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Beacon Current Affairs 2014

Who are we?

Names in the news Places in the news

The YOG athletes (pg8-9) Nanjing, China (pg7)!West Africa (pg19)

Words in the News

(pg4)!attrition rate!

commensurate!intermediate!recognition

(Pg7)!fiesta!

contingent!brainchild!spruced

(Pg18)!herbivorous!

continent!gut!

rudimentary

(pg19)!symptoms!

remote!vaccine!

fatality rate

Step forward to care for the sick (pg4)❖ Nurses in the public sector will

be given pay rises and better career progression!

❖ This is to attract more people to work as nurses!

❖ We need 1400 extra nurses every year!

❖ We are hiring only 1100 nurses annually!

❖ Would you become a nurse? Why or why not?

What is the YOG? (pg7)❖ The Summer Youth Olympic

Games is held this year from 16 - 28 August !

❖ Held in Nanjing, China!❖ Singapore has sent 18 youths to

take part in events like diving and gymnastics!

❖ The third Summer YOG will be held in Argentina!

❖ Read pg 8-9 to find out more about the youths representing Singapore in the YOG

Dino-titans (pg18)❖ Sauropods are large, four-legged

and herbivorous animals!❖ They lived during the Cretaceous

period - about 140 million years ago!❖ Can grow up to 18m high and 34 m

long!❖ Weighs up to 100 tonnes (10 times of

an elephant)!❖ Long neck, small brain, long tail!❖ Find out some more facts about this

curious dinosaur and share them in the comments section below!

Learn the facts about Ebola (p10)

❖ A rare disease that can lead to death (90% fatality rate)!

❖ Spread by close contact with an infected human or animal!

❖ No known cure or vaccine for the disease!

❖ Read on to find out how Singapore’s Ministry of Health is doing as precautions

-Mr Ng

Look forward to hearing from all of you on the Current Affairs Blog :)