WEEK5:VR虛擬實境

How to Pursue the Perfect Virtual Reality Experience

Virtually everyone is smitten with VR. But it's not going to go far unless entrepreneurs fix its problems first.

Even in today’s tech-driven, gadget-filled world, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who isn’t completely enamored with virtual reality. Just the concept of strapping on a pair of goggles and being whisked into a different world awakens the dreamer in all of us.

Related: Why Virtual Reality Is Vital

Devices such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are already ushering in a new generation of VR. Tech experts predict that this industry will continue to grow into a market worth $150 billion by 2020.

Yes, the VR industry could be on the cusp of a major revolution -- if it only can overcome its growing pains.

A recent New York Times article highlighted some significant flaws that still plague the VR market. If entrepreneurs and startups don’t address these issues soon, further negative press could keep VR technology from going mainstream -- or put a stop to the VR revolution altogether.

Improving the VR experience to advance the industry

The appeal of VR technology is that the possibilities seem endless. By simply donning a headset, users are thrust into environments where their senses of touch, hearing and sight are immersed in stimuli, allowing them to participate in any number of unique, life-like experiences.

Yet, as it stands today, VR has a long way to go before it can expect mainstream success. Recent critiques have indicated that the technology is too immersive, too isolating and too incompatible with how users engage with the digital world. Others argue that it’s just too gimmicky and limited with regard to content.

But perhaps the largest obstacle holding VR back from widespread popularity is vergence-accommodation conflict, or “VR sickness,” a condition of users’ eyes having trouble focusing on the conflicting images put before them in a VR simulation. VR sickness often causes discomfort and fatigue and can cause users to shorten VR experiences -- or develop aversions to VR altogether.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281595

Structure of the Lead：

Who-everyone

What-Virtually everyone is smitten with VR

How-But it's not going to go far unless entrepreneurs fix its problems first

Why-not given

Where-not given

When-not given

Keywords:

1.smitten:重擊

2:enamored:著迷的

3:ushering:引導

4:on the cusp of:處於...的開端

5:mainstream:主流
6:immersive:身歷其境的
7:incompatible:不相容的
8:gimmicky:耍花招的
9:simulation:模擬
10:fatigue:疲勞

WEEK4:巴黎氣候高峰會

COP21: Paris climate deal 'more likely' after terror attacks

Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting.

The conference, known as COP21, starts on Monday and will try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.

Observers say that the recent terror attacks on the French capital will increase the chances of a new agreement.

Around 40,000 people are expected to participate in the event, which runs until 11 December.

The gathering of 147 heads of state and government is set to be far bigger than the 115 or so who came to Copenhagen in 2009, the last time the world came close to agreeing a long term deal on climate change.

Rallies call for action

One important part of the conference started on Sunday evening. The Adhoc Durban Platform on enhanced action was brought forward to "offer an opportunity to make the best possible use of the very limited time available", the UN said.

While many leaders including Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping were always set to attend this conference, the recent violent attacks in Paris have encouraged others to come in an expression of solidarity with the French people.

Unlike at Copenhagen, the French organizers are bringing the leaders in at the start of the conference rather than waiting for them to come in at the end, a tactic which failed spectacularly in the Danish capital.

On Sunday hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations worldwide to demand they take firm action.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34950442

Structure of the Lead：

Who-Nearly 150 global leaders

What-gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting

How-gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting

Where-in Paris

Why-not given

When-not given

Keywords:

1.amid:在...之間

2.craft:精巧地製作

3.emission:排放物

4.solidarity:團結

5.tactic:策略

6.demonstrations:示威行動

WEEK3:巴黎恐攻

How do you explain the Paris terror attacks to a child? This father found the most beautiful way

The dad has been praised for how he responded to his young son's comments - and it's even allowing some French people to 'let go of their tears'.

Since Friday, France and the rest of the world have been trying to make sense of devastating terror attacks that rocked Paris , leaving 129 people dead.

We have seen footage of people laying flowers at the site of the massacres, or silently weeping during yesterday's two-minute silence.

But one heartwarming video circulating on social media shows the 'humanity in the face of inhumanity' we have come to recognise in response to the devastation - and is even helping French people come to terms with their grief.

In an interview with Le Petit Journal in front of floral tributes left for the dead, a young boy is asked if he understands what has happened.

He responds: "Yes, because they are very, very, very bad. Baddies are not very nice. We need to be really careful because we will have to move home."

Patting his head and telling him not to worry, his father replies: "We don't have to move home. France is our home."

Still concerned, the boy says: "But they are baddies, daddy," to which his dad responds: "Yes, but there are bad people everywhere."

When the boy expresses a worry that the bad people can 'shoot at us' with their guns, the conversation takes a beautiful turn.

"But flowers do nothing," comes the response, to which Dad replies that the flowers are there to fight against the guns.

"It will protect us?" he innocently asks. "And the candles too?"

Suddenly, the boy looks visibly comforted. His worry slowly melting away, he asks again: "The flowers and candles will protect us?" - a heartwarming smile creeping across his face as his father says yes.

The interviewer asks the youngster if he feels better now, to which he replies: "Yes, I feel better."

The man has won praise for the way he dealt with his son's questions and comments - and the beautiful exchange has even enabled some French viewers to come to terms with their own grief.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/how-you-explain-paris-terror-6845913

Structure of the Lead：

Who-the dad, his son and French people

What-the dad responded to his young son's comments - and it's even allowing some French people to 'let go of their tears'

How-the dad responded to his young son's comments - and it's even allowing some French people to 'let go of their tears'

Why-not given

When-not given

Where-not given

Keywords:

1.devastating:毀滅性的

2.footage:以尺計算長度

3.massacre:屠殺

4.inhumanity:不人道

5.grief:悲痛

6.floral tributes(片語):獻花

7.pat:輕拍

8.innocently:天真地

9.creep:漸漸綻開