News feed：An assault on the vault
【明報專訊】THE Green Vault (綠穹珍寶館) is a museum too extraordinary to behold, let alone taking anything away from it. Located in Dresden, Germany, it is a treasure house of jewels beyond price. But thieves disabled its alarm system by setting fire to the power distributor nearby, thereby grabbing from a showcase about a hundred items, many of which are embedded with diamonds, sapphires (藍寶石) or rubies (紅寶石). (photo.1-2)
A successful sequel
FROZEN II is a huge box-office success, which had its premiere in mid-November. The musical fantasy overtook Minions as the animation with the biggest Hong Kong opening. It remains to be seen whether its soundtrack, which includes Into the Unknown, will stand out as being as famous as Let it Go.
A species of dwarf dinosaurs
Afragmented fossil of a mini dinosaur named Xunmenglong yingliangis (英良迅猛龍) has been unearthed in Hebei, China, dating back to about 120 million years ago. The species was carnivorous. Measuring 30 cm in length, it had a long and flexible neck, a light skull, sharp and curved-edged teeth and strong back legs that allowed it to move fast. (photo.4)
■Gear up
According to the passages on p 1 and p 2, answer the following questions.
(1) The Hospital Authority will subsidise all citizens' private clinic fees. ( True / False / Not given )
(2) The thieves stole the alarm system of the Green Vault. ( True / False / Not given )
(3) Let it Go and Into the Unknown are the two names for the same song. ( True / False / Not given )
(Answers on next text)
■Glossary
sequel (n) 續集
soundtrack (n) 電影原聲專輯
fragmented (adj) 破碎的
carnivorous (adj) 食肉的
[Smarties' Power English 第264期]
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