Analytic writing

Present your perspective.
“Both the development of technological tools and the uses to which humanity has put them have created modern civilization in which loneliness is ever increasing.”
Basically I agree this description that the technology advance and humanity approach technology contribute to the civilization, but they still bring the loneliness of human. However, I think we need to give a deep thought in the mechanism of those two factors to understand this passive viewpoint.
While the advance of technology contributes modern civilization, the loneliness increases with the progress. After industrial revolutions, the world became a new- era civilization. New types of production made people have a brand new way of living in the modern civilization. We also had invented technological tools for the need of new economy. At the same time, products, such as phones and e-mails, presented the revolution of communication for human to contact more frequently and conveniently. The goals of inventions were for the satisfaction of physical and emotional needs in a bustle and hostile life pace. Nevertheless the good motivation of improvement in life quality, more problems came up with the communication that massive information by those devices enter people’s life -the information explosion. People not only have to deal with the heavy workload everyday, but also need to receive more information out of their experience.
So technology advance don’t overwhelmingly give us a promising future. Communication revolution combines the technology with insightful human need, but the advantages of fast and open result in more tense, stressful and time-consuming situations. People have to spare more time in answering phone calls, deleting spam, and reviewing useful information in order to catch up the trend. People remain isolated after they manage lots of information flow. Furthermore, the isolations accelerates when the information overload for individuals. People cannot afford overloading, and feel more aliened.
As a result, technology maybe changes the face of traditional communication in the surface. Contrast to that, more severe loneliness demonstrates the side effects to individual schedules and psyches. Thus, I think the perspective is reasonable.

Death in Birth from Time magazine

Death in Birth from Time magazine
Keywords:
Maternal mortality/ common situations in poor countries, especially in Africa/ advances in medicine, while shortage of people/ cultural aspects, and tradition/ health-care system, lack of efficiency and fairness/ hope in the worldwide cooperation: UN and G8
Key sentences:
Maternal mortality is common in poor countries, especially in Africa. Three reasons are in detailed explanations:
•    Advances in medicine, but shortage of nurses, and doctors, disadvantage of organizations.
•    African people have cultural belief toward the fate of giving birth.
•    Health-care system needs to reform due to its inefficiency and fairness.
Conclusions:
UN, and G8 summit tackle on reducing rates of maternal mortality and invest in the reform of health-care systems.

Maternal mortality means the death of mother after giving a birth. It is very common situations in poor countries, especially in Africa. There are three reasons from institutions and cultures. First of all, although the modern technology improves and innovates medicine to reduce the risk of pregnant mothers, poor countries still face the shortage of doctors, and nurses. They also don’t own well-organized hospitals. It is related to risk of giving a birth since there are few professional support during the process. Second, it is from the culture that makes African people consider the death fates of mothers are inevitable. According to their tradition, god decides if mother can survive or not. So the family will make a reason to explain the suffering of mothers instead of blaming the medical systems. The final point is the disorder of health-care system in those countries. Not only they lack complete health policies for people to pay for the medical cures, but also they offer inefficient services for mothers in emergencies. And for the poor, it is not affordable to search doctors for help. Those reasons induce the high rates of death of giving birth. However, the developed countries in G8 summit and the Untied nation start to put more efforts on tackling on the occurrence that they invest poor countries to reform their medical systems. There is still a long road to twist of the tragedies.

Summary of “New Homes on the Range”

The article is from Scientific American
Topic of reading passage:

• New homes on the range because global warming is forcing animals to move.

Main points about the topic:

• A seven-year survey in Yosemite National Park shows the transformation of California wildlife due to the climate changing. 16 of 28 species documented by the report has moved as far as 3280 feet to search for climes. And there are at least three edging to extinction.
• Some animals, like California vole, and pocket mouse expand their ranges by colonizing higher ground. Some animals, like chipmunk and bushy-tailed woodrat, already live in the highest ranges, but they suffer the limited habitat.
• The relationship between increasing temperature and the habitant changing of tiny animals remain unclear to know the exact changes. Animals move due to declining and thriving. Climate change might be the reason, though.
• Conclusion: Yosemite Park is a perfect lab for research, a best-case scenario because it is protected by law.