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the accord, which seeks to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Many more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to commemorate "this historic day for both the people and the planet" by holding a conversation with civil society organizations about how they can contribute to the objectives of the Paris agreement.
"For years, he warned that we are the first generation to really feel the effects of climate change — and the last that can meaningfully prevent its worst consequences," Dujarric said. "His push for action was backed by government officials, scientists, faith leaders, business executives and civil society activists around the world who understood that the future of our common home is at stake. They made today possible."
Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it underscores a new commitment by the international community to address the problem which is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels rising and transforming vast swaths of arable land into desert.
"It took more than seven years for the Kyoto Protocol to go into effect while less than a year for the Paris climate agreement to achieve the same," said Dr. Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey. "While the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is by all means positive."
Just the First Step
But scientists and policy makers say the agreement entering into force is just the first step of a much longer and complicated process of transitioning away from fossil fuels, which currently supply the bulk of the planet's energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.
"Climate change is a marathon not a sprint and the agreement sets a course for the marathon in the years ahead," said David Sandalow, inaugural fellow at the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy and a former under-secretary of energy in the Obama administration.
While the Paris agreement is legally binding, the emissions reductions that each country has committed to are not. Instead, the agreement seeks to create a transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well each country is doing at meeting its goals in hopes that this will motivate them to transition more quickly to clean, renewable energy like wind, solar and hydropower.
The agreement also requires governments to develop climate action plans that will be periodically revised and then replaced with new, even more ambitious, plans. Many of these details will begin to be addressed at the COP22 meeting next week in Marrakech, Morocco.
France's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre said he remained optimistic that the agreement signed in his country's c
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/environment/2016/11/05/483083/Paris-climate.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- many countries
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- signed the Paris agreement
WHY- tackling global warming
WHERE- not given
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. demonstrate：證明
2. emission：排放
3. accord：協議
4. commemorate：紀念
5. objective：目的
6. push：衝勁
7. stake：危險
8. transition：過渡時期
9. transparent：清晰的
10. renewable：可再生的
新聞英文(16)-Week Four：Leonardo Dicaprio
Finally: 5th time the Oscar charm for best actor Leo DiCaprio
By Lynn Elber, AP
March 1, 2016, 12:00 am TWN
LOS ANGELES--After five nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar. And he couldn't resist sharing it with planet Earth.
The environmentally minded actor, who was honored Sunday as best actor for "The Revenant," split his acceptance speech between lauding colleagues including his Oscar-winning director, Alejandro Inarritu, and calling for action to combat global warming.
"Climate change is real. It is happening right now," DiCaprio said. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations" but for all people.
DiCaprio was the Oscar front-runner for his portrayal of frontiersman Hugh Glass in the revenge tale. His first acting nod, for a supporting role, came in 1994 for "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," followed by lead actor nominations for "The Aviator," "Blood Diamond" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
It was Inarritu who finally brought him Oscar gold. The Mexican filmmaker himself had a big night, winning his second consecutive director trophy after last year's honor for "Birdman."
"As the history of cinema unfolds, you have forged your way into history these past two years. What an unbelievable talent you are," DiCaprio said of the Mexican director.
He also reached back to his past to recognize others including Martin Scorsese, who directed him in several films including "Wolf" and "The Aviator."
The director taught "me so much about the cinematic art form," DiCaprio said.
Backstage, the actor was asked about the pre-Oscar support for him, including on social media.
"It all feels incredibly surreal," he said.
Picking up the climate-change issue again, DiCaprio said he is as obsessed with the issue as he is with filmmaking, and appreciated having the chance to reach millions of Oscar viewers with his message.
"I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude for what happened tonight, but I feel there is a ticking clock out there" demanding action, he said. He's working on a documentary that has taken him around the world and put him contact with experts on the subject.
He called on voters to support leaders who recognize the peril, not those who deny science and are on what he called "the wrong side of history."
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/movie/films/2016/03/01/459533/Finally-5th.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Leonardo DiCaprio
WHEN- Sunday
WHAT- got his Oscar
WHY- not given
WHERE- not given
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. incredibly：難以置信地
2. split：分享
3. laud：稱讚
4. combat：試圖解決
5. urgent：急迫的
6. collectively：集體地
7. procrastinate：拖延
8. portrayal：飾演
9. peril：危險
10. forge：建立
By Lynn Elber, AP
March 1, 2016, 12:00 am TWN
LOS ANGELES--After five nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar. And he couldn't resist sharing it with planet Earth.
The environmentally minded actor, who was honored Sunday as best actor for "The Revenant," split his acceptance speech between lauding colleagues including his Oscar-winning director, Alejandro Inarritu, and calling for action to combat global warming.
"Climate change is real. It is happening right now," DiCaprio said. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations" but for all people.
DiCaprio was the Oscar front-runner for his portrayal of frontiersman Hugh Glass in the revenge tale. His first acting nod, for a supporting role, came in 1994 for "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," followed by lead actor nominations for "The Aviator," "Blood Diamond" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
It was Inarritu who finally brought him Oscar gold. The Mexican filmmaker himself had a big night, winning his second consecutive director trophy after last year's honor for "Birdman."
"As the history of cinema unfolds, you have forged your way into history these past two years. What an unbelievable talent you are," DiCaprio said of the Mexican director.
He also reached back to his past to recognize others including Martin Scorsese, who directed him in several films including "Wolf" and "The Aviator."
The director taught "me so much about the cinematic art form," DiCaprio said.
Backstage, the actor was asked about the pre-Oscar support for him, including on social media.
"It all feels incredibly surreal," he said.
Picking up the climate-change issue again, DiCaprio said he is as obsessed with the issue as he is with filmmaking, and appreciated having the chance to reach millions of Oscar viewers with his message.
"I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude for what happened tonight, but I feel there is a ticking clock out there" demanding action, he said. He's working on a documentary that has taken him around the world and put him contact with experts on the subject.
He called on voters to support leaders who recognize the peril, not those who deny science and are on what he called "the wrong side of history."
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/movie/films/2016/03/01/459533/Finally-5th.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Leonardo DiCaprio
WHEN- Sunday
WHAT- got his Oscar
WHY- not given
WHERE- not given
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. incredibly：難以置信地
2. split：分享
3. laud：稱讚
4. combat：試圖解決
5. urgent：急迫的
6. collectively：集體地
7. procrastinate：拖延
8. portrayal：飾演
9. peril：危險
10. forge：建立
2016年12月4日 星期日
新聞英文(16)-Week Three: Europe's refugee
Europe's refugee problem simmers despite collective effort to end it
By Geir Moulson, AP
August 29, 2016, 12:33 am TWN
BERLIN--Faced with more than 1 million migrants flooding across the Mediterranean last year, European nations tightened border controls, set up naval patrols to stop smugglers, negotiated an agreement with Turkey to limit the numbers crossing, shut the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands, and tried to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers.
Yet many issues still remain.
European nations continue to squabble about whether, and how, to share the newcomers between them and the issues that drove refugees to Europe in the first place— such as Syria's unrelenting war— are unresolved.
Overall, 2,901 people have died or disappeared crossing the Mediterranean in the first six months of 2016, most along the dangerous central route to Italy— a 37 percent increase over last year's first half, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Here's where things stand in key countries.
Turkey
Turkey is hosting some 3 million refugees, including more than 2.7 million Syrians. Most refugees there don't get government support, but the agreement with the EU calls for the bloc to provide up to 6 billion euros (US$6.8 billion) to help Syrian refugees in Turkey.
The deal also provides for one Syrian refugee from Turkey to be relocated to EU countries for each Syrian who arrives illegally in Greece and is sent back. So far only 1,152 have been resettled under the program— more than half of them to Germany and Sweden.
Greece
The numbers of migrants arriving in Greece have dropped dramatically since the March agreement with Turkey, but several thousand a month still make the journey, some 160,000 in the first half of this year.
Over 58,000 people remain stuck in the financially struggling country, most hoping to continue north to nations like Germany or Sweden. The majority have applied for asylum, hoping to be relocated among EU nations— but the program is moving at snail's pace amid fierce resistance from eastern and central European countries.
So far, only around 4,400 people have been relocated from southern Europe under a plan that's supposed to see 160,000 moved over two years through September 2017. Yet there's little Brussels can do to force any nations to comply.
New arrivals now are insignificant compared to 2015, but they have increased since the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey, topping 2,300 in the first three weeks of August. This is straining resources on the eastern Aegean Sea islands and the government has promised to build more housing on the mainland. Fears are also growing that the EU-Turkey deal might fall apart as Ankara presses for the 28-nation bloc to allow its citizens visa-free entry.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2016/08/29/476852/p1/Europe's-refugee.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- European nations
WHEN- last year
WHAT- to limit the numbers crossing
WHY- faced with more than 1 million migrants flooding across the Mediterranean
WHERE- not given
HOW- tightened border controls, set up naval patrols to stop smugglers, negotiated an agreement with Turkey, shut the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands, and tried to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers
Keywords：
1. naval：海軍的
2. patrol：巡邏
3. smuggler：走私者
4. deportation：驅逐
5. squabble：爭吵
6. relocate：重新安置
7. resistance：抵觸
By Geir Moulson, AP
August 29, 2016, 12:33 am TWN
BERLIN--Faced with more than 1 million migrants flooding across the Mediterranean last year, European nations tightened border controls, set up naval patrols to stop smugglers, negotiated an agreement with Turkey to limit the numbers crossing, shut the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands, and tried to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers.
Yet many issues still remain.
European nations continue to squabble about whether, and how, to share the newcomers between them and the issues that drove refugees to Europe in the first place— such as Syria's unrelenting war— are unresolved.
Overall, 2,901 people have died or disappeared crossing the Mediterranean in the first six months of 2016, most along the dangerous central route to Italy— a 37 percent increase over last year's first half, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Here's where things stand in key countries.
Turkey
Turkey is hosting some 3 million refugees, including more than 2.7 million Syrians. Most refugees there don't get government support, but the agreement with the EU calls for the bloc to provide up to 6 billion euros (US$6.8 billion) to help Syrian refugees in Turkey.
The deal also provides for one Syrian refugee from Turkey to be relocated to EU countries for each Syrian who arrives illegally in Greece and is sent back. So far only 1,152 have been resettled under the program— more than half of them to Germany and Sweden.
Greece
The numbers of migrants arriving in Greece have dropped dramatically since the March agreement with Turkey, but several thousand a month still make the journey, some 160,000 in the first half of this year.
Over 58,000 people remain stuck in the financially struggling country, most hoping to continue north to nations like Germany or Sweden. The majority have applied for asylum, hoping to be relocated among EU nations— but the program is moving at snail's pace amid fierce resistance from eastern and central European countries.
So far, only around 4,400 people have been relocated from southern Europe under a plan that's supposed to see 160,000 moved over two years through September 2017. Yet there's little Brussels can do to force any nations to comply.
New arrivals now are insignificant compared to 2015, but they have increased since the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey, topping 2,300 in the first three weeks of August. This is straining resources on the eastern Aegean Sea islands and the government has promised to build more housing on the mainland. Fears are also growing that the EU-Turkey deal might fall apart as Ankara presses for the 28-nation bloc to allow its citizens visa-free entry.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2016/08/29/476852/p1/Europe's-refugee.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- European nations
WHEN- last year
WHAT- to limit the numbers crossing
WHY- faced with more than 1 million migrants flooding across the Mediterranean
WHERE- not given
HOW- tightened border controls, set up naval patrols to stop smugglers, negotiated an agreement with Turkey, shut the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands, and tried to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers
Keywords：
1. naval：海軍的
2. patrol：巡邏
3. smuggler：走私者
4. deportation：驅逐
5. squabble：爭吵
6. relocate：重新安置
7. resistance：抵觸
新聞英文(16)-Week Two: Paris terror attack
At least 39 killed in Paris 'terror' attacks, France enters 'emergency'
Eric Randolph, AFP
November 14, 2015, 8:31 am TWN
PARIS-At least 39 people were killed in an "unprecedented" series of bombings and shootings across Paris on Friday.
Police said at least 15 people were killed at the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris, only some 200 meters (yards) from the former offices of Charlie Hebdo which were attacked by jihadists in January.
Hostages were taken and at around 2335 GMT, police stormed the venue accompanied by a series of explosions.
At least three people were killed near the Stade de France stadium which is situated in the north of the capital, where France were playing Germany in a football match watched by President Francois Hollande.
An AFP journalist heard multiple explosions.
One explosion was a suicide attack, several sources said.
A source close to the investigation said at least 39 people had been killed.
"Terrorist attacks of an unprecedented level are underway across the Paris region," Hollande said in an emotional televised message.
"There are several dozen dead. It's a horror," he said.
One witness at the Bataclan described a scene of carnage at the concert hall.
"I saw 20 to 25 bodies lying on the floor and people were very badly injured, gunshot wounds," Julien Pierce told Europe 1 radio.
"Some of them were dead. Some of them were very badly wounded, but it was a bloodbath."
State of Emergency
Hollande declared a state of emergency across the entire country and said the borders had been closed.
The military had been mobilized to reinforce police and ensure no further attacks took place, he said.
Another attack was reported at a Cambodian restaurant called Petit Cambodge, not far from the Bataclan venue in northeast Paris.
Counter-terrorism prosecutors said they had opened a preliminary investigation.
'They opened fire'
At the Stade de France, Hollande was attending the match and had to be hastily evacuated.
Spectators flooded the pitch as news of the attacks spread before organisers started an evacuation.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, called for residents to stay at home.
"We heard gunfire, 30 seconds of fire, it was interminable, we thought it was fireworks," said Pierre Montfort, who lives near rue Bichat, where the Cambodian restaurant is located.
"Everyone was on the floor, no one moved," said another eyewitness who had been at the Petit Cambodge restaurant.
"A girl was carried by a young man in his arms. She appeared to be dead."
The toll "will be much heavier" than the initial confirmed deaths, a security source said.
Camille, 25, said: "My sister is in the Bataclan. I phoned her. She said they opened fire. And then she hung up."
An AFP reporter outside the Bataclan said there were police carrying machine-guns and more than 20 police wagons with their lights flashing around the scene.
Hollande travelled to the interior ministry to set up a crisis cell with other ministers.
"The president of the Republic, the prime minister, the interior minister are in a inter-ministerial crisis cell," the government said in a statement.
The president's office said an exceptional council of ministers would be called at midnight.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Union chief Jean-Claude Juncker said they were "deeply shocked" by the attacks.
France has been on high alert since the jihadist attacks in January against the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket that left 17 dead.
Several other attacks have been foiled through the year.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- people in Paris
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- series of bombings and shootings
WHY- not given
WHERE- Paris
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. unprecedented：空前的,前所未有的
2. jihadists：聖戰者
3. storm：猛攻
4. underway：正在進行中的
5. carnage：殘殺
6. mobilize：動員
7. reinforce：增援
8. preliminary：初步的
9. evacuate：疏散
10. interminable：無止盡的
Eric Randolph, AFP
November 14, 2015, 8:31 am TWN
PARIS-At least 39 people were killed in an "unprecedented" series of bombings and shootings across Paris on Friday.
Police said at least 15 people were killed at the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris, only some 200 meters (yards) from the former offices of Charlie Hebdo which were attacked by jihadists in January.
Hostages were taken and at around 2335 GMT, police stormed the venue accompanied by a series of explosions.
At least three people were killed near the Stade de France stadium which is situated in the north of the capital, where France were playing Germany in a football match watched by President Francois Hollande.
An AFP journalist heard multiple explosions.
One explosion was a suicide attack, several sources said.
A source close to the investigation said at least 39 people had been killed.
"Terrorist attacks of an unprecedented level are underway across the Paris region," Hollande said in an emotional televised message.
"There are several dozen dead. It's a horror," he said.
One witness at the Bataclan described a scene of carnage at the concert hall.
"I saw 20 to 25 bodies lying on the floor and people were very badly injured, gunshot wounds," Julien Pierce told Europe 1 radio.
"Some of them were dead. Some of them were very badly wounded, but it was a bloodbath."
State of Emergency
Hollande declared a state of emergency across the entire country and said the borders had been closed.
The military had been mobilized to reinforce police and ensure no further attacks took place, he said.
Another attack was reported at a Cambodian restaurant called Petit Cambodge, not far from the Bataclan venue in northeast Paris.
Counter-terrorism prosecutors said they had opened a preliminary investigation.
'They opened fire'
At the Stade de France, Hollande was attending the match and had to be hastily evacuated.
Spectators flooded the pitch as news of the attacks spread before organisers started an evacuation.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, called for residents to stay at home.
"We heard gunfire, 30 seconds of fire, it was interminable, we thought it was fireworks," said Pierre Montfort, who lives near rue Bichat, where the Cambodian restaurant is located.
"Everyone was on the floor, no one moved," said another eyewitness who had been at the Petit Cambodge restaurant.
"A girl was carried by a young man in his arms. She appeared to be dead."
The toll "will be much heavier" than the initial confirmed deaths, a security source said.
Camille, 25, said: "My sister is in the Bataclan. I phoned her. She said they opened fire. And then she hung up."
An AFP reporter outside the Bataclan said there were police carrying machine-guns and more than 20 police wagons with their lights flashing around the scene.
Hollande travelled to the interior ministry to set up a crisis cell with other ministers.
"The president of the Republic, the prime minister, the interior minister are in a inter-ministerial crisis cell," the government said in a statement.
The president's office said an exceptional council of ministers would be called at midnight.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Union chief Jean-Claude Juncker said they were "deeply shocked" by the attacks.
France has been on high alert since the jihadist attacks in January against the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket that left 17 dead.
Several other attacks have been foiled through the year.
More than 500
French fighters are thought to be with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, according to official figures, while 250 have returned and some 750 expressed a
desire to go there.
The government
announced last week that it was restoring border checks as a security measure
for UN climate talks that start in Paris at the end of this month.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2015/11/14/450927/p1/At-least.htmStructure of the Lead：
WHO- people in Paris
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- series of bombings and shootings
WHY- not given
WHERE- Paris
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. unprecedented：空前的,前所未有的
2. jihadists：聖戰者
3. storm：猛攻
4. underway：正在進行中的
5. carnage：殘殺
6. mobilize：動員
7. reinforce：增援
8. preliminary：初步的
9. evacuate：疏散
10. interminable：無止盡的
2016年12月3日 星期六
新聞英文(16)-Week One: Malala
Pakistani girl shot in head by Taliban honored at Harvard
By Rodrique Ngowi, AP
September 29, 2013, 12:03 am TWN
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts--A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban has been honored as Harvard University's humanitarian of the year.
Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent for girls' education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said she was pleased to welcome Malala because of their shared interest in education.
Malala was shot in the head last October. Militants said she was attacked because she was critical of the Taliban, not because of her views on education.
The 16-year-old Malala said she hopes to become a politician because politicians can have influence on a broad scale.
She spoke nostalgically about her home region, the Swat Valley, and said she hopes to return someday. She called it a "paradise" but described a dangerous area where militants blew up dozens of schools and sought to discourage girls from going to school by snatching pens from their hands. Students, she said, reacted by hiding their books under their shawls so people wouldn't know they were going to school.
"The so-called Taliban were afraid of women's power and were afraid of the power of education," she told hundreds of students, faculty members and well-wishers who packed Harvard's ornate Sanders Theater for the award ceremony.
Malala highlighted the fact that very few people spoke out against what was happening in her home region.
"Although few people spoke, but the voice for peace and education was powerful," she said.
Malala also described waking up in a British hospital, where she was taken for emergency treatment following the assassination attempt in Pakistan.
"And when I was in Birmingham, I didn't know where I was, I didn't know where my parents are, I didn't know who has shot me and I had no idea what was happening," she said. "But I thank God that I'm alive."
The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, paid a special tribute to Malala in a message read publicly during her award ceremony.
"Your courage," Jagland said in the tribute, "is sending a strong message to women to stand up for their rights, which constitutes a precondition for peace."
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/middle-east/2013/09/29/390023/Pakistani-girl.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Malala Yousafzai
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award
WHY- sending a strong message to women to stand up for their rights, which constitutes a precondition for peace
WHERE- Harvard University's Sanders Theater
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. assassination：暗殺
2. humanitarian：人道主義者
3. proponent：提倡者
4. militant：激進分子
5. critical：危險的
6. nostalgically：懷鄉地
7. snatch：奪走
8. so-called：所謂的,號稱的
9. constitute：建立
10. precondition：先決條件
By Rodrique Ngowi, AP
September 29, 2013, 12:03 am TWN
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts--A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban has been honored as Harvard University's humanitarian of the year.
Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent for girls' education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said she was pleased to welcome Malala because of their shared interest in education.
Malala was shot in the head last October. Militants said she was attacked because she was critical of the Taliban, not because of her views on education.
The 16-year-old Malala said she hopes to become a politician because politicians can have influence on a broad scale.
She spoke nostalgically about her home region, the Swat Valley, and said she hopes to return someday. She called it a "paradise" but described a dangerous area where militants blew up dozens of schools and sought to discourage girls from going to school by snatching pens from their hands. Students, she said, reacted by hiding their books under their shawls so people wouldn't know they were going to school.
"The so-called Taliban were afraid of women's power and were afraid of the power of education," she told hundreds of students, faculty members and well-wishers who packed Harvard's ornate Sanders Theater for the award ceremony.
Malala highlighted the fact that very few people spoke out against what was happening in her home region.
"Although few people spoke, but the voice for peace and education was powerful," she said.
Malala also described waking up in a British hospital, where she was taken for emergency treatment following the assassination attempt in Pakistan.
"And when I was in Birmingham, I didn't know where I was, I didn't know where my parents are, I didn't know who has shot me and I had no idea what was happening," she said. "But I thank God that I'm alive."
The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, paid a special tribute to Malala in a message read publicly during her award ceremony.
"Your courage," Jagland said in the tribute, "is sending a strong message to women to stand up for their rights, which constitutes a precondition for peace."
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/middle-east/2013/09/29/390023/Pakistani-girl.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Malala Yousafzai
WHEN- Friday
WHAT- accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award
WHY- sending a strong message to women to stand up for their rights, which constitutes a precondition for peace
WHERE- Harvard University's Sanders Theater
HOW- not given
Keywords：
1. assassination：暗殺
2. humanitarian：人道主義者
3. proponent：提倡者
4. militant：激進分子
5. critical：危險的
6. nostalgically：懷鄉地
7. snatch：奪走
8. so-called：所謂的,號稱的
9. constitute：建立
10. precondition：先決條件
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