
Actor Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, one of Asia's best-loved Cantonese pop singers, jumped to his death in Hong Kong on April 1, 2003, a police source said. Cheung, 46, jumped from the landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel in the Central business district early in the evening and left a suicide note, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters.Cheung is shown at a news conference August 9, 2001. (Kin Cheung/Reuters)
词汇:
Cantonese n.广东人, 广东话
landmark n.(航海)陆标, 地界标, 里程碑, 划时代的事
oriental n.东方人 adj.亚洲的, 东方的
suicide n.自杀, 自毁
anonymity n.匿名, 作者不明(或不详)
news conference n.记者招待会