Week5 曼谷爆炸案

By Kocha Olarn, Jethro Mullen and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN

August 19, 2015

Suspicions focused on one man as investigators picked through the wreckage of the powerful bomb blast that brought death and destruction to a popular shrine in the Thai capital.

Police said Tuesday they are hunting for a suspect seen in CCTV footage who they believe is connected to the bombing, which ripped through crowds gathered near the Erawan Shrine on Monday evening, killing at least 22 people and reportedly injuring about 120.

Related: Bangkok shrine bombing: The search for a motive

In one CCTV image released by police, the man carries a dark-colored backpack near the shrine. In another, he no longer has the backpack. He's wearing a yellow T-shirt and dark-framed glasses.

Royal Thai Police Commissioner Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung said authorities don't yet know the man's identity or whether he is Thai or a foreigner.

At a later news conference, police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri said authorities were "very sure" the man in the yellow shirt was the bomber.


The commissioner said the man sat down at 6:52 p.m. local time (7:52 a.m. ET) Monday and hid the backpack underneath a bench.

Investigators believe he left a pipe bomb.

Related: DFA: Filipina injured in Bangkok bomb blast

The shrine, situated at a bustling intersection near a large shopping mall, is a big draw for tourists. At least seven people from other Asian countries were reported to be among the dead as well as one Briton. The site is popular among Buddhists as well as Hindu and Sikh members of Thailand's Indian community.

After being swarmed with police investigators Tuesday, the shrine reopened to the public Wednesday morning.

Prawut told Thai TV 3's talk show "Joa Khao Den" that tips have led authorities to check out Suvarnabhumi Airport and parts of Chonburi Province, to the southeast of the capital. He didn't specify what information led investigators there.

Police believe the man assembled the bomb in Thailand because many pieces of the explosive device, including the pipe, were made in the country, he said.

"From this incident, it is apparent that there are active individuals or groups that harbor the intention to damage Thailand, who may be pursuing political gain or other intentions by damaging the economy and tourism," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said.

Adding to the jitters, a new explosion was heard Tuesday at a pier on the Chao Phraya River that flows through Bangkok, police told CNN. No injuries were reported and the pier was closed, said Prawut.

The second explosion was caused by the same type of bomb as the earlier one, Prawut told reporters.

Police are looking into the possibility that Tuesday's blast happened when someone on a motorcycle threw a bomb toward the floating pier, he said. The second bomb eventually fell into the water, he said.



http://cnnphilippines.com/world/2015/08/18/Bangkok-shrine-bombing-Thai-police-hunt-for-suspect-seen-in-video.html



Structure of the Lead：
WHO- police
WHAT- Thai police hunt for suspect seen in video

WHEN- Monday evening
WHERE- Bangkok
WHY- Bangkok explosion
HOW- not given

Keywords：
1. suspicion：懷疑,猜疑,嫌疑
2. rip：裂痕,破綻,拉裂,不中用的東西,浪子,巨浪(vi.)拉開,劃開,猛沖(vt.)撕,扯,劈
3. authority： U權,權力;U職權,權限;當局,官方;C權威
4. bench：板凳,條凳,長凳,工作臺;法官席,議員席
5. bustling：(a.)熙熙攘攘的,忙亂的
6. intersection：交集,十字路口,交叉點
7. swarmed：群,大群,蜂群(vi.)群集,聚集一塊,雲集,爬樹(vt.)擠滿,爬(樹)
8. pipe：管,導管,輸送管,管狀器官,聲帶,煙鬥,笛,管樂器(vt.)以管輸送
9. intention：打算,目的,意圖

Week4 美醫師殺獅王

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

October 13, 2015



Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist and big-game hunter who killed Cecil the Lion while on a July hunting expedition, won't face charges in the beloved big cat's death, a Zimbabwean minister said Monday.

There has already been ample publicity surrounding the lion's death, said the country's minister of environment, water and climate, Opa Muchinguri.

"If you talk to him, tell him that tourists are welcome here," she said. "No hunting, though."

Palmer and his family faced threats and saw worldwide protests unfold, including demonstrations outside his Bloomington office after the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reported that Cecil was lured out of Hwange National Park and shot with a compound bow.

Cecil lived another 40 hours until the hunters tracked him down and shot him with a gun, the conservation group said. He was then skinned and beheaded.


The hunters also tried to destroy the GPS collar that Cecil was wearing as part of a research project backed by Oxford University, according to the conservation group.

Palmer said in interviews with The Associated Press andthe Minneapolis Star Tribune that he couldn't see the collar because it was buried beneath Cecil's mane. He also said that it was not illegal to kill a collared lion.

Social media took aim under the hashtag #WalterPalmer. "A poor excuse of a human being," "a killer" and "Satan" were just a few of the Twitter insults hurled in his direction. A Facebook page devoted to shaming Palmer still has more than 17,000 members.

Celebrities such as model Cara Delevingne, actress Alyssa Milano and TV host Sharon Osbourne -- who have a combined total of 8.39 million followers -- joined in as well.

"I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt," Palmer said in a statement in late July. "I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt."

Palmer disappeared for a spell and shuttered his office, River Bluff Dental, as he weathered the storm of criticism and threats. He returned to work last month.

Two Zimbabweans have been charged in the case, and before Monday, officials there had said they wanted Palmer extradited to face charges.

The 55-year-old dentist had indicated that he'd cooperate, although he said he had yet to be contacted by anyone about the investigation.

Cecil's killing apparently was not the first time Palmer landed into trouble while hunting. A man with the same name and age, and from the same town, illegally killed a black bear in Wisconsin several years ago, according to court documents.

That individual pleaded guilty to making false statements knowingly to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and was sentenced to one year on probation and ordered to pay a fine of nearly $3,000, records show.



http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/12/africa/zimbabwe-cecil-lion-walter-palmer-no-charges/index.html



Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Walter Palmer, Lion Cecil
WHAT- Zimbabwe won't press charges against Cecil the Lion's killer

WHEN- on July
WHERE- not given
WHY- not given
HOW- not given

Keywords：
1. expedition：考察,探險;考察隊,探險隊
2. minister：部長,牧師,公使(vi.)服侍,救助,主持聖事
3. demonstration：示威;論証,示範,顯示,展示,演示,表示
4. lure：餌,誘惑(vt.)引誘,誘惑
5. compound：混合物,復合字,院子,復方(a.)復合的,混合的,合成的(vi.)混合,調合
6. behead：(vt.)斬首,砍頭
7. collar：衣領,頸間(vt.)控制,扭住衣領,抓取
8. mane：鬃毛
9. expertise：專家的意見,專門技術
10. extradite：(vt.)引渡,受…引渡
11. document：文檔,公文,文件,文獻;証件,証券;紀錄影片,記實小說(vt.)用文件証明
12. probation：鑒定,查驗,証明,試用,察看,緩刑