week2-Sewol

Tycoon linked to ‘Sewol’ disaster mourned at funeral

Mon, Sep 01, 2014 - Page 5

Reuters, SEOUL

Family and church members mourned at a private funeral on Saturday a South Korean businessman linked to a ferry that sank in April killing hundreds of children, though his death remains shrouded in mystery.

Yoo Byung-un, 73, was found dead in a plum orchard in June, but his body was not identified for more than a month, despite him being wanted in connection with the sinking of the Sewol ferry, with 476 passengers and crew onboard.

About 300 people drowned in South Korea’s worst maritime accident in decades, while 172 survived.

Most of the people killed were children on a school trip. The tragedy caused an outpouring of nationwide grief, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s government was heavily criticized over what many called an ineffective response to the disaster.

Yoo was the head of the family who owned the ferry operator’s holding company. He was accused of a range of questionable activities, including embezzlement and negligence that prosecutors believe led to the ferry disaster.

The coffin holding his body was brought to a sprawling rural compound of the Evangelical Baptist Church about 80km south of Seoul, as church members streamed in to attend the two-day funeral service.

The service was closed to outsiders and the media. The interment took place yesterday.

“He will be buried on a mountain inside the complex, which will be [a] 5-10 minute walk from his father-in-law’s grave,” said Lee Tae-jong, a church official.

Yoo cofounded the church, along with his future father-in-law.

“Yoo was our mentor who taught about the Bible and loved nature and our country. I feel so sad to see him becoming feed for maggots,” a church member said, requesting anonymity. “There will be a judgement by God some day.”

The Sewol capsized and sank after trying to make a sharp turn while on a routine journey from Incheon on the mainland to an island near the southwestern coast. It was later found to be structurally defective and overloaded.

Yoo’s wife, brothers and oldest son have been arrested on charges including embezzlement, but were granted temporary release from detention so that they could attend the funeral.

Structure of the Lead：

WHO- Yoo Byung-un

WHEN- Mon, Sep 01, 2014

WHAT- Yoo Byung-un was found dead in a plum orchard

WHY- He linked to a ferry that sank in April killing hundreds of children, though his death remains shrouded in mystery.

WHERER- South Korean

HOW- not given

Keywords：

1.mourned:悲傷，悲歎 

2.funeral:喪葬,葬禮

3.shroud:用裹屍布覆蓋

4.maritime:海的，海上的

5.outpouring:瀉出，流出

6.prosecutor: 起訴人，告發人，檢舉人

7. capsize: 傾覆，(使)翻轉

8. structurally: 構造上的

week1-Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher’s ashes laid to rest in London

Mon, Sep 30, 2013 - Page 6

AFP, LONDON

 The ashes of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher were laid to rest alongside the remains of her late husband Denis in London on Saturday, at a military nursing home she had long supported.

An oak casket containing the ashes of the “Iron Lady,” who died in April after suffering a stroke at the age of 87, was placed in the leafy grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea nursing home beside those of Denis, who died in 2003.

In power between 1979 and 1990, the former Conservative leader was Britain’s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century and its only female minister to date.

A plaque bearing the simple inscription “Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013” was placed over her final resting place.

Thatcher’s twin children Mark and Carol, 60, were among the small group of mourners who gathered for a private service at the nursing home’s chapel.

They were joined by Tim Bell, who masterminded her three successful general election campaigns, and Cynthia Crawford, her loyal personal assistant for more than three decades.

A dozen Chelsea Pensioners — army veterans who live at the historic retirement home in central London — formed a guard of honor, dressed in their distinctive scarlet coats.

Mark, his wife Sarah and Carol took it in turns to place a single red rose alongside the casket.

Thatcher was a long-standing supporter of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which in 2009 opened a state-of-the-art care home named in her honor, the Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.

The hospital was founded in 1682 to provide former soldiers with a suitable place to spend their retirement.

Thatcher’s death on April 8 sparked heated debate over her legacy, with supporters arguing that her radical free-market reforms saved Britain from economic decline, but critics saying they left millions of people jobless and created a culture of greed. She was cremated after her ceremonial funeral on April 17, which was attended by leaders from around the world.

Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of London on her funeral day to pay their respects as Thatcher’s horse-drawn coffin made its way to St Paul’s Cathedral.

However, several hundred demonstrators turned their backs and booed as the cortege passed, in protest at her legacy and the ￡3.6 million (US$2.5 million) public cost of the funeral.

Some of her critics also held parties across Britain to celebrate her death.

Thatcher’s family met the costs of her interment at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

There were no protests at the interment, which was not publicized.

Structure of the Lead：

WHO--Margaret Thatcher

WHEN-Mon, Sep 30, 2013

 WHAT-a prime minister died

WHY- suffering a stroke at the age of 87  

WHEREr-not given

HOW-not given

 

Keywords：

1.ashes:灰燼
2.prime minister:首相,總理
3. alongside:與…並排,在…旁邊
4. inscription:題字,碑銘
5. mastermind:指導,主持,策劃
6. distinctive:區別性的,鑒別性的,有特色的
7. infirmary:醫院,醫務室

8. debate:爭論,辯論

9. horse-drawn:馬拉的(車)

10.coffi:棺材,靈柩

11. boo:譏笑

12. interment:埋葬,土葬