Getting Political Support

The text below is for the first part of this podcast.

Helen: Okay, your schedule today is very busy. First, you’re meeting with a group of constituents concerned about the environment. Then, you’re speaking to a group of factory workers. At noon, you’ll be having lunch with a group of high-power donors. 

Mikhail: When I signed on as a candidate, I had no idea I’d have to pander to every group out there to gain their support.

Helen: Don’t think of it as pandering. Think of it as rallying the troops. People in this state need a leader and you’re their great white hope.

UJIAN PASTI BERLALU

Oke, oke sekian lama gue mencari ide buat nyari judul postingan baru ini, dan akhirnya terereret (terharu) gue dapet judul ini “UJIAN PASTI BERLALU” pas lagi mandi sore ini. Kenapa Ujian dan kenapa pasti berlalu. Oke, simpel aja. Gue mau Ujian dan gue (gak cuma gue sebenernya), tapi seluruh Mahasiswa Indonesia tentunya pengen banget Ujian cepet kelar trus liburan. Kita udah hidup kalo kita udah menikmati hasil jerih payah kita.

Kronologinya gini :

Kita Usaha

How to Deliver Speech

Well, sometimes we are in difficult situation, we must deliver speech in front of a lot of people.

Here are some tips how to deliver speech as well.

1. Approach the podium confidently and put your notes in a place where you can see them easily.

2.  Stand up straight with your feet shoulder-width apart. Look at the audience, pause and begin speaking. If there is no microphone, project from your diaphragm, not your throat.

3 . Set the tone in your introduction with appropriate facial expressions and diction, and a specific mood (such as folksy or hard-hitting).

Debate

Here is some examples for presenting debate :

Beginning

I would like to begin by…

I would ilke to make a few remarks concerning………

I would like to comment on the problem of ………

I would ilke to mention briefly that  concerning………

There are three points  I’d like to make.

The most Important points seem to me to be…

Anton the Adventurer

1Anton was not an adventurer, but he had the spirit to be an adventurer. 2He wanted to be like Columbus, Magelhaens or Vasco da Gama. 3One day he said to his parent if he wanted to be an adventurer, but his parent always said no to his son. 4Anton didn’t listen to his parent; furthermore, he decided to start his first experience in adventure. 5Anton was not alone ; he was accompanied by Arga, his senior high school friend. 6Anton and Arga could speak and write English, so they decided to visit England first. 7There, they visited many places such as Big Band, Oxford University and Wembley Stadium which is the biggest stadium in England. 8One week passed, and they continued their adventure in Italy because it also had many interesting places to visit. 9Venesia, Piza tower, Coloseum and Olympico stadium is their destination.

David Beckham

Free Download: English Listening Material; audio, scripts and sample of exercises.  Title: “David Beckham”.

Most of Indonesian teenage students (SMP, SMA and SMK grades) like playing football (soccer). To attract and make them more enthusiastic in listening class, try the following English listening audio and scripts talking about a famous football player: David Beckham.
Note: audio and scripts were taken from www.listen-to-english.com. An edited part (exercise) was included in scripts, intended to use for Indonesian students. All of the files (audio, scripts and sample of exercises) were re-uploaded by @2011_ www.haarrr.wordpress.com.

Passive Voice

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Characteristics :

•  Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so (FANBOYS).


• ž  A comma comes before the conjunction in a compound sentence.


• ž  The coordinating conjunction shows the relationship between the two halves (independent clause) of the sentence.

	Conjunction	Purpose
F	for	Shows a reason (the second clause gives a reason for the first)
A	and	Shows addition
N	nor	Shows a negative alternative (It’s the negative form of or, and it must follow a clause containing a negative word such as not. When we use nor we must use question word order after it.

Hymne Guru

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Terima Kasih Guruku

Well, ini adalah salah satu video yang gue kira cukup menginspirasi.
video ini bercerita tentang testimoni dari adek2 kelas gue saat jaman SMA.
Cekidot . . .


dan ini lirik dari Opening video yang judulnya terima kasih guruku.

Terima kasih guruku

pagiku cerahku
matahari bersinar…
ku gendong tas merahku di pundak…
slamat pagi semua
ku nantikan dirimu
di depan kelasku menantikan kami..
guruku tersayang
guru tercinta
tanpamu apa jadinya aku…
tak bisa baca tulis
mengerti banyak hal..
guruku terima kasihku…
nakalnya diriku kadang buatmu marah…
namun segala maaf kau berikan..
reff::
guruku tersayang …
guru tercinta tanpamu apa jadinya aku…
tak bisa baca tulis mengerti banyak hal…
guruku terima kasihku…

English Proverbs

1. Between the devil and the deep sea

Confuse to choose two bad options (masuk mulut buaya keluar mulut singa)

2. Where there’s a will there’s a way

If we have a desire to do something, we will get the solution to do it (jika kita berkemauan melakukan sesuatu kita akan mendapat jalan keluar)

3. A burnt child dreads fire

If something bad has hurt you once, it will be difficult to forget (sesuatu yang menyakitkan yang sulit dilupakan (trauma))