RDA Holding Co., publisher of the 91-year-old Reader’s Digest magazine, 1)filed for bankruptcy today to cut $465 million in 2)debt and focus on North American 3)operations as consumers shift from print to electronic media.
後記：繼Newsweek的紙本版絕版後，其他的平面媒體業者，亦受到電子媒體的衝擊！後續應該還會有其他相關媒體報導，大家可以follow up!
Chinese 1)air pollution
Clearing the air?
Authorities in the capital respond to public pressure
Jan 14th 2012 | BEIJING |From the print edition –Courtesy of The Economist
Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself-Courtesy of Time Magazine
No surprise — those Facebook photos of your friends on vacation or celebrating a birthday party that can make you feel 1)lousy.
Facebook 2)is supposed to 3)envelope us in the warm 4)embrace of our social network, and 5)scanning friends’ pages is supposed to make us feel loved, supported and important (at least in the lives of those we like). But 6)skimming through photos of friends’ life successes can trigger feelings of 7)envy, 8)misery and 9) loneliness as well, according to researchers from two German universities. The scientists studied 600 people who logged time on the social network and discovered that one in three felt worse after visiting the site—especially if they viewed vacation photos. Facebook 10)frequenters who spent time on the site without posting their own content were also more likely to feel dissatisfied.
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Bank of Japan sets 2-percent 1)inflation target, 2)'open-ended' asset purchases-Courtesy of The China Post
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a “monetary 3)regime change” Tuesday as the central bank 4)bowed to government pressure, setting a 2 percent inflation target aimed at helping the country emerge from its prolonged 5)bout of 6)deflation.
“This opens a passageway toward bold monetary easing,” Abe told reporters after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and government jointly announced the inflation target and plans for “open-ended” central bank asset purchases similar to the strategy followed by the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep market interest rates low.
Ang Lee 1)claws in 11 Oscar nominations-Courtesy of The China Post
By Michael Thurston ,AFP January 11, 2013, 12:01 am TWN
LOS ANGELES -- Steven Spielberg's 2)taut political drama “Lincoln,” about the 16th U.S. president's drive to 3)abolish 4)slavery during the American 5)Civil War, is in the 6)driver's seat for the Oscars with 12 nominations.
Australia 1)bracing for 'worst ever' fire danger
By Amy Coopes, AFP
January 8, 2013, 12:01 am TWN
SYDNEY--Australians were bracing Monday for what officials warned could be the worst fire danger day ever seen, as police searched for some 100 people still missing in 2)ravaged Tasmania.
The fiscal cliff
Barack Obama's dual agenda
Dec 20th 2012, 16:48 by M.S. --Courtesy of The Economist
1)AMBIGUITY 2)reigns in the twisting, turning dramatic series that is the 3)fiscal-cliff negotiations. On Monday, it appeared Barack Obama and John Boehner 4)were close to a deal.5) Liberals were angered by some of the apparent 6)concessions: raising the income 7)threshold at which 8)tax increases 9)kick in from $250,000 to $400,000 per year.
Mayan Calendar: NASA Releases “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday” Video Too Early
20121213at 3:39 pm by Sam Dwyer Posted in News,
HTC, Apple 1)settle 2)patent 3)disputes
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's HTC Corp. and its 4)archrival Apple Inc. have agreed to settle their global patent disputes through the 5)dismissal of all current lawsuits and a 10-year license agreement, ending a legal battle that has been running since 2010.
First 1)visa-free travelers depart for US
A flight carrying the first group of Taiwanese travelers to enjoy visa-free entry to the U.S. 2)departed yesterday evening for Los Angeles after a ceremony at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport marking the 3)historic milestone in 4)bilateral 5)ties.
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昨天聯晚報導 沙塵暴來襲 天空灰濛到周三
英文新聞還沒趕上腳步，
我找了過去的新聞，除了颶風(Hurricane)Sandy外，大家順便學學沙塵暴
Huge1)sandstorm 2)hits Taiwan-Courtesy of TheChinaPost
Regions 1)hit by Sandy struggle to 2)resume daily life-Courtesy of The China Post
People in the heavily 3)populated U.S. East Coast 4)corridor 5)battered by Superstorm Sandy took the first 6)cautious steps to 7)reclaim their 8)upended daily routines, even as rescuers 9)combed neighborhoods strewn with 10)debris and scarred by floods and fire.
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Obama goes on 1)offensive in second debate-Courtesy of The China Post
U.S. President Barack Obama 2)launched 3)aggressive attacks against Republican 4)rival Mitt Romney on jobs, energy and Libya in their second debate on Tuesday as the Democrat tried to 5)reclaim the 6)momentum in a tight 7)White House race.
有同學問美國免簽證的英文，大家一起來學一下喔！
US 1)approves Taiwan 2)Visa Waiver Program- Courtesy of The China Post
Taiwan has been officially included in the United States Visa Waiver Program (VWP), allowing Taiwanese passport holders to travel to U.S. for st
新聞短播(201201015)WTO代表否認讓步
1)WTO delegate denies 2)ceding ground in 3)talks-Courtesy of The China Post
photos-courtesy of Apple Daily
The nation's newly 4)appointed representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lai Shin-yuan, defended herself yesterday after lawmakers called on President
歐巴馬在第一場美國總統辯論表現不佳，當所有的媒體都在討論辯論裡的facts之際(見New York Times-Presidential Debate Fact-Check /Time Magazine 最新一期Cover story)，九月份的美國就業報告幫歐巴馬點了盞明燈。
新聞短播(20121008)九月份的就業報告助歐巴馬一臂之力--Courtesy of Time Magazine
September Jobs Report: Obama 1)Boosted by Weak but Persistent Recovery
新聞短播(20121001)砸蘋果藝術-Courtesy of Daily Mail
雖然這些砸爛的作品看起來很藝術，但是確有很濃的廣告味在裡面。
Crushed Apples: Hundreds of iPods, iPads and iPhones smashed to smithereens... all in the name of art
這次的保釣行動，我們出名了！FB留言部分會貼上相關新聞報導，喜歡追新聞的同學可以多看看。更熟悉相關單字句型。
Japan, Taiwan and China Engaged in Water Fight, 1)Literally
BY JIM FLINK
Thieving Techniques 小偷的伎倆。
World-wide, tourists are victimized by criminals at much higher rates than local residents. How to protect yourself against pickpockets
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