reading:Alice Munro Puts Down Her Pen to Let the World In
topic: Alice Munro announced that she will not write any more at the age nearly 86. Enjoy her life from now.
structure: topic, then the common life of writer was presented. Then compared with Alice's. At the end their are some critics about her work, but the author hold a positive attitude towards her choice.
I can have people around a lot more, because I’m not always chasing them away so I can work on my novel. My non-novel, I mean.
reading:A Quantum of Solace Timeless Questions About the Universe
topic: truth is a statement whose opposite is also a great truth.
structure:different theories of the history of cosmology are discussed
the author's attitude is ambivalent.
1st reading:
title: scientists fabricate rudimentary human livers.
topic: researchers in Japan has developed a way to fabricate human liver using human cells.
structure: the breakthrough was presented first, some obstacles and failtures are presented in the past are introduced, some drawbacks and concerns are presented at the end.
Attitude: promising. at the end the author said this is the future trend of research in this filed.
2nd reading:
Google for gamers
topic: Oculus Rift had earned a lot of money than previous prediction and the author thought that it is the platform for all the gamers to develop as they do for iphones.