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1) 'Unfair' Taipower 2)deals to be reviewed: MOEA-courtesy of The China Post

3)Ministry of the Economic Affairs (MOEA) Minister Shih Yen-shiang (施顏祥) said yesterday that the MOEA will review Taiwan Power Company's (Taipower, 台灣電力公司) contracts with 4)Individual Power Producers (IPPs).

剛好有同學介紹了Instagram的影片，很讚，只可惜是講廣東話(注意看的話，好像是翻拍自日本？）。
所以我將上課來不及放的影片一起放在這裡囉。
綜合報導，有新聞也有我們需要的Instagram實際使用部分。（推薦！）
這個影片就是教學的部分，很清楚，但是很可惜沒有實際手指運作的部分
這個影片就是有實際手指操作，但是會晃動，英文的部分不是那麼清楚。好像沒有十全十美的。哈哈 。同學提供的影片還是很完善，真希望是英文的。

Facebook Plays Offense and Defense in a Single Deal-Courtesy of The New York Times
同學預習時，除了先看相關中文背景知識外，可以先構想本新聞的意涵。
 
April 10, 2012

8.6 Indonesia 1) quake sparks 2) tsunami alert-Courtesy of The China Post BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Two massive earthquakes triggered 3) back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending 4) panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of 5) deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a watch for much of the Indian Ocean was lifted after a few hours.

剛好昨天有同學問到 hit的用法，今天又有相似的新聞喔！我們真是太幸運了！

這部關於一個叫做Caine的九歲小男孩用紙板做成的遊戲場的十一分鐘紀錄片，真是讓人感動捏！

Hillary 1)Boomlet Hits New Gear As ‘Texts From Hillary’ Explodes
Courtesy of TPM
 

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

昨天跟同學們提到The Economist 關於oil prices 的文章，這篇似乎預告著中油上漲油價。裡面有精彩的各國耗油地圖，不容錯過
Oil prices
Keeping it to themselves-Courtesy of The Economist

 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？According to the International Business Times, the 2)survey generated more than 1,200 user responses and revealed some 3)telling results. The top four rudest places for travelers were France, Russia, the U.K. and Germany.

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