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Exercise 8

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Task reminder: After the recording ends, write a summary of 50–70 words in 10 minutes. Cover the main idea and key supporting points.

1. Sample Audio 1 — Cybersecurity Threats

A lecture on the major categories of cybersecurity threat — phishing, ransomware, supply chain attacks, and state-sponsored intrusions — and the measures organisations can take to reduce their vulnerability.


Sample Summary

The lecture discussed Cybersecurity Threats. A lecture on the major categories of cybersecurity threat — phishing, ransomware, supply chain att…

2. Sample Audio 2 — The Future of Food

An examination of emerging food technologies including cultured meat, precision fermentation, plant-based proteins, and insect farming, and their potential to reduce the environmental footprint of global food systems.


Sample Summary

The lecture discussed The Future of Food. An examination of emerging food technologies including cultured meat, precision fermentation, plant-…

3. Sample Audio 3 — Moral Philosophy: Utilitarianism vs Deontology

A lecture contrasting utilitarian ethics, which judges actions by their consequences, with deontological ethics, which holds that certain actions are intrinsically right or wrong. The speaker uses dilemmas like the trolley problem to illustrate the practical implications of each framework.


Sample Summary

The lecture discussed Moral Philosophy: Utilitarianism vs Deontology. A lecture contrasting utilitarian ethics, which judges actions by their consequences, with deontolog…