Why facebook will never die

I first heard about a new website for people my age in 2004 when I was a freshman at Indiana University. I was chatting with some friends on AOL Instant Messenger in my dorm room, at the start of a new semester.

“Have you heard of The Facebook?” a couple of them asked. “You should sign up. It’s this new site for college kids.”

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180523-why-facebook-will-never-die

Hawaii’ volcano

Caleb Jones and Andrey Mac Aroy

Kilawea began erupting more than two weeks ago. It has burned dozens of homes, forced people to escape ______ smoke and fire and led officials to distribute face masks to protect against ash particles. Lava flying ______ the air from cracks in the earth can weigh as much as a refrigerator and even small pieces can be lethal. The lava streamed ______ a highway and flowed ______ the ocean. That sent hydrochloric acid with fine glass particles into the air, a process that can lead to lung demage and eye and skin irritation. The highway was closed in some places, and residents in the area have been evacuated.

Adapted from http://apnews.com; May 20, 2018.

Ursula! I whispered

Yes, my darling, she said, without __________ her eyes.

What have you got in your basket? I asked. She opened her

eyes, startled, and looked at me.

What do you mean? she said defensively.

There is something moving in your basket, I said.

Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just a present for somebody. She said.

Adapted from, FERGUSON, Kenneth. Read for Meaning, Comprehension tests for First Certificate. Ed. Evans Brothers, first Published 1975.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

Jeremy Berke

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered an engine failure that smashed a plane window, sucking a passenger halfway out of the plane in midair.

A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday was partially sucked out of a window after an engine exploded in midair.

The flight, traveling from New York to Dallas, was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia, and the passenger — a 43-year-old woman named Jennifer Riordan — died Tuesday at a hospital. It was the first fatality in a US passenger plane accident in nine years.

Passengers on the flight described how, after the explosion sent shrapnel into one of the plane’s windows, Riordan was pulled halfway out of aircraft.

While passengers were able to pull Riordan back into the plane, another passenger was said to have felt “severe pressure” after positioning his back against the opening in the cabin in an attempt to seal it.

When there’s an opening in an airplane during flight (regardless of the cause), the plane will undergo rapid depressurization.

Adapted from http://www.businessinsider.com