【Native Speaker每日综合训练—40系列】【40-14】科技

cynthia.bai

SPEED
Time2: 254, 3min26
MI: sci: man-made quake< natural ones, this is good, bcs less quake=less damage; but, the distance between ppl and drill<10km, ppl can feel shake

Time3: 321, 4min28
MI: H and DS prove that induced quakes have less stress drop scientifically. H also analyze the cause and how to determine.

Time4: 326, 3min42
MI: During scientific analysis, grant reviewers have prejudice against minorities.

Time5: 293, 3min03
MI: more scientific analysis: 1. In uni, white stu will be requested more; 2. In grant process, w require more approved words than m; 3. Raw comments before grant proposals might have biases.

Time6: 299,3min16
MI: a reviewer who has bias can affect other reviewers, N suggests to root out prejudice, but it is controversial, bsc ppl resent to be told that they have prejudice.

OBSTACLE
680, 10min6
The hairless mice have the same cancer from patients.
Each mouse is treated with a different drug, in order to find which drug works best.
C company offer funds to experiment.
Research make some good outcome: the tumor can be transplanted from one mouse to another.
Researchers can grow mini-organ outside the body, but it has chanllenges.
Researchers can grow tumors successfully, that means , they can find what treatment going to work.
But not all works, the biggest proble: the speed of tumor in experiment=in real ppl’s body, so many patients miss the treatment and even pass away