hotline, reunited, old boy, reunion, unification, Time Leaps by Decades

In China, High-Tech Reunions
Internet, Hotlines Help Earthquake Survivors Find Relatives
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)A 13-year-old golden retriever was so excited to be reunited with her soldier owner after three months that the dog seemed to cry.
Nearly deaf dog overwhelmed by sight of soldier owner who returned home after 3 months: abcn.ws/1SNXLMX

作者指出，談到統一，許多人在英文使用「reunification」（重新統一），台灣人則偏好使用「unification」，兩個字母的差別卻有很大差異，因為中國共產黨從未擁有台灣主權或行使統治權。當習近平使用「分離主義」字眼時，就在暗示是台灣離開了中國，他也說絕不再讓國家分裂的歷史悲劇再度發生。



Rituals
The College Reunion, Where Time Leaps by Decades 

中央社フォーカス台湾 両岸ホットライン (Hotline)中国大陸が「不在」理由に台湾との通話拒否 中央社フォーカス台湾 ... （台北 19日 中央社）中国大陸と西アフリカ・ガンビアの外交関係回復をめぐり、台湾が17日、大陸側に双方の両岸（台湾と中国大陸）政策担当閣僚間のホット ...

hotline 

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtlʌɪn/ 

NOUN

A direct telephone line set up for a specific purpose, especially for use in emergencies or for communication between heads of government:police set up a drugs hotlinea credit-card hotline

leap (SUDDEN CHANGE) Show phonetics
verb leapt or leaped, leapt or leaped
1 [I + adverb or preposition] to provide help, protection etc. very quickly:
He leapt to his friend's defence.
Scott leapt to the rescue when he spotted the youngster in difficulty.
Mr Davies leapt in to explain.

2 [I + adverb or preposition] to achieve something, usually fame, power or importance, suddenly:
Rufus Sewell leapt to fame after his lead performance as Will Ladislaw in the BBC's production of Middlemarch.

3 [I + adverb or preposition] to increase, improve or grow very quickly:
Shares in the company leapt 250%.

leap Show phonetics
noun [C]
a big change, increase or improvement:
a leap in profits
It takes quite a leap of the imagination to believe that it's the same person.

decade Show phonetics
noun [C]
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1860 to 1869, or 1990 to 1999
old boy (STUDENT) noun [C] UK
An old boy of a particular school is a man who went to school there as a child:
an old-boy reunion〔英〕 卒業生, OB; .

　最大の問題は運転士の確保だ。現在は仏人ら外国籍３５人と台湾籍５４人。本数増に伴い増員は不可欠で、台湾籍を１００人まで増やす計画だ。ただ、運転士 の教育は平均８カ月が必要とされ、追いつかない。台湾高鉄はＪＲなどにＯＢ運転士の派遣を希望しているが日本側は消極的とされる。


old boy (OLD MAN) noun〔話〕 年輩の男性; ; 〔話〕 お年寄り
1 [C] MAINLY UK INFORMAL an old man:
the old boy next door

2 [as form of address] OLD-FASHIONED a way that some men address male friends that they have known for many years:〔話〕 ((呼掛け)) おい （old chap [fellow]）

Come on, old boy, drink up.


reunite
verb [T]
to bring together again:
to reunite a divided family/country/world
Sarah was finally reunited with her children at the airport.

reunion 
noun [C]
to have a family reunion

hotline
noun [C]
a special direct telephone connection for emergencies:
A national telephone hotline has been set up for students suffering from stress.