News Synopsis

Vivi's summary revision

News summary 1 - Computers And Girls
This article shows that girls are not so active in technology[a1] as boys, because of the unlike personalities. For example , boys may do things directly; oppositely, girls usually think twice.[a2] In addition, boys like to play computer games to imagine that they become other roles, but girls don’t like. And these phenomena would lead to the new gender gap. [a3] However, the interval would be narrowed when girls' and boys' abilities get the same level someday. [a3]

[a1] learning new technologies
[a2] 可以儘量少用舉例的方式，直接陳述文章的觀念即可。
[a3] 可以稍加說明女孩子對於學習新科技沒有信心，因此興趣缺缺。[a4] 結論應以the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.為主。

News summary 2 - Pill helps alcoholics taper off drinking
This news talks about a new pill, Topamax, which might help alcoholics to reduce their desire of [a5] liquor. However, promoting the medicine would face some difficulties. For example, it would cause some aftereffects and we would not know something will happen after stopping taking it.[a6] In addition, the researchers did an experiment to observe the result[a7],and one man had succeeded to quit alcohol. But Topamax still has a few defects that other experts do not agree on. [a8]

[a5] of替換成for
[a6] 可以儘量少用舉例的方式，直接陳述文章的觀念即可；it's unclear how many relapsed after they stopped taking the pill 和 side effects是此藥品的問題，應注意!
[a7] 這句話應該放在藥品問題的前面，因為是先有實驗，才發現問題。
[a8] 結論應提出雖然此藥的市場廣大，但仍需提出更多的研究來確保它的安全性。

Cindy's summary revision

News summary 1 - Dreams of New Way to Fly
According to this article, we know that the inventor tried to create a machine which can load one people to fly. It looks like a mini helicopter with two fans and 120 horsepower engines. It is said that this machine would be sold next year on the market with about a million dollars [b1]; however, it is still an unknown. Though NASA has signed on with the inventor to develop the machine, the innovation’s first usage would be on military. [b2]

[b1] 這裡想寫的flying machine和後面的flying car是不同人的發明，結果也不同，不應一概而論。
[b2] 這裡想寫的flying machine和後面的flying car是不同人的發明，結果也不同，不應一概而論；順序應該和前一個句子對調，並且點出flying machine仍然在研發中。

News summary 2 - A bad relationship can cause heart disease?
According to the news, the stress and anxiety of hostile and angry relationships can boost the risk of developing heart disease, and heart condition is obviously affected by the negative intimate relationships. [b3]If you have many positive relationships, it means “healthier life”, which can cut down the probability of [b4] heart disease. Therefore, the [b5] people you get along with are also factors of affecting your health situation; the good people are good to your health, and the passive people are negative to your health. [b6]

[b3] 此句應該分為為兩句。
[b4] 後面可用having heart disease
[b5] people在這前面不用加the
[b6] people對you的影響應該是憑藉their relationships，應該不是whether they are good or passive

Suzanne's summary revision

News summary 1 - Fish Dinner
What’s the problem if you watch your diet so carefully and eat healthily but feel so unhealthy. Wendy Moro and her doctor find out the problems were came [c1] from the healthiest dish we think, the fish. Mercury enters the ocean and turns into methylmercury, which can be harmful to unborn baby or little infants .It passes from small fish to huge ones through food chain. The symptom might be hair loss, muscle fatigue, birth defects, feel sick and so on.

[c1] came should change to coming

News summary 2 -
Eleven British jurors went all the way to Paris to investigate the doubt point of Diana's death. Both French and British authorities agree that chauffeur Henri Paul was drunk and speeding , it was not a planned accident. The jurors traced every place Diana had stayed in Ritz and went the itinerary they drove that day again. What makes the jurors [c2] more suspicious is that why the driver didn’t took [c3] the shorter route but chose to drive into that dark tunnel. It is also doubted whether it was true about the information we heard, was it a conspire [c4] of French and Britain?

[c2] you can add feel
[c3] took change to take
[c4] conspire is a verb, maybe you can use complot to substitute

News Summary 4

Night-shift work linked to cancer

(1) News URL:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-29-night-shift-cancer_N.htm
(2) Online Discussion Transcript:

Wendy 說:
Our topic is...
Vivi 說:
Night-shift work linked to cancer
Cindy 說:
Yep.
S'uzanne 說:
Yeah, that's a really new research.
Vivi 說:
We just knew that burning the nigh oil hurts our liver.
S'uzanne 說:
Let's start from the first paragraph
Cindy 說:
Ok.
Cindy 說:
and it also causes other problems, such as the breast cancer.
Wendy 說:
But it's easy for university students to do that.
Vivi 說:
We often sleep late to do meaningless things.
Wendy 說:
Yes. That' s what I mean.
Vivi 說:
For example, chating online with friends.
S'uzanne 說:
And watch movies at night
Cindy 說:
As time goes by, our health situations may get worse.
Vivi 說:
Yes, but the workers do not have choices.
S'uzanne 說:
They have to support their families by working.
Wendy 說:
What is the reason to make a person to find a night-shift job?
S'uzanne 說:
Maybe they have to do another job at day.
S'uzanne 說:
Most people who work at night is people with low social status.
Wendy 說:
Oh, but it gets them higher opportunities to get cancer.
Cindy 說:
Right. And the WHO will add overnight shift work as a probable reason of cancer.
Vivi 說:
But those experts do not think Night-shift work is the only reason for cancer, right?
S'uzanne 說:
I think you are right.However, scientists suspect that overnight work is dangerous because it disrupts the circadian rhythm, the body's biological clock.
Vivi 說:
Yeah, the constant work and rest is important.
Cindy 說:
Yes. The body produces hormone melatonin at night , which can suppress tumor development. So rest is improtant.
Wendy 說:
I think it is also vital to take a body examination.
Wendy 說:
If we have the cancer tumor in our body, we can take the therapy ealier.
Cindy 說:
But people have little time to go to the hospital and have a check.
Cindy 說:
You know, they just think that they have lots of work to do.
Vivi 說:
Yes, the basic measure we should take is going to bed early.
S'uzanne 說:
We should try to reach this goal as well.
S'uzanne 說:
Because not getting enough sleep makes your immune system vulnerable to attack, and less able to fight off potentially cancerous cells.
Wendy 說:
As the matter of fact, we seldom take seriously about this thing.
Wendy 說:
University students spend too much time on chatting and going out with friends at night.
S'uzanne 說:
Researcher advises workers to sleep in a darkened room once they get off work. "The balance between light and dark is very important for your body. Just get a dark night's sleep."
Cindy 說:
That's a good idea. it's said that work in the artifical light can cut down the cancer rate.
Vivi 說:
I think that the boss of companies should care about employee's bodies.
Cindy 說:
Of course.
Wendy 說:
You mean they should let their employees take turn doing the night-shift work
S'uzanne 說:
That might be a good idea to be carried out.
Vivi 說:
No, the article said "If you worked at night and stayed on it, that would be less disruptive than constantly changing shifts."
Cindy 說:
Uh, the worse situation is flipping between night and daytime shifts.
Vivi 說:
We tend to misunderstand this concept.
Wendy 說:
But how can these people, who take the night-shift work, decrease the possibilities to get cancer?
Wendy 說:
Especially liver cancer.
S'uzanne 說:
Scientist are trying to invent a kind of light that doesn't do people harm.
S'uzanne 說:
Maybe that's the way.
Vivi 說:
But the current result is not satisfied by pepole.
Vivi 說:
Due to the red light.
S'uzanne 說:
The color that seems to have the least effect on melatonin is one that few people would enjoy working under: red.
S'uzanne 說:
That the quote from the article
Wendy 說:
If i am the worker, i won't enjoy doing things under the light, either.
Wendy 說:
It makes me feeling nervous,
S'uzanne 說:
and uncomfortable.
Wendy 說:
That's right.
Cindy 說:
So we must come back to the basic way of solving the problem.
Wendy 說:
At least we should try our best to protect our body from disease.
S'uzanne 說:
We can only hope that researchers can come up with a new invention to change this situation.
Cindy 說:
That's right.
Wendy 說:
Therefore, the conclusion is..
S'uzanne 說:
We have to get on bed and turn off our light right now.
S'uzanne 說:
So, end of our discussion.
Vivi 說:
OK, good night.
S'uzanne 說:
Have a sweet dream.
S'uzanne 說:
Ladies, let's go to sleep so we won't afflict over breast cancer.
Wendy 說:
That's a pratical suggestion.
S'uzanne 說:
I totally agree.
Wendy 說:
So, good night then.
S'uzanne 說:
Bye, ladies.
Cindy 說:
Ok~good night, everyone.

News Summary 3

Report: China halts export of bead toys tainted with toxic drug

(1)The News URL:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/toy.recall/index.html

(2) Summary:

China has suspended exports of the “Aqua Dots” toys contaminated with toxic drug. Children who swallow these toys may probably become comatose, developing respiratory depression and seizures. This is a very common phenonmen in China; For fear that their product may cause some health problem, the envirnment had proclaimed that do not purchase their goods. We learned from the news that there were more and more low quality productions, which are called “Balck mind productions”by Taiwanese. What we can do to prevent them is be careful of the ingredence and produce location when we purchase the foods, daily appliances or other stuff.

(3) The news recording:

http://mymedia.yam.com/m/1680463

News Summary 2

(1) news URL:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20071010/cm_usatoday/thenewhighschool;_ylt=AiWU56XUBrBlugG3eMqnL4f9wxIF

(2) 5 quistions and answers

1. What kind of measures do these experts try to conduct?
They suggest these college boosting applications, giving students a chance to earn college credits in high school and making tuition free.

2. Why companies prefer to hire people who have college diplomas than those with high school degrees?
Maybe the companies’ bosses hope their employees to possess developed ability to handle their works.

3. Which do you think the best method to solve these problems?
I regard the last one as the best section. People can work harder for earning college credits in high school; therefore, they don’t have to waste too much time and money for attending college but obtain knowledge from it.

4. Could you offer an advice to help in this situation?
The government can tender some budgets to these high schools for updating resources. This could make a good environment for people to absorb new knowledge.

5. How do you think about college education?
I think that college education is a place for us to gain further knowledge not for the work opportunity but for our fulfillment. However, it seems that not much people notice about this fact.

(3) keywords:

1. admission

a statement in which you admit that something is true or that you have done something wrong

2.degree

a qualification which given to someone who has successfully completed this course of study

3. bachelor's degree

the first level of university degree

4. initiative

the ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to do

5. boost

to increase something because they are not as high as you want them to be

6. surplus

an amount of something that is more than what I needed or used

7. address

to discuss, think about, or do something about a particular problem or question, especially with

the aim of solving a problem

8. legislator

a member of a group of people who together have the power to make law
9. minority

any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion or

political beliefs

10.associate

used in the title of a person whose rank is slightly lower or less complete than the full official

position

(4) Summary:

Three decades ago, people who owned college degree had better development and more opportunities than others. This phenomenon becomes more apparent than before. However, not all people have these kinds of background and resource to support themselves for advanced education. Due to these reasons, many experts consider some measures for solving the problems. They advocate college making tuition free and boosting applications. And further, they hope to give students a chance to earn college credits in high school.

News Summary 1

Chinese eco-warning over giant dam

(1)news URL:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/china.3gorges.ap/index.html

(2) Summary

China has built a mammoth reservoir, the Three Gorges Dam, in order to solve electrical shortage. Although it has offered electricity to the masses, it has still brought many ecological disasters. And many locals were forced to move to another place. The China’s official knows that they couldn't achieve the economic prosperity at the cost of environment. Therefore, now the government will heighten their guard to it, and work up an effective way to these questions.

(3) My Thoughts and Reflections

About ten years ago, China had started to build the Three Gorges Dam. A large number of people, including many experts, didn't agree with project due to the serious consequence it would bring. However, the China’s government still neglected their advice and insisted its own opinion. After the engineering had been started, it does put a lot of pressure on the ecological environment, even much more serious than what they had planned before. I think it’s the moment for us to think over not only about the reservoir but all the environmental problems.

In recent year, there are more and more people have gathered their attention to this topic. I t is because that earth is changing to rage against the overuse from human being, people have noticed that they really made a huge mistake. Even movie director had pictured a movie, named “The Day After Tomorrow”, which encourages us to consider about the nature’s importance and lets us know the horrible effects.

The only thing we can do is to retrench the resources. Many people take all these resources for granted, now it’s the right time to cherish things what we get. We must protect the earth, where we live, from worse harm. Everyone has to response the environmental protecting movement. By doing this, we can save our future and leave a clean place to our offspring.

p.s: thanks CNN for offering this picture

My Introduction

Hello,everyone. My name is Wendy and my nicked name is Piggy. I graduated from National Taoyuan Senior High School. Singing and sewing are my favorite things to do in my free time. When I am in bad mood or facing some troubles,singing becomes a good method to release my pressure. Both popular and classical music are very good selections. I also like sewing very much. Using needles and strings to create something is an interesting thing.

Language is a unique subject that I like it very much. Learning many kinds of language and traveling abroad can be a dream to me. If so,I could get to know and touch their culture not only from books but from the place where I go. Now I get into this new place, National Central University. This is the first step of my plan. In my four years in this university,I would like to improve my knowledge by myself.

In addition,how to tackle with peer relationship is a tremendous challenge to me. I am not a bashful person,but when talking with my new friends,I often talk stiffly and don't know what to say. But, I believe I can conquer this problem and learn many thing from my new friends. Every freshman has expectations to their college life. And I will try my best to run my college life.

p.s:thank 風景寫真 for offering this photograph