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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Summarizing and Paraphrasing.

The text:
  Lucky and Flo are marked dogs. The canine crime fighters were recruited by the Hollywood-based Motion Picture Association, or MPA, to help Malaysia in its campaign against piracy and since arriving here two weeks ago they've acquired a fearsome reputation.
  On Tuesday the two black Labrador retrievers spearheaded a raid in the southern city of Johor Baru that resulted in the seizure of around three million dollars worth of illegally copied movies. Now domestic trade officials have told the MPA that they believe the piracy syndicates have put out a contract on the dogs. Industry sources told the BBC that the threats may be the criminals' way of signalling their displeasure to the authorities who've steadily been increasing pressure on their operations.
  Malaysia's been among the top exporters of pirated films, music and software to Africa, Europe and North America. Lucky and Flo's early successes notwithstanding, the dogs do have their limitations. They can't distinguish between legitimate discs and pirated ones and despite their super-sensitive noses they still can't tell the difference between movies that are worth watching and the real stinkers.


Summarizing:
  In Malaysia, two sniffer dogs used to resist movie piracy are threatened to be killed by piracy organizations.

Paraphrasing:
  Two dogs, called Lucky and Flo, are famous. The Hollywood-based Motion Picture Association, or MPA, enlisted the dog-like crime fighter to help Malaysia in its battle against piracy, and since the dogs arrived here two weeks ago they have gained a horrible name.
  On Tuesday a raid, led by the two Labrador retrievers, in the southern city of Johor Baru resulted in the capture of illegally copied movies, which are worthy of around three million dollars. Now the MPA has been notified that national trade officers believe that a contract on dogs has been put out by the piracy organizations. Industry sources told the BBC that the offenders threatened probably because they want to convey anger to the government who have kept extending pressure on their activities.
  Malaysia has been one of the top exporters of copied films, music and software to Africa, Europe and North America. Even though Lucky and Flo succeed rapidly, there are still limitations to the dogs. They cannot tell lawful discs and plagiarized ones. In spite of their extremely sensitive smell, they are unable to recognize the dissimilarities between movies that are worthy to watch and the actual stinkers.

1 Comments:

Blogger Yuhsiuwriting said...

Good!



There are two dogs, called Lucky and Flo, are identified.
-->Two dogs, ..., are famous...




  

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