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Facebook boss apologises in UK and US newspaper ads He said Facebook could have done more to stop millions of users having their data exploited by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica in 2014. political   (adj.) connected with the state, government or public affairs Collocation  adj+n They represented small  political parties . adv+adj When she arrived her country was  in political  crisis. It comes amid reports Facebook was warned its data protection policies were too weak back in 2011. protection   (n.) the condition or state of being kept safe from injury, damage, or loss Collocation  n+prep That meant  protection against  any interference in the institution of slavery. adj+n Her work started the  environmental protection  movement in the United States. Following an audit, the DPC said relying on developers to follow information rules in some cases was no...

Biographies for Kids Stephen Hawking Early Life   Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He grew up in a highly educated family. Both of his parents had attended Oxford University and his father, Frank, was a medical researcher.  Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname "Einstein." He wanted to study math at university but Oxford didn't have a math degree at the time so he chose physics and chemistry instead. Stephen found college coursework to be very easy. He enjoyed being a member of the school's boat club as well as classical music. After graduation, he went to Cambridge to study for his PhD.  Diagnosed with ALS   While Hawking was working on his PhD at Cambridge University, he began to have health issues. His speech became slurred and he became very clumsy, often dropping items or falling for no reason. After going through a series of tests, doctors discovered that Hawking had a disease called ALS ...

society   (noun) [uncountable] people in general, living together in communities examples: Health standards have risen in society at large. He felt isolated from the rest of society . confident (adjective) feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful examples: We feel confident that these results are accurate. They gave a confident prediction that things would improve. balance   (noun) [uncountable, singular] a situation in which different things exist in equal, correct or good amounts examples: Cats have a very good sense of balance . He set his feet wider and adjusted his balance . eager (adjective) very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do examples: They were only too eager to help us. Eager crowds waited outside the stadium. prevention    noun[uncountable] the act of stopping something bad from happening examples: crime prevention strategi...

Hello. My name is Justin. There are 5 people in my family. My brother and sister are older than me. I am the youngest children. I am a sophomore majoring in Department of Information Management at National Taipei University of Business. My favorite fruit is apple. My favorite sport is table tennis. I like to read because it can learn knowledge. I am not good at English, but I hope I could improve my English in this class.