READING 1

INTRODUCTION
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CLASS COURSE
Text Book: Reading 1 , Agus Riyanto, Universitas Terbuka, 2011 9 Module of this book will be covered in 8 classes. Grading Components
3 (three) Tasks Class participation Final Exam

READING 1

Module 1

UNIT 1 - PREVIEWING
What is reading?
looking, getting meaning to symbols and "Reading" is the process of looking at a series of writtencommunicate something. getting meaning from them. When we read, we use our eyes to receive written symbols (letters, punctuation marks and spaces) and we use our brain to convert them into words, sentences and paragraphs that No. communicate something to us. Reading is a receptive learn it? Then why should we skill - through it we receive information. But the complex process of reading 1. You can do on your own also requires the skill of speaking, so that we can pronounce the words that we read. In this you in 2. Greatly broadens your vocabulary, thus helping sense, reading is also a productive (and in listening are both receiving information and speaking skill in that we and writing). transmitting it (even if only to ourselves).

Do we need it in order to speak English fluently?

UNIT 1

Lets start reading!

UNIT 2 - PREDICTING

Lets start reading!

UNIT 2 EXERCISE 1
Olympic torch
The Olympic torch always star ts traveling from Athens, Greece. Then, it flies to the host countr y. This year it flew to the UK for the 201 2 Olympics in London. Af ter it gets to the UK, people will carr y the Olympic torch 8,000 miles (800kms) around the UK. Each per son carries the torch for about 300 meters. Then each per son passes the flame (or the fire) with a kiss to another torch. Some lucky people are chosen to carr y the torch - these people are sometimes famous or they do lots of good things for charity. Some of these Olympic torches are on sale now on the internet. An Olympic torch costs 495 ($790) to make. You can sell it for over 100 000 ($160 000)! One per son who carried the torch sold her torch for 153 100. Her name is Sarah Milner Simmonds and she says she is giving the money to a community garden project. Some people are now sending Sarah horrible e -mails because they think it is bad to make money from selling the torch. The money from the torch sometimes goes to charities and good projects. But the owner of the torch can do what they want with the money they make.

UNIT 2 EXERCISE 1 QUESTIONS

1 . Where does the Olympic torch star t? 2. Where did the Olympic torch fly to? 3. How many miles is the Olympic torch being carried? 4. What do you think a kiss to another torch means? 5. How much does the torch cost to make? 6. How much did Sarah sell her torch for? 7. Why are people sending Sarah horrible e -mails? 8. What can a torch owner do with it? 9. According to the passage, do you think it is right to make money from an Olympic torch?