三则英语时事摘要
First: Philippine quake leaves 43 dead.（菲律宾地震致使43人死亡）
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake strucked off the coast of the central Philippines on Monday , killed at least 43 people and caused widespread panic. In a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu, which caused buildings to collapse, cracking roads and bridges, and shutting down the power supply. In Cebu city, a popular tourist destination and city of 2.3 million, hotel guests scrambled to higher floors as unfounded rumors that a huge tsunami was bearing down spread by text message. Other people were killed in other parts of Negros which also suffered widespread power outages and cracked roads and bridges, hampering rescue efforts, Patrimonio told reporters. Local residents said there was panic in the countrys second biggest city, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage there.
Two: Britons turn down free cash 英国人“白给现金”都不要
The majority of Brits were so cynical when it came to accepting a genuine offer of goodwill that they turned down free money, research has revealed. Cash was offered by five women who were
wearing a sandwich board that read "Ask me to pay your bus fare and I will" to commuters at busy bus stations up and down the UK but an average of only eight people at each station, out of thousands of bus travellers, took up the offer. After a week there were just 38 people in total across the country accepted the offer. When questioned, the minority said that they unbelieved that. Those who did accept were generally teenagers, suggesting that the older we get, the more cynical of goodwill gestures we become. The research was conducted by Ice, a loyalty scheme which rewards customers with Ice points for spending on eco friendly goods and services. The company teamed up with Arriva UK Bus and Stagecoach Bus to offer free points redeemable against future purchases for customers who book their tickets online.
Three: The tourism industry of China developes fast .中国旅游业发展迅速
The domestic tourism market to enter the explosive growth of average annual travel nearly two times! On Jan13th ,2012 the national tourism work conference held in Guangzhou. China National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei ;a work report Vice Governor Xu Ruisheng attended the meeting and made a speech; Wang Zhifa, deputy director of the China National Tourism Administration issued
presided over the meeting. At present, China has become the host country of the worlds third largest inbound tourism and outbound tourism consumption country, and formed the worlds largest domestic tourism market, tourism industry has entered the popular, a new stage of industrial development.