Today, I decided to act as a news anchor, bringing you some of the most interesting news online for your reading.
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Image from Reuters |
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"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong," Jobs told Isaacson. "I'm going to destroy Android because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go to thermonuclear war on this. They are scared to death because they know they are guilty."
Anti-"Grand Theft Android" remains as Jobs' most critical job to be accomplished after his departure.
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"Why Always Me?" were the words printed on Balotelli's shirt Image from u.goal.com |
Lastly onto football, Manchester United suffered humiliating lost-and-loss as rival Manchester City netted 6 goals to 1 by 4 different players, 2 of which (talented Italian striker Mario Balotelli together with powerful Yugoslavian forward Edin Dzeko) scoring twice. Evans also earned a red card and suspension in the next match.
Man City, numbers can hurt you know?
Vocabulary:
news anchor -- (n) [C] a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.
magnitude -- (n)[U] the large size or importance of something
the Richter scale -- (n)[S] a system used to measure the strength of an earthquake
aftershock -- (n)[C] a sudden movement of the Earth's surface which often follows an earthquakeand which is less violent than the first main movement
death toll -- (n) [C usually singular] the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or an accident
liberation -- (n)[U] when something or someone is released or made free
hinder -- (vb)[T] to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something
biography -- (n) [C or U] the life story of a person written by someone else
accomplish -- (vb)[T] to finish something successfully or to achieve something
setback -- (n)[C] something that happens which delays or prevents a process from advancing
unveil -- (vb) [T] If you unveil something new, you show it or make it known for the first time
Resources:
Turkey earthquake: Desperate search for survivors @ BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15425268
Libya declares "liberation," Gaddafi stays unburied @ Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/24/us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK20111024
Steve Jobs' biography: Google’s Android a "grand theft" of iphone @ Taiwan News
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1740923
Groupon IPO may arrive Nov. 4 @USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/stocks/story/2011-10-21/ipo-market/50885590/1
Investment: Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2011/06/investment-why-groupon-is-poised-for.html
City hammer ten-man United @ Soccernet
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=317936&cc=4716
World Events @ Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/world-events-1316137200-slideshow/competitors-cross-mud-obstacle-during-wild-boar-dirt-photo-185946454.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/magnitude?q=magnitude
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/the-richter-scale?q=Richter+scale+
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/aftershock?q=aftershock
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/death-toll?q=death+toll
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/liberation?q=liberation+
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/liberation?q=liberation+
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/hinder?q=hinder
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/biography?q=biography
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/accomplish#accomplish__3
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/setback?q=setback
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/unveil?q=unveil
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