英語學習筆記

Suu Kyi hails ‘victory of people’

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hailed a “victory of the people” following a declaration by her party that she has won a seat in parliament.

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Nearly one-million people have been evacuated from the coastal regions of China which are being battered by Typhoon Morakot.

Winds of up 119km/h (74mph) destroyed houses and flooded farmland.

Flights were cancelled and fishing boats recalled to shore. A small boy died when a building collapsed.

Michael Jackson has topped the UK album chart and made six new entries in the singles top 40, six years after his last number one.

	by Antony Worrall Thompson from Saturday Kitchen

Ingredients

It used to be that shopping was a fairly simple activity - you went to the supermarket, picked up what you needed, paid for it and left. But in recent years it's become a lot more complicated. Supermarkets in the UK now sell much more than food: you can get your insurance there, pay bills and a variety of other services. In many ways they've become a one-stop shop for lots of life's daily chores. 

You can also get 'rewards' - join up and get a 'loyalty card' and every time you shop you'll get points and discounts. And just when you thought supermarkets couldn't offer anything else, they turned into mini-banks, offering you cash when you shop. Go into any UK supermarket, pay for your shopping, and you're more than likely to be asked if you want 'any cashback with that?'