NY 1)Auto Show: World's first 'sky-worthy' car-Courtesy of BBC

By Dougal Shaw Technology reporter

新聞短播(20120408)Where Are the World’s 1)Rudest Countries?

(courtesy of Time Magazine)

哪裡是世界上最沒有禮貌的國家？蝦米，竟然是法國？

Wednesday Words: 1) Hoodies, 2) Cockneys and ‘3)Chipteases’

By Katy Steinmetz | @katysteinmetz | April 4, 2012-Courtesy of Time Magazine

1)Herpes May Be Killing Off 2)Coral Reefs-Courtesy of Time Magazine

By Melissa Locker | @woolyknickers | April 3, 2012

It appears that coral may have 7)skipped a few high-school health classes. Scientists have recently discovered coral seems to have 3) contracted one of those diseases that your gym teacher and 4) sex ed instructor warned you about.

But this is no joke. Over the last decade, researchers have noted a significant decrease in the world’s coral populations. Now scientists are finally getting to 5) the root of the problem and have discovered that a 6) viral infection may be one of the reasons for the global decline in coral. But not just any viral infection — specifically, it’s herpes.

Fuel costs up as ministry 1)revokes 2)curb-courtesy of Taipei Times

Customers rushed to 3)line up at gas stations nationwide yesterday as news broke that the 4)Ministry of Economic Affairs had 5)scrapped restrictions on fuel price increases, allowing 6) state-run oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) to pass higher 7) crude costs on to consumers.

1)     Revoke v. re(back) + voke(call) 所以是call back, 撤回。另外常見的就是 recall (回收) 也是一樣的拆解法re(back) + call，常用在有毒用品回收的新聞。

Suu Kyi wins 1)parliamentary seat: party- Courtesy of China Post

The Quaker Oats Guy Gets a Slimmer New Look
Looks like "Larry" introduced a little more oatmeal into his own diet.

Article/Photo(courtesy to Time Magazine)

不再是X世代，現在是E世代

 After 'Gen X', Today's Young Might be ‘Gen E’

快來看看那天James Cameron 海底探險的結果！！

Deep-sea exploration –The Economist  Mar 31st 2012

Have you seen Cameron’s 4) latest?

Photo-(Courtesy of The Economist)

Health-care reform on trial  - The Economist

同場加映：BBC Learning English 也有相關的聽力練習

Photo- Courtesy of The Economist

法國是警察與連續槍殺嫌犯對峙，台灣是警察與王家對峙。
王家是否是釘子戶，國家機器是否淪為建商打手，看倌們心中自有定奪。然而順勢學新聞英文，則是上策。

Photo(Courtesy of The China Post)

先選讀 China Post :

National Geographic Magazine 

Video-Courtesy of National Geographic Magazine

Article courtesy of Time Magazine:http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2109903,00.html

Photo-Courtesy of Time Magazine

A Tale of Two Donors: Cash-Strapped Ireland Outshines Germany in Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian Response Index ranks countries by how effective their aid donations are rather than simply listing countries by how much total money they give each year.

"再忙也要讀一下新聞英語"，回到家，還是看一下標題，昨天晚上備課時漏掉的好新聞。正在說商業版沒有有趣的事，馬上就來了：

Video-courtesy of WSJ

Obama and his advisers considered more than a dozen candidates, including figures in the administration. Is Jim Yong Kim the right man for the job?