Friday, August 30, 2013
HABIBIE AINUN, The recent love
story
One of the most popular
romantic melodrama movies by a young director, Faozan Rizal, has break record
of the most watched movie in theater. The movie which based from B.J habibie’s
biography “HABIBIE & AINUN”, are starring by Reza Rahardian as Habibie, and Bunga citra
Lestari as Ainun.
The story of this movie, which based of BJ
habibie’s biography began with the first met of Rudy Habibie and Ainun when
they were in high school. As the two smartest students, their teachers and
friends were often making fun of them and told her that she looked like palm
sugar because she has dark skin. When they were graduated, Rudy work as an
engineer from Germany and Ainun work as a pediatrician
Ainun, though she had many admirers, but
the one she loved the most was only Rudy. After married a few months later at
12 May 1962, Rudy returned to Germany with his wife. The power of their love
made them survived and fought until they had their established position. Bad
thing appeared suddenly when a doctor told Ainun that she got ovarian cancer,
fortunately she can survived. Rudy as a genius person of Indonesia had a big
dream to make plane for his country. This big dream then came true. Rudy made
IPTN (industri pesawat terbang nusantara) in 1974.
His career in Indonesia increased from time
to time, but not easy at all, and his big dream came true through Gatotkoco in
1995. In 1998 crisis happened in Indonesia and student demanded president
Soeharto to step down. Rudy then was appointed to replace Soeharto, but it was
not long before people accused him of corruption until he decides not to run
for president again. In all that times, Ainun was always there to support him,
to be his medicine, to be his shoulder for him to lean and to cry together.
Happiness returned to their life, but
unfortunately the ovarian cancer in ainun appeared again and even more severe. Until the time she
couldn’t survive like before. Rudy did everything to save the life the woman he
loved the most, but nothing he could do when death came.
This movie is not only showing the romance between
prof. Habibie and his wife, but also showing the political condition of
Indonesia at that time. Indonesia also can see how the people in Germany have a
great respect to prof. Habibie, while Indonesia appointed him did corruption.
Although the acting and makeup of Reza rahardian and bunga citra lestari
are great, but their body gesture when being old doesn’t fit. They only had old
face but the body just like young people. And as Ainun, Bunga citra lestari
doesn’t fit for the image of Java oriental woman like ainun.
Overall, this movie contains a very nice
love story. By this movie, we could see that the real true love is not Romeo
and Juliet who tragically suicide to keep their love to each other, but Habibie
and Ainun who grew old together
and separated by destiny of death. This movie is a great movie in the end of
2012, but I think this movie will get more moviegoers if release right on
Valentine’s Day.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
News item
People Killed and Injured in Blast at Nightclub
Three people have been
killed and eight others injured in a hand grenade blast at a packed village
nightclub.
The explosion in Idvor,
north of Belgrade, occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday (0030 GMT Sunday; 8:30 p.m. EDT
Saturday) when a man activated the grenade at the entrance to the club. About
150 customers were inside at the time.
Such incidents aren't
unusual in Serbia since the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s when many hand
grenades and firearms were taken home from war fronts.
Serbia's state TV says
the man was angry because he and three of his friends were refused entry by the
club's security. He and one of his friends were killed in the blast.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Discussion Text
The advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Learning
A few years ago, distance learning was
seen as an inferior way but nowadays even famous and established traditional
colleges and universities are providing distance learning courses and it is
generally considered a way to improve one's life.
However, people still argue whether
distance learning give more advantage or disadvantage. Some of them who see the
benefit of distance learning will say that distance learning needs no
commuting. Of course it saves money and time that students would take.
Furthermore, distance learning can be done at any student’s convenience. Mostly
of the classes of distance learning are asynchronous. It means that students do
not have to attend a lecture at a fixed particular time and place. Students can
review the assignments and do their homework during off-hours or from home.
Additionally, distance learning gives more accessibility. No one can deny it.
People with limited mobility may encounter the problem when they take
traditional class. With the online class system, the problem is absent.
Despite the many advantages, the other
people will see that distance learning is costly and needs complex technology.
To attend online learning, student must have a computer with possibly access to
the internet. Admitted or not, such technology devices are not always available
for common students. Another disadvantage of distance learning is that it does
not provide immediate feedback. Unlikely traditional classroom, students have
to wait for the feedback and comment until the instructor has review the works
and sent response to them. Most of the time students will study alone. Distance
learners may feel isolated or miss that social physical interaction that comes
with attending a traditional classroom.
Regarding the individual’s learning
style, some students are able to learn when there is a live interaction between
them and the available of accompanying teacher while others don’t really need
it. So before deciding a choice of attending distance learning or not, each
student needs to do a fair analysis regarding the kind of person he/she is.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Penggunaan Adjective (kata sifat) dan Adverb (kata keterangan)
Adjective (kata sifat)
memberikan informasi tentang kata benda. Contoh:
·
She’s
an excellent dancer.
·
I’ve
got a new apartment.
Adverb (kata
keterangan) merubah kata kerja, yakni kata keterangan menjelaskan bagaimana
sesuatu dilakukan. Contoh:
- She learns quickly.
- You can speak English well.
- You can speak English well.
Adjective (kata
sifat)
Adjective bisa ditempatkan
sebelum kata benda. Contoh:
·
This
is a beautiful bird.
·
“This
is a bird beautiful.” tidak benar.
Kata sifat memberikan informasi
seperti ukuran (kecil, besar), bentuk (bulat, persegi), warna (kuning, hijau),
kebangsaan (Cina, Polandia), dan opini (baik, buruk).
Adjective tidak mengalami
perubahan yang tergantung pada jumlah (tunggal atau jamak). Contoh:
·
She
has a cute puppy.
·
She
has three cute puppies.
Perhatikan bahwa adjective (cute)
tidak mengalami perubahan baik dalam bentuk tunggal (puppy) maupun jamak
(puppies).
Adjective juga
bisa ditempatkan setelah kata kerja tertentu seperti be, feel, look, dan taste.
Contoh:
·
I’m
really happy today.
·
She’s
got a new job so she feels great.
·
You
look wonderful!
·
This
chicken tastes delicious.
Adverb (kata
keterangan)
Adverb sering
dibentuk dengan menambahkan -ly di belakang adjective. Contoh:
·
quick (adjective)
- He’s quick at learning new things.
·
quickly (adverb) -
He learns quickly.
·
bad (adjective) - He
didn’t get a bad test score.
·
badly (adverb) -
He didn’t do badly in his test.
Untuk adverb yang
terbentuk dari adjective yang berakhiran dengan huruf “-y”ganti “-y”
dengan “-i” dan tambahkan “-ly“. Contoh:
·
easy
(adjective) - He thinks math is easy.
·
easily
(adverb) - He can do math easily.
·
happy
(adjective) - He’s a happy man.
·
happily
(adverb) - He works happily every day.
Untuk adverb yang
terbentuk dari adjective yang berakhiran dengan huruf “-le” ganti “-le” dengan
“-ly“. Contoh:
·
simple (adjective)
- The teacher makes difficult things simple.
·
simply (adverb)
- He teaches simply and clearly.
Beberapa adverb sama dengan
adjective. Contoh:
·
He
runs fast (adverb) - He’s a fast runner.
(adjective)
·
He
studies hard. (adverb) - It’s a hard life.
(adjective)
Adverb untuk “good”
adalah “well“. Contoh:
·
She’s
a good pianist.
·
She
plays the piano well.
Adverb juga bisa mengubah adjective
dan adverb-adverb lainnya. Contoh:
·
That’s
a good book.
·
That’s
a very good book.
·
She’s
a talented girl.
·
She’s
an incredibly talented girl.
·
You’re
right!
·
You’re absolutely right!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Penjelasan tentang Phrasal Verb
Sebagian phrasal
verb dapat diartikan dari tiap kata penyusunnya (verb dan particle) atau dari kata kerjanya saja
dimana particle digunakan untuk memberi penekanan
arti. Sehingga tidak terlalu sulit bagi non-native learner untuk memahami frasa tersebut.
§ Contoh:
§ You can put
off your
shoes here. (Kamu dapat melepas sepatumu disini.)
§ He will get
into trouble
if you drink alcohol. (Dia akan masuk ke dalammasalah jika dia minum alkohol.)
The man
has decided to close his business down. (Pria itu telah memutuskan
untuk menutup usahanya selamanya.)
Namun sebagian phrasal verb yang lain yang tidak
dapat ditebak artinya dari komponen penyusunnya atau dengan kata lain
merupakan idiom. Kelompok inilah yang kerap
membingungkan. Solusinya adalah dengan menghapalkan phrasal
verb bermakna idiom yang umum digunakan sehari-hari.
Contoh:
§ While studying, she dropped
off. (Ketika sedang belajar, dia tertidur.)
§ The subsidized fuel has run
out. (BBM Premium telah habis.)
Selain itu, banyak pula phrasal
verb tersebut
yang memiliki lebih dari satu makna, baik yang bermaknaidiom maupun sebenarnya.
Contoh:
Contoh:
§ Toni picked
up that
ball. (Toni mengambil (dengan tangan) bola itu.)
§ Pick up your shoes. (Rapikan sepatumu.)
My
brother picked up some
hats. (Saudara laki-lakiku mengoleksi beberapa buah topi.)
Monday, August 12, 2013
Phrasal verb atau kata kerja frase
Phrasal verb
atau kata kerja frase adalah gabungan dari sebuah verb +
preposisi. Pharasal verb sangat umum dalam bahasa Inggris dan bisa memiliki
lebih dari satu arti. Pharasal verb sangat penting dipelajari khususnya untuk
penggunaan dalam speaking. Salah satu verb yang memiliki banyak phrasal verb
adalah “get“,
8 diantaranya yang sangat umum adalah sebagai berikut:
Get up
Bangun
dari tempat tidur di pagi hari. Ini berbeda dengan ‘wake up’ yang berarti
terjaga atau saat kita membuka mata setelah tertidur.
Example: Although
my alarm wakes me up at 5, I don’t get up until 6:30.
Get into
Masuk
ke mobil atau taksi. Kita menggunakan ‘get on’ untuk bus dan kereta api, tetapi
untuk mobil kita pakai ‘get into’.
Example: Jack
is too fat to get into his car.
Get on (with someone)
Memiliki
hubungan yang baik dengan seseorang.
Example: She
doesn’t get on with her brother. They’re always fighting.
Get off
Saat
dimana kita menyelesaikan pekerjaan dan kembali ke rumah di hari itu.
Example: Do
you wanna go for a dinner after work? I get off at 4:00.
Get in (somewhere)
Berhasil
memasuki sebuah tempat setelah berusaha keras atau bahkan menggunakan tindakan
kriminal.
Example: Thieves
got in the office by breaking the window.
Get (someone) down
To
get (someone) down berarti ada sesuatu yang membuat tidak senang atau depresi.
Example: Don’t
let your love problems get you down.
Get over (something)
To
get over (something) berarti membaik atau pulih dari penyakit atau setelah
kejadian yang membuat kita tidak senang.
Example: He
was sad when he broke up with his girlfriend, but now he has got over it.
Get together
Bertemu
dan menghabiskan waktu bersama-sama
Example: Every Saturday we get together with some friends
and have dinner in a restaurant.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Contoh phrasal verb dalam kalimat
§ We usually eat
out for both lunch and dinner.
(Kita biasanya makan restoran baik makan siang maupun malam.)
(Kita biasanya makan restoran baik makan siang maupun malam.)
§ All babies need a lot of love to grow
up.
(Semua bayi memmbutuhkan banyak cinta untuk tumbuh.)
(Semua bayi memmbutuhkan banyak cinta untuk tumbuh.)
§ It is important to keep
away from one who always try to put you down.
(Penting untuk menghindar dari seseorang yang selalu mengeritikmu.)
(Penting untuk menghindar dari seseorang yang selalu mengeritikmu.)
§ If I were you, I’d watch
out for food expiration dates at the grocery store.
(Jika aku itu kamu, aku akan berhati-hati dengan tanggal kadaluarsa makanan di toko tsb.)
(Jika aku itu kamu, aku akan berhati-hati dengan tanggal kadaluarsa makanan di toko tsb.)
§ Every runner doesn’t want to fall
behind.
(Setiap pelari tidak ingin tertinggal di belakang.)
(Setiap pelari tidak ingin tertinggal di belakang.)
Monday, August 5, 2013
Bentuk karangan bahasa ingggris
Discussion
Fungsi
Discussion: Untuk menyajikan informasi dan pendapat tentang lebih dari satu
sisi masalah ("untuk" poin "melawan" poin).
Generic
structure discussion:
- Membuka
pernyataan menyajikan masalah
- Argumen
atau bukti untuk sudut pandang yang berbeda (pro dan kontra)
- Penutup
Rekomendasi
Karakteristik:
* Penggunaan
kata benda umum
* Penggunaan
kata kerja yang berkaitan
*
Menggunankan thinking verbs: think, feel, hope believe, etc.
* Penggunaan
additive connectives: addition, furthermore, besides, etc.
* Penggunaan
causal connectives: because, because of, etc.
* Penggunaan
adverbial manner: hopefully
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