Pretoria, South Africa - Thamsanqa Jantjie (34) was accused of masquering as sign-language interpreter during Nelson Mandela 's memorial servisse, he stood beside President Obama and other global dignitaries and gesticulated in gibberish, told interviewers that he was a violence-prone schizophrenic and had seen angels descending in the stadium where the event was held. The assertions by the man added anothe bizarre turn to a story that has raised questions about the security at the memorial ceremony, and spread a pall of distraction and embarassament over one of South Africa 's most solemn moments. With Mr. Mandela lying in state here for a second day as thousands waited in line to pay their final respects, the government found itself unable to explain Mr. Jantjie's selection for the job, admitted it had paid a bargain rate for his services and asserted that the company that supplied him had vanished into thin air. At the national memorial for Mr. Mandela, Mr. Jantjie stood close to center-stage on the podium, clad in a dark suit, with a blue security lanyard bearing the words "state funeral" around his neck, gesticulating in what was supposed to be sign language for the deaf. The audience in the 93.000-seat stadium and hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world followed the event and his part in it. However, as a procession of leaders from Mr. Obama to Ban K-Moon, the United Nations secretary general, to President Jacob G. Zuma of South Africa delivered their eulogies, Mr. Jantje's mind was turmoil with visions and hallucinations, he said on Thrusday. What happened that day, I see angels come to the stadium, " he told the Associated Press. Later on he defended himself: "I think that I've been a Champion of sign language, "he said, describing himself as "a patient receiving treatment in schizophrenia." "However, there was no immediate medical corroboration that Mr. Jantjie was schizophrenic. (Adapted from the article written by NICHOLAS KULISH, JOHN ELIGON and ALAN COWELL for the New York Times) 1) According to the text, which of the alternatives below is correct ?A) Doctors have attested that Mr. Jantje is schizophrenic.B) Mr. Jantje's confusing performance caused turmoil during memorial, many people panicked and the situation became dangerous.C) It is nuclear how Mr. Jantje got the job as na interpreter.D) Mr. Jantje apologized for not providing a professional interpreter servisse regarding sign language.
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Read the paragraphs below extracted from "How to give a killer presentation" by Chris Anderson (Source: Haward Business Review) and the answer the next four questions. "A little more tha a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12 year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His Family raises livestock on the edge of a vastion park, and one of the biggest challenges is protecting the animals form lions - especially at night Richard had noticed that placing lamps in a field didn't deter lion attacks, but he'd been interested in electronics, teaching himself by for example, taking apart his parent's radio. He used that experience to devise a system of lights that would turn on and off in sequence - using solar panels, a car battery an a motorcycle indicator box - and thereby create a sense of movement that he hoped would scare off the lions. He installed the lights, and the lions stopped attacking. Soon villages elsewhere in Kenya began installing Richard's "lion lights". The story was inspiring and worthy of the broader audience that our TED conference could offer, but on the surface, Richard seemed an unlikely candidate to give a TED talk. He was painfully shy. His English was halting. When he tried to describe his invention, the sentences tumbled out incoherently. And frankly, it was hard to imagine a pretenager standing on a stage in front of 1,400 people accostumed to hearing from polished speakers such as Bill Gates, Sir teen Robinson, and Jill Bolte Taylor. But Richard's story was so compelling that we invited him to speak. In the months before the 2013 conference, we worked with him to frame his story - to find the right place to begin, and to develop a succint and logical arc of events. On the back of this inventation Richard had won a scholarship to one of Kenya's best schools, and there he had the dance to pratice the talk several times in front of a live audience. It was critical that he build his confidence to the point where is personally could shine through whe he finally gave his talk at TED, in long beach, you could tell he was nervous, but that only made him more engaging - people were hanging on his every word. The confidence was there, and every time Richard smiled, the audience melted when be finished, the response was instanteneous: a sustained stading avation. Based on their experience, I am convinced that giving a good talk is highly coachable. In a matter of hours, a speaker's content and delivery can be transformed from muddled to mesmerizing. And while my team's experience has focused on TED's 18 minutes or shorter format the lessons we've learned are rurely useful to others presenters - whether it's a CEO doing an IPO road show, a brand manager unvelling a new product or start-up pitching to VCs." 1) According to text about presentation, Richard received some coaching and only the made his presentation at TED Long Beach. What can be said about his presentation? A) The presentation was poor. Richard was nervous and audience board. B)Richard killed the topic, the presentation and the audience, as he was nervous, his voice faltered and his English was awful C)The presentation was so had, that some people were standing to go away and then it was suspended. D) The presentation was a success - people ever applauded. 2) Read the text presentations. According to the text, which of the alternatives below is correct? A) The autor chose that title to show a boy who had a brillant idea ( and "killed" a serious problem), but who also "killed" his own presentation due to several reasons (also mentioned in the text). B) Making a killer presentation is a privilegie of few fortune people such as Bill Gates, Sir Kin Robinson, and Jull Bolte Taylor. C)Give the right coaching a presentation can become a killer. D)The author is criticizing the boy. After all, he (the boy) had a killer idea, but also killed and presentation - as well as the audience.
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Read the following extracts were taken from a article from St. Louis Today. The lady in accounting at Schunuck's headquarters in Maryland Heights quictly pocketed small sums that, over three years, added up to more than $111,000, authorities said. A felony theft charge was field earlier this month. While the alleged theft was brazen-most bank robbers could only hope for such a haul - the case was merely the latest in a series of embezzment across the St. Louis Region. As prosecutors prepared to file charges in the Schunucks case, St. Louis County governement officials were untangling how a manager in the health department allegedly pilfered $ 3,4 million in public funds over six years. That same day, a former town supervisor in tiny Moro in Madison County pleaded guilty to writing small checks to himself for "office expenses" that totaled more than $750.000 over a decade. Also, a former Edwardswille police chief was sentenced for stealing $ 138,000 Worth of vehicle impound fees over a three-year-span. Other high-profile cases have emerged in the last month, too, such as two St. Louis parks workers admitting last month they used shan invoices to steal more than $ 460, 000 over eight years. The former town supervisor in tiny México in Madison County pleaded guilty to writing small checks to himself for "office expenses" that totalled more than $750,000 over a decade. It means that. A)He stopped doing that B) He acknowledged doing that C)He denied doing that D)He confessed he had a partner in crime.
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