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Beacon Current Affairs 2015
Term 1 Week 8
Who am I?
Names in the news Places in the news
Lim Xiangyun, Samantha Quek, Ernest Tan, Rachel and Samantha (pg3) Taiwan (page12)
Words in the News
(pg3)Refurbishing
SqualorFumigatedRippling
(Pg6)initiative
EncouragePolled
Incentive
(Pg7)ultraviolet light
ExposureIgnorant
Dermatologist
(pg12)Stalled
ClippedHailed
Death toll
Social Media’s wave of kindness (pg3)
A new 2-month campaign called “For a Golden Home” has been started
24 young adults will each organise an event
All proceeds will be donated to charity
If you were to start a charity drive, who would you like to help and why?
How would you go about it?
Eat together to bond together (pg6)
“Meals With My Parents” initiative aims to encourage young people to spend more time with their families
If you eat with your parents and grandparents and post a photo to Instagram, you can get a 10% discount
What activities do your family enjoy together?
Why do you think it is important to spend more time with the family?
Here comes the sun (pg7)
The sun emits invisible rays called ultra-violet (UV) light
Too much exposure to UV light can be bad for you (research on its impact)
There is a special type of bracelet which changes colour when exposed to UV light
How can we protect ourselves better from UV rays?
Taiwan plane crash
On Feb 4, a plane crashed into the Kaelung River in Taiwan
The plane clipped a taxi before crashing into a shallow river
The pilot steered the plane away from the building as it fell and probably save a lot of people
He was hailed as a hero
“Look forward to hearing from all of you on the current affairs blog”
–Mr Ng
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