VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Choose an article again and summarise it.

Vocabulary

when it comes to – in terms of / regarding

i will be careful to cut it the perfect length
i will carefully cut it

I was addicted to coffee to stay awake but eventually there was no result.

y = ee

I read an interesting article titled “Scientists are waging a war against human aging. But what happens next?”, the reporter of which interviewed a bio gerontologist who decided to do his best to solve the ageing problem of human being and make people live as long as possible. He thinks human body is like a machine which can be fixed and maintained for as long as we want. His theory is to divide the causes of aging into seven aspects and solve them individually. Extending life or being immortal is a purpose that human has being pursued since ancient times. In Chinese history, there were many emperors who were addicted to finding some medicine to make them immortal, but eventually their struggles were unavailing. Due to today’s great technology, human might solve this problem one day, but extending life tech must lead tons of problems that we never met before. For example, who will have the right to live longer? Will those who don’t have enough money accept living much shorter life than rich people? Will the resource of the earth be enough since population won’t stop increasing? The world might become extremely horrible.

I read / saw / came across an interesting article titled “Scientists are waging a war against human aging. But what happens next?”, the reporter of which interviewed a bio gerontologist who had decided to do his best to solve / who was working on solving / whose life work was to solve the ageing problem of human beings / of humans / of the human race and make / ensure people / enable people to live as long as possible / to live indefinitely. He thinks / considers / believes / has come to the conclusion that a / the human body is like a machine which can / has the ability to / is able to be fixed / repaired, and maintained (indefinitely.) for as long as we want. His theory / hypothesis is to divide the causes of ageing into seven aspects and solve them individually. Extending life (prolonging death) or being immortal is a purpose that humans have been pursuing since ancient times / since the dawn of time. In Chinese history, there were many emperors who were addicted to / obsessed with finding / inventing / discovering some medicine to make them immortal / enable immortality, but eventually their struggles were unavailing / were to no avail. Due to today’s great / advanced / superior / cutting edge / leading edge technology, humans might solve this problem one day / might eventually solve the problem, but extending life tech must lead to tons of problems that we will have never met before. For example, who will have the right to live longer? Will those who don’t have enough money accept living much shorter lives than rich people? Will earth’s resources / will earth’s natural resources be enough since the population won’t stop increasing? The world might become extremely horrible.