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Local tycoon’s wife, son freed by kidnappers (Taipei Times) The wife and son of Huang Ching-fu, director of Taiwan Pineapple Corp., were released by kidnappers Thursday night after NT$21 million in ransom was paid, police said yesterday.

1. Taiwan Pineapple Corp.,台鳳公司 2. were released被釋放 3. kidnappers綁匪 4. million 百萬 5. ransom贖金 警方昨天說，星期四晚上台鳳公司董事Huang Ching- fu的夫人和兒子，在 付清了兩千一百萬的贖金後，已被釋放了。

An ROC Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed yesterday into the sea off the coast of Hsinchu, northwestern Taiwan, leaving a pilot dead and the other missing. 1. Air Force空軍 2. mirage幻象 3. off the coast海岸外

4. pilot飛行員 5. missing失蹤 一架中華民國空軍幻象2000-5型的噴射戰鬥機，昨天在台灣西北部的新竹外海墜毀了，一名飛行員遇難，另一名則失蹤。

Cuba wins 7th straight World Cup, Taiwan grabs bronze (China Post) Cuba has done it once again. Castro’s boys of summer have won the international version of the Fall Classic, beating the United States yesterday 5-3 at a packed Tienmu Stadium to win it all at this year’s 34th Baseball World Cup.

1. international version國際版面 2. the Fall Classic秋季盃 3. the United States美國 4. Stadium棒球場 5. Baseball World Cup棒球世界盃 古巴又辦到了。卡斯楚的青少棒贏得了秋季盃的國際版面。在擠滿人的天母棒球場以5-3的比數，擊敗美國，贏得了今年第34屆的棒球世界盃。

Explosion at illegal fireworks factory claims lives of six (Taipei Times) Six people including a child were killed by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory yesterday in southern Tainan County, according to reports last night.

1. explosion爆炸 2. fireworks factory爆竹工廠 3. Tainan County台南縣 4. according to依照 根據昨晚報導，昨天在南部的台南縣，一家非法的爆竹工廠爆炸，有六個人包含一個小孩被炸死了。

British embassy stays closed The visa section of the British embassy in Beijing remained closed for a third day yesterday while further tests were carried out on powder found in a suspicious package, a British official said. 1. visa section簽證組 2. the British embassy英國大使館

3. in Beijing在北京 4. remained closed仍然關閉 5. further tests更進一步的測試 6. carried out執行 7. powder粉末 8. a suspicious package一個可疑的行李 一個英國的官員說，針對一個可疑的行李中所發現的粉末，作更進一步的測試期間，在北京的英國大使館簽證組，至昨天已關門第三天。

HSBC Taiwan names new CEO (Taipei Times) The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Limited has appointed Paul Leech as executive officer of HSBC in Taiwan, effective March 1, 2002.Leech will succeed Stuart Davis, the current chief executive officer Of HSBC in Taiwan, who will become CEO of HSBC Bank Australia Limited in March.

1. Hong Kong香港 2. has appointed已任命 3. effective生效 4. succeed接任 5. the current chief executive officer 現任執 行長 匯豐銀行已任命Paul Leech為台灣執行，並自2002年3月1日生效，Leech將自現任台灣執行長Stuart Davis手中接下職位，而Stuart Davis則即將成為澳洲執行長。

Lantern Festival at Parkview Hotel Parkview Hotel Hualien will be featuring a Chinese Lantern Festival Party at the hotel’s outdoor swimming pool. All inhouse guests will receive a Chinese Lantern (one per room). Diners at any of the hotel’s restaurant outlets on Feb. 26 will receive a Chinese Lantern per table.

1. Parkview Hotel美崙大飯店 2. Hualien花蓮 3. Lantern Festival元宵節 4. outdoor swimming pool戶外游泳池 5. inhouse guests住房客人 6. lantern燈籠 7. per room每房 8. outlet 出口

花蓮美崙大飯店將在飯店之戶外游泳池，舉辦一個以元宵節為主題之party。 所有住房客人都能拿到一個燈籠（每房一個）。2月26日在飯店用餐者，每桌可在出口處得到一個燈籠。

Meteorologists at the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) yesterday said, affected by latest wave of cold front, the chilly and damp weather is likely to stick around for a good part of today.

1. Meteorologists氣象專家 2. the Central Weather Bureau中央 氣象局 3. latest wave最新一波 4. cold front冷鋒 5. chilly and damp weather 又冷又溼的天氣

6. stick around徘徊，逗留 7. for a good part of today 今天大部分時間 中央氣象局之氣象專家昨天說，因受到最近一波的冷鋒影響，今天大部分的時間，又冷又溼的天氣很可能繼續逗留。