Week3 - Charlie Hebdo attack

Paris (CNN)Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower went dark Thursday night, hours after silence descended across France for a minute as the nation marked poignant tributes for the 12 people killed in a terrorist attack a day earlier at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.

In the capital, many bowed their heads under umbrellas earlier as the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral tolled across the city.

It was a scene mirrored in towns and cities across France, and elsewhere in Europe, as people honored those who paid with their lives for press freedom.

On Thursday night (2 p.m. ET), lights on the Eiffel Tower were shut off in a somber tribute. Throughout the night, people lit candles, waved banners and paid their respect to the victims at makeshift shrines.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/08/world/france-rally-reaction-charlie-hebdo-attack/index.html

Structure of the Lead: 

who - Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower 

when - Thursday night

what - went dark

why - for the 12 people killed in a terrorist attack a day earlier at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine

where - Paris

how - not given

Keywords:

Cathedral 大教堂

makeshift 臨時代用品；權宜之計[C]

Week2 - National Taichung Theater

National Taichung Theater starts trial operations

• Publication Date：11/24/2014
• Source： Taiwan Today
• President Ma Ying-jeou said Nov. 23 that National Taichung Theater will help attract more performing art groups to Taiwan and boost the country’s cultural profile.
  “The theater is set to become a new landmark on the local cultural and creative landscape,” Ma said during a ceremony marking the commencement of trial operations at the facility in central Taiwan.
  “Along with National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei City and Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts under construction in Kaohsiung City, the facility will help usher in a new era for the performing arts in Taiwan.”
  Taking five years to complete, the NT$4.36 billion (US$141.56 million) project features a beamless design and irregular curved walls. It is the brainchild of Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Toyo Ito from Japan, whose work on the Kaohsiung Main Stadium attracted worldwide praise.
  Covering 57,024 square meters in downtown Taichung, the facility includes a 2,000-seat grand performing hall, an 800-seat theatre and a 200-seat experimental theater. It will officially open to the public in early 2015 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.
  As part of the celebrations, Taichung City Government is staging dance and theater performances, as well as concerts and light shows, at the site.
  The inaugural show was a production of “Cat Man” by traditional opera troupe Ming Hwa Yuan Arts and Cultural Group. It is to be followed by performances of “Don Quixote” by the Paper Windmill Theatre Nov. 27 and 28. (SFC-JSM)
• http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=224373&ctNode=445

Structure of the Lead: 

who - President Ma Ying-jeou

when - not given

what - National Taichung Theater will help attract more performing art groups to Taiwan and boost the country’s cultural profile

why - not given

where - Taiwan

how - not given

Keywords:

commencement 開始，發端

beamless 沒有橫樑的

irregular 不規則的