描述人物?

性格 personality

 正面:
positive  積極的
generous  慷慨的
sweet  貼心的
humorous  幽默的
cheerful  開朗的
friendly  友善的
intelligent  聰明的
carefree  無憂無慮的

 負面:
agressive  好鬥的
mean  刻薄的
selfish  自私的
rude  粗魯無禮的
arrogant  傲慢自大的
flaky  瘋瘋癲癲的
careless  粗心的
stubborn  固執的

Death Fog 死亡迷霧

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By Michelle Adams

Two years before the Lake Nyos deaths, thirty-seven people died in a fog next to another lake in the area. An Icelandic scientist discovered a strange layer of CO2 at the bottom of that lake. Most lake water has CO2, but it gets pushed to the surface in safe quantities throughout the year. This lake’s water didn’t move around, though, and the gas built up. The Icelandic scientist believed that something disturbed the CO2 layer and caused a lot of it escape all at once. In high concentrations, CO2 is deadly.

 

Kling had found his answer. The burns on the people were actually frostbite from the very cold gas. In addition, a landslide had recently pushed rocks into the lake. Kling believes that caused CO2 to rise and flow out of Lake Nyos like a fog.

 

By looking at a mystery with a scientific eye, the real story can often be revealed. Through research, Kling was able to solve a mystery that seemed almost supernatural. As a result, the government put pipes into the lake suck out the CO2 gas. Other crater lakes in the area are now being watched to make sure the death fog never happens again.

disturb (v.) to interrupt what someone is doingconcentration (n.)a large number or amount of something in the same place landslide (n.)when rocks and soil slide down a mountain or hill mystery (n.)something strange or unknown that cannot be explained or understood reveal (v.)to give someone a piece of information that is surprising or that was previously secret suck (v.)Something which sucks a liquid or an object in a particular direction pulls it with great force

Reference:
Live互動英語雜誌 3月號

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Death Fog 死亡迷霧

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By Michelle Adams 

On August 21, 1986, nearly 2,000 people in a small corner of Cameroon died in one night. Birds fell from the sky, and cattle dropped dead in the fields. The few survivors from the area had strange burns on their skin and described seeing a fog rolling off the lake. What was this death fog, and could it happen again?

 

Scientists from all over the world assembled in the area to discover what caused this tragedy. By examining the bodies and talking with survivors, many of the scientists jumped to the conclusion that a volcanic eruption was the cause. After all, the whole area is coved with old volcanic craters which now hold lakes. They thought that the volcano under nearby Lake Nyos erupted and pushed super-hot, deadly gas into the surrounding villages.

 

One scientist, George Kling, was not convinced. He pointed out that the lake, with a smooth bottom and cold water, showed no sign of recent volcanic activity. In addition, this situation was eerily familiar. He remembered that a similar incident happened two years earlier and only ninety-seven kilometers away. Were the Lake Nyos villagers victims of the same killer?   

To be continued......

 
survivors (n.)a person who continues to live, despite nearly dying
assemble (v.)to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group
surround (v.)to be everywhere around something
(surrounding (adj.))
convince (v.)to persuade someone or make them certainincident (n.)an event which is either unpleasant or unusual



Reference:
Live互動英語雜誌 3月號

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Kung Hei Fat Choy!! 齊來學新年英語

新正頭都差唔多過左一半，唔知大家有無食左好多賀年食物呢?又唔知大家知唔知佢地既英文名呢?

團圓飯 - Family reunion dinner 
年夜飯 - The dinner on New Year‘s Eve 
年糕 - Rice cake (pudding); New Year cake(pudding); Nian Gao 
蘿蔔糕 - Turnip Pudding
芋頭糕 - Taro Pudding
餃子 - Chinese dumpling
湯圓 - (Sesame/Peanut) Glutinous rice ball; Tang yuan
八寶飯 - Eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盤 - Candy tray
瓜子 - Melon seed
什錦糖 - Assorted candies 糖冬瓜 - Sweetened winter melon
糖蓮子 - Sweetened lotus seed
糖藕 - Sweetened lotus root
糖馬蹄 - Water Chestnut
糖椰絲 - Coconut Slice
煎堆 - Sesame Ball
笑口棗 - Sesame Cookies
油角 - Crispy Triangle
金桔 - Cumquat 紅棗 - Chinese Red date
花生糖 - Peanut candy

By Kay

References:
http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=7007022101347