week4-Israeli Gaza conflict

Israeli strikes on Gaza, rocket fire break lull in fighting

Tue, Jul 29, 2014by AP, JERUSALEM

Israeli jets struck three sites in Gaza yesterday after a rocket was launched at Israel, the military said, disrupting a relative lull in the war-torn territory at the start of a major Muslim holiday.

The strikes followed an almost 12-hour pause in fighting and came as international efforts intensified to end the three-week war between Israel and Hamas.

The UN called for an “immediate” ceasefire in the conflict that has already killed more than 1,030 Palestinians, 43 Israeli soldiers and three civilians on the Israeli side.

Israel’s military said it struck two rocket launchers and a rocket manufacturing facility in central and northern Gaza after a rocket hit southern Israel earlier in the day. The rocket caused no damage or injuries.

As Muslims began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday yesterday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, there was fear and mourning instead of holiday cheer in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian families huddled inside their homes, fearing more airstrikes, while those who came to a cemetery in Gaza City’s Sheik Radwan neighborhood to pay traditional respects at their ancestors’ graves gathered around a large crater from an airstrike a week ago that had broken up several graves.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/07/29/2003596163

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-Israeli military

   WHEN-yesterday

   WHAT-Israeli jets struck three sites in Gaza

   WHY- not given

   WHERE-Gaza

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1. military：軍方          2. intensify：強化          3. crater：彈坑          4. cemetery：墓地          5. ceasefire：停火          6. war-torn：受戰爭的國家          7. territory :領土

week3- Robin Williams dead suicide

Actor Robin Williams dead at 63

Wed, Aug 13, 2014 - Page 7by Reuters, TIBURON, California

    Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday after an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63.

    The comedian’s appeal stretched across generations and genres, from family fare as the voice of Disney’s blue Genie in Aladdin to his portrayal of a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, for which he earned his sole Oscar.

    However, many remembered the master of impressions on Monday for his tender portrayal in Mrs Doubtfire, when he played the part of a British nanny whose identity he assumed as a divorced father to be with his children.

    Williams had been recently suffering from severe depression, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said in a statement and the actor had repeatedly talked about his past struggles with alcohol.

    The Marin County Sheriff’s coroner’s division said it suspected Williams committed suicide by asphyxia, but the cause of death is still under investigation and an autopsy was to be conducted yesterday.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/08/13/2003597333/1

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-Robin Williams

   WHEN-Monday

   WHAT-Robin Williams dead suicide

   WHY- not given

   WHERE-at his home in Northern California

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1. versatile：多才多藝的

   2. madcap：狂妄的

   3. genre：流派

   4. sole：唯一的

   5. portrayal：描述

   6. assume：認為

   7. publicist：公關

   8. autopsy：屍檢

   9. alcohol：酒精

   10. asphyxia：窒息