Task of Week 8

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/03/30/coronavirus-lockdown-rules-gatherings/

A Find a newspaper article with topic on environmental issues and embed (link)  to your personal blog. 

New coronavirus rules: Morrison limits gatherings to two, urges elderly to stay home

B  Read the headline and try to guess the content without reading the article

The Prime Minister announced the new rules about the Coronavirus. The number of outdoor gathering people limits two and the aged people should stay home.

C Skim the article and identify the main idea in the article

To stop the spread of the Coronavirus, the Prime Minister announced to limit outdoor gathering people to two and the people over the70s should stay at home to protect themselves.

D Read the article in detail and write down the notes (main point)

New rules limit outdoor people to two and aged people should stay at home.

Do exercises outdoors but don’t gather with others.

Shopping for food and necessary supplies but get back as soon as quickly.

Must stay at home unless necessary.

Limit shopping to essential services.

Medical officer said the measures have got the effect.

Advice for over 70s to stay indoors.

Put a moratorium on evictions for small business.

E Using your notes write a brief summary

PM announced the new rules to limit outdoor people to two and aged people should stay at home. People can do exercises outdoors but don’t gather with others. People can go shopping for food and necessary supplies but must get back quickly as soon as possible. People must stay at home unless necessary, e.g. need for medicare or have to work or study. Essential retails will keep open and offer the service. The Medical Officer said the government’s measures have got the effect. PM advises for people over the 70s to stay indoors to protect from the virus. There is a moratorium on evictions for the small business which have financial difficulties.

F Write your personal reflection on the issue in the article

This article is about the new rules which the Prime Minister announced. The PM limits outdoor gathering people to two and the aged people should stay at home to protect them from the Coronavirus. In my opinion, there are some advantages to reduce the gathering and ask people to stay at home. Today, there are more than 4,250 Coronavirus cases in Australia and the virus spread very fast. Staying at home and reducing the gatherings can stop the spread and protect people safely. I strongly believe that the new rules are beneficial to protect the people from the Coronavirus.

News article

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/23/australian-athletes-told-to-prepare-for-olympic-games-in-2021

Questions:
1. Where did you find your article?     
    The Guardian

2. What is the date of your article?
    23 Mar 2020

3. What is the headline?
    Australia athlets told to prepare for Olympic Games in 2021

4. From reading the headline what do you think this article will be about?
    The Tokyo Olympic Games will be hold in 2021.

5. What is the main information in the article?
    The Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 maybe change the be held in 2021 because of the  Covid-19 pandemic.

6. What are two things the article tells you?
    Australian cannot assemble a team for 24 July start. Situation due to Cornoavirus has become 'untenable'.

7. a) Find two positive and two negative words or pharses in the article that show the writer's point of view.
Positive: extremely challenging, assist
Negative: tough and uncertain times, untenable situation
b) What do these words tell you about the writer's point of view?
Changing the date of the Olympic Games 2020 makes it extremely challenging and IOC and AOC will assist the athletes. Because the Covid-19 has exploded all over the world, now people are in tough and uncertain times and untenable situation.

8 a) Identify sources of information the writer refers to in the article. eg quotes from experts, research results, etc.
"It remains difficult [to postpone an Olympics]. Hence why their decision is they'll come back to us within a month," an exhausted chief executive Matt Carroll said on Monday.
b) What information do these sources give?
This sentence was said by chief executive Matt Carroll on Monday.

9. What is the link between the visual image or graph and the words in the article?
People are doubting if the Olympic Games in Tokyo can go ahead as planned this year during the expolsion of Coronavirus.

10. Personal reflection ( Write your opinion about the issue/information in the newspaper article ) - Homework
This article is about the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 maybe postpone to 2021 due to Coronavirus has exploded all over the world. In my opinion, there is more beneficial to change the date of the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games is the world's biggest sporting event，and millions of people will come together. But recently, the Coronavirus has swept most of the countries and there are more than 380,000 cases and 16,700 death in the world. Postponing the Olympic Games can reduce the spread of the virus and protect people's health.  I think there are advantages to changing the date of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.