READING WEEK 2 - WORLD NEWS
1) Six global news reported here. Identify the themes that link the news from the different countries.
A record - USA + Saudi Arabia
Coronavirus - Gabon + Odisha,India
Helping animals - Gabon + New Zealand + Canada (people are animals)
A new structure - Saudi Arabia
2) Match the people involved (the subject of the news story) to their location.
Sporty teenager - USA Taxi driver - New Zealand An Artist - India A business - Saudi Arabia Tourist - Gabon People living in a community - Canada
3) Look at the story on Gabon.
a) Why is it easy for gorrilas to catch human desease?
It says in the text ' The respiratory viruses that effect humans are easily transmitted to
great because the two species are so closely related'.
b) Why would it be terrible news if the coronavirus spread to other great apes? Use your own knowledge of these animals.
It would be terrible if the coronavirus spread to these animals because they hard to treat and especially in Africa they would be hard to care for.
4) a) Find the meaning of these words:
scaremongering - the process of saying or doing something in order to deliberately make people feel worried or frightened, especially so that you can gain an advantage.
camaraderie - mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together."the enforced camaraderie of office life"
caremongering - New Word Suggestion. a movement encouraging acts of kindness, especially to help vulnerable people, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
b) Why was the new word needed?
The word was created for social media groups in Canada that where set up to provide help to people in needce
5) 1,3,4,2
6) What message is being given by the sand sculpture. Explain in your own words.
The sculpture is giving you a huge inportant reminder about how bad the coronavirus is and how you should take staying inside and all that hygine is underated and so inportant.
7) Find all the statistics from the story from Saudi Arabia.
26metres and 9740m2. (I'm not quite sure what statistics are)
8) What words would you describe 13-year-old Zailia Avant- Garde's new record?
Inreadible, outstanding and amazing.
9) Zailia - It's about her. yes
Christian - He quoted yes
Toni - They created something no
Valentina - She quoted yes
10) I like the Canadian story because it's kind and caring towards people aswell as the Gabon story and that it's about caring for animals.
Sophie
