week3-Formosa Fun Coast explosion

  TAIPEI — The number of people injured in a fire at a Taiwan water amusement park rose to 516 on Sunday, government officials said, with more than 180 still in intensive care.
  Media reported four mainland Chinese and two foreigners were among those injured after Saturday's fire, during a party where up to 1,000 revelers were sprayed with colored powder as they danced to music, seeking to escape the summer heat.
  The blaze, which broke out around 8:30 p.m. at the Formosa Fun Coast water park on the outskirts of the capital, Taipei, is suspected to have been caused by an explosion of the powder, local government official Lin Chieh-yu told Reuters.
  "It remains under investigation as to what made the powder explode," he added. Authorities have banned the use of the powder until the investigation is completed.
  "The next few days will be a critical time for the injured," Taiwan Premier Mao Chi-kuo told reporters, adding that 410 people were still in hospital on Sunday, with 194 being treated for serious injuries.
  In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, rescuers treated hundreds of people, most of them aged between 20 and 30, wearing wet swimsuits and lying on inflatable plastic doughnuts. Television showed images of people running from sky-high flames.
  "There was blood and people were on fire," one injured man said.
  No death has yet been reported, but victims of the incident suffered burns to the limbs, with some passing out from the pain while others had burned clothes stuck to their skin, media reports and pictures showed.
  Soldiers, army vehicles and medical services joined the rescue effort, while hospitals in four municipal precincts, along with Taipei, are treating sufferers.
  "We are very sorry about what happened and we will investigate the cause to find out who is responsible," Eric Chu, the mayor of New Taipei City, where the park is located, said on Saturday, adding that it had been ordered to shut down.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tally-injured-rises-more-500-after-taiwan-water-park-fire-n383226
who: government official.revelers
where:Formosa Fun Coast water park,Taipei
when:Saturday
why:The number of people injured in a fire 
how:An explosion of colored powder 
what:colored powder
*keywords
1.reveler(n.)飲酒狂歡者
2.spray(v.)噴灑
3.break out(v.)爆發
4.outskirts(n.)市郊;邊界
5.aftermath(n.)結果
6.inflatable(adj.)膨脹的;得意的
7.doughnut(n.)油炸圈餅
8.limb(n.)肢;臂
9.municipal(adj.)市政的
10.precinct(n.)選區;管轄區域

week2-Nepal earthquake 2015

  A magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook parts of Nepal Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing at least 79 in an area still struggling to recover from last month's destructive temblor. It brought fresh fears to a people that have been terrified since the initial quake, a 7.8-magnitude tremor on April 25.

  The quake was centered about 47 miles east-northeast of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu near the border with Tibet and much closer to the Mt. Everest base camp, where an avalanche triggered by the April 25 quake claimed 18 lives. The temblor was felt as far away New Delhi, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tuesday's quake has been labeled as an aftershock by the U.S. Geological Survey.

  Outside of Nepal, the earthquake killed at least one person in Tibet and 16 people in India, according to the Associated Press, meaning the most recent temblor has killed a total of 54 people. Nearly 2,000 people have been reported injured.

  A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter providing aid in Nepal has gone missing, military officials say. The Huey was near Charikot, Nepal, when it disappeared, but officials say there are no indications that it crashed. Six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on the missing aircraft.

  The threat hasn't passed, either. The USGS issued an aftershock advisory, predicting more tremors in the coming months. Officials demanded residents leave damaged buildings, fearing more catastrophe could occur in another large aftershock, the AP also reported.

   "I think we could expect six months to a year or more of aftershocks," USGS research geophysicist Dan McNamara told The Weather Channel. "It's a very large earthquake, so it's not unexpected to have a very active aftershock sequence."

  Officials expect the death toll to climb and have sent medics to surrounding areas to help the injured. The International Organization for Migration reported several buildings had collapsed in the town and that bodies were being pulled out of the rubble.

http://www.weather.com/news/news/nepal-earthquake-may122015

Who:Nepalese and official
why:not given

when:2015 April 25
What:A earthquake occured to Nepal
Where:Nepal

How:The quake was centered about 47 miles east-northeast of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu 

*keyword
1.magnitude(n.)震級;強度
2.avalanche(n.)山崩
3.temblor(n.)地震
4.advisory(n.)報告
5.tremor(n.)顫抖;顫慄
6.catastrophe (n.)大災難
7. geophysicist(n.)地球地理學家
8. sequence(n.)結果;連續
9. toll(n.)傷亡人數;使用費
10.rubble(n.)碎石;瓦礫堆

week1-Apache helicopter scandal

    The Control Yuan has voted to impeach 601st Air Cavalry Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Lao Nai-cheng （勞乃成） and two other officers over security breaches and rule violations in what came to be known as the “Apache helicopter scandal” earlier this year.
    A nine-member Control Yuan committee yesterday said that it had voted unanimously to impeach Lao, a pilot-instructor for the US-made AH-64E Apache attack helicopter.
    Brigade commander Major General Chien Tsung-yuan （簡聰淵） was impeached after a unanimous vote, while brigade personnel section head Lieutenant Colonel Tao Kuo-chen （陶國禎） was impeached after an 8-1 vote.
    Lao took a group of 26 relatives and friends, including a Japanese man and five domestic caregivers who were foreign nationals, on a private tour of a restricted-access base which houses Apache helicopters and other advanced aircraft.
    That visit on March 29 led to a firestorm after one visitor, TV personality Janet Lee （李蒨蓉）, posted photographs on Facebook that drew widespread public criticism.
    The Control Yuan report accused Lao of “wasting” the NT$40 million （US$1.28 million） the government spent to send him to the US for flight training.
    “Lao took the nation’s assets as his own private property. He used the Apache helicopter as a social networking tool and took the helicopter helmet as a prop for a private party. During the investigation, Lao continued to lie about his actions and tried to cover them up. He has brought dishonor to the military,” the report said.
     Chien was was the first person to breach base security with a tour for his relatives and friends on Feb. 20 this year, the report said, adding that Lao followed Chien’s example.
     The investigation said that Tao was in charge of security and access to the base on March 29, but violated registration requirements and other regulations in permitting Lao’s group to bypass security checks.

http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1372387

Who:Lao Nai-cheng. Janet Lee .Chien Tsung-yuan.Tao Kuo-chen
why:not given
when:March 29
What:Apache helicopter scandal
Where:not given
How:not manage the security well

*keyword
1.impeach(v.)檢舉;歸咎;彈劾
2.breach(n.)違反;破壞
3.unanimously(adv.)無異議地;同意地
4.brigade(n.)旅;隊
5.caregiver(n.)受雇照顧的人;傭人
6. restricted-access(adj.)限制進入
7. registration(n.)登記
8.bypass(v.)省略;忽視