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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Mengungkap Cerita "The Black Parade"

The Black Parade adalah salah satu studio album dari grup band asal New Jersey, My Chemical Romance, yang diluncurkan 6 tahun yang lalu. Album yang meledak di tahun 2007 ini ternyata masih saja diperbincangkan dalam forum-forum musik di dunia maya.
Konon, tidak seperti album biasa pada umumnya, album ini berisi cerita beruntun seperti layaknya novel sehingga tidak heran jika banyak orang di dunia maya santer sekali memperdebatkan bagaimana dan apa di balik cerita The Black Parade.

Disebutkan oleh sang vokalis, Gerard Way, tokoh utama dalam album ini adalah The Patient atau "Si Pasien" yang dinyatakan mengidap penyakit kanker. Karena penyakitnya itu, Si Pasien ini terpaksa menghabiskan hari-harinya di rumah sakit dan tinggal menanti detik-detik kematiannya.

Dalam beberapa lirik lagu memang samar-samar apakah akhir cerita Si Pasien mati atau tidak dalam The Black Parade ini. Beberapa fans sangat tidak rela jika cerita akhir dari The Black Parade adalah kematian Si Pasien. Mereka lebih senang jika Si Pasien masih bisa bertahan hidup dan kembali menjalin kasih dengan sang pacar. Sehingga mereka menafsirkan lagu terakhir dalam The Black Parade, "Famous Last Words" dengan analisa yang menunjukkan bahwa si Pasien ternyata masih hidup.

Berbeda lagi dengan penggemar My Chemical Romance yang berpikir lebih realistis. Si Pasien yang terjangkit penyakit kanker dan telah divonis "mati" oleh sang dokter sangat tidak mungkin jika ia bisa hidup normal lagi. Kondisi yang melemah membuatnya harus terus melakukan kemoterapi. Penyakit ini benar-benar membuat Si Pasien semakin tak berdaya sehingga analisa mereka menyatakan bahwa si Pasien mati pada lagu terakhir "Famous Last Words" .

Ah, untuk apa berdebat. Jika sobat teliti lebih lanjut tentang cerita dibalik The Black Parade, pastilah hasilnya sama. Untuk mendapatkan analisa yang mendalam mengenai The Black Parade, alangkah baiknya jika kita tahu Cerita dibalik The Black Parade.

Oleh karena itu, sobat bisa langsung unduh (download) cerita dibalik The Black Parade ini di sini. Dalam cerita tersebut disebutkan secara lebiih detail kisah-kisah yang ada dalam kumpulan lagu My Chemical Romance di album The Black Parade.

Semoga, kisah yang ada dalam The Black Parade ini bisa menjadi sebuah pembelajaran kita terutama bisa meningkatkan kemampuan kita dalam memahami pelajaran Bahasa Inggris...

Baca Juga : cerita bahasa inggris


Friday, January 31, 2014

Legenda Telaga Warna - Bahasa Inggris

Cerita legenda dari Jawa Barat: Dongeng Legenda Telaga Warna berbahasa Inggris. Selamat membaca...

Long, long ago there was a kingdom in West Java. The kingdom was ruled by a king. People called their king His Majesty Prabu. Prabu was a kind and wise king. No wonder if that country was prosperous. There’s no hunger in this kingdom.

It was a very happy condition. But it was a pity that Prabu and his queen hadn’t got any children. It made the royal couple very, very sad. Some old men and women who was respected by Prabu suggested the king to adopt a child. But Prabu and the queen didn’t agree. “No, thank you. But for us, our own daughter or son is better than adopted children.”

The queen was very sad. She often cried. That was why Prabu decided to go. He went to the jungle. There he prayed to God. Everyday he begged for a child. His dream came true. A few months later, the queen got pregnant. All people in the kingdom felt happy. They sent many presents to the palace to express their happiness.

Nine months later a princess was born. People sent their presents again as a gift to a little princess. This baby grew as a beautiful teenager then.

Prabu and Queen loved their daughter so much. They gave what ever she wanted. It made Princess a very spoiled girl. When her wish couldn’t be realized, she became very angry. She even said bad things often. A true princess wouldn’t do that. Even though the princess behaved badly, her parents loved her, so did the people in that kingdom.

Day by day, the princess grew more beautiful. No girls could compare with her. In a few days, Princess would be 17 years old. So, people of that kingdom went to palace. They brought many presents for her. Their presents gift were very beautiful. Prabu collected the presents. There were really many presents. Then Prabu stored them in a building. Some times he could take them to give to his people.

Prabu only took some gold and jewels. Then she brought them to the goldsmith. “Please make a beautiful necklace for my daughter,” said Prabu. “My pleasure, Your Majesty,” the goldsmith replied. The goldsmith worked with all his heart and his ability. He wanted to create the most beautiful necklace in the world because he loved his princess.
The birthday came. People gathered in the palace field. When Prabu and queen appeared, people welcomed them happily. Prabu and his wife waved to their beloved people.

Cheers were louder and louder when the princess appeared with her fabulous pretty face. Everybody admired her beauty. Prabu got up from his chair. A lady gave him a small and glamorous pillow. A wonderful necklace was on it. Prabu took that necklace. “My beloved daughter, today I give this necklace to you. This necklace is a gift from people in this country. They love you so much. They presented it for you to express their happiness, because you have growing to a woman. Please, wear this necklace,” said Prabu.

Princess accepted the necklace. She looked at the necklace in a glance. “I don’t want to accept it! It’s ugly!” shouted the princess. Then she threw the necklace. The beautiful necklace was broken. The gold and jewels were spread out on the floor

Everybody couldn’t say anything. They never thought that their beloved princess would do that cruel thing. Nobody spoke. In their silence people heard the queen crying. Every woman felt sad and began crying too. Then everybody was crying.

Then there was a miracle. Earth was crying. Suddenly, from the under ground, a spring emerged. It made a pool of water. The palace was getting full. Soon the place became a big lake. The lake sank all of the kingdom.

Nowadays the water on that lake is not as full as before. There is only a small lake now. People called the lake “Talaga Warna”. It is mean “Lake of Colour”. It’s located in Puncak, West Java. On a bright day, the lake is full of colour. So beautiful and amazing. These colors come from shadows of forest, plants, flowers, and sky around the lake. But some people said that the colours are from the princess’s necklace, which spreads at the bottom of the lake. Sumber Talaga Warna

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Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris - Format + Contoh

Surat lamaran kerja bahasa Inggris pasti berbeda dengan surat cinta romantis (baca: surat cinta romantis bahasa Inggris). Keduanya memang membutuhkan konsentrasi extra dalam menuliskannya karena menyangkut jiwa dan raga si penulis. Bedanya, surat cinta itu untuk kekasih dan surat lamaran kerja itu untuk orang atau perusahaan yang memberikan lowongan kerja.... Ah, Dunia sekarang memang banyak aturan!!!

Oke jangan ngamuk, santai. Nah, bagaimana menulis surat lamaran kerja bahasa Inggris? Syarat pertama dan paling utama adalah kita harus bisa menulis kalimat berbahasa Inggris. Lho kok kalimat? kan isi surat lamaran kerja (Job Application Letter) itu berisi kalimat berbahasa Inggris, masa menggunakan bahasa Indonesia :) Just kidding.. langsung saja..


Banyak sekali model format penulisan surat lamaran kerja berbahasa Inggris; dan di sini saya hanya akan menjelaskan format paling umum dalam menulis surat lamaran kerja khususnya yang bahasa Inggris. Bagaimana?

Bagian pertama dalam penulisan surat lamaran kerja berbahasa Inggris adalah informasi kontak anda seperti di bawah ini:

(Pastikan informasi kontak anda satu spasi setiap barisnya)

* Nama
* Alamat Lengkap
* Kota, Negara, Kode  Pos
* Nomor Telepon / HP
* Alamat Email

(Setelah itu dua spasi (satu enter) agar terlihat jelas dan tambahkan waktu pengiriman)

* Tanggal Pengiriman [format berbahasa Inggris: Bulan Tanggal, Tahun]

(Lalu dua spasi lagi dan tambahkan informasi kontak employer "pemberi kerja". Sama seperti kontak informasi anda, harus spasi satu)

* Nama Pemberi Kerja
* Nama Perusahaan
* Alamat Perusahaan
* Kota, Negara, Kode Pos Perusahaan

(Dua spasi lagi dan tambahkan salutation "salam pendahuluan")

*Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms.

(Dua spasi lagi dan tambahkan setidaknya 3 paragraf penting dalam menulis surat lamaran kerja bahasa Inggris)

Paragraf Pembuka. Paragraf ini berisi pemberitahuan kepada si pemberi kerja mengapa anda menulis surat ini, sebutkan posisi "jabatan" yang anda lamar, sebutkan sumber di mana anda menemukan lowongan kerja di perusahaan yang anda lamar. Anda juga bisa menambahkan "seseorang yang menganjurkan anda bekerja di perusahaan ini" jika ada. Hal ini bisa menambah keakraban kepada si pemberi kerja.

Paragraf Kedua. Paragraf ini harusnya memberikan informasi tentang kualifikasi anda dan berikan penjelasan bahwa anda cocok dengan kebutuhan posisi / jabatan di perusahaan yang anda lamar. Pastikan memberikan keterangan sejelas-jelasnya mengapa anda pantas dan cocok mendapatkan jabatan di perusahaan.

Paragraf Penutup. Paragraf ini biasanya berisi ucapan terima kasih kepada pemberi kerja agar mempertimbangkan keberadaan anda pada posisi / jabatan yang anda lamar; pastikan mereka tahu bahwa anda berencana bertemu dengan mereka dalam wawancara dsb.


(Dua spasi dan lalu berikan salam penutup dan nama anda)


Untuk lebih jelasnya, mari kita lihat contoh terbaru surat lamaran kerja berbahasa Inggris di bawah ini :



Ahmad Fathoni
Jl. Perjuangan
Karawaci, xxxx
08704268xxx
Email : ahmadfathoni@gmx.com


January 31, 2012


The Director of EF
EF English First Karawaci
Karawaci Office Park, Ruko Pinangsia B 9-10, Lippo Village, 
Tangerang 15811
(021) 553 5566
lippo.village@ef.com

In accordance with your advertisement at Jobstreet.com at January 31, 2012, I am really interested in applying this position as a Course Consultant in English First due to my qualified background as you requires.

I have a fluent ability in both spoken and written English because I am the youngest English teacher at SMAN 1 Tangerang. I won many English debates when I was in senior high school. For further details, you will be fascinated if you read my resume. Furthermore, I have been living around Karawaci since teaching English in Tangerang. This may be a good chance for me to concentrate in this position.

I look forward to meeting you and am encouraged to be interviewed soon. I can be reached at the above phone number. Finally, I greatly appreciate your consideration. 

Sincerely




Ahmad Fathoni


Catatan : Contoh surat lamaran kerja bahasa Inggris di atas benar-benar baru, karena lowongan kerja di EF English First Karawaci memang baru ditutup pada tanggal 1 Maret 2012 lalu.


Thursday, January 30, 2014

26 Puisi "Persahabatan" Bahasa Inggris

Puisi persahabatan, dalam bahasa Inggris dikenal dengan "Friendship Poems" mungkin bisa diungkapkan sebagai salah satu simbol persahabatan. Dengan mengirimkan puisi persahabatan versi Inggris ini, baik melalui Facebook, twitter, sms, dan media lainnya, sobat setidaknya sudah mengajak sang sahabat untuk bersama-sama berbahasa Inggris melalui puisi.

Harus diakui, menulis puisi bahasa Inggris itu sangat sulit, apalagi jika vocabulary yang kita miliki pas-pasan, namun dengan adanya contoh puisi berbahasa Inggris ini semoga saja kita mampu untuk bisa menciptakan puisi berbahasa Inggris sendiri.

I SOMETIMES THINK THAT I COULD BE ALONE

I sometimes think that I could be alone:
Really alone, with neither God nor friends.
The people near me then might well be stone:
Just faces on a frieze that never ends 
And I would travel in my mind towards death,
A world within a world sealed like a tomb.
My thoughts would be as silent as my breath,
And, like my breath, expire at my doom.
 
Such thoughts would make me shudder, were not you
A world where I may enter and find rest.
A rock gives way within, and I walk through
To be in laughing eyes a welcome guest.
 
Thank God I have you, friend, that I might stay
And be as I could be no other way.

(Terjemahan "bebas terserah saya")

Kadang 'ku berpikir bahwa 'ku sendirian
Benar-benar sendiri, tanpa Tuhan ataupun kawan
Orang-orang di dekatku seolah bebatuan
Hanya wajah-wajah yang tak kunjung usai dalam bingkai hiasan..

Dalam benakku, 'ku berjalan menuju kematian
Dunia dalam dunia terkurung layaknya kuburan
Pikiranku bisu, sebisu hela nafasku
Dan, seperti hela nafasku, Pikiranku habis sudah dalam ajalku

Pikiran itu membuatku ngeri,
Dunia di mana 'ku bisa masuki dan temukan peristirahatan
Batu yang mengantarkanku berkeliling jalan-jalan
Seorang tamu yang diterima dalam binar mata bahagia

Terima kasih Tuhan, 'ku memilikimu, sahabat, yang membuatku bertahan
Dan menjadi diriku seperti seharusnya...

Anyway, katanya 26? Kok cuma satu puisinya?

Sabar, dengan jumlah yang sangat banyak, puisi persahabatan ini lebih praktis jika saya sediakan link download puisinya saja ya... sobat tinggal klik download di sini, oke..

Semoga, puisi bahasa Inggris untuk sahabat tersebut bisa membuat kita lebih bersahabat...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Vocabulary tentang Bumbu Dapur

Kumpulan kosakata bahasa Inggris Bumbu dapur? Ah, pasti saya tidak mengerti karena saya tidak tahu cara memasak yang baik dan benar menurut kaidah ilmu masak memasak ala kuliner Indonesia.
Namun, dalam dunia maya pasti semuanya tersedia. Dan setelah malang melintang mencari vocabulary bahasa Inggris bumbu masakan (maklum malas mengumpulkan resep dan menerjemahkannya sendiri), akhirnya saya menemukannya di bankresep milik ellyza. Sekarang ia pasti lebih pandai memasak dari Ibu saya karena telah mengumpulkan banyak resep dan dia pasti lebih pintar dari sobat, serta dia pasti lebih pandai berbahasa Inggris daripada saya. :)

Oke, langsung saja kita lihat bahasa Inggris dari bumbu masakan ini :


Adas
Adas Manis
Asam Jawa
Acar
Bangkuang
Bawang Bombay
Bawang Daun
Bawang Daun
Bawang Daun
Bawang Merah
Bawang Putih
Beras Ketan
Bihun
Buah Lawang (Pekak)
Buah Pala
Bunga Pala
Cabe
Cabe Rawit
Cengkeh
Cuka
Daun Pandan
Ebi
Garam
Gula Merah/Jawa
Jahe
Jeruk Nipis/Limau
Jintan
Kacang Ijo
Kacang Mete
Kacang Panjang
Kacang Tanah
Kapulaga
Kapur Sirih
Kayumanis
Kecap Asin
Kecap Ikan
Kecap Manis
Kedele
Kelapa
Kemangi
Kemiri
Ketumbar
Kucai
Kunyit
Lengkuas
Merica
Minyak Wijen
Paria
Petis
Ragi
Rebung
Santan
Saus Tir Am
Sedap Malam
Seledri
Serai
Soun
Tahu
Tempe
Tauco
Tauge
Telur Puyuh
Tepung Beras
Tepung Hunkwee
Tepung Jagung
Tepung Kanji
Tepung Ketan
Tepung Maizena
Tepung Terigu
Terasi
Terong Hijau
Ubi Jalar/Rambat
Wijen
Putih Telur
Kuning Telur
Pare
: Fennel
: Aniseed
: Tamarind
: Pickle
: Jicamah
: Onion
: Green Onion
: Scallion
: Spring Onion
: Shallot
: Garlic
: Glutinuous Rice
: Rice Vermicelli
: Star Anise
: Nutmeg
: Mace
: Chilli Pepper
: Cayenne
: Clove
: Vinegar
: Screwpine Leaf
: Dried Prawn (Shrimp)
: Salt
: Palm Sugar
: Ginger
: Lime
: Cummin
: Mung Bean
: Cashew
: Long Bean
: Peanut
: Cardamom
: Lime Paste
: Cinnamon
: Soya Sauce
: Fish Sauce
: Sweet Soya Sauce
: Soya Bean
: Coconut
: Basil
: Candle Nut
: Coriander
: Chive
: Turmeric
: Galangal
: Pepper
: Sesame Oil
: Bitter Melon
: Black Shrimp Paste
: Yeast
: Bamboo Sprout
: Coconut Milk
: Oyster Sauce
: Dried Lily Flower
: Celery
: Lemon Grass
: Mung Bean Thread
: Tofu
: Tempeh
: Preserved Soy Beans
: Bean Sprout
: Quail’s Egg
: Rice Flour
: Mung Bean Flour
: Cornmeal
: Tapioca
: Sweet Rice Flour
: Cornstarch
: Wheat Flour, Bread Flour
: Shrimp Paste
: Thai Eggplant
: Sweet Potato
: Sesame Seed
: Egg White
: Egg Yolk
: Bitter Gourd




Semoga bermanfaat

Sumber :



Review Text - Penjelasan & Contoh

Review Text konon adalah pelajaran terakhir bahasa Inggris tingkat SMA. Seandainya sobat tidak bisa membuat contoh review text (teks review), bisa dikatakan bahwa sobat belum bisa dan "belum pantas" lulus Ujian Nasional khususnya untuk pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Tidak mau kan dibilang tidak lulus ujian?

Oleh karena itu, agar tidak "dianggap" gagal dalam menempuh perjalanan selama sekolah, mari kita pelajari lagi apa dan bagaimana review text itu. Siap?

Pengertian Review Text

Secara harfiah, review bermakna "tinjauan, ringkasan, tinjauan ulang." Jika ada frasa book review berarti bermakna tinjauan buku. Karenanya, review text bisa diartikan secara harfiah sebagai teks yang difungsikan untuk meninjau. Apa saja yang ditinjau? ya apa saja lah, baik buku, produk kecantikan, mobil, hp, laptop dan lain sebagainya.

Social Function Review Text

Ternyata review text bisa berfungsi sebagai to criticise an art work, event for a public audience. (untuk memberikan kritik terhadap suatu karya seni, ataupun lainnya untuk khalayak umum).

Generic Structure Review Text

Generic Structure dari Review Text terdiri dari :

  • Orientation : places the work in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or through an analog with a non–art object or event. (menempatkan karya yang ditinjau pada konteks umum ataupun khusus, biasanya dengan membandingkan dengan karya lain yang sejenis atau melalui analogi obyek yang bukan karya seni.)
  • Interpretive Recount : summarize the plot and/or providers an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work came into being.(meringkas alur cerita "jika mereview buku" bagaimana cara penyampaian karya tersebut)
  • Evaluation : provides an evaluation of the work and/or its performance or production; is usually recursive.(memberikan sebuah evaluari karya ataupun penampilan, produksi; evaluasi ini biasanya berulang-ulang)
Sebenarnya, susunan umum (generic structure) review text ini tidak harus sama persis seperti di atas, mungkin karena alasan "meringkas" pelajaran, jadi ketiga susunan tadi bisa sebagai gambaran umum saja, oke.

Masih bingung? Yang nulis juga bingung :) Okelah mari kita langsung saja memberikan beberapa contoh review text, yang semoga bisa menambah pemahaman kita tentang review text.

Contoh Review Text (1) - A Book Review

Rhymes of the Times By: Harold Matthew Nash 
Publisher: Booksurge
Reviewed by: John Lehman
   
I particularly liked the first few pages of this book where the poet acknowledges those who have helped him and tells us something about his life. Too often writing is a lonely task and poetry so personal that it excludes others until they read the final result. But both poets and audiences are intimately involved in the process. Readers are not consumers looking for a pair of shoes, but people trying to discover something about how they feel, as well as understand the emotions of the person writing the poem. This spirit of openness and participation is right here from the start in this collection. 

Harold is one of nine children, raised by his mother. In the Introduction he tells us about public moments that have shaped his life (Martin Luther King’s ”I Have a Dream” speech, Muhammad Ali’s “I can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”) as well as very private ones like attending the wedding of a girl he was still very much in love with. This not only gives us an insight into the person behind these poems, it helps us understand their inspiration and connection to things outside of the words. “The Bee in the Web” draws on the “butterfly”/”bee” of Ali’s boast, yet expands on it to a message of racial harmony as opposed to one of militant aggression and separatism. 

There are some great titles (“The Martian and the Wino,” “W Stands for Wrong", ”Fasten Your Seatbelt”) and lines that make us think (“Sometimes I feel that life’s a curse, has front-wheel drive and no reverse” and the very poignant “I hate in order to protect yourself—you pack a gun or mace. So why don’t I say what the hell and hate the human race.”) There are also some bad lines: “Her skin is cream, her body is slim. Looking at her makes the average saint sin.”—perhaps, but what or who is “the average saint”? The book ends with a sweet poem by Charla Angeline Hultmann (and I really like the candor of her bio) called “Gift” and “giving” is the real spirit of this book of poetry. 

I will be honest, I am not a fan of rhyme. There is a delight in adjacent sounds rubbing together—vowels held and savored, consonants clicking in a row—but “easy” rhymes (“head”/“dead”; “love”/”dove”; “moon”/”prune”) tend to overshadow poetic subtleties, determine word choice and the words themselves lose their meaning, becoming clichés. But this is the music of this poet’s generation, and there is no denying that poetry is more alive, more meaningful and more accessible than it has ever been at any other time during my life. PS I do love the “Osama” “mama” rhyme. In general I think it would benefit Harold Nash’s development to read more of the published contemporary Black poets. 


But form aside, this is an honest (courageous and unflinching) look at life today—one we need to share together for the survival of us all. That is “Rhymes of the Times” message. And it is a good one.

Contoh Review Text (2) - Product Review

Acer Iconia Tab A100
Acer
Reviewed By
mikeandrew

 

While the 10-inch tablet market is very crowded and highly competitive right now, when it comes to 7-inch powerful and reliable slates, there are still some gaps that need to be filled. The Iconia Tab A100 wants to do just that, being a very interesting, portable and snappy gadget.


Design and display


When talking about 7-inch tablets, the aspect is very important. The Tab A100 does not disappoint from this point of view, being elegant and classy. The front face is surrounded by glossy black plastic, while the back of the tablet is a dark gray plastic with Acer’s logo in the middle. In terms of portability, the Iconia Tab A100 is also a more than a satisfying device, being about the same size and weight as the HTC Flyer, for example.

The 7-inch touchscreen with 1024x600 pixels resolution offers great image quality, contrast and brightness, but does more of a mediocre job when talking about viewing angles. Still, the display is overall decent and holds the comparison with the HTC Flyer or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.

 

Performance and software - The Iconia Tab A100 features the already classic Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor with 1 GB of RAM memory and is therefore at least as snappy and powerful as any other 7 or 10-inch tablet on the market right now. The cameras are surprisingly decent, the 2 MP front-facing and the 5 MP rear-facing devices offering pretty much the best image quality you might hope to find on a slate.

In terms of software, Acer’s 7-inch tablet is set to be a pioneer, being the first slate of its category to be powered by the Android Honeycomb OS. Not only that, but it will run on the latest 3.2 version of the operating system, which means that you will get loads of apps and snappy performance.

 

Connectivity and pricing - The Iconia Tab A100 is set to feature WiFi and Bluetooth compatibility, as well as a micro-USB port and a micro SD slot card. It would have been perfect if it would have featured HDMI as well, but still it is pretty decent for a 7-inch tablet.


As far as pricing is concerned, the Acer Iconia Tab A100, which has not yet been released on the market, will be available for 329 dollars( the 8 GB version) or for 349 dollars( the 16 GB version). This is consistently less than HTC Flyer’s or Blackberry Playbook’s prices, to name two of the important 7-inch tablets right now.

 

Wrap-up - While the Iconia Tab A500 is still struggling to become one of the important names in the tablets’ world, the from this Android tablet review it looks like a winner right away. Packing good technical specifications, as well as a decent display and a revolutionary software for a 7-inch tablet, Acer’s new slate also comes at an affordable price tag and will probably mesmerize technology fanatics all around the world.


Paham? - Wah review-nya keren-keren kan? Maklum lah orang bule yang nulis... Intinya, menulis review itu seolah kita adalah seorang komentator. Kita boleh memberikan pendapat kita mengenai barang yang akan kita tinjau. Tak usah ragu, jika memang barang tersebut tidak bagus, boleh lah sebutkan kekurangannya, namun ditinjau lebih dalam dahulu, bandingkan dengan produk-produk lainnya akan menjadikan review kita lebih baik... 




Review Text - Penjelasan dan Contoh Review Teks


9 out of
10

based on
94 ratings.

Penggunaan "Once" dalam Bahasa Inggris

Kata "Once" sering kita dengar dan baca dalam beberapa teks berbahasa Inggris. Satu hal yang perlu diingat adalah Once di sini bukan Once Mikel "mantan" vokalis Dewa 19, ya.. :)

Ada 2 fungsi Once dalam kalimat berbahasa Inggris, pertama, difungsikan sebagai adverb dan kedua, difungsikan sebagai conjunction. Adverb itu "kata keterangan" dan Conjunction itu "kata sambung". :) Gitu masih diajarin juga ya...

Oke, langsung kita bahas satu persatu..

Once as Adverb

When once means 'at some time' , we use it for the past but not for the future. To refer to an indefinite future time, we can use 'sometime' or 'one day'. (Swan, 2005: 395)

Menurut Swan, ketika once bermakna 'pada suatu waktu', kita menggunakannya untuk waktu lampau, bukan untuk waktu mendatang. Untuk mengacu pada waktu mendatang, "pada suatu waktu" menggunakan kata "sometime" atau "one day".

Contoh:

  • I met her once in Venezuela
  • Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.

Bandingkan dengan contoh di bawah ini :

  • Come up and see me sometime. (bukan : Come up and see me once)
  • We must go walking one day. (bukan : We must go walking once)

When 'once' has the more precise meaning of 'one time' (not twice or three times), it can be used to talk about any time, including the future.

Menurut Swan lagi, ketika 'once' bermakna 'sekali' (bukan dua kali atau tiga kali), kata "once" tersebut bisa digunakan pada waktu kapan saja, termasuk waktu mendatang.
Contoh :

I am going to say this once. = saya akan mengatakan hal ini sekali (saja).

Catatan : Kata at once bermakna "immediately" (secara seketika; lit.translation)

Once as Conjunction

Once can be used as conjunction, meaning "after", "as soon as". It often suggests that something is finished or completed, and is most used with a perfect tense.

Menurut Swan, kata "once" dapat digunakan sebagai conjunction (kata penghubung), yang bermakna setelah, segera sesaat. Biasanya menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu telah selesai, dan biasanya digunakan dengan tenses perfect.

Contoh :

  • Once you have passed your test I'll let you drive your car.
  • Once he had found somewhere to live he started looking for work.
  • Once you know how to ride a bike you never forget it.

Catatan : Jangan gunakan kata that setelah once. (contoh salah : Once that you have passed your test I will let you drive your car.)

Mudah bukan? Semoga bermanfaat...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

9 Contoh Recount Text Pilihan

Jika sebelumnya, "secara singkat" telah dijelaskan mengenai recount text beserta 5 contohnya, sekarang saya mencoba membocorkan lagi kumpulan 9 contoh recount text pilihan. Mengapa dikatakan pilihan? Ya, karena contoh-contoh teks ini ditulis oleh dedengkotnya siswa bahasa Inggris alias "mahasiswa".

Mungkin dengan berbagai contoh recount text ini, sobat bisa lebih mengerti apa dan bagaimana cara terbaik menulis recount text. Meski pada dasarnya recount text ini bisa dibilang paling mudah dari berbagai jenis text lainnya, namun dengan terbatasnya "kemampuan" bahasa Inggris plus kurangnya bahan belajar terkadang kita jadi sering "lupa" bagaimana membuat recount text.

Oke, langsung saja ini dia 9 contoh recount text yang "mungkin" berbeda dengan situs / blog lainnya :

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LATENESS
ditulis oleh Era Meiswarawati

Last morning, Dinar, my roommate woke up late and she had to go to campus.
 
When she wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some motorcycles that blocked up her motorcycle.
 
She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that her motorcycle could move from the garage. But she couldn’t do it.
 
Then, she called Adel who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend who had that motorcycle helped her. Finally, she could move her motorcycle and rode it to go to campus.
 
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MY UNFORTUNATES
Ditulis oleh Yunita Nasti A.

 
Last weekend was my luckiest day ever. Many good things were coming toward me.
 
When the morning broke in Sunday morning, I woke up and planned to jog around the neighborhood. So I changed my clothes and went to the bathroom to wash my sleepy face. As I stepped in the bathroom, I landed my foot on a soap in the floor and feel down. A perfect morning hi for me. Next, I began my jogging and saw my gorgeous neighbor, jogging to. I though it was a good fortune to omit the gap between us. So I jogged to him and say hello. But, how poor of me, it was not him. It just someone I never met before who looked like to him. I was going home with people laugh at me along side of the street.
 
When I got home, the breakfast already settled and I immediately spooned a big portion of rice and ate. After I have done my breakfast my mother came up and said that the meal have not ready yet and she said that I may have a stomachache if I ate it. It was proven, I had a stomachache for the next three days.
 
I past my weekend lie down on me bed and be served as a queen. That was not really bad, wasn't it.

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MY BUSY DAY 
Ditulis oleh Eviana Yuni Afra
 
Last Monday was a busy day for me. I spent my time to do a lot of activities from college to my home.
 
First, at the morning, I did my presentation's assignment with my partner, she was Nurhidayah. It took 3 hours. And then we went to the campus for joining lecture. But, the lecturer said that our presentation would be started next week. It made us disappointed. The class was finished at 12.30.
 
After that, I had to go home because my grandmother was in a bad condition. She was hospitalized. So, it was a must for me to back home at that time. When I got there, there were so many members of my family. There were about 10 people. My aunt, my niece, my uncle and some of my cousins. We all hoped that our grandmother would get better soon.
 
Those activities made my day busy.
 
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MY VACATION WITH MY BELOVED SISTER AND BOYFRIEND
Ditulis oleh Ilima Fitri Azmi
 
One day, my sister said to me that she really wanted to go to the beach. So I promised her that the next day we would go to Maron beach in Semarang.
 
The next day, we prepared many things in the morning. We brought some foods and beverages, such as fried rice, chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. Before going to the beach, I ask my boyfriend, Kiki, to join us going to the beach. He agreed to join and he came to my house. After that, we went to the beach. We went there by motorbike. It took 25 minutes to arrive there. Then, we bought tickets in the entrance gate. Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. We swam there for more than one hour. We felt so tired that we decided to eat the foods that we had brought. Next, my boyfriend and I created a very big sand castle, while my sister continued swimming. After that, we decided to go home because it was getting dark.
 
On the way home, we still felt hungry. So we stopped at a Javanese restaurant to eat something. I ordered gudeg, while my boyfriend and my sister ordered rames rice. After finished eating, we paid our bills. Then, we went home. We arrived at home at 6 o’clock and we were absolutely exhausted.

That was a very exhausting day, but I felt so happy that I could have a vacation with my sister and my boyfriend.
 
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THE FLOOD
Ditulis oleh Afifah Tri Hyuanawati

 
One Christmas in 2007, I was joining a final test try out at school. It was held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of my schoolmates, Rini, asked me for accompanying her to the bus stop. When we arrived there, suddenly the heavy rain fell down from the sky. Rini suggested me to go home soon while she was entering the bus.

It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that South Purwodadi had been drowned.

The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thank God for not allowing the flood entered my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. I and my father took a walk around the center market and Central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with the moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passengers of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.

Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. I and my family cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.
 
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MY BUSY HOLIDAY
Ditulis oleh Rise Aditya Anggraeni

 
On April 16th, 2010, I thought this would be a great holiday for me because that was the holy day for Hindhu people . I was so tired about the study, so I guessed this time I could get full refresh anyway. However, the fact said the other way.
 
First like an ordinary daughter, I had to get up early morning helping my mother, of course after I prayed. Then I did my chores, cleaned up my room, and spread out my bed under the sun ray. I was really in danger if my mom knew that my room was messy. So, I made it as soon as possible. Second, my aunts called me in the afternoon. I did not meet them for a long time, that was the way I kept for hours to talk with them. After that, unpredictable my neighbor visited me. She asked my help finishing her homework. At last, the time was running and I just remembered that I had a lot of homework. I got mad, confused and regretful why I did not check my homework before. Therefore, I did my homework until 2:00 a.m. the next morning.

I did not feel this was holiday instead of I had to work hard and got a long ship with my homework.
 
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A STUDY TOUR TO BALIDitulis oleh Sri Suswanti
 
I was in senior high school when at the first time I went to Bali Island. I went there with my teachers and my friends. It was a study tour actually. My teacher, me class friends, and I were in the same bus. We left our school at 8 a.m.
 
The journey from Pati to Bali took a day. I was so exhausted because I had to sit along the journey. Actually, it was a funny journey because I spent all of my time with my friends, like playing games, laughing, and kidding. But I felt that all of my tiredness gone all of sudden when we arrived at the Sanur Beach. It was still morning, I saw a sun rise which was so beautiful. Then we were drove to the hotel to take a rest and had meals. After that, we went to the Nusa Dua Beach. There were so many activities to do there. We could play parasailing, banana boat, and so on. But I chose to go to a little island which had a lot of reptile there. There were snake, turtles, etc. The scenery was so beautiful because I was in the middle of the sea! Next, we went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK). There were two statues which were so big. They were Wisnu and his bird, called Garuda. I was interested in its relief on the rock but, actually, I did not know the story on it. At last, we went to the Sosro Company. We learned a lot of things there from the first step till the end of making a tea. After that, we went back to Pati.
 
After a very long journey, through the land and the sea, I learned something about nature and human products. Although it took a lot of my energy, I felt so happy because I spent all of my time with my friends.
 
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MY FIRST EXPERIENCE TO BE AN ALONE BACKPACKER
Ditulis oleh Asih Yulianti

I like to go out to find a new place.
 
When I was in second semester, I went to Bekasi alone to visit my friend. I built my strenght to go there without knowing anything.
 
Firstly, I went to Terboyo to find Sinar Jaya bus to Bekasi. Unfortunately, there was no Sinar Jaya bus. A man in a locket told me to go to someone who could bring me to Bekasi. I felt so happy bacause my planning would be happen. I just payed money and got the bus. Everything was gonna be alright until the bus came to Tegal.
 
In Tegal bus station, a man in the bus asked me go out from the bus because that bus would bus come to Bandung.,not Jakarta ones. I felt so confused because there were so many strange men around me. After they talked for several hours, i was brought to a new one. I tried to adapt in that bus. People around me said that was true bus to Bekasi. I could not guess what I felt. The bus walked so fast until in Cikampek. When the bus was in Cikampek subway, someone told me that the bus did not pass Cikarang, so when I wanted to go tehre, I had to take off in Lippo.
 
Fortunately, a man told me that he had the same destination with me. I felt so happy. I could not imagine if there was not that man.
 
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MY HOLIDAY......UNPREDICTABLE BUT FUN Ditulis oleh Christiyani

It was Sunday, the end of my holiday indeed, when friends of mine suddenly came to my home and picked me up. They told me that we were going to go out of town. That was unpredictable and really surprised me because there was no any confirmation before.

At 9 o’clock in the morning, we departed from my home and realized that the road was very crowded. Then, we decided to take freeway to save the time. For about thirty minutes later, we were out. But not arrived yet. We tried to find a store to buy some food and drink as our provisions. After we got them, we continued our trip to Boyolali. Well, it took approximately two hours to get there.

In the afternoon, we arrived and came in to one of my friend’s house first. There, we could take some rest and had lunch together. After that, according to the plan, we had to continue our trip to go to Tlatar. But, my friend’s mother asked us to take some fruit as gift. The fruit such as mangoes, rambutans and guava. It was out of our meant, but we accepted it. Of course, moreover, they could complete our provisions, right?.

After we got a lot of gift, we went to Tlatar, a special nature park and pond in Boyolali. The way to get there was really nice, we could see the fields and woods around us with the beautiful mountain behind them. Furthermore, we could feel the fresh air which was difficult to be found in Semarang. In Tlatar, we could swim and fishing. While some of us were swimming, the others were fishing or just enjoyed the view. We also ordered some food and drink.

The other and the last place we visited was Badhe Dam. It was big dam in Boyolali. We got there when it was getting afternoon around at five o’clock. Well, the situation there was really amazing. It was the right place to calm our self and mind. The beautiful dam with the blue sky were really a wonderful mixture of nature. We relaxed and felt calm. And did not forget to take pictures together.

At six, we realized that it was getting to dark, we had to back to Semarang. So, we decided to departed right away. We were very glad and enjoyed our trip together. We would never forget it.