2017年3月13日 星期一

105-02第三週--模仿遊戲

Review: The Imitation Game

Monday, December 8, 2014
by D.J. PALLADINO

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Goode star in a film written by Graham Moore and directed by Morten Tyldum.


Tragedy is the point of The Imitation Game, but you’d hardly know it. This “prestige biopic” about Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), who cracked the infamous German Enigma code, starts out well but soon gets lost in our collective pop-culture reference points. We have too many dorky geniuses in films and TV nowadays, from Russell Crowe’s John Nash in A Beautiful Mind to The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon (Jim Parsons). Cumberbatch didn’t base his intricately layered performance on either, but any film about how a nerd turns tends to seem comic — especially when the first half of the story is all about our hero not fitting in.
The Imitation Game opens on two fronts: We meet Turing late in life when his eccentric furnished dwellings have been burgled. The incident unleashes an untold tale told in flashback concerning his WWII super-secret role, full of compelling downs and glorious ups, British spies, and Turing’s homosexuality, which at the time was still a punishable offense. As always, Cumberbatch seems to hatch ideas on the surface of his face before he takes you all the way inside, and his performance seems even better once you learn that it was originally meant for Leonardo DiCaprio. It was handmade for an Oscar nom.
In the end, The Imitation Game is a good (not great) Hollywood film about the growing pains of a genius. It’s watchable and moving and pulls off a good dose of hyperbole regarding Turing’s creation of the computer. (A lot of other geniuses, dating back to the 1800s, deserve that credit, too.) The cast is strong, but the points the film makes about Turing’s sexuality — and the government that turned against him in spite of his accomplishments — are inconsequential and polite when they should be the dramatic crux of the story.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO - Alan Turing
WHAT - Tragedy is the point of The Imitation Game, but you’d hardly know it.
WHERE - not given
WHEN - not given
WHY - not given
HOW - not given

Keywords:
1.biopic:傳記電影
2.Enigma code:恩尼格碼密碼數
3.dorky:不善交際的
4.intricately:複雜地
5.nerd:笨蛋
6.front:態度,方面
7.Turing:圖靈機
8.unleash:釋放
9.flashback:倒敘
10.compel:強迫
11.pull off:成功完成
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2017年2月24日 星期五

105-02 第二週--哈德遜奇蹟

Survivor says Miracle on the Hudson inspired him to ‘live like you’re dying’

12:23 PM, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016,
By PAIGE LESKIN, 

 It's been more than 7 years since a plane that took off from LaGuardia Airport had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River after a flock of geese disabled its engines.
Stories of the bravery of pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III landing Flight 1549 on the water, as well as pictures of passengers being rescued from the sinking plane's wings, have stuck with New York residents and people worldwide since the incident in January 2009.
And now the movie "Sully," based on the so-called Miracle on the Hudson, is hitting theaters Sept. 9, starring Tom Hanks as the hero pilot.
Ahead of the release, one of the survivors of that fateful flight, Barry Leonard, told PIX11 about his experience that day and how it changed his life.
Leonard, who was traveling home to Charlotte, N.C., on the 2009 flight, said the plane suddenly "headed down like a roller coaster" just three minutes into the trip.
"The plane just shook," Leonard told PIX11 Morning News. "Then there was this smell."
Leonard said that since the near-death experience, he's revised his perspective to "believe in living like you're dying." Since the crash, Leonard has went on adventures and checked items off his bucket list, including riding elephants in Africa and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with his son.
The chance to relive the experience through the new movie is cathartic, Leonard said. He was one of the passengers to recount their story in "Brace for Impact," a collection of survivor narratives.
Leonard has led the charge in staying in contact with others that experienced firsthand what happened on that flight. Each year, he holds a party in New York and invites the flight passengers and crew members, as well as the first responders that day.
"They're my second family," Leonard said. "We laugh, we cry together. We sit down and talk about what happened that day, because nobody else can understand what happened except for us."
Structure of the Lead：
WHAT-  a plane that took off from LaGuardia Airport had to make an emergency landing
WHEN- not given
WHY- a flock of geese disabled its engines
WHERE- in the Hudson River
WHO- not given
HOW- not given

Keywords:
1.bravery:勇氣
2. starring:主演(分詞構句)
3.roller coaster:雲霄飛車
4.revise:修改
5.perspective:看法.觀點
6.cathartic:淨化的
7.Brace for:做好準備
8.narrative:故事.講述
9.responder:響應者
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2017年2月13日 星期一

105-02 第一週--菲國掃毒

President Duterte Changes and Defends Philippine Drug War

February 11, 2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is changing his deadly war on drugs.
The change came after the killing last October of a South Korean businessman by Philippine police officers working on the drug war.
The police agency blamed for killing the businessman has been suspended from anti-drug efforts.
Duterte has put the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in charge of anti-drug efforts. Duterte said the Philippine military would also assist efforts to stop illegal drug selling and use in the Philippines.
The businessman, Jee Ick-joo, was picked up by police and quickly killed, according to news reports in the Philippines.
The news reports said police led his family to believe Jee was still alive for several weeks, as they continued to ask for ransom payments.
Police offered no evidence that the businessman had any connection to illegal drugs.
Duterte criticizes corrupt police
Duterte spoke this week to 400 police officers reportedly under investigation for corruption and other misconduct.
He said corrupt police would be sent for two years to a southern island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants.
Duterte also spoke about former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria’s recent column in the New York Times. The column was titled, “President Duterte Is Repeating My Mistakes.”
Duterte called Gaviria an “idiot” for warning that “throwing more soldiers and police at the drug users does not work.”
Gaviria wrote in the New York Times column that doing so is “not just a waste of money, but also can actually make the problem worse.”
Reuters news agency reported that Duterte said his war on drugs is different than Colombia’s because “shabu,” or methamphetamine, is the common drug choice in the Philippines. The drug damages the brain. Duterte said the effects of cocaine, the drug of choice by Colombia’s sellers and users, are not as bad.
Last week, Catholic Bishops in the Philippines wrote a letter that was read at church services. The letter called on Catholics to speak out against the violent drug war.
“Let us not allow fear to reign and keep us silent,” the bishops wrote.
Human Rights Watch has been critical of Duterte’s war on drugs. The group says that more than 7,000 Filipinos have been killed in the war on drugs since Duterte became president in June of 2016.
Human Rights Watch has asked for the United Nations to investigate.
Phelim Kine, the Asian director for Human Rights Watch said that “the Philippine police won’t seriously investigate themselves, so the UN should take the lead in conducting an investigation.”
Bruce Alpert reported on this story for VOA Learning English based on reporting by Reuters and other news sources. Ashley Thompson was the editor.
Structure of the Lead：
WHAT- changing his deadly war on drugs
WHEN- not given
WHY- not given
WHERE- Philippine
WHO- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte 
HOW- not given

Keywords:
1.ransom:贖金
2.misconduct :不當的行為
3.methamphetamine:【藥】甲基苯丙胺（比安非他命更強的興奮劑）
4.cocaine:【藥】古柯鹼
5.reign:統治
6.conduct:引導.帶領
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2017年1月4日 星期三

第九週--里約奧運

The 24-year-old Ethiopian swimmer who took the internet by storm has a great attitude about coming in last

By Scott Davis
  • Aug. 10, 2016

  • Ethiopian swimmer Robel Kiros Habte became an Olympic sensation on Tuesday for all the wrong reasons.
    Habte, a 24-year-old who qualified for the Olympics because of a special invitation from the International Swimming Federation to athletes from underrepresented countries, finished with the worst time of 59 swimmers in the 100 freestyle.
    In his three-man heat, Habte — who also gained attention for his physique — finished with a time of 1 minute 4.95 seconds, which was more than 12 seconds behind Thibaut Danho of the Ivory Coast and 13 behind Jhonny Perez Urena of the Dominican Republic. He was 17 seconds slower than Australian leader Kyle Chalmers, who finished in 47.9 seconds.
    Habte was the only swimmer to not complete the event in under a minute.
    He instantly became a fan favorite, drawing (somewhat unfair) comparisons to Eric "the Eel" Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea, who finished with a time of 1:57 in the 2000 Olympics. The crowd began cheering for Habte as he approached the finish while his competition was resting, waiting for him.
  • But if you think Habte is upset by his poor performance, you're wrong. In fact, his upbeat perspective makes the story all the better.
    "I am so happy because it is my first competition in the Olympics," Habte said (via Reuters). "So thanks for God."
    He continued, saying his goal was to stand out from his fellow countrymen.
  • "I wanted to do something different for my country. That's why I chose swimming," Habte said. "Everybody, every day you wake up in Ethiopia, you run. Not swimming. But I didn't want to run. I wanted to be a swimmer. It didn't matter where I finished."
    Habte indeed is enjoying his time in the Olympics. On what appears to be his Facebook page, Habte has been showing off his Olympic experiences, like meeting Ryan Lochte, carrying the Ethiopian flag, and rocking Rio attire in general.
    According to Reuters, Habte "has no plans on competing again, but he will always be an Olympian."

Structure of the Lead：
WHAT- became an Olympic sensation
WHEN-  on Tuesday
WHY- not given
WHERE- not given
WHO-Ethiopian swimmer Robel Kiros Habte
HOW- not given

Keywords:
1.sensation:轟動
2.physique :體型.體格
3.upbeat:樂觀的
4.perspective:觀點.看法
5.rocking:震驚
6.attire:打扮

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