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“MAIN IDEA”

Exercise 4
Interesting Inventions
1. Topic: A new kind of jogging shoe
Main Idea: A new kind of jogging shoe has little red light to make the joggers safer (or
more visible) at night.
2. Topic: Quieting machines
Main Idea: Quieting machines reduce stress by eliminating sound in factories, homes and
offices.
3. Topic: A new laser potato peeler
Main Idea: A new laser potato peeler has been developed to eliminate waste in large
factories.

Exercise 5
Panda Bears in China
1. Topic: Giant panda
Main Idea: The giant panda is slowly dying out, but the Chinese government is working to
protect and save pandas.
2. Topic: Baby panda
Main Idea: Baby pandas develop slowly compared to other animals
3. Topic: Panda mother
Main Idea: Female pandas are very good and loving mother and they care for their babies
for a long time.
Exercise 6
Surprising Sources of Disease
1. Topic: Sick building syndrome
Main Idea: People who work in large office buildings get sick more often than normal
2. Topic: Get sick from a pet reptile
Main Idea: Pet reptile may cause infection to human
3. Topic: The cause of cancer
Main Idea: Meat nicely browned that can cause cancer

Exercise 7
People’s Ideas About World Geography
1. Topic: What the world looks like
Main Idea: Few people, in fact have a very accurate idea of what the world look like.
2. Topic: Tendency of Europe and African
Main Idea: Another common error is the tendency to make Europe too large and African
to small.
3. Topic: Kong mountains
Main Idea: An European explorer reported seeing mountains in southern Mali.

Exercise 8
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
1. Topic: Oil Spill
Main Idea: The ship tank who carrying petroleum was broke open and make the
petroleum poured out into the sound.
2. Topic: Impact of oil spill
Main Idea: Direct result of the oil spill make the coast more spectacular. But, also killed
many kind of marine and bird population.
3. Topic: New problem of oil spill
Main Idea: The scientists study discovering if the oil spill also had longer effect on many
other animals.