week4-TransAsia Airways plane crash, Penghu

Report: 48 killed in Taiwan plane crash

At least 48 people were killed when a twin-engine turboprop plane crashed Wednesday while attempting to land in Taiwan's Penghu Islands, according to Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Officials say 10 people were injured in the plane crash and that five residents on the ground were also hurt. Taiwan's Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih told reporters there were no casualties on the ground.

     Taiwanese authorities are now identifying victims and investigating the cause of the crash.Two of the people killed were believed to be French passengers, identified as Jeromine Deramond and Penelope Luternauer, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency. One of those on the passenger's list was an 82-year-old Taiwanese wood craftsman, according to local Taiwanese media.

Footage aired on CNN affiliate ETTV showed the plane had crashed in a residential area and broken into pieces. ETTV reported that the fallen plane destroyed or damaged 11 houses.

 Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-48 people

   WHEN- Wednesday

   WHAT- crashed

   WHY-not given        

   WHERE- Penghu Islands

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

1.     kill : 殺死

2.     plane : 飛機

3.     island : 島

4.     crash : 墜毀

5.     casualty : 傷者

6.     investigate : 調查

7.     passenger : 乘客

8.     damage : 破壞

resource:http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/taiwan-plane-crash/

week3-Vietnam, anti-China protest, riot

Vietnam anti-China protest: Factories burnt

At least 15 foreign-owned factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at industrial parks in southern Vietnam.

Hundreds more were attacked by some of the 20,000 workers who protesting in the streets of Binh Duong province.

They are protesting after China moved a drilling rig into waters also claimed by Vietnam earlier this month.

No casualties have been reported but officials said at least 200 people had been arrested over the violence.

In response to the protests, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Vietnam was the "provocateur", and that Beijing had expressed concern to Hanoi.

Meanwhile, Taiwan summoned the Vietnamese envoy to Taipei after reports that many Taiwanese firms were targeted having been mistaken by rioters for Chinese factories.

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-15 foreign-owned factories

   WHEN-not given

   WHAT-have been set on fire

   WHY- anti-China protests

   WHERE- at industrial parks in southern Vietnam

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

1.     factory : 工廠

2.      anti-China : 反中國

3.      protest : 抗議

4.      rig : 裝備

5.      arrest : 逮捕

6.      violence : 暴力

7.      provocateur : 內姦

resource:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27403851

week2- Malaysia Airlines MH370, missing

Flight MH370: 19 conspiracy theories from Malaysia Airlines plane's disappearance

It is over 100 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared during its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Despite the world's largest land, sea and air search operation, no trace of the plane has ever been found, and we appear no closer to discovering what really happened to the aircraft.

After weeks of trawling the Indian Ocean, authorities said last month the search zone has been "discounted as the final resting place" of the jet.

Not a single piece of the Boeing 777 has been found, nor any sign of 239 people on board.

Speaking on today's anniversary, Malaysian transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said: "100 days after MH370 went missing, its loss remains a painful void in the hearts of all Malaysians and those around the world. We cannot rest and will not rest until MH370 is found.

"We cannot and will not abandon the families of the crew and passengers of MH370. We will, with the grace of God, find this missing plane and so with it begins the process of healing."

But, in the absence of any confirmed information, conspiracy theories about what really happened to MH370 have continued to circulate.

 Structure of the Lead：

   WHO- Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

   WHEN- over 100 days since MH370 disappeared

     WHAT- MH370 disappeared during its journey

 WHY-not given 

 WHERE- from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

1.      flight : 飛機

2.      disappear : 消失

3.      search : 尋找

4.      discover : 發現

5.      abandon : 放棄

6.      crew : 全體機員

7.      passenger : 乘客

resource:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/flight-mh370-19-conspiracy-theories-4079775