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ICRT Script All (Fall 2016) : Freshman EnglishPart I: numbeAM (0:00)The Tai-Ex opened down 70-points this morning from Fridays close, at 8,406on turnover (成交量) of 1.7-billion N-T. The market took a beating (遭受重挫). Friday as investors scrambled (倉促行動) to dump (拋售) their holdings (持股) in the wake of (在. . . 之後) the results of a referendum (公投) held by the U-K pointing to a departure of the country from the European Union. . . . (04:49)Looking at the weather across Taiwan ... We can expect .... Partly cloudy skies and occasional (偶或的) afternoon thundershowers (雷陣雨) across much of the north and south, and Mostly clear skies, but scattered (零星的) afternoon thundershowers in the center. Current Temperatures ....Taipei – 34; Taichung – 32; Gaoxiong – 32.AM(0:00)The Tai-Ex opened up 8-points this morning from yesterdays close, at 8,794 on turnover of 2.1-billion N-T. (04:49)Looking at the weather across Taiwan ... We can expect .... Partly cloudy skies and occasional afternoon thundershowers across much of the north. And partly cloudy skies with showers or thunderstorms in the center and south. Current Temperatures .... Taipei – 33; Taichung – 32; Gaoxiong – 29.0728 AM(0:00)The Tai-Ex opened down 12-points this morning from yesterdays close, at 9,104 on turnover of 1.1-billion N-T. The market closed little changed on thin turnover (成交量單薄)Wednesday due to a lack of incentives (缺乏誘因)for investors to trade (交易). Part II: Weather and Natural DisasterAM (01:12)The central weather bureau (中央氣象局) says that a new typhoon could form as early as tomorrow. The bureau has been monitoring a tropical depression ?(熱帶低氣壓) that formed off the eastern coast (在東部外海) of the Philippines early this morning. If the system does turn into a typhoon it would be the 4th so far this year and would be called Nida. However the bureau says regardless of whether a typhoon forms or not, starting tomorrow a low pressure system (低壓系統) will bring moisture and higher chances of thu