Week 4 - 我想念我自己

Julianne Moore takes best actress Oscar for 'Still Alice'

Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2015 @ 12:30 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Julianne Moore won the best actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as a university professor with Alzheimer's disease in "Still Alice".

The win marked Moore's first Academy Award after being nominated four times previously. The 54-year-old actress was favored to win this year's prize after picking up Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA awards earlier this year.

"I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to living five years longer," Moore said while accepting her award. "If that's true I'd really like to thank the Academy because my husband is younger than me."

In "Still Alice," the veteran actress plays a brilliant lecturer and beautiful redhead who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at 50. The small budget film was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures only in September, thanks to Moore's award-winning potential.

Last year, she said she was attracted to the role because she had never seen Alzheimer's portrayed from the point of view of the patient.

The film was adapted from the novel "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova and was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.

Moore has been among Hollywood's most celebrated actresses for the last 20 years, earning Oscar nominations for previous roles in "Boogie Nights," "The End of the Affair," "The Hours" and "Far from Heaven."

She also won an Emmy in 2012 for her acclaimed turn as politician Sarah Palin in the television movie "Game Change."

(Reporting By Nichola Groom; Editing by Sandra Maler and Ken Wills)

http://www.globalpost.com/article/6399772/2015/02/22/julianne-moore-takes-best-actress-oscar-still-alice

Structure of the lead

WHO - Julianne Moore

WHAT - Julianne Moore won the best actress Oscar.

WHEN - Sunday

WHERE - not given

WHY - Because of Julianne Moore's role as a university professor with Alzheimer's disease in "Still Alice"

HOW - not given

Keywords

1. veteran (n.) 老兵；老手；富有經驗的人

2. be diagnosed with 被診斷...

3. be attracted to 被...吸引

4. portray (v.) 扮演；表現

5. acclaim (v.n.) 歡呼；喝采；稱讚

Week 3 - 上海跨年踩踏致死

Shanghai new year crush kills 36

1 January 2015

A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 36 people and injured some 47 others, Chinese officials say.

The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river.

Thousands of people had gathered to see in 2015.

Social media reports suggest the stampede was triggered by people stopping to pick up fake money thrown from the balcony of a nightclub.

The Shanghai City government said the situation began to deteriorate at 23:35 local time (15:35 GMT) and that a "working group" had been set up to handle the incident.

Many of the dead are believed to be students, with 25 of them women, state media report.

President Xi Jinping has told the Shanghai government to find the causes of the crush as soon as possible, according to state TV.

A traditional new year fireworks display on the Bund had already been cancelled due to official fears of overcrowding, the Shanghai Daily reports.

The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says the investigation may focus on why so many people turned out despite the cancellation and whether there were enough police resources in place to look after them.

'Too many people'

English tourist Rebecca Thomas from Manchester told the BBC she had seen dead bodies on the ground.

Another Sino Weibo user, Small Metal Makes Steel, said: "At the time there were lots of people, police at the scene maintained order and wouldn't let people near [the scene of the injuries]."

"Lots of people spontaneously linked hands to block the crowds, so the injured had space to settle down, and to allow a clear passage for ambulances," he added.

In a statement, the Shanghai City government said that those hurt had been transferred to hospitals across the city, and that the Shanghai party secretary had visited some of the injured.

Earlier, Shanghai's police department wrote on its verified social media account that some "tourists" had "fallen over" at the Bund, and urged people to leave the area in an orderly fashion.

According to the Shanghai Daily, close to 300,000 people turned up for New Year's Eve celebrations last year, leading to traffic problems.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30646918

Structure of Lead :

Who - 83 people from all over the world 

When - December 31th in 2014

Where - Shanghai's historic Bund District

What - A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 36 people and injured some 47 others.

Why - Because thousands of people had gathered to see in 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations, it caused the incident of trampling

How - Not given

Keywords:

1. overlook 俯瞰

2. stampede 使亂擁 蜂擁

3. trigger 引起 觸發

4. deteriorate 使惡化 

5. overcrowd 使過度擁擠

6. spontaneously 自發地

7. settle down 安頓下來

8. party 政黨

Week 2 - 台中歌劇院

National Taichung Theater brings performance venue to central Taiwan

2014/11/23 21:00:17

Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Central Taiwan's first opera house opened Sunday with a grand ceremony to inaugurate what Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai called "the pride of Taichung."

Designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the eye-catchingly modern National Taichung Theater boasts a 2,014-seat grand theater, a 800-seat theater and a 200-seat black box.

The architecturally complex theater was an engineering challenge constructed entirely without beams or columns and relying instead on 58 curved wall units. It is believed to be the first theater in the world to employ such a construction technique.

While the outside walls appear to be smooth surfaces thanks to the installation of glass windows, the basic structure itself is a series of tubular voids connected together.

Called a "sound cave" by Ito, the state-of-the-art opera house took nearly 5 years to complete at a cost of NT$4.36 billion (US$141 million).

President Ma Ying-jeou, who attended the inauguration ceremony, expressed hope that the theater will help his administration reach its goal of "rejuvenating the country through culture."

He gave credit to Taichung Mayor Jason Hu, who is up for reelection next week, for turning the daunting architectural challenge into a reality.

Culture Minister Lung, meanwhile, thanked the workers who helped construct the building along with city government employees.

A series of performances by prominent local groups will take place at the opera house starting this month to celebrate its inauguration.

The series begins Sunday with a production of "Cat Man" by Taiwanese opera troupe Ming Hwa Yuan Arts and Cultural Group.

Paper Windmill Theatre will then perform its production of "Don Quixote" Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, which will be followed by a concert by Taiwanese violinist Hu Nai-yuan and the Taiwan Connection Chamber Orchestra on Dec. 7.

Ju Percussion Group will then give a performance on Dec. 13.

The National Taichung Theater is part of the government's efforts to strengthen support for and improve the quality and international competitiveness of Taiwan's performing arts.

It is being touted as a leg of the "golden triangle" for the performing arts in Taiwan, alongside Taipei's National Theater and Concert Hall and Kaohsiung's Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts, the latter of which is set to be completed next year.

The Ministry of Culture will take over the operation of the National Taichung Theater starting in January next year.

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201411230024.aspx

Structure of the Lead：

WHO- National Taichung Theater

WHEN- Nov. 23

WHAT- Central Taiwan's first opera house opened Sunday with a grand ceremony and will then perform its production of "Don Quixote" Nov. 27 and Nov. 28. There were more and more performance showed there.

WHY- The National Taichung Theater is part of the government's efforts to strengthen support for and improve the quality and international competitiveness of Taiwan's performing arts.

WHERE- Taichung

HOW- Designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the eye-catchingly modern National Taichung Theater boasts a 2,014-seat grand theater, a 800-seat theater and a 200-seat black box. The architecturally complex theater was an engineering challenge constructed entirely without beams or columns and relying instead on 58 curved wall units.

Keywords：

1. venue 場所

2. inaugurate 為...舉行開幕式

3. architect 建築師

4. beam 橫樑 (裝潢用)

5. column 圓柱

6. curved wall 拱型的牆

7. tubular voids 管狀的空隙

8. rejuvenate 使更有活力

9. daunt 使氣餒 使...膽怯

10. tout 吹捧

Week 1 - 頂新毒油

FOOD SCANDAL: Ting Hsin Oil & Fat chairman detained

Wed, Oct 15, 2014

By Chang Wen-chuan  /  Staff reporter, with CAN

A top executive of Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co (頂新製油實業) and two from Cheng I Food Co (正義股份) were detained yesterday in connection with the ongoing cooking oil scandals. 

Ting Hsin Oil & Fat acting chairman and former general manager Chen Mao-chia (陳茂嘉) was detained after more than 10 hours of questioning by prosecutors in Changhua County overnight, following a search of the company headquarters. 

In Greater Kaohsiung, Cheng I president Ho Yu-jen (何育仁) and deputy chief procurement officer Hu Chin-min (胡金忞) were also detained. 

The two companies, both units of food conglomerate Ting Hsin International Group (頂新集團), are accused of using lard meant for animal feed in their cooking oil products. The incident — the third oil-related scandal to hit the conglomerate within a year — has sparked widespread outrage among consumers in Taiwan, leading to a campaign to boycott the group’s products and brands. Former Cheng I and Ting Hsin Oil & Fat chairman Wei Ying-chun (魏應充) held a news conference on Saturday to apologize to the public. He also announced that the two subsidiaries would suspend their operations until their procedures were improved. He is now under investigation by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office. The Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office said a meeting is to be held today among prosecutors from 13 local prosecutors’ offices who currently have food-related cases on hand. The meeting aims to integrate information and communications among the local prosecutors in a bid to enhance the efficiency of the investigations. The Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office said a total of 48 food-related cases have been undertaken by prosecutors in Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Greater Taichung, Chuanghua County, Yunlin County, Chiayi, Greater Tainan, Greater Kaohsiung, Pingtung County, Yilan County and Penghu. Althought the 48 cases may not all be of major food security concerns, particiants at the meeting today are to nonetheless discuss the cases and decide whether any warrant an expansion in terms of its probes, the office said. Meanwhile, according to the Pingtung District Prosecutors’ Office, Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial had been indicted well before the latest revelations surfaced. The indictment against Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial and three of its executives was handed down on Aug. 21 and covered charges of fraud, faking product labels and violating food safety regulations, charges dating back to an oil scandal that emerged late last year, the office said. Prosecutors said Ting Hsin Oil & Fat purchased low-cost oils from Chang Chi Foodstuff Factory Co (大統長基) that contained artificial coloring and cottonseed oil, but were marketed as more expensive products. It then processed those oils and also sold them as high-priced pure olive oil or grapeseed oil, making illicit gains, prosecutors said. Chang Chi Foodstuff’s scheme to pawn cheaper oils off as more expensive ones was not publicly exposed until October last year, when the Ting Hsin Group’s flagship Wei Chuan Foods Corp (味全食品工業) brand was also found to have sold the adulterated oil products for several years. After an investigation, prosecutors determined that Ting Hsin Oil & Fat was selling its adulterated oils to Wei Chuan on a contract basis. In the indictment, prosecutors alleged that the three of its executives knew the oils the company bought from Chang Chi were adulterated, yet continued to purchase and ship them to the Pingtung factory to be processed and packaged for Wei Chuan.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/10/15/2003602097

Structure of the lead :

WHO - A top executive of Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co (頂新製油實業) and two from Cheng I Food Co.

WHEN - not given

WHAT - Top executives were detained.

WHY -  In connection with the ongoing cooking oil scandals

WHERE - not given

HOW - These executives processed those oils and also sold them as high-priced pure olive oil or grapeseed oil, making illicit gains.

Keywords :

1. scandal 醜聞

2. executive 執行者 決策者

3. detain 扣留 拘留

4. in connection with 與...有關

5. prosecutor 檢舉人 起訴人

6. deputy 代理的 

7. procurement 採購

8. conglomerate 企業集團

9. outrage 憤慨

10. boycott 抵制

11. subsidiary 子公司

12. undertake 著手做 從事 擔保 

13. probe 探查 探究

14. indictment 控告

15. grapeseed oil 葡萄仔油

16. illicit 非法的

17. adulterate 摻雜的

18. allege 宣稱 斷言