The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. What does Jenny’s academic advisor hope that her working in Professor Dong’s laboratory would help her to do?
A. initiate a long-term collaborative relationship between their two laboratories
B. understand what potential technology transfer opportunities are possible in the local medical instrumentation sector
C. observe quantitatively the formation of functional synapses between cerebral cortical neurons from a mouse

2. What is Jenny’s research group involved in?
A. understanding how Bioimage, Java and C++ programs can be more effectively implemented in clinical settings in Taiwan
B. initiating a long-term collaborative relationship between our two laboratories
C. developing an experimental system to observe quantitatively the formation of functional synapses between cerebral cortical neurons from a mouse

3. What did Jenny do following her participation in three National Science Council-sponsored research projects as an undergraduate student?
A.She worked on developing potential technology transfer opportunities in the  local medical instrumentation sector.

  B.She  entered  the  Master’s degree program at  the  Institute  of Medical Imagery at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology.

  C.She became become more proficient in Bioimage technology and learned how effectively to operate related instruments.

4. Why would Jenny like to receive technical training in Professor Dong’s laboratory during her upcoming summer vacation?

A.  because of the laboratory’s expertise in developing excellent software for medical instrumentation
B.  because of the laboratory’s expertise in elucidated the interesting phenomenon of synchronous firing
C.  because of the laboratory’s expertise in more effectively implementing   Bioimage, Java and C++ programs in clinical settings in Taiwan

5.  How long would Jenny like to receive technical training in Professor Dong’s laboratory?
A.for four months

  B. for three months

  C. for six months

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Post-Listening Exercise

Write a letter that seeks technical training (科技訓練請求信函) by including the following contents:

1. Summarizing one’s academic or professional experiences 某人學歷及工作經驗概述

2. Requesting technical training 科技訓練申請

3. Commending the organization to receive  technical training from 讚揚提供科技訓練的機構

4. Explaining the details of the technical training

    科技訓練細節解

5. Expressing optimism in the possibility of technical training 表達對科技訓練機會的樂觀態度

Refer to additional examples of correspondence at http://www.chineseowl.idv.tw/html/correspondence/