Critical Listening Activities 20212

Name : Maharani Kesuma Putri

NIM : 2020205018

No. Day/date Title Summary

1 Tuesday, 01-03-2022 The Song of Perfect (Ed Tells the story of a man who finds the woman he loves, who used to be his lover, but
Sheeran) now the man is more convinced that this woman is the best for him, and hopes for a
beautiful future for both of them.

2 Wednesday, 02-03-2022 The song Close to You (The Close to you tells the story of a woman who always wants to be close to her idol. Not
Carpenters) only him, all creatures in the world seem to worship and miss the idol of the heart.

3 Thursday,03-03-2022 The song of Nothing's Gonna
Change My Love For You
(George Benson)
4 Friday, 04-03-2022 The fairytale of mouse-
deer and crocodile
This song tells about someone's feelings that are very strong and sincere. No matter
how big the obstacles that must be passed, will not change the love for the lover. The
world can change his life, but not his love
Once upon a time, there was a smart mouse deer. He was enjoying eating
grass on the bank of river. When he was enjoying it, he saw trees full of
fruits across the river.

However, he could not find bridge to reach the fruits. Then, he saw
crocodiles and tried to trick them.

He said that he was bringing fresh meat from the King, and he wanted to
count the crocodiles before sharing the meets.

He asked them to make a row and said that he would count the number.
Once the crocodiles made a row, he started to jump on their backs while
counting.
 The crocodile was not aware of the trick until they saw that the mouse
deer was already on the opposite side of the river.

5 Saturday, 05-03-2022 The fairytale the deer stole One day, a farmer was angry because mouse deer kept stealing his
the cucumber cucumber. Because of that, he set a trap by digging holes around the field.
Mouse deer was not aware of it until he fell into the trap.

Because the trap was deep, he could not jump and escape. However, he
did not run out of idea.

When a rabbit saw him and asked him why he stayed in the hole, mouse
deer said that he needed protection because there would be doomsday.

Because of that, rabbit called all animals to get inside the trap to seek
protection. They were not aware that they were tricked by mouse deer.

When many animals were already inside the hole, mouse deer used their
body to jump and escape from the hole.

6 Sunday, 06-03-2022 The fairytale turtle and One day in the jungle, a rabbit saw a turtle who walk very smoothly.
rabbit Knowing that he was faster, he approached the turtle and mocked him for
being slow.

The turtle could not accept the mockery and he challenged the arrogant
rabbit. Since he felt that he was much faster than turtle, rabbit thought
that he must accept the challenge.
 On the day of race, rabbit was still arrogant and he ran quickly leaving the
turtle behind. Because he felt that the turtle was still far away, he thought
that he should wait for him.

However, he was too relaxed until he fell asleep. During his sleep, he was
not aware that turtle kept running slowly and finally could beat the rabbit.

When he woke up, he was shocked since all animals who watched the race
already left and turtle already became the winner.

7 Monday,07-03-2022 In a certain place in Padang, there lived Malin Kundang and his mother.
The legend of Malin They live in poverty, but one day Malin Kundang got an opportunity to
Kundang work when a big ship came to the beach.

His mother could not accept Malin’s decision at first, but he insisted until
his mother allowed him.

After some years, she heard news that Malin already got married to a
noble woman. Then, finally Malin and his new family returned to the
village. His mother was happy and she run to hug her son.

Unfortunately, Malin did not acknowledge her and even his wife mocked
Malin’s mother. Knowing that his son no longer recognized her, she
prayed in her sadness to ask for justice from God.

God answered her prayer and suddenly a storm appeared. The stormed hit
Malin and he got cursed into a stone.