What is the central idea of this excerpt from The Hot Zone?
Nancy took a breath and gathered her thoughts. She
imagined that passing through the gray-vone door into
Level 4 was like a space walk, except that instead of going
into outer space, you went into inner space, which was
full of the pressure of life trying to get inside your suit.
People went into Level 4 areas all the time at the
Institute, particularly the civilian animal caretakers. But
going into a containment zone to perform a necropsyon
an animal that had died of an amplified unknown hot
agent was something a little different. This was high-
hazard work.
-The Hot Zone,
Richard Preston

Animal necropsies are done only by trained
professionals.

People go into Level 4 areas all the time at the
Institute.

Entering Level 4 is like going into inner space,

Working in a containment zone is very dangerous.

Working in a containment zone is very dangerous.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "The Hot  Zone," by Richard Preston, Dr Nancy Jaax is given a promotion to carry out research on Ebola at a medical institute. In that respect, working at the containment zone is extremely hazardous, since scientists are exposed to extremely infectious diseases from animals that come from hot tropical places. In fact, she is almost contaminated with the Ebola virus.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)