今日BBC

1、随身英语

Brain training 如何训练大脑？

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Do you read to show off? 你读书是为了炫耀吗？

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2、媒体英语

Big increase in diabetes 糖尿病患者人数剧增

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3、今日科技新闻

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插播：Japan earthquake: Powerful new tremor（震动） in Kumamoto（熊本市）

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The magnitude-7.3 quake hit at a depth of 10km (six miles) at 01:25 on Saturday (15:25 GMT on Friday) in Kyushu region. At least three people died and hundreds were injured.

A village has been evacuated after a dam collapsed, media reports say.

A tsunami warning was issued, and lifted some 50 minutes later.

Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage.

This new earthquake in Kyushu was much bigger and hit a wider area than the one that struck Kumamoto on Thursday night, says the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.

In one town near the coast, the city hall has been so badly damaged there are fears it could collapse. A hospital has been evacuated because it is no longer safe.

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US cinema chain AMC makes U-turn over texting

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US cinema chain AMC has reversed a controversial plan to let customers use their mobile phones during films in some venues.

AMC chief executive Adam Aron had suggested the idea might encourage so-called millennials to visit the cinema.

But the plan was badly received on social media, where cinema-goers bombarded AMC with messages.

“We have heard loud and clear that this is a concept our audience does not want,” the company said in a statement.

AMC operates almost 400 cinemas in the United States, with more than 5,000 screens. The chain also has a UK multi-screen complex in Manchester.

While many cinemas display messages before films asking people to switch off their mobile devices, Mr Aron had suggested that allowing mobile phone use during a film might appeal to young adults.

“When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don’t ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow,” he had explained in an interview with Variety magazine.

But the cinema chain has now admitted the idea had not gone down well with audiences.

My Opinion：Obviously， this plan will make a bad effect in the viewing experience， or maybe a good method is providing a part seats using mobilephone and others not。