Week 2 : World Cup Germany 2014

World Cup: Germany welcomes conquering heroes home

15 July 2014 Last updated at 12:17

Tens of thousands of German football fans have given a heroes' welcome to the World Cup-winning team in Berlin.

The main celebrations were at the Brandenburg Gate, where players displayed the cup on a large stage while performing an impromptu dance.

Many had gathered since dawn to welcome the players, who touched down from Brazil on Tuesday morning. Huge crowds lined their bus route into the capital.

It was the fourth German cup win and the first since reunification in 1990.

Berlin transformed

The team's 1-0 victory over Argentina in Sunday's final sparked delirious scenes across Germany, culminating in Tuesday's celebrations in central Berlin.

The team arrived in an open-top bus emblazoned with the years they have won the competition - 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.

The BBC's Lucy Hockings in Berlin says there was a carnival atmosphere in the city, with thousands taking the day off to witness the spectacle even though Tuesday is not officially a holiday.

Speaking on the stage near the Brandenburg Gate, coach Joachim Loew paid tribute to his team and the German people for their part in its victory.

"For our sakes the fans suffered with us. They were nervous with us. In the end they cheered with us. Without you we would not be here," he said.

Mario Goetze, the man who scored the winning goal on Sunday, said the experience of winning the cup was "dreamlike".

Earlier fans gathered on a viewing stage at Tegel airport to witness the arrival of the plane, a Lufthansa jet rebranded "Fanhansa" for the team.

"This is a historic event," 34-year-old supporter Bernd Hesse told AFP news agency.

He said that fans of the team had waited 24 years for a German World Cup victory.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28306321

Structure of the Lead：

 WHO-Germany fans

   WHEN-2014.7.14

   WHAT-many people had gathered to welcome the players

   WHY-Germany won World Cup 2014

   WHERE-at the Brandenburg Gate

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

        1. impromptu :即興的

      2.      reunification : 重新統一

      3.      delirious :發狂的

      4.      emblazoned : 紋飾

      

Week 1:Ukraine crisis

Pro-Europe parties leading in Ukraine parliament election


Two pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact tough reforms shared the lead after a parliamentary election, according to partial results released yesterday.

With more than half the votes counted, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Popular Front was leading with 21.6 percent of the vote, while Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party had captured 21.5 percent.

Poroshenko said after Sunday’s election that he wanted Western-oriented parties to quickly form a broad reformist coalition.

Interfax-Ukraine cited Yuriy Lutsenko, a leading figure in the Poroshenko bloc, as saying the draft coalition agreement would be published later yesterday.

A pro-European party based in western Ukraine called Samopomich was running third with about 11 percent of the vote.

Sunday’s vote overhauls a parliament once dominated by loyalists of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who sparked months of protests that caused his ouster in February with a decision to deepen ties with Russia instead of the EU.


http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/10/28/2003603090



 Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-not given

   WHEN-yesterday

   WHAT-Two pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact tough reforms shared the lead after a parliamentary election

   WHY-not given

   WHERE-not given

   HOW- according to partial results released

  Keywords ：
     1.coalition：聯盟
     2.overhaul：大修
     3.draft：醞釀中的
     4.capture：獲得
     5.cite：表彰
     6.ouster：放逐