/ May 28, 2019 Laptop with Six Viruses Auctioned for Over US$1m . Summary: Lot 666, ‘The Persistence of Chaos’, a masterpiece so magnificent that it can kill: a laptop containing an amalgam of six deadliest computer viruses in history, chaotic and yet orderly, dangerous but also glorious. To think the malware managed to cause roughly US$95 billion (~HK$745 billion) in global economic damages in total, and now it is all securely trapped on this very computer. May it serve as a reminder of how hazardous it can be if malicious software is utilised as a weapon. Someone is bidding $1 million… $1.2 million… more! Any more bids? Once… twice… sold! . Language Enhancement: Bid (n./v.)(出價) Bidder (n.)(出價的人) 到拍賣網站「bid 嘢」，該 bid 的真正意思並非「拍賣」（正確的字是 auction (v.)）而是「出價」，作名詞時的常用搭配是 make/place/put + a bid，作動詞時的搭配則是 bid + $ + for + N.。出價競投的人士是 bidder(s)。 e.g. I don’t think I can beat that bid. The price is simply too high. e.g. This item will go to the highest bidder. ————————————————— 想每日睇新聞🗞，學英文📚🔠？ 快啲 follow @k.e.n.joy 及 bookmark ————————————————— #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #2019dse #2020dse #2021dse #dsefighter #dseenglish #dse2019 #dsefighter #2019dsefighter #2020dsefighter #dseeng #hkdse #hkdseenglish #20190528

/ October 6, 2017 Arson During Mid-Autumn . Summary: Four cases of arson were reported at Mid-Autumn Festival, a time when multiple citizens (mostly teenagers) engage in the hazardous and illegitimate activity “wax boiling”. The authorities are hunting down twenty alleged arsonists, whose misdeeds went out of control and burnt down park facilities. . Language Enhancement: Arson (n.)(縱火) Arsonist (n.)(縱火犯) 縱火是蓄意放火以造成破壞或人命損失的嚴重罪行。由於可使多人傷亡，多國一般都對縱火犯予以重判。注意 arson 是不可數名詞，單指罪行；「縱火案」是 (an) arson attack。「縱火犯人」是 arsonist(s)，「縱火狂徒」則是 serial arsonist(s)。 e.g. The police are putting out a bounty for any information that could lead to the capture of two serial arsonists. e.g. The kindergarten was burnt down in an arson attack caused by a man suffering from antisocial disorder, and it was subsequently abandoned. . #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #dse2018 #dse2019 #dse2020 #dsefighter #dseenglish #2018dse #2019dse #2020dse #20171006