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Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl named Cinderella. He
lived with his step mother and two sisters. They were arrogant and bad
tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella
do the hardest job in the house, such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and
pan and preparing food for the family. Her step sisters, on the other hand, did
not work on the house. Their mother gave them many pretty dresses to wear.
One day, a king invited all girls in his kingdom to attend a ball in his
palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the
dresses they would wear. Cinderella could not stop crying after they left.
She looked up and saw a fairy standing beside her. Then Cinderella told
her why she was crying. Well the fairy said, “you’ve been such a cheerful,
hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I will see that you go to the ball.” The
fairy turned a pumpkin into a coach and mice into a smooth two coach man and
footman then tapped Cinderella’s dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful
ball gown.
Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass shoes. Now, Cinderella, she said,
“you have to leave the ball before midnight”. Then he drove away a wonderful
coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either. She danced again and again with
the prince. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as
fast as he could do. In her hurry, one of her glass shoes left behind.
A few days later, the prince declared that he would marry the girl whose
feet fitted the glass shoe. Cinderella’s stepsisters tried on it but it was too small
for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the
king’s page let Cinderella try the shoe. She stretched his legs and slipped the
shoe on the page. It fitted perfectly. Finally, she was ushered into a magnificent
palace and height. The prince were glad to see her again. They married and
lived happily ever after.
Narrative Text Fable
On the following day, the mouse deer was hungry. He wanted to eat
some grass on the side of the river so he had to to cross the dangerous river
which was full of crocodiles. Again he thought hard and found another smart
idea and said loudly “Crocodiles come up!” then some crocodiles rose from the
water. They looked happy and saw their sharp teeth and said “Hello, Mouse
Deer. Do you come to be my lunch? We are hungry” The mouse deer just
smiled and replied. “Sorry, Crocodiles, not today, I come to you to bring an
invitation from the king. You are invited to the party. The king ordered me to
count all crocodiles in this river so he knew how to prepare enough meal for
you.”
All the crocodiles felt happy and said “Really…? Tell us what to do,”
said a crocodile. “You have to line up from this side of the river to the other
side,” said the mouse deer. Not long after that the crocodile got all his friends
and family. He ordered to lined up across the river. the mouse deer then jumped
on the Crocodile’s back. “One,” the mouse deer counted. He jumped onto the
next crocodile, “Two.” And he jumped again on the next crocodile, “Three.” he
kept jumping until he arrived on the other side of the river. “Just enough,” said
the mouse deer. “I have counted all of you” He laughed and ran to the field of
grass.
Narrative Text Legend :
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in
the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would
never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He
was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry
when he knew that Sura broke the promise.
They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the
same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and Awent back
to the sea. Baya was happy.
Narrative Text Myth :
Dewi Sri
Once upon a time, Batara Guru commanded all the gods and goddesses to
contribute their power in order to build a new palace. Anybody who disobeyed
this commandment were considered lazy and would lose their arms and legs.
Hearing the Batara Guru’s commandment, Naga god was very anxious because
he didn’t have arms or legs. He might not be able do the job. So he asked
advice from Batara Narada who was the younger brother of Batara Guru.
Unfortunately Narada was also confused. The Naga god became very upset.
While the Naga god was crying for his bad luck, three teardrops fell on
the ground. Not long after that, those teardrops became three beautiful shining
eggs which looked like jewels. Then Batara Narada advised him to offer those
shining eggs to Batara Guru.
With the three eggs in his mouth, the Naga god went to the Batara Guru’s
palace. On the way, an eagle asked him a question. Surely Naga god could not
answer the question because he was holding the eggs in his mouth. Seeing that,
the bird thought that Naga god was arrogant and the bird attacked him.
Being attacked, one egg fell to earth. Then Naga god was hiding in the bushes
but the bird was waiting for him. The bird attacked for the second time and one
egg fell again. So Naga god only had one egg in his mouth. He kept moving to
Batara Guru’s palace.
Finally Naga god arrived at the palace. He offered the egg to the Batara
Guru. And miraculously the egg hatched became a very beautiful baby girl.
Naga god gave the baby girl to the Batara Guru. The baby grew up into a
beautiful girl and later known for Dewi Sri.
Narrative Text Folk Tale :
Three Feathers
Once upon time There was a king who had three sons. The two son were
clever. The third son did not speak much so he was called Simpleton. When the
king had become old, he did not know which son should become the king.
Then he got a bright idea and said; “Go forth, who brings me the most
beautiful carpet will be king after me”. He blew three feathers in the air, and
said: “You should go as they fly”. One feather flew to the east, the second to the
west, but the third flew straight up and did not fly far.
So one brother went to the right, and the other to the left. Simpleton was
sad because his feather did not fly far. Then all at once he saw a trap-door close
to the feather. He found some steps, and went down the door. Then he came to
another door, knocked at it. The door opened, and he saw a fat toad sitting. She
asked what he wanted. He answered; “I should get the prettiest and finest carpet
in the world”. Then she called a young toad; “Bring me the great box!”
The young toad brought the box. The fat toad opened it, and gave
simpleton a carpet out of it. The carpet was so beautiful. So Simpleton thanked
her, and brought it to the kingdom. Meanwhile his brothers just got some coarse
handkerchiefs from a shepherds’ wives whom they had met. When the king saw
Simpleton’s carpet he was very astonished and said; ” Well, the kingdom
belongs to the Simpleton”. But his two brothers argued that it was impossible
that simpleton should be king, They asked the king to make a new agreement.
Then the father said; “Who brings me the most beautiful ring will inherit the
kingdom”. He blew three feathers, which they were to follow. Those of the two
eldest again went east and west, and simpleton’s feather flew straight up, and
fell down near the trap-door. Again the fat toad gave him a ring sparkled with
jewels. Meanwhile his two brothers just got old carriage-rings. However they
did not cease from tormenting the king until he made a third condition.
So the king declared; Who brings the most beautiful woman home will be
the king”. He again blew the three feathers into the air. Then Simpleton went
down to the fat toad, and said; “I am to take home the most beautiful woman”.
The she gave him a yellow turnip which had been hollowed out. Mournfully
Simpleton said; “What am I to do with it?”. The toad answered; “Just put one of
my little toads into it!”. Then Simpleton seized one little toad and put her into
the yellow coach. Surprisingly the little toad turned into a beautiful maiden. So
Simpleton took her to the king. On the other hand, his brother brought peasant
women to the kingdom.
When the king saw the women he said; “After my death the kingdom
belongs to my youngest son”. But the two eldest brothers kept arguing that
whose wife could leap through a ring which hung in the center of the hall would
be the king. The king agreed. Then the two peasant women jumped through the
ring but they fell which made their arms and legs broke. On the other hand, the
pretty maiden sprang through the ring as lightly as a deer which made the two
peasants ceased. So Simpleton received the crown and ruled wisely the
kingdom.
Narrative Text Love Story :
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to
make something out of himself. Finally with all these hard work and with the
help of friends, this guy had set up his own company…
“You never fail until you stop trying.” he always told himself. “I must make it
in life!” One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple
sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the
umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn’t take him long to realize those were
his ex-girlfriend’s parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly
beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury saloon. He wanted
them to know that he wasn’t the same anymore, he had his own company, car,
condo, etc. He had made it in life!
Before the guy can realize, the couple was walking towards a cemetery,
and he got out of his car and followed them…and he saw his ex girlfriend, a
photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone… and he
saw his precious paper cranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents
saw him.He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They
explained that she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with
cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did
not want her illness to be his obstacle … therefore she had chosen to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes beside her, because, if the
day comes when fate brings him to her again, he can take some of those back
with him. The guy just wept.
Recount Text
The way to get Indrayanti Beach is very zigzag and it’s very quiet in the
middle of night. We almost got lost since we never go there before, but
eventually we got there safely. We hardly got a room to stay overnight because
it was long weekend so that we could not find a room easily.
A day at Indrayanti beach felt so short, we were quite tired for playing a
whole day, but we were very happy.
Announcement Text :
Announcement
To inform you that we will have flag ceremony to celebrate the independence
day of Indonesia on:
Day : Friday
Date : 17 August 2015
Place: Jakarta town square
Time : 10 a.m.
Please come 15 minutes before the flag ceremony starts. Don't forget to wear
white and gray school uniform.
Yours,
Headmaster
Report Text :
Panda
Panda is one of the animals that are large and obese. They can weigh
more than 100 kg, so if we look from a distance, the panda is very similar to the
giant puppets. They are the animals that come from Western China and Tibet.
Most of the species came from the jungle of bamboo because basically, their
food is bamboo. They have two legs and two large hands. In addition to
walking, the hands are also used to take the twigs and leaves of bamboo. Panda
usual looking for food in clustered with other pandas.
Adult pandas have a length between 160 to 180 cm. Then, the weight of
an adult panda is usually between 80 to 125 kg. Panda body size is similar to the
black bear. However, pandas do not hibernate like a black bear. Panda has a
large head, heavy body, rounded ears, and short tail. They walked like a human,
and as I said before, that they use their legs to stand and their hands used to
reach for the leaves and twigs of bamboo. They have a throat with a hard
esophagus in order to avoid their throat injury due to the consumption of
bamboo. They also have a large thumb to take the bamboo stems and leaves.
They look like a very cute animal with black and white color. This is the
thing that makes the panda to be the example of the best-selling dolls after bear.
They have thick hair and a little greasy. The oil layer helps them protected from
the wet climate. Panda runs slowly because their body is so heavy.
Nevertheless, the panda is able to climb trees with hard and sharp claws. They
can climb trees very easily.
We have known a little about panda from the above description. You
need to understand that it is not a cute animal. They are wild animals so we
must be careful when close to them.
Procedure Text :
Ingredients:
• 150gram of butter.
• 150gram of dark chocolate.
• 300 gram of flour
• 4 eggs.
• 600 gram of regular sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
Steps:
Zedva is my beautiful gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace,
performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the
delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his
appearance, for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and
growing fat.
After my guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling
to himself in front of the television set, and I have to forgive him for his
obnoxious, but endearing, habits.
Explanation Text :
During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start
moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again. The spot
underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of the earthquake. The
place right above the focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.
The News Item Text :
A tragic was happened on Jalan Soekarno hatta, a nine years old child
was killed hit by truck on Jalan Soekarno Hatta at 9 a.m.
He dead body were autopsied by doctor after one hour latter bringing to
the hospital. He (Hafiz/9 years old) tried crossing the roadway alone at nine in
the morning on Jalan Soekarno Hatta Over the ringroad of Main street.
The police said that the body get apart in the different ways. The head
where on the 10 meters from the location. And the body was broken. In
addition, the suspect of the driver were gone away. The next observation will be
done after the dead body be home to his parent.
Please meet me in the canteen at the first break. I’ll tell you a secret.
See you,
Hana
Hotatory Exposition Text :
Learning English through music and songs can be very enjoyable. You
can mix pleasure with learning when you listen to a song and exploit the song as
a means to your English progress. Some underlying reason can be drawn to
support the idea why we use songs in language learning.
In addition, songs are relaxing. They provide variety and fun, and
encourage harmony within oneself and within one group. Little wonder they are
important tools in sustaining culture, religion, patriotism and yeas, even
revolution.
Last but not least, there are many learning activities we can do with songs
such as studying grammar, practicing selective listening comprehension,
translating songs, learning vocabulary, spelling and culture.
From the elaboration above, it can be concluded that learning through music
and songs, learning English can be enjoyable and fun.
Analytical Exposition Text :
Before we are going to smoke, it’s better to look at the fact. A 2004 study
by the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion found that cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of
which are known to cause cancer. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of
diseases caused by smoking. Adult male smokers lose an average of 13.2 years
of life and female smokers lose 14.5 years of life because of smoking, and given
the diseases that smoking can cause, it can steal your quality of life long before
you die.
Smoking is not good for smokers and people around smokers. However
smoking is very good for Cigarette Companies. Because they have much
money from smoking habit. However smoking is not good for everybody else.