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C0NTOH-CONTOH TEKS BAHASA INGGRIS

ANALITYCAL EXPOSITION

The reading habit among Indonesian is still low. There are many reasons for this

fact. However, it is mainly caused by the high prices of good books, a small number of

goods books available and other activities young people prefer to do.

Firstly, books are relatively expensive in Indonesia. Publisher claim that the

prices of raw materials and the production cost of books are high and keep increasing.

Therefore, books are sold expensively and consequently, most students can’t afford them.

Secondly, if we browse the bookshelves, it is not easy to find real high quality

books. Some books with good topics may have plain and boring designs, while there also

books that look good but the content are almost worth-reading.

Thirdly, and quite unfortunately, nowadays there are many kinds of activities

other than reading, and the young people prefer doing them. These include watching

young soap opera on TV, listening to music and songs with

meaningless lyrics or just hanging out at shopping malls. Such activities clearly do not

offer as much learning as the book reading habit does. And clearly, they forget the saying

“a book as the window of the world”.

In conclusion is clear that reading habit among Indonesian students is still low for

the reasons above.


CARS SHOULD BE BANNED IN THE CITY

Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars create pollution and cause

a lot of road death.

Firstly, cars, as we all know, contribute to most of the pollution in the world. Cars

emit a deadly gas that cause illness such as bronchitis, lung cancer and triggers off

asthma. Some of the illness are so bad that people can die from them.

Secondly, the city is very busy. Pedestrians wander everywhere and cars

commonly hit them in the city, which causes them to die. Cars today are our roads

biggest killers.

Thirdly, cars are very noisy. If you live in the city, you may find it hard to sleep at

night, or concentrate on your homework, and especially talk to someone.

In conclusion, cars should be banned from the city because of the reasons listed.


I definitely believe that we should be spending millions looking for

extraterrestrials. I know some people think it's a waste of money because there are many

things on our own planet we could spend the money on, but I do not think that they

should stop our quest for knowledge. Here are my arguments.

Firstly, if there is another kind of life from out there, we need to know about it.

Imagine what would happen if Alliens just suddenly arrive on earth, and we were not

prepared for them. It would be a disaster, even if they didn't mean to hurt us. The film

E.T : The extra terrestrials, shows how things could go round. The only way to be

prepared for contact with alliens is to find them first.

Secondly, if we find life on another planet it might help the human species

survive. Foe example, if Earth becomes impossible to live on because of global warming,

the hole in the ozone layer or some other environmental problem, we might be able to go

to that planet to live.

Thirdly, finding life on another planet might make humans behave better. it might

make us be nicer to each other because we would see we were all part of the one species.

We would also have to stop believing that the universe was ours, and that might make us

take better care of our own planet.

To sum up, I think we should spend as much money as we can on searching for

extraterrestrials for the good of all humans. Besides, I think there must be something out

there and I would really like to know what it is and where it is. Wouldn't you ?

ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

POSITION

In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government,

state governments and local governments. All of these levels of government are

necessary. This is so for a number of reasons.

First, the federal government is necessary for the big things. They keep the

economy in order and look after things like defence.

Similarly, the state governments look after the middle sized things. For example

they look after law and order, preventing things like vandalism in schools.

Finally, local governments look after the small things. They look after things like

collecting rubbish, otherwise everyone would have diseases.

Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of government

are necessary.

NARRATIVE SHORT STORY

THE MAN AND THE BEES

The man felt very weak. He hadn’t got spirit to work the day before. His wife felt

weak too and so told him to go and look for honey to drink for making energy.

The man searched for honey in the forest. After many hours he still hadn’t found

any sign of hive. He looked up and saw a bee hive dripping with honey. He tried to climb

the tree but he was too heavy so he decided to cut the tree over. He cut and cut then the

tree came down. He saw the hive tangled in the branches. He searched into it for the

honey.

Suddenly the bees began to attack him. The man started to run. But the bees

buzzed after him. They were stinging him as he ran. At last he saw a river. He ran and

dived into the water.

At last he had escape the bees. He stayed in the water of the river for hours and

went home to his wife. The Scotsman, but I'll admit, ye almost heard me when the wife

fell out.

NARRATIVE SHORT STORY

SNOW WHITE

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her

Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead.

One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the

castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to

take Snow White.

Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would

be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and

Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. She was very tired and

hungry.

Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she

went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside.

There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs.

The dwarfs said, what is your name? Snow White said, “My name is Snow White”.

Doc said, ‘If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White said, ‘Oh

could I ?.Thank you’. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White

and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

NARRATIVE (SHORT STORY)

THE BOY WHO CRIED “WOLF”

There was once a shepherd-boy who kept his flock at a little distance from the

village. Once he thought he would play a trick on the villagers and have some fun at their

expense. So he ran toward the village crying out, with all his might,

"Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The wolves are at my lambs!"

The kind villagers left their work and ran to the field to help him. But when they

got there the boy laughed at them for their pains; there was no wolf there.

Still another day the boy tried the same trick, and the villagers came running to

help and got laughed at again. Then one day a wolf did break into the fold and began

killing the lambs. In great fright, the boy ran for help. "Wolf! Wolf!" he screamed. "There

is a wolf in the flock! Help!"

The villagers heard him, but they thought it was another mean trick; no one paid

the least attention, or went near him. And the shepherd-boy lost all his sheep.

NARRARTIVE SHORT STORY

THE HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

In the past people used different ways to communicate over long distances, such

as smoke signals, drums and flags. Investigations such as the telephone, radio and

television made communication over greater distances possible.

In 1837, Samuel Morse invented a system that transmitted sound pulses through

wire. These sounds were sent and received by an operator who knew the special Morse

Code. This allowed communication over long distances.

On March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. A human

voice was sent through a long wire using magnets and an electronic current. He spoke to

his friend and a fellow inventor, Thomas Watson, who was in another room.

During this century many more forms of technology have been invented that

allow people to communicate over long distances and even keep a record of that

communication. Fax machines send printed information anywhere in the world.

In the future, new technology will continue to make long distances electronic

communication even faster and more efficient.

NARRATIVE SPOOF

PENGUIN IN THE PARK

Once a man was walking in a park when he came across a penguin.

He took him to a policeman and said, “I have just found this penguin. What

should I do?” The policeman replied, “take him to the zoo”.

The next day the policeman saw the same man in the same park and the man was

still carrying the penguin with him. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to

the man and asked, “Why are you still carrying that penguin about? Didn’t you take it to

the zoo? I certainly did,’ replied the man.

And it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to

the moviest!

NARRATIVE SPOOF

LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE, ESSEX

Train companies were warned as to the problems faced by passengers traveling

home on Thursday and Friday evenings when city workers traditionally have a few beers

in readiness for the weekend. Trains leaving Liverpool St on these nights after 10.30pm

are traditionally referred to as the 'Vomit Comet'.

One passenger said 'it's the same commuters every Friday night, drunken lads

chatting up girls, exchanging mobile numbers whilst the smell of big Mac and fries is

over powering.

In some cases, passengers have even opted to walk from London to Essex, in

some cases, as far away as Southend.

Rail networks have also defended their poor performance figures it was revealed

today. With a number of networks falling below a 70% satisfaction level, bosses have hit

back to defend their poor showing and results.

Len Reed, spokesperson for One Railways said 'his trains were not late but that

passengers were early which simply escalated the problem'.

Narrative spoofTHE DOG AND THE BUTCHER

A dog walks into a butcher shop with a wallet strapped to his neck, and

approaches the displays. He waits for a man to finish his order, then the butcher leans

over the shelf and asks,

"What'll you have?"

The dog places his paw in front of the ground beef, so the butcher asks how many

pounds? The dog barks twice, so the butcher packages 2 pounds of ground beef.

The man watches as the dog moves in front of the pork chop display, and places

his paw in front of them.

"How many do you want? asks the butcher.

The dog barks four times so the butchers packages 4 chops. The dog walks over to

the cash register to pay, so the butcher removes enough cash from the wallet to pay for

the meat. The dog picks up his packages in his mouth an leaves.

Intrigued the man follows the dog several blocks until he walks up to a house and

scratches on the front door. His owner answers, and lets the dog in.

"That's an amazing dog you have there!" the man from the butcher shop marvels.

"Not really," the owner frowns. "That's the second time this week he's forgotten

his key!"

RECOUNTSEARTHQUAKE

I was driving along the coast road when the car suddenly lurched to one side.

At first I thought a tyre had gone but then I saw telegraph poles collapsing like

matchsticks.

The rocks came tumbling across the road and I had to abandon the car.

When I got back to town, well, as I said, there wasn’t much left.

recount

OUR TRIP TO THE BLUE MOUNTAIN

On Friday we went to the Blue Mountains. We stayed at David and Della’s house.

It has a big garden with lots of colorfull flowers and a tennis court.

On Saturday we saw the Three Sisters and went on 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 the Scenic Skyway and it rocked. We saw cockatoos

having a shower.

In the afternoon we went home.

RECOUNT

AN EXCURSION TO THE BOTANICAL GARDEN

On Thursday 24 April we went to the Botanical Garden. We walked down and

boarded the bus.

After we arrived at the garden, we walked down to the Education Centre. The

third grade students went to have a look around. First, we went to the first farm and Mrs.

James read us some information. Then, we looked at all the lovely plants. After that we

went down to a little spot on the Botanical Garden and had a morning tea break.

Next, we did sketching and then we met the fourth grade students at the Education

Centre to have lunch. Soon after that, it was time for us to go and make our terrariums

while the fourth year students went to have a walk.

A lady took us into a special room and introduced herself. Then she explained

what we were going to do. Next, she took us to a pyramid terrarium. It was really

interesting.

After we had finished, we met the fourth grade students outside the gardens. Then

we reboarded the bus and returned to school.

REPORTWHALES

Whales are the largest animals on earth. Bigger than elephants they may grow 95

feet long and weigh 3 tons. A baby blue whale just born can be 23 feet long and weigh 3

tons.

Although whales live in the oceans and swim like fish, they are not fish. They are

mammals, like cows and elephants. Unlike fish they bear young alive, not as eggs. Their

babies live on their mother’s milk. They breathe through their lungs and hold their breath

when they go under water. If they can’t come to the surface to breathe fresh air, they will

down. They are warm blooded. Fish, however, lay eggs, breathe oxygen in the water, and

are cold-blooded.

Whales live in all oceans. In the winter some of them go to warm waters to bread

and in the summer most of them go to cold waters to feed. There are two kinds of whales,

whales with teeth (toothed whales) and whales without teeth (baleen whales). The

toothed whales eat fish and squid which they can catch with their teeth, although they

swallow their food without chewing it. The baleen whales eat plankton (small sea animals

and plants). When they find plankton, they open their mouths and swim into the plankton.

When they close their mouths they squeeze out the water and swallow the plankton.

Whales have few enemies. Only human and the killer whales attack whales. And

whales do not seem to fight among themselves. They usually live from 20 to 30 years.

REPORT

AUSTRALIA

Australia is a large continent. It has six states and two territories.

The capital city of Australia is Canberra. It is in the Australian Capital Territory.

The population of Australia is about 20 million. The first inhabitants to live in

Australia were Aboriginal people. After that people came from all over the world. The

main language is English, however many other languages are spoken.

There are many plants and animals that are only found in Australia, e.g.

kangaroos, platypuses, gum trees and Waratahs.

The main products and industries are wool, minerals, oil, coal, cereals and meat.

Some famous landmarks are the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House and Uluru

(Ayers Rock).

HORTATORY EXPOSITION

COUNTRY CONCERN

In all the discussion over the removal of lead from petrol (and the atmosphere)

there doesn’t seem to have been any mention of the difference between driving in the city

and the country.

While I realise my leaded petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I

feel that when you travel through the country, where you only see another car every five

to ten minutes, the problem is not as severe as when traffic is

concentrated on city roads.

Those who want to penalise older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t

seem to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and

one’s own vehicle is the only way to get about.

I feel that country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the

nearest town and who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated

differently to the people who live in the city.