Leonardo DiCaprio

李奧納多 第四周  

Who:Leonardo DiCaprio 

When:In 1998

Where:Not given

Why:To support organizations and initiatives dedicated to securing a sustainable future for our planet.

How: He created the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor, environmentalist and philanthropist.

In 1998, he created the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to support organizations and initiatives dedicated to securing a sustainable future for our planet. Since that time, Leonardo has built longstanding relationships with some of the great leaders and thinkers on the planet, staying continually engaged and active on the most pressing issues we face – climate change, access to clean water, protecting biodiversity, oceans conservation and disaster relief.

In addition to WWF, Leonardo sits on the board of several organizations dedicated to these issues including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Global Green USA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Over the last 12 years, Leonardo has worked strategically to shift public awareness on key issues.

Through his foundation, Leonardo has produced a number of media projects that communicate the urgency of the issues to the public, including two short web films Water Planet and Global Warning, which have been viewed by people around the world. He dedicated half of his website (www.leonardodicaprio.org) to environmental news and content and is now building his social media channels in an effort to reach the public more directly.

In 2007 (after 4 years of development), he released his first feature length documentary, The 11th Hour, a hard hitting and inspiring film that features over 50 of the worlds leading experts on environmental issues and the exciting solutions that can save our planet and humanity.

DiCaprio is an award-winning actor and a three-time Academy Award® nominee, starring in movies such as Inception, Blood Diamond and the Oscar®-winning Best Picture, The Departed. In addition to his acting work, DiCaprio created his own production company, Appian Way. Under the Appian Way banner, he wrote, produced and narrated the acclaimed environmentally themed documentary The 11th Hour.

Location:http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/leonardo-dicaprio

Key words:

environmentalist: 環保大使

 philanthropist: 慈善家

 oceans conservation: 海洋保護

disaster relief: 賑災

Natural Resources Defense Council : 自然資源保護協會

International Fund for Animal Welfare:國際愛護動物基金會

 Water Planet: 水行星

Global Warning: 全球暖化

Academy Award®: 學院獎

Oscar®: 奧斯卡獎

Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12

Who:Gunmen 
When:Not given 
Where:At French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo 
Why:Not given
How:An apparent militant Islamist attack.

Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack.


Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.


A major police operation is under way to find three gunmen who fled by car.


President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack "of exceptional barbarity".


It is believed to be the deadliest attack in France since 1961, when right-wingers who wanted to keep Algeria French bombed a train, killing 28 people.


The masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with police in the street outside before escaping by car. They later abandoned the car in Rue de Meaux, northern Paris, where they hijacked a second car.


Witnesses said they heard the gunmen shouting "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad" and "God is Great" in Arabic ("Allahu Akbar").


The number of attackers was initially reported to be two, but French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve later said security services were hunting three "criminals". He said that Paris had been placed on the highest alert.


French media have named the three other cartoonists killed in the attack as Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski, as well as Charlie Hebdo contributor and French economist Bernard Maris.


The attack took place during the magazine's daily editorial meeting.
At least four people were critically wounded in the attack.


Location:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883


Key Words:

satirical magazine:諷刺雜誌
barbarity:野蠻
assault rifles:突擊步槍
hijacked:被劫持
Prophet Muhammad:先知穆罕默德
highest alert:最高警戒