Mata Kuliah : Bahasa Inggris

SKS :2
Hari/Tanggal :Sabtu/12 Desember 2020
Topik : Reading and Building Vocabulary plus Listening
Pertemuan : 11

Activity 1Reading Text 1

Coronavirus COVID-19
Ten Questions About the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Answered
Note: This article was written on March 5th, 2020 and may not reflect current events or
updates. Please refer to the World Health Organisation (WHO) website or a local
governmental source for more updated and/or accurate information. As a reminder, this
website is for language learning purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.

#1. Why does the virus have two names?

"Coronavirus" refers to a large family of viruses causing respiratory infections, responsible
for a variety of illnesses, including the common cold, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). What is currently being referred
to as the coronavirus disease was first identified in December 2019 and has been since
renamed Covid-19. The media and the public have continued to refer to it as simply "the
coronavirus" but many have already switched to using the more precise term.

#2. What are the symptoms of the virus?

People who are infected with the Covid-19 virus often have flulike symptoms, such as fever,
coughing, sore throat and difficulty breathing. However, not everyone who has a cold need be
concerned about being infected with the coronavirus. To qualify for potential infection with
the coronavirus, a person should have been in an area where the virus is active, or should
have been in contact with someone who has visited an infected area. Areas with a high risk of
infection are, for example, China, where the virus first manifested in the city of Wuhan.
South Korea and Italy are currently other highly affected areas. Many experts now predict
that the virus will spread rapidly worldwide.

3. What should you do if you suspect that you might have the virus?
If you have flulike symptoms and have been to an infected area or have been in contact with
an infected person, you should telephone your general practitioner, who will arrange for you
to be tested for the virus. You should get the results of the test within 24 hours.
#4. How is the virus transmitted?
The coronavirus is transmitted from person to person, through close personal contact such as
shaking hands. People who exhibit symptoms especially can spread the Covid-19 virus,
because it is transmitted through the air by coughing and sneezing. The virus can also be
spread by touching a surface with the virus on it and then touching one's mouth, nose or eyes.
This is why frequent hand-washing is so important. To date there is no convincing evidence
that, for example, pets play a role in the spread of the disease.

#5. Can you transmit the virus if you are not ill?
The majority of people who are infected by the coronavirus display the symptoms and
therefore transmit the disease when they are ill. These symptoms don't have to be severe;
according to the World Health Organization, most people who are infected with the virus
have mild symptoms. You could therefore get the virus from someone who merely coughs
and does not feel very ill. There have been exceptional cases where an infected person has
exhibited no symptoms. As yet there is no proof that the virus can survive for very long
outside the body. You could, for example, still confidently open parcels from China. If
someone has been infected, the person does not immediately notice the symptoms of the
Covid-19 virus. The symptoms only manifest themselves after a few days. On average, the
incubation period is five to seven days. This incubation period has been calculated on the
basis of data from many patients, who all experienced an incubation period of between two
and twelve days. A maximum incubation period of two weeks is therefore assumed.

#6. Can you get the virus again if you have already been infected once?
A person who has been infected with the coronavirus can usually not be infected again,
because the virus will then be recognized by the person's immune system.

#7. How dangerous is the virus?

The mortality rate among people who have been infected with the coronavirus is
approximately 2%. However mortality is closely related to age and medical condition. Those
patients who have died as a result of the Covid-19 virus are almost always older people
whose immune system has been compromised by other medical conditions. By far the
majority of patients recover fully from the Covid-19 virus. Of all infected persons,
approximately 17% have serious complaints. It is also possible that more people could have
been infected and subsequently have recovered from the virus without having consulted a
doctor. This would mean that the number of persons who have been infected is actually
higher than reported, but that the real mortality rate is slightly lower.
#8. Is there a cure for the coronavirus?
At the moment there is no cure for the virus and treatment is supportive. All doctors can do at
the moment is to treat the symptoms of those with serious complaints, such as treating fever
and providing extra oxygen to patients with airway complaints.

#9. Is there a vaccine?

There is still no vaccine against the Covid-19 virus. Various organizations, including the
World Health Organization, are conducting extensive research into vaccines and other
methods to prevent the further spread of the virus.

#10. Does wearing a facial mask help against contracting the virus?
Unfortunately people can still contract an illness such as coronavirus even if they wear a
facial mask. Masks can however prevent people who are infected from spreading the virus.
More important is to wash your hands regularly and thoroughly with soap, for at least 20
seconds, also including your wrists.
Activity 2 Listening activity: listen to the record reading the text!
Activity 3 Building Vocabulary: Look at the words or phrases in the text with the bold one.
Do you understand the meaning ?
Activity 4 Reading comprehension
Task 1 : Reading Comprehension Questions: Choose whether the statement is True or
False based on the text.
1. If you contract an illness other than Covid-19 you needn't be concerned about
spreading it to vulnerable people such as the elderly.
2. The incubation period plays a role in the treatment or cure of any disease.
3. The mortality rate of Covid-19 is (at the time of this writing) very low compared to
SARS and MERS
4. The coronavirus disease was first identified last year.
5. Italy is the first country where manifest the virus.
6. Mortality is not closely related to age and medical condition
7. Corona virus disease cannot be cured.
8. Washing hands regularly and thoroughly can prevent us from corona virus.
Task 2: Discussion Questions
This article was written at an early stage of the outbreak.
1. What information, if any, has been left out?
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2. Is any information incorrect or outdated?
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3. Think of three additional questions about the Coronavirus and write them down.
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4. Now research the answers and write them do
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Activity 5 Reading Text 2

Habits That Keeps You Healthy

For keeping your body and mind healthy you have to follow certain rules that will help you
achieve your goal. Besides, there are certain measures that will help you to stay healthy.
First of all, for being healthy you have to plan and follow a strict diet. This diet should
contain all the essential minerals and vitamins required by the body. Also, eat only healthy
food and avoid junk and heavily carbohydrate and fatty food.
In addition, wake up early in the morning because first of all, it’s a healthy habit. Secondly,
waking up early means you can get ready for your work early, spend some quality time with
your family. Besides, this decides time for your sleep and sleep early because it de-stresses
body.
Doing exercise regularly makes your body more active and it also releases the pent-up stress
from the muscles.
Avoid the mobile- the biggest drawback of this generation is that they are obsessed with their
mobile phones. Moreover, these phones cause many physical and mental problem for them.
So, to avoid the negative effects of mobile the usage volume of them should be reduced.
Connecting with positive minds because the more you indulge with these people then less
you will go to the negative side.
Task 3: Taking a conclusion
So from the text above thing that can keep us healthy suc as:
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