Beacon Current Affairs Term1 Week 2

Who am I?

Names in the News Places in the News

Jason Chee (pg2)World Wildlife Fund

(pg9)Shoichi Yokoi (pg17)

Guam (pg17)Japan (pg17)

Pacific Ocean (pg17)

Words in the News

(Pg2)Donations

FaultyObject

Delicacy

(pg17)Remote

DetectionSolitude

Repatriated

Help for injured

Singaporean Jason Chee lost

both legs and left arm in an accident

Currently still in hospital

$400,000 raised for him

Outrage over Shark’s Fin

Shark’s Fin considered a delicacy

73 million sharks killed every year

Subject to unnecessary suffering

Jungle Survivor

Japanese soldier found in Guam

Hiding since WW2

Too ashamed to surrender

Discussion Topics1. Do you think there is anything wrong with

people killing sharks for their fins?

2. What do you think of the Japanese soldier who spent 28 years hiding in the forest?

This week in history…

The first Frisbee was produced