salju turun

Jumat, 08 Mei 2015

Legend Story

The Legend of Lake Toba Indonesia 


 

Long time ago, there was a wanderer, named Sibuatan. After wandered over so many places, he finally decided to stay in one place; it was on the river bank near the valley. He was so pleased staying in this new place because it has beautiful scenery, fresh air, and the most fertile land. He did his daily works like cultivating the land, collecting vegetables and firewood, and catching fish for his meal diligently.

             One afternoon, when he went fishing, he caught a very big fish which has golden scales. "Hurray! I got a giant fish. I will have a big dinner tonight!" said Sibuatan happily. He walked home quickly to cook the fish. When arrived in his house, he put the fish on the table in the kitchen; meanwhile he went down to get some firewood underneath the house. However, when he came back from collecting fire-woods he was so surprised to find out a beautiful woman in his house instead of the fish. Sibuatan’s heart beat very fast, he knew he fell in love with that woman which he soon learned was a transformation of the big fish he had caught that day. Without second thought Sibuatan proposed her to marry him. The woman agreed to marry him on one term, Sibuatan wouldn't ever mention her origin (she was a fish) to anyone. Sibuatan agreed about it. He was too happy to have such a beautiful wife.
A year past and they had already a son named Sam. Since he was a little, her mother spoiled him. So, when he was big enough his behavior was bad. He was a lazy boy, just played around the river and never helped and respected his parents. He was good at swimming and diving and did it everyday, but his father wants him (Sam) to help him in the field.

One day when Sam's mother told him delivering his father's lunch, he ate it little by little while walking. When he arrived at the field, the rest of the food was a little. His father (Sibuatan) got very angry finding this fact. Everyday Sam's only playing... playing... and playing around; and when he for the first time was given a task delivering his father's lunch, he didn't only arrived late but also had eaten the lunch. Sibuatan could not control his anger anymore. He smacked and cursed his son. "You are really area son of a fish! You can't be taught well. All you want to do is playing in the river like fish. Get out of my sight!" he was furious.
 
The boy ran home, crying and then told his mother that he was cursed as a son of a fish by his father. His mother was very sad to know that his husband had broken his oath. Sibuatan told about her origin to their son. The woman then told Sam to climb the hill behind their house as high as he could. Without asking anymore, Sam went away. When his mother saw.his son had climbed high the hill, she walked to the bank of the river. Then, thunder struck one after the other. The woman jumped into the river. She transformed back into a big fish. The rain came down hardly with thunder rumbled. The river overflowed so fast and kept overflowed till the big valley that circled the hill where Sam had climbed up was covered by water. Sam cried when he watched from top of the hill, what had happened. The overflow from the river became a big lake with an island in the centre. That lake is known as Lake Toba, meanwhile the hill is named as Samosir Island. The name came from the words "the son (Sam) that was chased move away (diusir)".
 


Fable Story

The Ugly Duckling

 

   Once upon a time down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One nice morning, the eggs hatched and out popped six chirpy ducklings. But one egg was bigger than the rest, and it didn't hatch. Mother Duck couldn't recall laying that seventh egg. How did it get there? TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner was pecking inside his shell.

   "Did I count the eggs wrongly?" Mother Duck wondered. But before she had time to think about it, the last egg finally hatched. A strange looking duckling with gray feathers that should have been yellow gazed at a worried mother. The ducklings grew quickly, but Mother Duck had a secret worry.

   "I can't understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine!" she said to herself, shaking her head as she looked at her last born. Well, the gray duckling certainly wasn't pretty, and since he ate far more than his brothers, he was outgrowing them. As the days went by, the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. His brothers didn't want to play with him, he was so
clumsy, and all the farmyard folks simply laughed at him. He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him.

   "Poor little ugly duckling!" she would say. "Why are you so different from the others?" And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him.

   "Nobody loves me, they all tease me! Why am I different from my brothers?"

   Then one day, at sunrise, he ran away from the farmyard. He stopped at a pond and began to question all the other birds. "Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?" But everyone shook their heads in scorn.

   "We don't know anyone as ugly as you." The ugly duckling did not lose heart, however, and kept on making inquiries. He went to another pond, where a pair of large geese gave him the same answer to his question. What's more, they warned him: "Don't stay here! Go away! It's dangerous. There are men with guns around here!" The duckling was sorry he had ever left the farmyard.

   Then one day, his travels took him near an old countrywoman's cottage. Thinking he was a stray goose, she caught him.

   "I'll put this in a hutch. I hope it's a female and lays plenty of eggs!" said the old woman, whose eyesight was poor. But the ugly duckling laid not a single egg. The hen kept frightening him.

   "Just wait! If you don't lay eggs, the old woman will wring your neck and pop you into the pot!" And the cat chipped in: "Hee! Hee! I hope the woman cooks you, then I can gnaw at your bones!" The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite, though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling: "If you won't lay eggs, at least hurry up and  get plump!"

   "Oh, dear me!" moaned the now terrified duckling. "I'll die of fright first! And I did so hope someone would love me!"

   Then one night, finding the hutch door ajar, he escaped. Once again he was all alone. He fled as far away as he could, and at dawn, he found himself in a thick bed of reeds. "If nobody wants me, I'll hid here forever." There was plenty a food, and the duckling began to feel a little happier, though he was lonely. One day at sunrise, he saw a flight of beautiful birds wing overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.

   "If only I could look like them, just for a day!" said the duckling, admiringly. Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground, but a farmer found him and put him in his big jacket pocket.

   "I'll take him home to my children. They'll look after him. Poor thing, he's frozen!" The duckling was showered with kindly care at the farmer's house. In this way, the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter.

   However, by springtime, he had grown so big that the farmer decided: "I'll set him free by the pond!" That was when the duckling saw himself mirrored in the water.

   "Goodness! How I've changed! I hardly recognize myself!" The flight of swans winged north again and glided on to the pond. When the duckling saw them, he realized he was one of their kind, and soon made friends.

   "We're swans like you!" they said, warmly. "Where have you been hiding?"

   "It's a long story," replied the young swan, still astounded. Now, he swam majestically with his fellow swans. One day, he heard children on the river bank exclaim: "Look at that young swan! He's the finest of them all!"

   And he almost burst with happiness.
The End
 
source : http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/duckling.html

Fairy Tale Story

The Little Match Girl (by: Hans Christian Anderson)







Punctuation Marks

Punctuation Marks

(source : https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-marks.htm )

Summary of common punctuation marks
The following table of commonly used English punctuation marks shows:
  • a graphical representation of each punctation mark (black) with text block (grey)
  • name of punctuation mark with link to more information
  • very simple example sentence (more examples on individual pages)
punctuation mark name example
full stop or period full stop or period  I like English.
comma comma I speak English, French and Thai.
semi-colon semi-colon I don't often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis.
colon colon You have two choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.
hyphen hyphen This is a rather out-of-date book.
dash dash  In each town—London, Paris and   Rome—we stayed in youth hostels.
question mark question mark    Where is Shangri-La?
exclamation mark exclamation mark
exclamation point (AmE)
   "Help!" she cried. "I can't swim!"
slash or forward slash slash, forward slash or oblique  Please press your browser's            Refresh/Reload button.
backslash backslash C:\Files\jo.doc
double quotation marks double quotation marks "I love you," she said.
single quotation marks single quotation marks 'I love you,' she said.
apostrophe apostrophe This is John's car.
underline underline Have you read Harry Potter?
underscore underscore b_l@cia.gov
round brackets round brackets I went to Bangkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.
square brackets square brackets The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
ellipsis ellipsis mark One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program...that I have ever seen." 

Persuasive Text

Persuasive Text


Persuasive text is a text that has function to persuade someone about information in text. here the example of persuasive text.

Example :

Lockers for Everyone

What would you think if you had to put your personal belongings in a crate, and every time you turn around something of yours were stolen? That is why I think students should have lockers. To protect their things, keep their things somewhere clean, and so they won't have to complain about carrying everything at once.
Students should have lockers because it will stop people from stealing their stuff.  For example, the children won't have to worry about their books, homework assignments, and personal belongings being stolen. The reason for this is that the children will have their own lockers plus their own locks, which only they have the combination to.  This will reduce cases where things are being stolen.
Students also should have lockers so they will have a clean place to put their books. What I mean by this is that many desks are rusty and have gum stuck under them.  Also, if you put you stuff into a crate then it is easily collecting dust. This connects to my argument because their stuff will be kept very clean in a neat environment if students are given lockers to use.  
My final reason why I think students should have lockers is so students won't complain about caring everything at once.  The things that they may be caring everyday are very heavy.  This is important because students may suffer health problems from having to carry all their stuff everywhere.  Why carry books everyday why you can eliminate the pain by having a locker to store the things you don't need?  Also, they're always whining about having to carry all their books.  If we had lockers everyone would be happier.
          In conclusion I think students should have lockers. If we have lockers stealing in school would go down, it would create a safe and clean place for students to put their things, and students would complain less and be healthier.  If we had lockers, the school would be a happier place for everyone.  If you don't want your things stolen, contact your principal and demand lockers for your school.

Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text

 


Descriptive text is a text that give information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc. : using words to describe what something or someone is like.

Example :

Borobudur Temple

    Borobudur is Hindu – Buddhist temple. It was build in the ninth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

   Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. 

     Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the center at the center of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and stairways. The design of Borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

    Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.


  




source of example : http://bos-sulap.blogspot.com/2011/03/example-of-descriptive-text-borobudur.html

Rabu, 06 Mei 2015

Example of Narrative text

Example of Narrative text


Narrative text has function to entertain the reader about the story of that text. Narrative text can improve the student's vocabulary and imagination. Student also can get moral value from that story. here I will give you the example of narrative text.

The Arrogant Swan


In a far away kingdom, there was a river. This river was home to many golden swans. The swans spent most of their time on the banks of the river. Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather as a fee for using the lake. The soldiers of the kingdom would collect the feathers and deposit them in the royal treasury.

One day, a homeless bird saw the river. “The water in this river seems so cool and soothing. I will make my home here,” thought the bird.

As soon as the bird settled down near the river, the golden swans noticed her. They came shouting. “This river belongs to us. We pay a golden feather to the King to use this river. You can not live here.”

“I am homeless, brothers. I too will pay the rent. Please give me shelter,” the bird pleaded. “How will you pay the rent? You do not have golden feathers,” said the swans laughing. They further added, “Stop dreaming and leave once.” The humble bird pleaded many times. But the arrogant swans drove the bird away.

“I will teach them a lesson!” decided the humiliated bird.

She went to the King and said, “O King! The swans in your river are impolite and unkind. I begged for shelter but they said that they had purchased the river with golden feathers.”

The King was angry with the arrogant swans for having insulted the homeless bird. He ordered his soldiers to bring the arrogant swans to his court. In no time, all the golden swans were brought to the King’s court.

“Do you think the royal treasury depends upon your golden feathers? You can not decide who lives by the river. Leave the river at once or you all will be beheaded!” shouted the King.

The swans shivered with fear on hearing the King. They flew away never to return. The bird built her home near the river and lived there happily forever. The bird gave shelter to all other birds in the river.


source : http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Arrogant-Swans.html

Australian Informal Greeting

Greetings

source : http://alldownunder.com/australian-slang/dictionary-greetings.htm

Ga day or G'day : a friendly welcome, same as hello or hi. It's a shortened form of Good Day and pronounced as gidday. It can be used at night as well as during the day.
Cheerio : goodbye. Not to be confused with Cheerios which are cocktail sausages in Australia.
Hooroo : goodbye or see you later. Sometimes spelled "ooroo" and pronounced with and without the H
Toodle-oo : goodbye
Ow ya goin' : a friendly greeting, shortened from "how are you going"
Cheers : thanks
Ta : thank you
You right? : do you need any help?
Crikey : wow, used as an exclamation point in a conversation. Old slang, made famous by croc hunter Steve Irwin, but seldom used today by other Aussies.
Aussie Salute : not actually words, but a gesture with your hand brushing flies away from your face
Tingle : will call you as in "I'll give you a tingle this arvo". In the USA you'd say "I'll ring you this afternoon."
Cooee : someone calling out so their voice can be heard over a distance
Ooroo : see Hooroo (above)

English Conversations at a Hotel

English Conversations at a Hotel

Arriving at the Hotel

There are a few different conversations you might have with the hotel receptionist when you arrive at a hotel.

Conversation 1

Mike: I'd like a room for two people, for three nights please.
Hotel Receptionist: Ok, I just need you to fill in this form please.
Hotel Receptionist: Do you want breakfast?
Mike: Yes, please.
Hotel Receptionist: Breakfast is from 7 to 10 each morning in the dining room. Here is your key. Your room number is 345, on the third floor. Enjoy your stay.
Mike: Thank you.

Conversation 2

Lisa: I'd like a room please.
Hotel Receptionist: Do you have a reservation?
Lisa: No, I don't.
Hotel Receptionist: How many nights?
Lisa: Two nights, please.
Hotel Receptionist: For two people?
Lisa: Yes.
Hotel Receptionist: Do you want breakfast?
Lisa: No, thank you.
Hotel Receptionist: Ok, that will be $210. Do you want to pay now, or when you check out?
Lisa: I'll pay now.
Hotel Receptionist: Can you fill this in, and sign here please.
Hotel Receptionist: Thank you. Here is your receipt and your key. You are in room 231, on the second floor.

Leaving the Hotel

Mike: I'd like to check out please.
Hotel Receptionist: What room number?
Mike: 231.
Hotel Receptionist: That's $250 please.
Mike pays the hotel receptionist.
Hotel Receptionist: Thank you. Sign here please. Have a good journey.
Mike: Thank you.

English Conversations In a Restaurant

English Conversations In a Restaurant

these conversation help you to use English in countries which use English for their native language.

Booking

"I booked a table for two for … (8pm).
"It's under the name of …"
"A table for two please."

What the restaurant staff say:
"Of course. Please come this way."
Or…
"Your table isn't quite ready yet."
"Would you like to wait in the bar?"
"We're fully booked at the moment. Could you come back a bit later?"

Asking about the menu

These are phrases you can ask the waiter if you aren't sure of something on the menu.
"What's … exactly?"
"Is this served with … (salad)?"
"Does this have any … (seafood) in it?"
"What do you recommend?"

Ordering

What the waiter says:
"Are you ready to order?"
"Can I take your order?"
"Anything to drink?"
"Would you like … (chips) with that?"

What the customer says:
"I'll have…"
"I'd like…"
"Can I have …"
"We'd like to order …"

If there are problems with the order, the waiter can say:
"I don't think we have any more … (lobster) left. I'll check with the kitchen."
"I'm sorry, but the king prawn soup is finished."

Dealing with problems

The customer can say:
"Excuse me, but I didn't order this."
"I'm sorry, but this is cold."
"Can I change my order please?"

The waiter can say:
"I'm so sorry about that…"
"Let me take it back for you." (take it back = return it to the kitchen)
"Let me change it for you."

Getting the bill

"Can we have the bill please?"
"Could we get the bill?"
"Could we pay please?"

("bill" in British English; "check" in American English.)

source : http://www.english-at-home.com/conversations-restaurant/