How to deal with reading.ppt adalah materi tentang bagaimana mencari topic dari sebuah text
- 1. BY : ABDUL GHOFAR N
- 2. short in the form of words / phrase (not sentence) not too general not too specific
- 3. Clues : football baseball tennis skiing golf Questions : What is the topic ? Answer : SPORT
- 4. Clues : Austria France Germany Questions : What is the topic ? Answer : European Countries Italy Belgium Netherland
- 5. 1. A: Is it a girl or a boy? B: A girl. She’s 3 kg and very healthy. A: When will they come home from the hospital? B: I’m going to bring them home tomorrow. Question : 1. What are they talking about ? Newly-born baby ???? 2. Where are they ?
- 6. 2. A : I like the color. B : So do I. Red is my favorite color. A : How many miles does it have on it? B : Only 30,000. They told me it belonged to an old lady. She didn’t use it very much. A : How’s the price? B : It’s really cheap. A : Then I think you should get it. Question : 1. What are they talking about ? Used car / 2nd hand car 2. Where are they ? ???
- 7. Mexico City is a popular place for tourists. Every year thousands of people go to Mexico City. They visit the old and beautiful buildings in this city. In the museums they learn about the history of Mexico. And in the restaurants they enjoy the spicy and delicious Mexican food. Question : What is the topic of the paragraph ? Mexico City
- 8. The food in Mexico sometimes surprises tourists. It can be very, very spicy! Mexican cooks use a special kind of pepper. This pepper so spicy, it almost burns your mouth. But most people start to like the spices after a while. They learn to like Mexican food very much. Question : What is the topic of the paragraph ? Mexican food
- 9. It is easy to make a good cup of tea. Just follow these steps. First, boil some water. Next put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it. Pour the water out of the pot and put in some tea leaves. You will need one teaspoon of tea leaves for each cup of tea you want. Then pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes. Now the tea is ready to drink. A. Good tea : _____________ B. How much tea to use : _____________ C. How to make good tea : _____________
- 10. The first people to grow coffee beans lived in the Middle East. The Persians, Arabs and Turks were drinking coffee many hundreds of years ago. Then, in the 1600s, Europeans learned about coffee. They quickly learned to like it. Soon there were coffee houses in many European cities. Europeans took coffee with them when they traveled to new countries. That is how people in other parts of the world learned about coffee. Now coffee is very popular in North and South America, in Africa and in parts of Asia. a. The history of coffee : __________________ b. European coffee houses : __________________ c. Popular drinks : __________________
- 11. In the United States orange juice is one of the most popular cold drinks. Most of the oranges for juice grow in Florida. In many homes around the country, orange juice is always served at breakfast time. It is also a favorite snack at any time of the day. When there is bad weather in Florida the whole country knows about it. Bad weather in Florida means fewer oranges. And that means more expensive orange juice! a. bottled orange juice b. orange juice in the United States c. cold drinks in the USA
- 12. It is easy to make a good cup of tea. Just follow these steps. First, boil some water. Next put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it. Pour the water out of the pot and put in some tea leaves. You will need one teaspoon of tea leaves for each cup of tea you want. Then pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes. Now the tea is ready to drink. The first people to grow coffee beans lived in the Middle East. The Persians, Arabs and Turks were drinking coffee many hundreds of years ago. Then, in the 1600s, Europeans learned about coffee. They quickly learned to like it. Soon there were coffee houses in many European cities. Europeans took coffee with them when they traveled to new countries. That is how people in other parts of the world learned about coffee. Now coffee is very popular in North and South America, in Africa and in parts of Asia. In the United States orange juice is one of the most popular cold drinks. Most of the oranges for juice grow in Florida. In many homes around the country, orange juice is always served at breakfast time. It is also a favorite snack at any time of the day. When there is bad weather in Florida the whole country knows about it. Bad weather in Florida means fewer oranges. And that means more expensive orange juice! The topic of all three paragraphs is _________________
- 13. Fog is really a low cloud near the ground. Fog and clouds are made of many little drops of water. These drops stay in the air because they are so small. You cannot see each drop. But fog can make it hard to see other things. It can be dangerous if you are driving, for example. Sometimes where there is a lot of fog you cannot see the road. Sailors also have trouble when there is fog. Boats may get lost and hit rocks or beaches in the fog. Topic :
- 14. When there is a heavy rain storm, you sometimes see lightning. It is very bright light in the sky. In the past people thought the reason was religious. They thought it came from an angry god. In the 1700s Benjamin Franklin found out lightning was electricity. Storms with lightning really are electrical storms. But scientists today still do not know everything about lightning. They do not know exactly what it comes from. And they never know where and how it will hit the earth. What is the topic?
- 15. All clouds are made of many little drops of water. But not all clouds are alike. There are three kinds of clouds. Cirrus clouds are one kind. These are made of ice drops. They look very soft and light. Another kind of cloud is called a cumulus cloud. They are very large and deep and flat on the bottom. We usually see cumulus clouds on warm summer days. And finally there are stratus clouds, which cover the whole sky. These clouds make the sky gray and the sun does not shine at all. The topic of the paragraph is:
- 16. Finding a job is often difficult for a young person today. But it will be easier if you follow these steps. Think about what kind of work you like to do. You should talk to your friends and your family about it. You can also talk to some people with different kinds of jobs. Next you need to write a resume. This tells about your education and your earlier jobs. It should be carefully typed. Then you are ready to start looking for a job. The topic is : Steps of looking for a job