SNAKE IN A BATH

How would you like to find a snake in your bath? A nasty one too!

He had just moved into a new house, which had been empty for so long that everything was in a terrible mess. Aan and I decided we would clean the bath first, so we set to, and turned on the tap. Suddenly, to my horror, a snake’s head appeared in the plug-hole, then out slithered the rest of his long thin body. He twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath, spitting and hissing at us.

For an instant I stood there quite paralysed. Then I yelled for my husband, who luckily came running and killed the snake with the handle of a broom. Anna, who was only three at the time, was quite interested in the whole business. Indeed I had to pull her out of the way or she’d probably have leant over the bath to get a better look!

Ever since then I’ve always put the plug in the firmly before running the bath water.

Taken from: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA

     

CAMPING

Camping is a hobby of people of different age. They usually go camping weekends or holidays. They live outside their house for one or more days. They bring food, clothes and other daily needs with them. They often bring some cooking utensils and cook their own food. They spend several days, or even weeks in a tent. They do a lot of activities, like fishing, swimming, watching birds and wildlife, and playing games.

Camping helps people free themselves from the stress of city life. They leave the city and move closer to nature. Many people believe that camping is very good for health. Hiking around a campsite or swimming in a river or sea nearby is a good exercise for the body.

 Taken from: English On Sky 2

JONAS EDWARD

Jonas Edward Salk was an American physician and epidemiologist. He developed the first vaccine against poliomyelitis.  He lived from 1914 to 1995.

He was born in New York City. He received an M.D. from New York University in 1939 and was appointed assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan. In 1947 he became head of the virus research laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1949-1954 he was a research professor of bacteriology. He was a professor of preventive medicine and chairman of the department from 1954 to 1956. Finally, he was a professor of experimental medicine from 1957 to 1963.

Salk and his colleagues developed an inactivated vaccine against polio in 1952. In 1954, the vaccine was distributed nationally. It greatly reduced the disease. In the mid-1950s the American virologist Albert Sabin developed Salk’s discovery. He found an oral vaccine. His discovery brought polio under control.

Now, people all over the world use Salk’s discovery. The Indonesian government has a national program on it. However, only a few people know the inventor, Jonas Edward Salk.

Taken from: English On Sky 2 

QUESTION TAGS

Pernyataan (+),	Tag (-)?
This paper is white	Isn’t it?
Pernyataan (-),	Tag (+)?
You don’t like popcorn	Do you?

	Positive	Negative
With “be”	I’m right, Kajol from India, You were  there, I was late,	Aren’t I? Isn’t she? Weren’t you? Wasn’t I ?
Simple Present	You like music, Pat loves reading,	Don’t you? Doesn’t she?
Simple Past	Tim talked to you, Via went to Bali,	Didn’t he? Didn’t she?
Present Continuous	It’s raining, The girls are going,	Isn’t it? Aren’t they?
With “should”	Jim should leave soon,	Shouldn’t he?
With “there”	There’s chair in your room,	Isn’t there?

	Negative	positive
With “be”	I’m not wrong, Ann isn’t from India, You weren’t there, I wasn’t late,	Am I? Is she? Were you? Was I?
Simple Present	They don’t play tennis, Tom doesn’t know,	Do they? Does he?
Simple Past	The boys didn’t swim, The children didn’t cry,	Did they? Did they?
Present Continuous	Yuda isn’t studying, The dog isn’t sleeping,	Is she? Is it?
With “should”	Lia shouldn’t be angry,	Should she?
With “there”	There aren’t any books in your bag,	Are there?

THE PRINCE AND THE PEA

There once was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but it had to be a real princess. So he went all over the world looking for a real princess. Everywhere he met young ladies who told him they were real princess, but he could never b completely sure that this was true. There was always something about them that did not seem quite right. And so, after a long time, the prince went back home to his parents and was very sad.

One evening there was a terrible storm. It rained heavily and there was thunder and lightning in the sky above the royal casting. Then there was a knock at the castle gate. The old king went out to see who it could it could be.

THE TINY ISLAND REPUBLIC OF ZAMBEDIA

The tiny island Republic of Zambadia is in the South Pacific Ocean about 600 km east of Australia. It has a total land area of 2.500 km. there are a lot of mountains in the west of island and vast forest in the south east. There is also a very large volcano in the center of this island which is called Mr. Hajimoto.

There are two cities which have more than 80% of the population live. They are Bintwa which is in the north and Rakawa in the south east. The rest of population work as fisherman in small villages along the north coast. However, the population of Zambadia was just fifty two thousand and the republic has a population growth rate of 1,8% per years. English is spoken by most people and is the official language. Bintavi, the language of the originan in habits, can steel be heard in the north, the climate is sub-tropical with daytime temperature of 27⁰ C. There is a short wet season from December to January.

Taken from: LKS SMA (SIMPATI) 

THE PRAMBANAN TEMPLE

The prambanan temple lies about 45kms west of Surakarta, just beside the road between Yogyakarta and Surakarta. It can be reached by public transportation from Surakarta or Yogyakarta.

The Prambanan temple site is a large ground with a number of Hindu Shrine with beautiful Stupas, statues and relief. It s devoted to Syiwa, the Chief God. In the centre of Syiwa, while the west one contains the statue of Durga, Syiwa’s beautiful wife. This Shine is also known as Candi Rarrajonggrang.

On the panels of the terraces there are beautiful reliefs narrating the Ramayana story. That’s why an open theater has been built in the grounds of the temple where the Ramayana ballet performances are held on full moon nights during May throughout October.

The second Shrine size which lies south of Candi Rarrajonggrang is devoted to Wisynu, the keeper. Inside the Shrine there is a statue of Wisynu three faces. This Shrine is called candi Trumurti (the three faces) and was restored in 1986. The other smaller Shrine contains statues of Brahma, nandi (Syiwa’s riding-ox) and others.

The whole site of candi Prambanan is being restored to build a beautiful candi Prambanan Tourist Park. Around the grounds of the temple there are a lot of stands selling handcrafts and all kind of souvenirs.

Taken from: SIMPATI SMA    

RABBIT AND CROCODILE

Once there was a little rabbit. He was small but he was very clever. He lived on an island n the middle of a river. He was the only rabbit on the island. One day he wanted to across the river, but he could not find a bridge anywhere.

“What can I do?” he said to himself. “There isn’t any bridge. How can I across?”

Just then he saw a big crocodile by the river.

“Ah,” he thought. “Now I know what I can do, “He went up to the crocodile.

“Good morning, Mr. Crocodile, “He said.

“Good morning,” replied the crocodile,

Then the rabbit asked, “How many crocodiles are there in this river? Do you know?”

“No, I don’t know,” the crocodile answered.

“You don’t know?” the rabbit said. “I know exactly how many rabbits there are on this island. Why don’t you know how many crocodiles there are in this river?”

‘I’ve never counted them,” answered the crocodile. “My grandfather never counted them; and my father never counted them; and I have never counted them,”

ACTIVE READING

Most of us have to read a certain amount of material for one reason or other: perhaps we are taking a course; perhaps we need to read something for work, perhaps we are giving a talk on one an outside interest to a group or club. All too often we approach such an assignment with the idea of reading a certain number of pages, or starting at the beginning and reading page by page until we have completed the reading. While this approach does get the reading over with, it does not encourage you think about what you are reading-to participate activity.

People who enjoy reading have learned to look for clues or key ideas as they read. They often do this without realizing it, but it is part of what make reading fun. If you have never tried the technique, you might want to see how it works. In some ways it’s like taking a trip someplace you’ve never been. You would  not just start off and you have were going in the right directions; you would probably check a road map carefully to see the directions you want to ago, the types of a roads, the location of towns or other special points. It’s the same with reading. If you have some ideas of what is included in the material and how it presented, you will get more out of your reading and enjoy it more. You can do this by looking over the reading briefly in a methodological way to see the main points of the chapter or article. 

WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT IN ENGLISH?

WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT IN ENGLISH?

Teacher            : what do you call ‘kelapa’ in English?

Student             : ‘coconut’

Teacher            : what do you call ‘ibu rumah tangga’ in English?

Student             : ‘housewife’

Teacher            : what do you call ‘Mi’ in English?

Student             : ‘noodle’

Teacher            : what do you call ‘tahu’ in English?

Student             : ‘tofu’

Teacher            : what do you call ‘susu’ in English?

Student             : ‘milk’

Teacher            : you are good student. 

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Teacher          : what does ‘city’ mean?

Student           : it means ‘kota’

Teacher          : that’s correct. What does ‘light bulb’ mean?

Student           : it means ‘bola lampu’

Teacher          : what does ‘pencil sharpener’ mean?

Student           : it means ‘peruncing pensil’

Teacher          : and what does ‘nail cutter’ mean?

Student           : it means ‘pemotong kuku’

Teacher          : very good. You can answer all my questions

Student           : thank you

CHUSEOK

Chuseok, also called Han-Ga-Wi (from archaic Korean for “great Middle”), is a major three day holiday in Korean. It is a celebration of the good harvest. Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food.

It is celebrated on the 15^th day of the 8^th month of the Lunar Korean calendar. The celebration started on one day before and after. Therefore, it is a three days celebration.

A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok, but these vary from region to region. A lion dance is performed in the north-west, a tug of war in Jeolla and Gyeongsang provinces. Other regions hold Wrestling and archery contests. For all games, in all regions, a Nongak band performs.

In modern South Korea, on Chuseok there is a mass of exodus of Koreans returning their home towns to pray respected to the spirits of one’s ancestor. People perform ancestral worship rituals early in the morning. They often visit the tomb of their immediate ancestor to trim plants, clean area around the tomb, and offer food and drink, and crops to their ancestors. Harvest crops are attribute to the blessing of ancestor.

Taken from: Interlanguage English for senior high school      

PARIS

The city Paris is the capital of France. It is very old and is built either side of the river seine. Paris is named after a Celtic tribe called the Parisii who lived on an island in the river. Paris is famous for its museums, galleries and is a leader of fashion in the world. At the centre of the city is an island called lle’ de’ la cite’, crowned by the cathedral of Notre Dame. Many nobles were imprisoned on the island palais de justice during the French revolution.

The oldest bridge in Paris is called Pont Neuf (New Bride) although it is over 400 hundred year old. The River Seine Divides Paris into a right bank and left bank. Much of city was rebuilt to a new plan in the 1800s.

On the hill behind the Louvre is the white Crunch of Sacre Coeur and the artist’s quarter of the Montmarter. On the left bank are the older, narrower streets of the student or Latin Quarter and the Sorbonne University. Further down the river is the Eiffel Tower on Champs de Mars. 

The louver was once a royal palace. Since the revolution it has been a Museum. A huge glass prism stands in on courtyard. The Monalisa is a famous painting in the Louvre. People say she has a mysterious smile.

Another famous landmark is the Arc de Triomphe, which was built to celebrate Napoleon’s Victories. Twelve avenues lead from it in a star shape.

Taken fron: LKS Bahasa Inggris SMA (Gemilang)

THE GOLDEN AX

A long time ago, two brothers lived together in a small village. The younger brother was called Li Gang, and the older was called Li Ping.

Every morning, on their way to work, the brothers had to across a bridge over a small river. One morning, as Li Gang was crossing the Bridge, he dropped his ax into the water by accident. He sat down and started to cry because he could not work without his six.

Suddenly an old man appeared in front of him and asked why he was crying. After Li Gang explained what had happened, the old man disappeared. When he returned, he was carrying a silver ax. Li Gang looked at it and said that it was not his. Then the old man brought another ax that was made of gold. But Li Gang said that one wasn’t his either.

Finally, the old man showed him his iron ax. Li Gang said “Yes, that’s it. That’s the ax I lost.” The old man told him that because he was an honest boy, he could have to only his own ax but also the gold ax.

THE POTTER’S WISH

There once was a man named Fung. He was a potter whose business was only adequate. He knew he would not be getting rich the way things were going. His pots and China were reputed the best, artistic, useful and strong, but he lived in a poor, unpopulated area.

The potter was always improving his product in a style and application, but he could not improve their strength.

One day he became angry after he dropped a mug. And it shattered on the floor.

“Gosh,” he cried, ‘’Dear God, please help me make an unbreakable pot.”   

God appeared before him and replied, “you diligence and good heart allow you to make in invincible earth ware.”

HOW DO SEASONS HAPPEN?

Seasons come to us regularly. We have probably noticed that it gets warmer in the summer or dry season while it gets colder in the winter or wet season. However, do we know how these seasons change?

Seasons happen and change every year. This happen because the earth tilts back and forth as it goes around e sun. During the summer, the earth tilts toward the sun. It makes half of the earth hotter. This condition is what we call summer. During the other half of the year, the earth tilts away from the sun. As a result, it makes that half of the earth cooler. This cool condition is then what we call winter.

MAKING A KITE

Flying a kite is an interesting activity and making your own kite is easy. Prepare the following materials: butchers cord; scotch tape or glue; one sheet of strong paper; two strong straight wooden stick of bamboo; marker, paint or crayons. After you have prepared the materials, follow the simple direction below:

First, make a cross with the two sticks, with the shorter stick placed horizontally across the longer stick. Then, tie the two sticks together with the string in such a way as to make sure that they are at right angles to each other. Next, cut a notch at each end of the sticks. Make it deep enough for the type of string you are using to fit into. After that, cut a piece of string long enough to stretch all around the kite frame. Then, lay the sail materials flat and place the stick frame face down on top. Cut around it, leaving about 2-3 cm for a margin, fold these edges over and glue it down so that the materials is tight. Make it tail by tying a small ribbon roughly every 10 cm along the length of string. And finally, decorate your kite with marker.

Taken from: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA       

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Macquarie University is one of the largest universities in Australia. This year, in 2004, it celebrates its 40^th anniversary.

The university is located at the North Ryde Greenbelt, Sydney, where the New South Wales government sets aside 135 hectares for the institution. In 1964, the Macquarie area was a rural retreat on the city fringe, but today the campus and its surroundings have evolved beyond recognition. The North Ryde District has grown into a district of intensive occupation anchored by vibrant and growing university.

Blessed with a fortunate location and room to breathe, Macquarie can be proud of that careful planning that retains and enrich the university’s most attractive natural features. A pleasing balance between buildings and plating is evident across the campus. The emphasis on the importance of landscape has created images of Macquarie as a place that member of the university are most likely to pleasurably recollect.

One of the highlights of the landscape is the mars creek zone. It comprises landscape reek side and valley floor, a grass amphitheatre, and an artificial lake surrounded by rocks and pebbles, native plants and eucalypts.

Today, a railway station is under construction. In three year time, Macquarie will be the only university in Australia with a rail way station on site. Macquarie is poised to be the most readily accessible in Sydney region by rail and motorway, yet retaining its beautiful site.

Taken from: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA               

GROWING PETUNIA SEEDS

Follow these instructions to germinate petunia seeds. You will need:

¾    A packet of the petunia seeds

¾    A seed tray or small pots

¾    Loamy friable soil or potting mix

¾    Water

¾    Fertilizer

How to do it:

1.     Fill seed tray with soil

2.     Incorporate fertilizer into soil

3.     Scatter seeds on the surface of the soil

4.     Cover seeds with a 3 mm layer of soil. Press firmly

5.     Spray water to moisten the seed bed

6.     Place seed tray in warm, sunny position

7.     Keep soil moist by water gently while seeds are germinating. Seeds will germinate in approximately 10-14 days.

Taken from: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA  

WHAT IS TORNADO?

Tornadoes are known as one of the most damaging natural disaster. What is the description of a tornado? A tornado is a very powerful column of wind which spirals around a center of low atmospheric pressure. A tornado will look like a large black funnel which hangs down from a storm cloud.

The name “Tornado” drives from Latin “tonare”, it means “to thunder”. While the Spanish development the world into “tornear” which means “to turn or twist”. This is way a tornado is sometimes called twister or cyclone.

The wind inside a twister can spin around at speeds up to 500 miles an hour, but it usually travels at roughly 300 miles an hour. This speed twisting makes tornado the most dangerous storm.

The average tornado has a diameter of about 200 to 300 yards. The smaller tornadoes are known as satellite tornadoes. These small offspring, about yards across, can be very fierce and do lots of damage.

The formation of a tornado can be very quick. Sometimes it can form in a minute or less. A tornado can travel across the ground at high speed, and then it can suddenly vanish. Most tornado last less than twenty minutes and travel less than 15 miles. However, the super storms sometimes travel over 100 miles before they are exhausted.

Taken From: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA

SINGAPORE

Singapore is a small island country in southeast Asia. The country lies at the southern end of Malay Peninsula that is separated from island of Sumatra in Indonesia by the Strait of Malacca.  

The bustling, crowded city of Singapore, on the southern end of the Island, is the heart of the country. Most of the people live there, and the country’s thriving economy is based on the city’s business. Singapore city is a business and banking center, and one of the world’s busiest ports. Ship from many countries stop there to load and unload Cargo. Many Asia countries and copra, lumber, rubber, spices, and other goods to Singapore to be sorted, graded, and packed. Ships then carry the goods to other countries.

TOKYO

Tokyo is the political, economic, and cultural centre Japan. It is the capital of Japan, located at the head of Tokyo Bay. The mean annual temperature for central Tokyo is about 140^o C. the hottest month of August, has a mean temperature of about 26.4^o C, while the coldest month, January, ahs a mean temperature of about 3.3^o C. Tokyo is claimed to be the most populous city in the world. The population of the city is 8,901,341, and the population around Tokyo city is 10,348,975. It is also one of the world’s most modern cities, having been repeatedly rebuilt after destruction by fires, earthquake, and World War II raids. Tokyo is served by an efficient net of subway, buses, electric cars, and electric or diesel trains, it become the cultural leader of Japan because a concentration of universities, libraries, and museum. Tokyo has many museum of Japanese, world art, and science such as the Tokyo National museum, the National Museum of modern art, folk craft museum, communication museum, and eclectic science   museum.

Taken from: encyclopedia American 

VENICE

Venice is the largest port in Italy. It is located on a cluster of small on mud islands at the head of the Adriatic Sea. About 120 small islands make up the city of Venice in a sheltered lagoon off the northeastern coast of Italy. Venice has canals for streets, and has gondolas, or flat-bottomed boats, for taxicab. Venice handles a great amount of trade. Goods of all kinds are received at Venice. Venice is known for its beautiful glass, brocades, tapestries, wood carvings, bronze statue and art objects, and jewelry.

Taken from: the world book encyclopedia

THANKS GIVING DAY

A traditional thanks Giving dinner takes place yearly at the white house and in many American homes.  Roast Turkey and pumpkin pie are among the symbols of this festival. An ancient harvest symbol, the cornucopia, or ‘horn of plenty,” has also been attached to thanks giving. School and business close for this day of family reunion and national, rather than individual, giving of thanks.  

Thanks giving day is a historical, national, and religious holiday that began with the pilgrims. After the survival of their first colony through a bitter winter, and the gathering of the harvest, Gov-William Bradford of Plymouth Colony issued thank giving proclamation in the autumn of 1621. During the three-day thanks giving, the pilgrims feasted on wild Turkey and venison with their Native American guest.

DROUGHT

Droughts are extreme water shortages that last for a long time. Drought occurs when the average rainfall drop below what is expected for an area and stays there for an extended time. What would be normal rainfall in Alice Springs would be a drought is Sydney.

There are more droughts in the drier interior areas o Australia that in the coastal areas. The inland areas have more dramatic changes in rainfall.

Droughts from the past can be seen in the rings made on tress as they grow wood each year. In wet years the layer of wood is thick. In dry years of wood is thin.

Taken from: Gemilang

REPORT TEXT

A report text tries to present information about an entire class of thing or animal.

Examples:

·         Mammals,

·         Transport, and

·         Document.

Generic Structure:

1.      General classification (introducing the thing that will be described/often definition)

2.      Description (sequence facts the about various aspect of the class of thing or animal such as part, habit, and behavior)

MY MAY MAISY

There was a man who had a parrot. His name is Hamid.

“May Maisy”, the parrot replied. “You are my beautiful maisy.”

Hamid taught the parrot new word every day. One day the cage was opened and the parrot flied out. It was flying about the room. Hamid was surprised. “What are you doing?” he said. “What are you doing?” the parrot imitated. Hamid just laughed and left the parrot.

One the evening a thief broke into Hamid’s house. First he went into the sitting- room and found beautiful ornaments. He put them into a sack. Then he went into the bedroom and he found a gold watch and some money. He put these into the sack. He stole many things from the house.

OUR TRIP TO THE BLUE MOUNTAIN

On Friday, e went to the blue mountain. We stayed at David and Della’s house. It had a big garden with lots of colorful flowers and tennis court.

On Saturday we saw the ‘three sisters’ rock formation and went to the scenic railway. It was scary. Then, Mummy and I went shopping with Della. We went to some antique shops and I tried on some old hats.

On Sunday, we went on scenic skyway and it rocked. We saw cockatoos having a shower. In the afternoon we went home.

 Taken from:Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA

VACTION TO LONDON

Mr. and Mrs. Richard, along with their two sons, went on a vacation to London. Before leaving, they went to a travel agent to book tickets for a 14-day to tour n London that includes travel and accommodation Then they went o the British embassy to get visas to enter Britain.

On the day of their departure, they went to the airport and boarded a large Boeing for their journey. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane, the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them newspapers and magazines to read, they gave them foods and drinks. There was also a film being played for their entertainment. They slept part of the way. They had a very pleasant flight.

THE TRICKY MOUSE DEER

Long, long ago in a thick forest, there lived a mouse deer. One day, mouse deer fell into a very big hole. “Gosh!” he said. “How can I get out?”

Just then, an elephant came by. The elephant walked toward the hole and saw the mouse deer.

“Hurry up!” shouted mouse deer. “The sky falling on us! Quickly came here and jump into the hole!”

In seconds elephant jumped into the hole. Not long after, wild beast came by and saw the hole too.

“Hurry up!” exclaimed mouse deer to the wild beast. “Jump into this hole. The sky is going to falling on us!”

Wild beast jumped into the hole too. He landed on elephant’s back.

Barking deer heard all the noise. He peered into the hole and said, “What are all you doing guys?” he asked.

“Oh!” said mouse deer. “The sky is going to fall on us!” he shouted. “Hurry up! Jump into this hole and you will still alive”.

Barking deer jumped hurriedly into the hole too.

“Now let me climb up and see what happened!” said mouse deer. He climbed onto elephant and wild beast then onto the barking deer. With a skip and a hop, he could out of the hole.

After that, the elephant called out “Are you up there? Can we climb now? What was happening mouse deer?”

But there was not reply! Mouse deer ran away and was out sight.

Taken from: Be Smart Bahasa Inggris

PLATYPUS

Many people call the platypus as duckbill because this animal has a bill like a duck’s bill. Platypus is a native in Tasmania And also southern and eastern Australia.

Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 40 cm and covered thick and woolly layer of fur. Its bill is used to detect prey and stir up mud. The platypus’ eyes and head are small. It has no ears but has the ability to sense sound and light.

Platypus lives in streams, rivers and lakes. Female platypus usually digs burrows in the streams or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. On the other hand, male platypus does need any burrow to stay in.

Taken fom: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA

PELICAN

The white pelican is one of the most successful fish-eating birds. The success is in largely due to its command hunting behavior. A group, perhaps to dozen birds, will gather in a curved arc some distance offshore. The bird than begin to move forward towards to shore, beating the water furiously with their wings, driving the fish before them.

When the water is shallow enough for the birds to reach the fish, the formation breaks up as each birds dips its bill into the water to scoop up its meal. As the bird lifts its head, the water drains from its bill leaving the fish which are then swallowed.  

Pelicans are among the oldest group of the birds. Fossils of this genus have been found dating back 40 million years.

Taken from: Rangkuman Bahasa Inggris SMA.