Showing posts with label Reading News. Show all posts
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Friday, July 5, 2013

Reading: ”X-ray Art”

Tia X quang ( X-ray ) không chỉ ứng dụng trong chẩn đoán y khoa mà còn có thể dùng để tạo ra tác phẩm nghệ thuật , thời trang hay trang trí . 1. Read the text

Podiatrist Dr. Paula Fontaine is preparing her next x-ray shoot… and it’s not of a foot or a leg. Today she is photographing a turtle shell that her business partner Joseph Moisan will turn into a work of art. Together they own “radiant art studios” that sells fine art prints, jewelry and home goods made from prints from the x-ray machine in Dr. Fontaine’s office in Westminster, Massachusetts.

- It’s a collection of images based on both organic and inorganic subject matter. We take pictures of all sorts of things like light bulbs, feet, shells. And we create art using a process called digital map painting on top of the x-ray images.

Moisan was originally hired by Fontaine to work on her computers. But after he learned how to operate the x-ray machine, he noticed that he could treat the pictures like his regular digital photographs.

- It’s kind of like a serendipity kind of moment because that little light bulb goes off and you think to yourself, ‘I could make this work.’

Since then the duo has displayed their work at numerous art shows and on their website, challenging the notion that beauty is just skin-deep…

2. Understand the vocabulary

X-ray Art

Podiatrist - a doctor who treats injuries and diseases of the foot.

Fine art - a type of art (such as painting, sculpture, or music) that is done to create beautiful things.

Hired - to give work or a job to (someone) in exchange for wages or a salary.

Serendipity - luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for.

Duo - two people who perform together, are usually seen together, or are associated with each other.

Challenging - difficult in a way that is usually interesting or enjoyable.

Notion - an idea or opinion.

3. Watch the video

From : http://www.abaenglish.com/blog/feed

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Alarm Over Mekong Region’s Rapidly Disappearing Forests

By Rachel Vandenbrink
Rừng Việt Nam ở khu vực sông Mekong bị tàn phá nhanh chóng và có khả năng biến mất hoàn toàn nếu không có biện pháp năn chặn . Bản tin từ đài châu Á về hiện trạng này.








The greater Mekong region in Southeast Asia could lose nearly a third of its forests within the next two decades if governments don’t boost protection, a leading conservation group warned Thursday, saying the region’s freshwater ecosystems are also threatened by planned dams.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Reading News : World deltas tabled in HCM City

Source: VietNam Feeds

As many as 300 policymakers, experts and scientists from Sub-Mekong region countries and other nations across the globe are gathering at an international conference in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss solutions to some of the most acute challenges facing Vietnam and its delta, as well as the broader Mekong River system.

Addressing the 2013 World Deltas Dialogues II, which kicked off on May 19, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thai Lai said the Mekong Delta region is facing serious water-related challenges from global warming and climate change, notably salt water intrusion.

Climate change scenarios in Vietnam show that sea levels could rise by up to 1 meter by 2100, covering 40% of the Mekong Delta.

These problems are truly challenging the regional ecosystem, the agro-fishery industry and food security, said Lai.

He added that the conference will provide a forum for global representatives to share their experiences in managing and dealing with arising challenges in deltas across the world, particularly the Mekong Delta region.

The Delta 2013 Vietnam, themed “Solutions for the Ecosystem ahead of unforeseeable aftermaths,” is jointly organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, America’s Wetland Foundation (AWF), the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Dutch and US Embassies in Vietnam.

Delegates at the conference discussed long-term issues relating to the Mekong Delta’s development and ecosystem balance, experience in coping with climate change in the Mississippi Delta and how to adapt to flooding in the Mekong Delta region and Vietnam’s coastal areas.

The conference, with the first event held in the US three years ago, will last until May 23.

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