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.