Virus

Reading Journal By Htay Win 6031006240 English Reading and Writing 1This journal is submitted for fulfilling of the requirement of the independentreading works for English Reading and Writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in EnglishProgram, Mae Fah University. First Semester 2018

VirusBy Mary ChapmanSummary In the future work, there are the system that is called LOP-Life Organization Programmer. It is welded on human wristfrom birth which works really well to control human decision-making about every single thing- sleep, leisure, socializing etc.Before LOPs, people ate, inputted a lot when they are hungry,drank when thirsty. Supplies ran out; therefore, The controllersintroduced LOPs to instruct people when to eat and drink andto regulate the amount allowed. But this programmer makespeople not to be in the communication, society and friendshipsof the human. Once day, People LOPs have been dismembered, they startinputting more solids and liquids, some are killing each otherwhich are from the instruction from LOPs except Penna, Veekaand Queltus. For this reason, they want to find out whathappens to system. Penna has got a book from her seniorwhich wrote about the AMP, the Anti-Metamorf Party thattried to stop the controlling, but there weren’t not enough ofpower, so they were arrested by the controllers. Finally, theyknow that the LOPs are dismembered by the virus whichQueltus put it into the controlling screen. Penna and Veeka aretrying to induce Queltus to take out the virus from the system

before the controllers will come and arrest them. Eventually,they notice that virus can safe people because it can make AMPtaken control of all systems. The LOPs are beginning to respondin unusual ways, helping each other, sharing resources, in orderto the virus reduce the world population.Reflection The story is quiet confusing. It was written by using lots of ITwords which I wouldn’t understand unless I googled on theinternet. The ending of the story was not clear. The book usedmany different fronds and colors that made readers dizzy.SourceVirus, a young adult fiction by Mary Chapman.New Words Definition New words Meaning: a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end Scoop that is used to dig out and move a softsubstance. (Verb) Ex: She refuses to speak on the record about an issue because she has already guaranteed that Subsidized scoop to another magazine. (Adjective) Meaning: relating to a cost, etc. that is partly paid for by the government or an organization.

Swagger Ex: In France, parents pay for their childcare on a(Verb) sliding scale based on their income—the rest is subsidized by the government.Preoccupied(Adjective) Meaning: to walk or behave in a way that shows that you are very confident and think that youLiquidize are important.(Verb) Ex: A group of young men swaggered around outside the bar. Meaning: thinking or worrying about something too much. Ex: Now, few filmmakers are as preoccupied with time as Richard Linklater. Meaning: to change food into a thick liquid using a blender Ex: The flexed bedding indicates that the sands were partly or wholly liquidized when deformed.Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%)Articles 1 2 3 4 51.Summary(4 %)

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