READING ACTIVITY No.

Read the following text and do the activities proposed, to practice the different
reading strategies you have learned.

Initial questions:
Do you think people who live in cities are happier than other people?
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Read the passage. What does Alessandra Orofino think?
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Understanding purpose.

What's the main purpose of the passage?

a. to explain the benefits of living in cities.
b. to highlight problems of cities and offer a possible solution.
c. to show what Rio de Janeiro learned from other cities.

Understanding main ideas.

These are the main ideas in each paragraph of the text. Write the number of the
paragraph in front of its main idea. The first one is an example.

Residents are becoming disconnected from

their cities.

Cities have their good points but they also

have problems.

As cities grow, there are fewer close

communities.

Cities around the world are growing. Paragraph 1

Orofino started an organization to help

involve Rio citizens in the running of their
city.
Orofino hopes other cities will start a project
like hers.

Understanding details.

Based on the text, decide if the following sentences are true or false. If there is not
enough information, write NG for not given.

1. Rio de Janeiro is the fastest-growing city in Brazil. ______

2. The number of people living in cities around the world is rising. ______
3. In cities around the world, election turnouts are increasing. _______
4. People in Rio de Janeiro are required to vote by law. _______
5. Orofino started Meu Rio in 2011. _______
6. Members of Meu Rio receive news updates via the Internet. _______
7. Meu Rio has more than 200,000 members. _______

Source: Dummett , P., Stephenson , H., Lansford , L. (2017). Keynote 2. TED TALKS. Cengage
Learning.

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