My summary for the short passage for today:

Para 1:
>> New research has found a new alarming relation between smoking excessive weed and mental illnes
>> A team of scientists identified a link between cannabies use disorder and schizopernia
>> While there are limitation to this research , this research does reveal that weed consumption is not safe as many assume it to be , especially heavy consumption of weed

Para 2:
>> This research cannot for sure determine the corelation between smoking weed and dveeloping schizopernia and hence other factors must be considered such as unrelated increase in diagnozing schizopernia
>> But researchers belive that there is some cause such as unrelated increase in cannabis use, weed being more powerful and weed directly affecting risk factors of schizopernia, which suggest that there is real danger to smoking weed and emphasis that cannabis use is harmful.

Para 3:
>> Researchers maintain that this has to be replicated elsewhere to draw firm conclusions, but they are posotive to find simlar traces wehre use and potency of cannabis has increased, as many studies suggest that cannabis is the driver of schizopernia

Hi!

Could you please attach the link of the article too.

It would be easier for us to refer to.

Regards
S

Central Idea of the passage - The new research stating relation between excessive weed smoking and developing schizophrenia
Tone of the author is - Cautious and speculative

Main purpose of the passage - Since most of the passage is fact based and information based, the authors opinion is only stated twice in the passage. In my opinion, the central idea and tone combine to form the main purpose for this passage

Link of the psg : https://docs.google.com/document/d/183I ... qKc7M/edit

Hi There!

No worries about the word limit, unless you are realistic, and are sure that you are going to write a couple hundred words on the real test and waste time. Anyway.

To paraphrase the central idea: The author merely presents the findings of the research and the speculation about the possible link between marijuana & schizophrenia.


As for the main idea I would say as it yet to be concluded as to whether MARIJUANA is causing SCHIZOPHRENIA and is just a hypothesis the main idea should have some tinge on this. So, it could be, to present research findings about a possible link between marijuana and schizophrenia. Notice possible is an important word here.


P.s. Carcass could you please help me with your opinion on the above analysis.

Regards
S

Aug 13th :
Short reading

Summary :
Scientists are concerned for the future of oceanic ecosystem wrt to climate change ,which causes a decrease in oxygen level which in turn causes sea water to become uninhabitable. The passages focuses on the potential causes for hypoxic zone and how it can affect marine life and oceanic ecosystems

Hi There!

Could you please, also attach the link! It would be easier for us to go through the article.

Regards
S

I have attached the link for it , pls check thanks in advance!

Chan added that experts aren’t quite sure what the long-term impacts of the Pacific Ocean’s various dead zones will be on its overall ecological health. But given that worsening climate change has caused the world’s oceans to lose a significant chunk of their oxygen over recent decades, we can probably expect to see bigger dead zones, and more frequently, as the global environment continues to fall apart.

It’s one of the horsemen of climate change in the sea

Passage published on 11th August
Short passage
article : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tku ... AT3oY/edit

My take on the summary :
A new research tech active camouflage which is still in preliminary state ,helps in automatically blending into surroundings in real time .The system is tested on a chameleon bot which changes color depending on surfaces. This camouflage is being considered to be used for military purposes which is a dream for many and this new innovation opens path for many new innovations to come in the future.