Online Class Notes (Mark)

pronunciation review

biodegradable
alternative
waste
heat
enzymes [N ZIMES]
nutrients [NEW TREE ENTS]
degrade

vocabulary review

marvelous (adjective)
benefit (noun or verb)

homework review

Many countries around the world are sending oxygen to India. This is because of India’s current COVID-19 crisis. India is the world’s second most populous country, with over 1.3 billion people. It is currently struggling to cope with its latest surge in the coronavirus pandemic. There are over 300,000 new cases every day – the largest number of daily cases ever experienced by any country. India’s health system can no longer cope. There are not enough beds, and hospitals are turning away people with the virus. They have also run out of oxygen. Singapore and the UK have sent much-needed oxygen cylinders to India. India’s government has also arranged for Amazon to deliver 100 ventilators.

A Singapore Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Dr Maliki Osman, explained how urgent it was to help India. He said: “We have all witnessed in the past year how this pandemic is a trans-boundary threat. It gives no regard for country, nationality, or race. This is exactly why we must work collectively to support each other.” The WHO said the situation in India was “beyond heartbreaking”. It said: “The WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies, including thousands of oxygen concentrators, mobile field hospitals and laboratory supplies.” It added: “The growth that we have seen in case numbers is really, truly astonishing.”

Summary:
According to the India’s current satiation on COVID-19, Oxygen has been sent to India from all over the world. Many countries have offered the help. About 17% of the world’s population is in India,1.3 billion people, that is a huge number. In the 16 months since we have the coronavirus pandemic, India is the country with the highest number of daily infections, over 300,000 new cases every day. The shortage of oxygen is one of the India’s health issues. The whole health system is on the verge of collapse. No enough beds, no enough ventilators. The patient is expelled from the hospital. India’s government do his best to get medical resources even buy things from Amazon.
Do not think it’s just India’s urgent issue. It is a global issue for all countries. The spread of the virus is not restricted by geography or nationality. We must help India at the same time it’s also helping yourself. The case number we have seen on TV or newspaper can’t fully reflect the real situation, it may be worse. “Beyond heartbreaking” is the word that WHO use to describe the situation in India now.

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According to the India’s current satiation situation on COVID-19, Ooxygen has been sent to India from all over the world. Many countries have offered the help. About 17% of the world’s population is in India, 1.3 billion people, and that is a huge number. In the 16 months since we have the coronavirus pandemic, India is the country with the highest number of daily infections, over 300,000 new cases every day. The shortage of oxygen is one of the India’s health issues. The whole health system is on the verge of collapse. Not enough beds, not enough ventilators. Because of this, the patient is has to be expelled from the hospital. India’s government does his its best to get medical resources, it even buys things from Amazon.
Do not think it’s just India’s urgent issue. It is a global issue for all countries. The spread of the virus is not restricted by geography or nationality. We must help India because at the same time it’s also helping yourself ourselves. The case number we have seen on the TV or in a newspaper can’t fully reflect the real situation, it may be worse. “Beyond heartbreaking” is are the words that the WHO uses to describe the situation in India now.

1. World (J)
2. Current ( g)
3. Surge (b )
4. Cope (e )
5. Arranged (c )
6. Witnessed ( i )
7. Threat (d )
8. Collectively ( a )
9. Critical ( h)
10. truly ( f )

a. together
b. increase
c. organized
d. danger
e. manage
f. honestly
g. present
h. important
i. seen
j. globe

Pronunciation

oxygen – [OKS A JIN]
struggling – [STRU GU LING]
experience – [X PEER EE ENTS]
cylinders – [SIL IN DERS]
foreign – [FOR IN]
regret – [REE GRET]
regard – [REE GARD]
critical – [KRI TI CUL]
present – (v) [PREE ZENT]
present – (n) [PRE ZINT]

1 – read and summarize

A man who can’t move his hands used his thoughts to write on a computer screen. The man is paralyzed from the neck down. Scientists from Stanford University implanted two tiny sensors into the man’s brain. The scientists called this “brain-to-text” and “mindwriting”. The man wants to be anonymous, so scientists call him T5. He became paralyzed after a spinal cord injury ten years ago. The implants allow him to use his mind to write. He can write about 18 words per minute. This is five words slower than the average person writing a text message on a smartphone.

The mindwriting system is simple, but it uses a lot of advanced technology. Scientists asked T5 to imagine writing a sentence on a paper. Sensors in his brain detected activity as he imagined writing. A computer turned this activity into text on a screen. The scientists used a special algorithm. A researcher hopes his system will help millions of paralyzed people to write again. It might also help people who cannot speak. The researcher said: “The goal is to restore their ability to communicate by text.” In the future, this technology might help us to write at the speed of thought.

2 – match the vocabulary word with its meaning

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