The newly appointed任命, 委派 Italian culture minister, Dario Franceschini, is already facing a huge challenge: how to save one of the world's most treasured珍貴的 archaeological考古 sites.
He's summoned招喚 officials from Pompeii to Rome to report on the state of the site, and explain why the wall of a tomb墓 and part of an arch of the Temple of Venus fell down after days of heavy rain this weekend.
This is not the first time that the site has suffered damage. There was an international outcry in 2010 after a series of wall collapses坍塌 in Pompeii. The ancient古老的 city was completely buried in ash in 79 AD after a volcanic eruption爆發, and rediscovered重新發現 in the 18th Century.
Critics say that, having survived for two millennia千, one of Italy's most popular attractions吸引力 is now being neglected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140303_witn_pompeii.shtml
8.5.14
4.5.14
Another side to Mogadishu
On the walls of a London gallery hang photographs that tell an altogether完全 different story of Mogadishu. The images, most of which have never before been seen in public, show the compact Arab-style Mogadishu of the thirteenth century. The elegant優雅 white Italian colonial buildings that gave it the name 'The Pearl of the Indian Ocean'. The stark socialist structures of the sixties and seventies.
The Somali architect, Rashid Ali, put together the exhibition. He is worried that the current rebuilding of the city, after the return of a degree of stability, will destroy forever what remains of its past…
Rashid Ali, architect:
When this transformation is not based on a kind of a knowledge and without any policies, it's very easy for these buildings to be entirely demolished拆除. My point of view is that these buildings should be preserved保存 and not destroyed at all because they are really important to the country's history.
As well as the photographs and videos in the exhibition, there's an architectural model built by Rashid Ali…
Rashid Ali, architect:
I see culture as a tool for revitalising振興 and rehabilitating修復 the city so this is what I call a miniature微型 city, which is a cultural hub中心 essentially… Artists' studio spaces, there's a library, there's a small cinema, there's a cafe, there's a book shop. It sits on top of a hillside山坡, so you can overlook Hamar Weyne which is the old city and look at the Indian Ocean.
It's as yet unclear whether Mr Ali's dream of a cultural centre for Mogadishu will become a reality. Or whether what remains of the city's past will be preserved. But this exhibition makes clear that Mogadishu has the potential to be a great African city, especially if its architectural past can be included in its future.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140307_witn_mogadishu_art.shtml
3.5.14
Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey
Late at night here in Istanbul, the city's internet users suddenly faced the same problem: none of us could get onto Twitter.
The apparent blocking of the website is dramatic, but not surprising. Hours before the site went down, Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan mocked嘲笑 Twitter at a public rallyg示威. He promised to "wipe out"消滅 the site in this country. "The international community can say this or that, I don't care at all," he warned.
The Tu, many of whose officials are regular Twitter users, complained that the website failed to implement court rulings法院裁決 ordering the removal of various links. Those links are thought to be alleged recordings of the prime minister's private phone conversations. The recordings have been widely circulated流傳的 on Twitter - many internet users believe that conversations reveal揭示, 表明, 流露 evidence of corruption腐敗.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140321_witn_twitter_turkey.shtml
The apparent blocking of the website is dramatic, but not surprising. Hours before the site went down, Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan mocked嘲笑 Twitter at a public rallyg示威. He promised to "wipe out"消滅 the site in this country. "The international community can say this or that, I don't care at all," he warned.
The Tu, many of whose officials are regular Twitter users, complained that the website failed to implement court rulings法院裁決 ordering the removal of various links. Those links are thought to be alleged recordings of the prime minister's private phone conversations. The recordings have been widely circulated流傳的 on Twitter - many internet users believe that conversations reveal揭示, 表明, 流露 evidence of corruption腐敗.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140321_witn_twitter_turkey.shtml
2.5.14
Twins meet after 78 years apart
It was an emotional reunion團圓.
Elizabeth Hamel and Ann Hunt, twins:
Oh, how lovely to see you in the flesh真實的.
Ann grew up never knowing she had a twin. Elizabeth stayed with her mother, who was in domestic國內的, 家庭的 service and could afford to bring up only one child. It wasn't until last year, with the women in their late 70s, that Ann discovered she had a twin sister, now living in America.
Ann Hunt:
You're meeting someone in the flesh for the first time, and you know that you've been in the womb子宮 together for eight months.
The sisters have agreed to take part in a research programme looking into the lives of reunited twins. Dr Nancy Segal is the director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University.
Dr Nancy Segal:
We want to get a comprehensive全面的 overview of their lives, their abilities, their interests and really put it all together as an important case study, because this is the world's longest-separated pair of twins.
Ann and Elizabeth plan to spend some time together. They have two lifetimes of memories to share, and new families to get to know.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/05/140502_witn_twins.shtml
Elizabeth Hamel and Ann Hunt, twins:
Oh, how lovely to see you in the flesh真實的.
Ann grew up never knowing she had a twin. Elizabeth stayed with her mother, who was in domestic國內的, 家庭的 service and could afford to bring up only one child. It wasn't until last year, with the women in their late 70s, that Ann discovered she had a twin sister, now living in America.
Ann Hunt:
You're meeting someone in the flesh for the first time, and you know that you've been in the womb子宮 together for eight months.
The sisters have agreed to take part in a research programme looking into the lives of reunited twins. Dr Nancy Segal is the director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University.
Dr Nancy Segal:
We want to get a comprehensive全面的 overview of their lives, their abilities, their interests and really put it all together as an important case study, because this is the world's longest-separated pair of twins.
Ann and Elizabeth plan to spend some time together. They have two lifetimes of memories to share, and new families to get to know.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/05/140502_witn_twins.shtml
1.5.14
US created 'Cuban Twitter'
ZunZuneo was popular here in Cuba. The service provided news - on sport and culture in particular - straight to subscribers用戶' mobile telephones. But users had no idea they were signing up to a programme created in the United States.
Funded by the US government development agency USAID, ZunZuneo targeted young Cubans in particular. Ultimately最終的, the goal was to send political messages via the network, aimed at provoking鼓舞 a 'Cuban Spring'.
But users told the BBC that the service ended abruptly突然地 over a year ago, before they received any kind of political content內容. Confirming that the project did indeed exist, the White House called ZunZuneo a 'development' programme, intended to help the 'free flow' of information.
But the US has a long history of trying to provoke regime change改朝換代 in Havana: starting with assassination暗殺 plots against Fidel Castro - then a trade embargo禁運 - and more recently, high-tech projects like this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/04/140404_witn_cuba.shtml
Funded by the US government development agency USAID, ZunZuneo targeted young Cubans in particular. Ultimately最終的, the goal was to send political messages via the network, aimed at provoking鼓舞 a 'Cuban Spring'.
But users told the BBC that the service ended abruptly突然地 over a year ago, before they received any kind of political content內容. Confirming that the project did indeed exist, the White House called ZunZuneo a 'development' programme, intended to help the 'free flow' of information.
But the US has a long history of trying to provoke regime change改朝換代 in Havana: starting with assassination暗殺 plots against Fidel Castro - then a trade embargo禁運 - and more recently, high-tech projects like this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/04/140404_witn_cuba.shtml
Beginning of the end for Japanese whaling?
It wasn't much of a homecoming: family and friends on the dockside碼頭. The crews waved back and then unloaded their cargo貨物 of whale meat. It could be the last one for some time from the waters off the Antarctic.
Japan has cancelled next year's hunt after the International Court of Justice said it was illegal. Australia and New Zealand convinced the judges that Japan was not catching whales for scientific research, as it had claimed - to get round a worldwide ban on whaling.
Those welcoming home the flotilla艦隊 were glum陰沈的, 悲傷的. One official bowed鞠躬 in apology. "People don't understand Japanese ways," said this man.
The captain from one of the returning ships said he hoped he'd someday return to the Antarctic. But next year will be the first time in 25 years that Japan has not hunted whales in the Southern Ocean.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/04/140407_witn_whaling_story.shtml
Japan has cancelled next year's hunt after the International Court of Justice said it was illegal. Australia and New Zealand convinced the judges that Japan was not catching whales for scientific research, as it had claimed - to get round a worldwide ban on whaling.
Those welcoming home the flotilla艦隊 were glum陰沈的, 悲傷的. One official bowed鞠躬 in apology. "People don't understand Japanese ways," said this man.
The captain from one of the returning ships said he hoped he'd someday return to the Antarctic. But next year will be the first time in 25 years that Japan has not hunted whales in the Southern Ocean.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/04/140407_witn_whaling_story.shtml
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