Reading 1: Coober Pedy - Really Down Under.: Reading 4 Unit 1: Going Underground
Reading 1: Coober Pedy - Really Down Under.: Reading 4 Unit 1: Going Underground
- Copper Pedy is a dusty town in South Australia. People move to underground because of the heat and
the flies.
- The miner arrived:
+ The 1st opals discovered by 14-year-old-boy, Willie Hutchgison in 1915.
+The soliders returning from World War II -> came and dug the 1st underground.
+ 1960s-1970s: miners immigrated to Australia and Copper Pedy from around the globe.
- Rough edges:
+ Copper Pedy is a rough and rugged town . Law was liberialed to take the attitude of the people about
playing cards and drinking.
+ Notwithstanding (However), Copper Pedy has a warmth and raw charm. Just outside town are colorful
rocky outcrops
+ Danger: tourist have died after carelessly walking backward while taking photographs.
- Create new construction:
+ The structure is solid, which create some challenges: electric wiring and water system.
+ There were the convenience inside one home: blessedly cool, although outside was very hot.
+ Feel when you stayed: safety and refuse, area rugs and comfortable furniture soften the interior.
- This article is about face-recognition technology used for security at sporting event.
- Because of anticipating (thấy trước) the trouble of the Super Bowl as football players and couches
were not the only people low camera, they supported it before.
- With face-recognition, it was easy to arrest one of the crime because all of the information of
people who join to this atmosphere have saved in the computer system carefully.
- On the other hand, this technology hasn’t been proven to be reliable because of catching the wrong
person.
- Because it needs biometric (sinh trắc học) to recognize and determine who he or she is.
- Beside that, one of camera system in Tampa can be monitored (giám sát) the streets -> find the
crime -> catch.
- But it is sad to be fooled by simple devices: hat, hairstyle, glasses and human do it better than those.
- The reading examines the usefulness of face-recognition technology for airport security.
- It is very useful, I mean that it had caught the image of 2 young men who passed it adjacent (gần
kề) to the gate.
- With face-recognition, it matched people’s face when they walk near the system and it sent photos
to the computer and made an alarm after.
- So that,the scientist became research it carefully. They gave 2 sides:
+ If the system was working correctly, it would send out the warning when it recognized the
person that his or her picture had been in the computer.
+ If it had some mistakes result, call false positive that warning all people in the airport ->
serious problem.
- Through the test, FR system had not worked well at all because it made so many mistakes.
- Then, it would be tested by the National Institute for Standard and Technology (NIST) and gave
some data:
+ Using new database photos had 90% successful.
+ If moved outdoor, it became highly unreliable ( 94% -> 54%).
+ Difference in cameras angle cause trouble in an FR system.
+ Stored photos get larger, FR system get less dependable.
-> The reliable went down 2-3%.
- It causes the mistake when someone had worn 1 classic device: hat, glasses, hairstyle,…
- Result: Mo FR system can approach the human’s mind ability to compare image and decide
whether they watch.
Unit 4: HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?
- The reading is talking about how weather data is helping settle court cases.
- A girl is the witness and she reports to the court about stealing a car. To show the evidence, the
lawyer called a new witness, a meteorologist to explain something that the girl said before because
they have a suspicion in her story.
+ Sound waves head into wind get pushed upward.
+ With the discovery of the forensic science, they can show the evidence for the court cases like
picture and some information.
- A device to forecast the weather:
+ George Washington in 1789: predict clear skies and high temperature with 59°F -> show the
possible of data.
+ Use internet to find information about weather.
- Hail typically : appear in an example hat it has a downward orientation, not a sideways.
- The insurance company : cover the caused by wind, just one type of weather phenomenon.
- The result of the tools:
+ More precise, affordable, easier to use.
+ Business can buy it and operate the necessary equipment.
+ Become good qualities to have when you step up to the witness stand in court of law.
- Snowstorms com in many form and each type of them exhibits certain traits, depend on where
it gets started and where it goes.
- One of type of snowstorm in North America is the Alberta Clipper:
+ At least dangerous as a storm 3 times its size.
+ Move fast, unusual for a clipper to travel from Western Canada to Atlantic in 72 hours.
+ Most of them fall in warm section of the storm.
+ Can cause a lots of trouble once a clipper's true force is felt.
+ Temperature : decline and ricious wind: at least 35-40 mild/hours.
- Black ice:
+ Ground blizzards routinely produce a phenomenon.
+ Air instantly freeze any moisture on the previously warm roads.
+ Vehicle out of control in sliding on black ice.
+ If your car stuck during the clipper -> mistake of someone:
• Fears and stress -> bad decisions.
• Walking off into the blind snow to search for the help.
• Disoriented and helpless.
They should be calm down and to be in full procession in their sense.