Gretel的時事英文 20140501

Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄) announced yesterday the end to his hunger strike to end the usage of nuclear power in Taiwan.

hunger strike：絕食抗議

有「*」記號的是學測字，沒有「*」是指考字。

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抗生素問題：

Resistance to antibiotics poses a "major global threat" to public health, says a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It analysed data from 114 countries and said resistance was happening now "in every region of the world".
It described a "post-antibiotic era", where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades.
There were likely to be "devastating" implications unless "significant" action was taken urgently.

pose a threat 造成威脅

有「*」記號的是學測字，沒有「*」是指考字。

來源：BBC
簡單字：
data** [名詞] 資料,數據
described** describe(描述) 的過去式及過去分詞
organization** [名詞] 組織
post- 字首：後--
region** [名詞] 地區,地帶

 

【Gretel的時事英文】

A prehistoric "Atlantis" in the North Sea may have been abandoned after being hit by a 5m tsunami 8,200 years ago.
The wave was generated by a catastrophic subsea landslide off the coast of Norway.
Analysis suggests the tsunami over-ran Doggerland, a low-lying landmass that has since vanished beneath the waves.

有「*」記號的是學測字，沒有「*」是指考字。

來源：BBC