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Migrants from coalfields take DNA as well as talent with them: educational achievement has a genetic component . Bad news for deprived areas
阅读时间:5’26
总结时间: 50’
总时间: 56’
文章中心大意
Raise a point: migrants have more pizzas than stay-at-homes, and this even is reflected in people’s genes->how do researchers conclude it : the goal of the research =>how did the researchers do the research=> the result of the research -> the attitude of the author : the result shows a vicious reality and he shows concern for people living in the deprived areas
每段段落大意
1, A study shows that migrants have more pizzazz than stay-at-homes, and this even is reflected in people’s genes.
2, A team led by Dr Abdellaoui and Dr Visscher did the study and the goal of the research : trying to figure out how genetic patterns associated with certain biological, medical and behavioral traits cluster geographically and change as people move around
3,They used first to 33 published studies which used a technique called genome-wide association study to establish baselines for their work. The technique is closely related to snps, many of which work together to affect a particular trait.
4,Applying the sno patterns to the records of Biobank participants, the researchers found that 21 of the traits showed evidence of snp-related geographical clustering.
5, They also found that the snps associated with educational attainment were closely related to geography. Snps lowering educational attainment were particularly clustered in former coal-mining areas.
6,Through further study, they found that migrants had significantly more educational-attainment-promoting snps than stay-at-homes.
7, Other snp related traits reflect the same characteristics.
8, The author thinks that the result told us a vicious reality that the written dnas have already different in those who are able leave the deprived areas from those stay-at-homes, the phenomenon leading us to think about the problems of nature and nurture.
印象深刻的句子
The upshot is a vicious spiral.That young, ambitious, healthy people tend to leave economically deprived areas is hardly news. But to see that written clearly in their dna, which they take with them when they leave, while the converse is written in the dna of those who stay behind, raises questions of nature and nurture that society is ill-equipped to answer, and possibly unwilling to confront.
生词
Pizzazz: 活力
Baseline:基准
Discern: if you can discern something, you can just see it , but not clearly
Stark:鲜明的
Bipolar: 两极的
Upshot: (意外的)结果
New Zealand Rats
阅读时间:2’40
总结时间: 25’
总时间: 28’
文章中心大意
Raise a point: the ancient bones of rats help researchers to confirm the time when humans first set foot on the New Zealand->Two conflicting views on when people first arrived in New Zealand-> New study refuted that earlier research and proved that human did not arrive in New Zealand until 1280-> the new finding also help researchers redefine the extent to which humans and rats have an negative impact on New Zealand.
每段段落大意
1, The ancient bones of New Zealand rats help researchers to pinpoint when humans first set foot on the island. The finding also helps shattered the previous conclusion.
2, Before, opinions divided on when humans first arrived in New Zealand. Most believe that the time is around 1240 to 1300, while some argue that it might be as early as B.C.E.
3,A team led by Janet Wilmshurst then found that the bones of the oldest rat from the two excavation sites dated to later than 1280 by using the new technique, the new finding refuted the earlier research and indicated that human did not arrive until 1280.
4, The part describes the significance of the new finding. Lan Smith said that the new evidence prove that the negative impact which caused by humans and rats on the Zealand is devastating and fast than previously thought.
印象深刻的句子
Carbon-dating of bones from the rodents indicates that people …, rejecting previous research that suggested …
To help clear up the confusion, …
When… all of them dated to later than 1280, indicating that the earlier research was flawed.
生词
Catch a free ride
Stowaway: 偷乘
Gnaw: 咬
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