Rahasia di Balik Hijrah dan Karbala

Secrets behind hijrah and Karbala

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

SufiLive.com

On the occasion of Muharram 10, Ashura

Allah created heavens, earth, planets, sun, moon and all creation. And created Adam. He created earth but what is the purpose of earth, without inhabitants?

So Allah created Iblees who caused Adam to disobey and go to earth and in doing so he became cursed.

Allah mencipta Sorga, Bumi, dan planet, bulan serta semua ciptaan lainya. Dan Allah mencipta Adam. Apa arti Allah mencipta bumi kalo tak menciptakan penghuninya??
Sehingga Allah menciptakan Ibliis yang menjadikan Adam membangkang dan turun ke bumi dan menjadi mahluk dholim terhadap dirinya sendiri.

In doing so Iblees never disbelieved in the Creator. For the disobedience there was wisdom, to cause Adam to go on earth. It means that things to us might be seen in a way, but this is because we think about it in our minds. But in reality Allah wants it His way; they plan and Allah plans and Allah is the Best Planner.

begitu pula si Iblis tak pernah tunduk pada penciptanya. Dan karena pembangkangan si Iblis ada hikmah yang terjadi yaitu Adam Turun ke Bumi. Artinya kita kadang berpikir kenapa hal begituan kok bisa terjadi, ya karena kita memandang dari akal nafsu kita, padahal Allah yang menghendaki segalanya. wa makaruu makarolloh wallohu khoirul maakiriin. Mereka mau itu, Allah mau ini, dan Allah lah yang memenangkan ini atas itu. (sorry ya terjemahannya jadi nagcooo tapi saya tetap bertanggung pada Allah.)

So Allah did not tell you the future. Allah is not able to tell you the future? Allah gave Sayyidina Muhammad `uloom al-awwaleen wa al-akhireen - knowledge of before and after. That means He gave him knowledge of the unseen, of the future. But the Prophet (s) covered that from us. Because the Prophet (s) is an obedient servant to his Lord. So whatever Allah planned the Prophet (s) followed. But for us, whatever Allah planned we don't follow. So if we know the future we would pan according to the future we are seeing which might cross or be an obstacle in the plans that Allah planned for you because you're going to use your mind to execute the best for your future and if you do that it might not go according to what Allah planned.

Jadi Allah tidaklah memberitahu kamu apa yang akan terjadi, padahal Allah bisa aja memberitahumu kan? Allah memberi Rosullulloh karunia Ilmu yang menjangkau awal dan akhir, uluumul awwaliin wal akhiriin, artinya Allah beri tahu ilmu yang kita tidak tahu (gaib) tentang masa depan, tetapi Oleh beliau ini disimpan. Karena Rosul adalah hamba yang taat pada Tuannya, sehingga dia meskipun dah tahu begini dan begini tetap aja menjalani sesuai yang direncanakan Allah. Nah Kalo kita dikasih tahu ama Tuhan begini dan begini maka kita pasti akan milih milih yang enak sedang yang tidak enak pasti kita akan sekuat akal pikiran kita mengubah yang pas sama kita meskipun itu adalah sebetulnya tidak cocok dengan rencana (baik) Allah

Since we don't know, he hid it, then we follow what Allah wanted and it gets revealed to us as it happens. If we knew we might not follow what Allah wanted.

So Sayyidina Muhammad migrated from Makkah to Madina. The one who knows before and after knowledge. The one who went to qaaba qawsayni aw adna. The one who is hiding himself from Quraysh in the cave.

Karena kita tidak tahu maka Dia menyembunyikannya kita tinggal kemudian mengikuti apa yang Allah kehendaki dan wahyukan kepada kita sebagaimana terjadi. Kalo kita tahu mungkin kita tak akan mengikuti apa yang Allah inginkan.
Jadi Sayyidina Muhammad (Sosok yang tahu awal dan akhir) hijrah dari Makkah ke Madinah. Beliau adalah orang yang sangat dekat dengan Allah, kaana qooba qouasaini aw adna, yaitu sedekat jarak dua ujung busur panah bahkan lebih dekat lagi. Beliaulah orang yang bersembunyi dari quraiys di dalam goa tsur.

He could not just say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem and reach to Madina. Did he not say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem and go on ascension to qaaba qawsayni?

What is Buraq? It is [through power of] Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. With Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem the Prophet (s) can say to something, "be!" and it will be.

Beliau tidak hanya baca bismillah kemudian sampai di Medinah padahal bisa? bukankah hanya dengan baca bismillah dia sampai pada Tuhan, qooba qousaini aw adna?
Siapa itu buroq? dia adalah kekutan bismillah. dengan ini kanjeng nabi dapat mengatakan kepada sesuatu , jadi maka jadilah..


Prophet (s) doesn't need any promotion that we are trying to promote him and trying to defend.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدَافِعُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍ كَفُورٍ

Inna Allah yudafi`u an alladheena aamanoo - Verily Allah will defend (from ill) those who believe: [22:38]

Rosululloh tidak butuh dibela seperti kita mati matian membelanya "sesungguhnya Allahlah yang menyingkirkan bahaya/ penyakit dari orang orang yang beriman.


There is only one believer. If we were believers, we would have gone to Mi'raj also. Because the Prophet (s) will not leave his Ummah behind. How is he going to take us when we are not believers?

Hanya ada satu orang yang percaya!!! kalau kita percaya pastilah kita juga bisa pergi mi'roj karena kanjeng nabi tidak mungkin meninggalkan umatnya. tetapi bagaimana Ia mau membawa kita lha wong kita ini bukan umat yang percaya.

The Prophet (s) is the believer that he knew that in front of him he has to execute the plan that Allah planned. He did not say "Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem" and appear in Madina. No, he said, "I must be in that cave in that moment, in order to show the greatness that Allah swt gave to Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq." Allah wants to teach Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) from these unseen knowledges. To do that he must go into seclusion, as the Prophet (s) went into seclusion in the cave.

Rosululloh adalah orang yang percaya bahwa dia tahu sesuatu yang ada di depan dan harus dilewati sesuai rencana Allah. Dia tidak hanya baca bismillah terus langsung cling!!! di Madinah, tidak!!. tapi dia berkata saya mesti di gua itu saat itu, agar supaya memperlihatkan kebesaran Allah yang akan Allah berikan pada Abu Bakr as sidiq. Allah ingin mengajarkan padanya tentang ilmu yang tak diketahui. untuk melakukannya maka haruslah ia pergi ke tempat sunyi sebagaimana Rosul melakukannya di gua itu. (gua hiro pada waktu khalwat menerima wahyu, di gua tsur ketika membaiat abu bakr)

They say the Prophet (s) got the message at forty years of age. No; that is for kindergarten. He got the message even before he was created! He got the message when Adam was between clay and water! He got the message when his light was created. Does not the one from whose light everything is created know why he was created?

Orang orang menyangka kalo Rosul menerima wahyu umur 40 tahun, tidak. itu pengetahuan anak TK. Yang benar Ia menerima wahyu jauh sebelum ia sendiri dicipta (sebagai manusia. Dia menerima wahyu ketika adam masih di antara air dan tanah liat. Dia menerima wahyu ketika Nur dirinya dicipta. Tidakkah orang yang berasal dari nur itu yang segala sesuatu kemudian dicipta, tahu mengapa ia tercipta?

But he (s) has good adab with his Lord. Not like us. If we know something we show ourselves in a crowd. If the Prophet (s) did not show himself - why should we show ourselves? The best people are those who are humble; they don't want to be on the podium. They don't want to be known. They want to be at the door, the door of humbleness, not the door of arrogance. The Prophet (s) was at door of his Lord. That is why Allah swt said to him, "Come!" Come where? To qaaba qawsayni aw adna.

Tetapi beliau mempunyai adab dengan Tuhannya, tak seperti kita. kalo kita tahu sesuatu pastilah kita akan menyiarkannya ke halayak. Tapi kalo rosululloh tidak, kenapa juga kita kok nggak malunya meng ekspos diri kita? Orang yang paling baik adalah orang yang tawadhu', mereka tak ingin dinaikkan di podium. Mereka tak ingin dikenal. Mereka hanya ingin ada di pintu, yaitu pintu ketawadu'an, bukan di pintu kesombongan. Sedang nabi adalah pintu dari Tuhannya. itulah mengapa Allah menyuruhnya " kemari kemari mendekat kepada jarak yang sangat mesra kepada qooba qousain aw adna.

He did not say "how?" If he said, "how," it would mean he had doubt. But Allah said, "Come!" so he accepted. Not like us, we say, "How? Will You send a car?"

So the Prophet (s)… look - he knows the wisdom. We are coming to the story of Karbala, but before we reach that, the Prophet (s) said "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its door."

Nabi tidak mengatakan bagaimana? kalo ngomong begitu artinya dia ragu. Tetapi Allah memanggil "ayo" beliau langsung menerima dengan tanggap. tidak seperti kita , kita akan mengatakan "bagaimana?" apakah dijemput mobil?"
Jadi Nabi itu melihat, dia tahu apa hikmahnya. Kita akan bicara masalah Karbala, tapi sebelum itu kita ingat kata kata beliau bahwa Aku adalah kota pengetahuan dan Ali adalah pintunya.

And he (s) said in another place, or it is said, "whatever Allah put in my heart I put in the heart of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq." So what was wisdom of migration from Makkah to Madina? Why was not Prophet (s) able to stay in Makkah and do what he did in Makkah? It is very simple but he wants to execute what Allah has planned.

Dan di lain tempat beliau juga mengatakan apapun yang Allah letakkan di hatiku maka aku letakkan di hati Abu bakr as Sidq. sehingga apa hikmah dibalik hijrah? Tidak bisakah Nabi cukup tinggal di Mekkah dan melakukan kegiatanya di Mekkah saja? Sangat sangat sederhana tetapi beliau ingin ,emjalankan apa yang Allah telah rencanakan.


So the day that decision to go to Madina, the Quraysh enemies knew about and wanted to kill the Prophet (s). Can anyone kill the Prophet (s)? No, but they conspired to kill him. And Iblees was whispering conspiracy to the tribes, so that all the leaders of the tribe will come together and hit the Prophet (s) at one time with one hit.
Pada saat ada keputusan untuk hijrah ke Madinah, Musuh musuh Quraeisy mengetahuinya dan menginginkan untuk membunuh Nabi. Dapatkah seseorang membunuh nabi? Tidak, tetapi mereka berkonspirasi untuk membunuh beliau. Dan iblis membisikkan aroma konspirasi keseluruh suku suku sehingga kepala kepala suku akan datang bersama dan membunuh nabi bersama sama dengan satu tikaman.

Who stayed in the bed of Prophet (s)? Sayyidina `Ali (r). Why did he stay in his bed? Was not the Prophet (s) able to recite from Surah Yasin and throw sand on them and they would not see anything and they would pass out? Even could he not stay in bed and throw sand on them and they would not have seen him? But he put Sayyidina `Ali (r) in his bed.
Siapa yang ada di tempat tidur Nabi? sayyidina Ali. Kenapa Ia di sana? tidak kah cukup rosulullah baca surat yasin dan taburkan pasir pada mereka sehingga mereka tidak melihat apa apa dan berlalu dengan aman? Bahkan dia bisa aja masih tetap berada di tempat tidur dan taburkan pasir pasti mereka tidak melihat? tetapi Nabi menempatkan Ali di tempat itu.

Sayyidina Ali didn't say "no." He gave himself to the Prophet (s). He sacrificed himself to the Prophet (s). He sacrificed him to the Ummah. He gave up. He said, "Let me die for you Ya sayyidee, Ya Rasulullah, you go."

Sayyidina Ali tidak mengatakan "tidak". dia berikan dirinya kepada nabi. dia korbankan dirinya untuk nabi. dia korbankan dirinya untuk ummah. dia serahkan semua. dia berkata "biarkan aku mati untuk anda hai tuanku, ya rosulullah, silahkan anda berangkat"

At that moment Sayyidina `Ali (r) did not yet get the reality. The Prophet (s) tested him: is he going to give his life for me or not. If so then one meaning; if not then another meaning. And `Ali (r) said, "fidaak abee bika wa ummee, I sacrifice my father and mother for you, my beloved Prophet." He stayed in that bed that was still warm when the Prophet (s) went for Isra and Mi'raj [and returned]. In that short time in which Allah shortened the time and the distance and brought him to His Presence and then sent him back.

When a king has a kingdom who can sit on the chair of the king? Only the king. It might be sometimes even not the queen can do that. When the king is alive, who sits on the throne? And sometimes if he has a child, the son of the king and he sits there, they don't say anything. When the king goes away, who sits on the chair? It is the son. What does that mean? It means "You will inherit the kingdom and you become a king." It means that when Sayyidina `Ali (r) karam-Allahu wajha, gave his life to Sayyidina Muhammad, Sayyidina Muhammad has put him in that bed which was the City of Knowledge. That is why he said, "I am the City of Knowledge and Ali is its door."

That bed was belonged to the City of Knowledge in which Allah put the knowledge of awwaleen and akhireen. Otherwise Prophet (s) would go to Madina without putting Sayyidina `Ali (r) in that bed. He wanted to inherit him that knowledge, that knowledge that Sayyidina `Ali (r) brought that is flowing until today and people are taking wisdom from it. He dressed him from that knowledge that is one of the importances of hijrah.

It is not the importance of hijrah to go in the desert but to seek a daleel, a guide. Why does he need a daleel? That is teaching to us, we need a guide a teacher. And that is teaching to us, you need a guide, a teacher, a master, a shaykh to reach the Prophet (s). You cannot reach with your barefoot going in desert your feet will burn.

You need someone to guide you. This life is worse than desert. So how you can travel all this distance without a guide, without a master, without a shaykh?

So then he dressed Sayyidina `Ali (r) with all these secrets in the bed, now he wants to dress Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra). He took him and went. The one who threw the sand and read:

وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ

wa ja`alana min bayni aydeehim saddan wa min khalfihim saddan fa-agshaynaahum fa hum laa yubsiroon, - And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see. Ya-Sin [36:9]

Was he not able to throw it in the face of the enemy when they came after him? Allah said, "Go to the cave, O believers, O human beings, and Allah will spread his mercy on you."

Go to the cave means go back to your spirituality, go back to your heart. Go back to the cave of the Ummah. The cave hides the needy ones, the cave is Sayyidina Muhammad, he is the cave of the Ummah. فَأْوُوا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ Fa'u ila al-kahf. Take ye hence to the Cave." [18:16] He wants to show Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq the real cave. He wants to spread his mercy. He gave Sayyidina Ali, now he wants to give to Sayyidina Abu Bakr.

He went to the cave. Allah could not make the enemy not to see? But no the plan is not like that. The plan has to be as Allah planned by Allah swt. That is why don't plan for yourself anything, leave everything to Allah. When you leave everything to Allah everything will come good to you. When you leave things to your Creator, all will come good.

They are demonstrating for cartoon, cartoon, cartoon. We are trying to get rid of hate. Why is it the first [such] cartoon? No. Before they were even trying to kill the Prophet (s).

Why don't you make demonstrations against Iblees? Who is worse? Why you don't make demonstrations against your ego, your bad desires, that trick you every moment, creating in you wild cartoons worse than what they are creating?

[The Prophet (s) taught,] "Whoever loves me will follow me?" How many of us are doing the Sunnah of the Prophet (s)? What we do is worse than cartoons. We are showing our hatred by not following the Sunnah. They say "for what, Sunnah?" They are worse than those who made some cartoons which itself is not something new, but happened four months ago.

Anyway to leave that, Allah had a put a plan. We are tariqah people we are trying to follow the way of Prophet (s). We cannot say "yes, we followed", but we are trying.

So what did the Prophet (s) do in Ghaari Thawr? The Prophet (s) entered and Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq (ra) put his leg for Prophet (s) to put his head to rest. As Prophet (s) was resting a snake was coming from the hole. So Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq (ra) was seeing it and saying the snake is hungry, "Let the snake eat me and then Prophet (s) will be safe."

If people don't give up themselves they aren't going to get heavenly knowledge. If we are not going to give up backbiting and bad character we will not achieve.

That is why they say this pir and this pir but no one is like that.

So Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) put his leg in the hole through where that snake was coming. And the snake began to eat from the leg of Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra). When snake eats it is not like other animals it is not biting like a lion - it takes everything inside and crushes everything; crushing bones and crushing the meat and Sayyidina Abu Bakr (r) did not feel anything of that, out of his love for the Prophet (s). He is thinking "when that snake finishes eating me, it will eat my Prophet (s)."

At that time a tear came from his eye and dropped on the blessed face of the Prophet (s). The Prophet (s) woke up and said, "O Abu Bakr do not worry, Allah is with us."

Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) said, "O Prophet of Allah (s), I know that Allah is with us but a snake is eating my leg and when it finishes I am worried it will come and eat you."

So Sayyidina Muhammad (s) looked and the snake backed up. Then Prophet (s) took his saliva and put it on Abu Bakr as-Siddiq's leg and it was miraculously restored to what it was before.

Then Prophet (s) said to snake, "Don't you know that Allah has forbidden snakes to eat the flesh of prophets and siddiqs, [veracious ones]?

The snake said, "O Prophet (s), I was alive since thousands of years and since that time, I heard of your name I was yearning to see you. And for that you came here and as-Siddiq's leg was blocking me to see you."

The Prophet (s) said, "Ok, come out." And that snake looked at the Prophet (s) and then said shahada and then died.

So look at the wisdom, in that event. That snake wanted to see the Prophet (s). And Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) was to be tested and Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) gave himself to Prophet (s) as Sayyidina `Ali (r) gave his life to Sayyidina Muhammad (s).

So Prophet (s) then dressed Sayyidina Abu Bakr (ra) with `uloom al-awwaleen wal-akhireen – knowledge of the firsts and the lasts. So that is why we see that 41 tariqats taking from that knowledge of the Prophet (s) and that is why we seem them, 40 coming from Sayyidina `Ali (r) and one coming from Sayyidina Abu Bakr.

So that is the need to give oneself in Islam.

Sayyidina al-Husayn (ra) was told "why are you going to Baghdad, they will conspire and kill you?" But he didn't want to break my promise. He said, "I am sacrificing myself for benefit of Ummah." Because the Prophet Muhammad (s) said that "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn, he said that they are the leaders of the youths of Paradise."

If he did not go there and stayed in Makkah, he will not have that problem. He inherited from Prophet (s) that knowledge. He knows he has to go there and be killed for the sake of the Ummah.

So what did Sayyidina Husayn do before he died? Awliya confirmed, that Sayyidina Husayn said, "Ya Rabbee, if they kill me for sake of the whole Ummah to enter Paradise, I accept to be shaheed. If I take them all to Paradise as shaheed. I will accept that killing from these people."

Although who "these people" refers to we cannot say anything about them. That is why `ulama al-Ummah, the [traditional] scholars say "don't bring this issue up." Because most of them are Sahaaba. You cannot speak about Sahaaba in such a way. We cannot say anything.

That is why when I am asked to speak on these issues, I don't like to speak on it. That issue is a red line; don't cross it. You side with this one or you side with that one, but you don't know where the fire will come on you from. These are Sahaaba, so you speak only about the mercy of these people... you just say that Sayyidina al-Husayn (ra) gave himself for the benefit of the Ummah.

So if we keep love of Ahl al-Bayt, as Prophet (s) said,

تركت فيكم ما إن تمسكتم به لن تضلوا كتاب الله وسنتي

"taraktu feekum kitabullah was sunnatee - I left behind me the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah." [al-Bayhaq? in al-Sunan al-kubr?, al-Hakim and Malik in his Muwatta] And the Prophet (s) said,

قال رسول الله ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏إني قد تركت فيكم ما إن أخذتم به لن تضلوا بعدي ‏الثقلين ‏أحدهما أكبر من الآخر كتاب الله حبل ممدود من السماء إلى الأرض ‏وعترتي ‏أهل بيتي ألا وإنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض

"I am leaving among you that which if you hold to it, you shall never go astray, one of them greater than the other: Allah's Book - a rope extended down from the heaven to the earth - and my mantle (`itra), the People of my House... [al-Tirmidhi (hasan ghareeb) and al-Hakim]

Therefore keep love of the Prophet (s) in your heart, love of the Sunnah in your heart, love of the Holy Qur'an in your heart, love of the Prophet's Companions in your heart, love of Ahl al-Bayt in your heart - that is what is needed. Otherwise we may have question mark [behind our words and deeds].

Allah give us long life to see Mahdi (as), that Prophet (s) said is coming at end of world. Christians are waiting for Jesus, Sayyidina `Isa, and Jews waiting for the Messiah and Muslims are waiting for Sayyidina `Isa and Sayyidina Mahdi (as). Prepare yourself, not by concern about how people are thinking but by being good in the community and extending a hand to everyone.

Orang Baik Atau Orang Aneh?

Aku hidup di dunia pendidikan, aku temui bermacam-macam wajah pendidikan kita, semoga itu tidak mewakili Indonesia. Aku ingin benar ketika aku melangkah, siapa yang mendukungku? Lingkungan pendidikan seharusnya aku menemukan sikap sikap baik, gambaran manusia beradab, atau kalaupun aku menemukan penyakit maka itu harusnya ada di mereka yang harus dididik dan disembuhkan.In contrast...
I find many teachers not educating their students but giving the wrong way to go, what is it? Bukanya kita mendekatkan diri pada Allah justru menjauhkanNya dari kita. Kita kembangkan budaya ghoflah untuk menjadi tarian keseharian. Kita ganti musik kita dengan dentuman drum yang menggoyangkan seluruh tubuh kita, dan ikhtilat bainal mar'ah and boys become very common, very very common, and it is led by a teacher supported by the headmaster, crazy ....? moreover it happens in my school, my islamic school.
I also find them (some teachers) earning money by having business in school. I know he/she is rich enough to eat but ... why they ask their students to buy the book with certain profit.
Aku ini orang baik atau jahat atau sekedar aneh?
Kalo aku terus terang tak ingin menjual statusku sebagai guru untuk sekedar beli sertifikat guna keperluan sertifikasi padahal di sini it is very very common.
Kalopun aku jahat, ya itulah aku, kalo aku baik masak sih aku tak bisa cari pendukung kecuali satu dua atau tiga orang yang seperti aku, atau kalo aku aneh ya terimalah ini adalah aneh, very very strange.

Atau Islam itu ketinggalan jaman, sehingga budayanya pun jadi ndeso, katrok, kalo kita ingin tertib berhaluan syari'ah, stop tarian erotis, stop musik ghoflah, stop buang buang uang untuk ngajari hedonis. dan kita ganti dengan syi'arkan dzikir sholawat, kembangkan budaya antri wudhu dan antri sholat karena saking banyaknya orang sholat. dan kembangkan ta'lim untuk menghidupkan din yang hampir ora payu. nelongso ....

saya ini di pihak bener atau pihak yang cari masalah, atau sok menjadi orang santri???/ jawabannya mbuuuuuuh ra weruuuuuh

materi pelajaran bahasa Inggris MAN 3 Pekalongan

Materi Kelas XI Semester Genap


Genre: Spoof, Hortatory Exposition, Narrative


Dialog Transaksional/ Interpersonal :


• Expressing Opinion/ Attitude
• Expressing Love
• Expressing Sadness
• Expressing Embarrassment
• Expressing Anger
• Expressing Annoyance



UNIT I





Expressing Opinion or Attitude








Study the dialogue below!
Fina : Jok, do you think that we can live in the desert?
Joko : I don’t think so, Fin. I think there are only few creatures that can live in the desert.
Fina : So, how can cacti and camels survive there?
Joko : Well, I am not quite sure, but I think they have special organs that support them to live in the desert.
Fina : I see

Answer the questions!
1. How does Joko say to ask for opinion?
2. What is Joko’s opinion about living in the desert?
3. Fina said “I see” What did she mean?

Now make your own conversation between and your partner. You can choose one of the situations!
1. Your father has just bought you a new motorcycle. You show it to your friends
2. You got a prize from the quiz you joined. It is the newest type of hand phone.
3. There a new student in your class. She is beautiful, but you heard from someone that she is not too clever.

Spoof What is that?

1. Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks(Social Function):
To retell an event with humorous twist
Menceritakan kejadian, peristiwa aneh atau lucu berdasarkan kejadian atau peristiwa dalam kehidupan nyata yang bertujuan menghibur, yang biasa diakhiri dengan sesuatu yang tidak diharapkan (twist).
(b) Struktur Teks(Generic Structure):
• Pengenalan (Orientation);
• Kejadian/peristiwa/kegiatan/event 1;
• Kejadian/peristiwa/kegiatan/event 2;
• Twist (akhir yang tidak terduga atau lucu).
(c) Ciri Kebahasaan:
• Terfokus pada orang, binatang, benda tertentu (specific participants);
• Menggunakan action verbs, misalnya eat, run;
• Menggunakan keterangan waktu dan tempat;
• Menggunakan past tense;
• Disusun sesuai dengan urutan kejadian.

2. Contoh dan Struktur Teks:

Penguin In The Park

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

Kejadian/peristiwa/ kegiatan/ event 1 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’.

Kejadian/peristiwa/ kegiatan/event 2 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.

Twist (Akhir yang lucu) ‘ and it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the moviest!


Read the text carefully !

A Wise Wish
There was once a very bad king. All people hated him. One hot day the king was walking along the river. He decided to take a swim. The king was a good swimmer, but when he got into the water, he suddenly felt a pain in his side. He started to drown.
Two farmers were working in a field nearby. They jumped into the water and saved him. They didn’t know that he was the king until he was out of the water.
The king was grateful to the farmers. He said to them “You have saved my life. Ask me for anything you want.” One of the farmers said, “I need two water buffaloes to help me in the fields.” The king promised he would give him the animals.
Then, the king asked the other farmer, “What is your wish?” the other farmer was old and wise. He thought and thought. Then, he said, “Don’t tell anyone that I helped to save your life.”

Find the meaning of the words in the box!

wise wish hated river decided swimmer got into suddenly felt pain drown field jumped until grateful life anything buffalo promised would thought tell


Classify the generic structure of the text! Which one is Orientation, Events, and twist?


Orientation




Events





Twist




Make sentences using the same pattern as:
1. There was once a very bad king
2. Two farmers were working in a field nearby
3. The king was a good swimmer


• ‘There was’ is the past form of ‘there is’
• be + verb ing is progressive/continuous



Answer the questions based on the text!
1. Why did the people hate the king?
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2. What was the weather while the king was walking along the river?
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3. Could the king swim successfully?
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4. What happened with the king after that?
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5. Who helped the king?
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6. Did they know that the man was the king?
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7. When did they know that the man was the king?
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8. What was the first farmer’s wish?
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9. What the second old farmer’s wish?
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10. “Don’t tell anyone that I helped to save your life.” ‘I’ and ‘your’ respectively refer to-----------------------------------and----------------------------------------------------------------





Expressing Love
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Read the following dialogues!
Boy: I need someone to talk to.
Girl: I'm always here for you.
Boy: I know.
Girl: What's wrong?
Boy: I like her so much.
Girl: Talk to her.
Boy: I don't know. She won't ever like me.
Girl: Don't say that...you're amazing.
Boy: I just want her to know how I feel.
Girl: Then tell her.
Boy: She won't like me.
Girl: How do you know that?
Boy: I can just tell her...
Girl: Well just tell her.
Boy: What should I say?
Girl: Tell her how much you like her.
Boy: I tell her daily.
Girl: What do you mean?
Boy: I'm always with her...I love her.
Girl: I know how you feel. I have the same problem...but he'll never like me.
Boy: Wait. Who do you like?
Girl: Oh, some boy.
Boy: Oh, she won't like me either.
Girl: She does.
Boy: How do you know?
Girl: Because who wouldn't like you?
Boy: You.
Girl: You're wrong. I love you.
Boy: I love you too.
Girl: So are you going to talk to her?
Boy: I just did.

Does the boy love the girl?
Does the girl love the boy?


LOVE SMS
Examples: Make your SMS and send them to this number
081225722892. ok!


Love is sweet poison..
Do not consume without your beloved's advise..
Keep out of reach of others..
and keep it in cool and dark place (My heart)


Your beauty is the capital of business.
My eyes are stock in trade.
Let us enter into transaction,
You secretly give me a trade discount,
I openly give you a cash discount
And thus my partner, Our trading and
profit-loss account will show super profit


2 eyes to see
2 ears to hear
2 hands to hold
2 legs to walk
2 arms to hug.
But why only
----->1 heart?<-----
Because the other
was given to someone else
for us to find


LOCK ME IN
your heart
and throw away the key


I'm afraid to close my eyes
coz I might think of you.
I'm afraid to open them
coz I might see you.
I'm afraid to move my lips
coz I might speak of you.
I'm afraid to listen
coz I might hear my heart fall for you.




Complete the dialogues using expression of love
1. Ulin : What do you think about our new English teacher?
Vita : She is beautiful. I………….
Sulis : I like her too. But the important thing is that she is qualified enough to teach us.
2. Lukman : Look at this place!
Endah : ………………….
Lukman : It’s so beautiful, the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.

Practice for Writing
Some sentences in this text are still not in good order. Correct them to be a good text!

THE FOOLS ON DESERT
Three fools, Fatty, Skinny and John, were just getting out of prison. This jailhouse located was in the middle of a hot very dry desert. As were leaving they, they were told they could bring one thing with them to help them cross the arid region.
“would what you like to take with you?” a guard asked John.
“I know the desert are very hot and dry, so I’d like a water of glass to drink when I get thirsty,” answered John.
“That was request reasonable.” The guard gave him a cool glass of water and then John walked out into the desert.
“And what would you like?” ask the guard.
“Well,” replied Skinny, “I know the sun is hot very in the desert, so I’d like an umbrella to keep the sun off me”
This also was granted wish. After that skinny walked out into the umbrella with his desert.
It was now Fatty’s turn to be questioned. When the guard asked him what he wanted, Fatty said, “I’d like a car door, please”
“A car door! why would you want a car door to carry across the desert?” the guard inquired. “I believe it’s very desert in the hot. If it gets too hot, I’ll open just the window!”
Some Reading texts for test
text 1
Wash it Again
My mother had decided to trim the household budget wherever possible, so instead of having a dress dry-cleaned she washed it by hand. Proud of her savings, she boasted to my father, 'Just think, Ivor, we are five dollars richer because I washed this dress by hand.'
'Good', my dad quickly replied. 'Wash it again.'
Text 2
It's Only Me
After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be go-ing to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs Ri-chards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

Text 3
The Jump
The pilot turned round. 'Are you ready?' he said. Rod nodded. 'Yes,' he shouted. He took off his flying helmet. The little two-seater biplane was flying low over the railway line. Rod climbed out of the seat and stood up. The wind caught him and nearly knocked him off the plane. He held the wing above his head and slowly and carefully climbed onto the bottom wing and then climbed down the ladder. The plane moved suddenly to the right. Rod felt sick. He looked down. The ground seemed very close. The plane went slower and slower. Then Rod could see the train. It was moving very quickly just below him. He looked at the pilot. 'OK,' he shouted. The plane flew lower and lower. Now it was moving at the same speed as the train, only two metres below the plane's wheel.
'Now,' shouted the pilot. Rod breathed deeply and jumped. His feet touched the roof of the train and Rod threw his body forward. He held on tightly to the roof. There wasn't much time. He could see the bridge in front of him. Rod stood up. There was a pain in his left leg. The ground was rushing by below him. The bridge was near, very near. The engine went under the bridge, then the first carriage, then the second carriage.
Rod jumped up and forward. He hit the bridge and held on tightly. The train was still moving below him. One slip and he was dead. He pulled himself up and onto the bridge. His hand was bleeding. He jumped down onto the road and ran. He counted… one, two, three, four, five, then he threw himself on the ground. There was an explosion. Rod felt stones and dirt falling on him. Then he got up and ran towards the car.
He stopped at the car. Phil Steinway was standing beside the car.
'Rod! That was fantastic. Absolutely amazing. It's the best thing in the film.'
'Thanks,' said Rod. His leg was hurting badly now.
'Are you all right?' asked Steinway.
'Yes,' said Rod.
'Good,' said Steinway, 'because there was one problem.'
'What was that?' asked Rod.
'Well, there wasn't any film in the camera. Can you go back and do it all again?'
Nasreddin and the Pot
One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot from his neighbour Ali. The next day he brought it back with another little pot inside. "That's not mine," said Ali. "Yes, it is," said Nasreddin. "While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby."

Some time later Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali agreed, hoping that he would once again receive two pots in return. However, days passed and Nasreddin had still not returned the pot. Finally Ali lost patience and went to demand his property. "I am sorry," said Nasreddin. "I can't give you back your pot, since it has died." "Died!" screamed Ali, "how can a pot die?" "Well," said Nasreddin, "you believed me when I told you that your pot had had a baby."

1.Who was the owner of the pot? Nasreddin Ali the baby

2 How many times did Nasreddin borrow the pot? once twice three times

3 How many pots did he give back the first time? none one two

4 Why was the neighbour happy to lend his pot a second time? He was greedy. He was a good neighbour. He had lots of spare pots.

5 How many pots did Nasreddin return the second time? none one two

6 What probably happened to the pot? It died. The neighbour took it back. Nasreddin kept it.



Nasreddin Goes Shopping
One day Nasreddin went to town to buy new clothes. First he tried on a pair of trousers. He didn't like the trousers, so he gave them back to the shopkeeper. Then he tried a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Nasreddin was pleased with the robe, and he left the shop. Before he climbed on his donkey to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop-assistant ran out.

"You didn't pay for the robe!" said the shopkeeper.

"But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn't I?" replied Nasreddin.

"Yes, but you didn't pay for the trousers, either!" said the shopkeeper.

"But I didn't buy the trousers," replied Nasreddin. "I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought."


1 How did Nasreddin get to the shop? on foot by camel by donkey the story doesn't say

2 What did Nasreddin do first in the shop? He tried on some trousers. He tried on a robe. He tried on a hat. He greeted the shopkeeper.

3 What did Nasreddin try on next? a robe a pair of trousers a hat

4 Which item did Nasreddin like best? the robe the hat the trousers

5 How many people were working in the shop? four three two

6 Why was the shopkeeper angry when Nasreddin left? He didn't take the trousers. He didn't pay for the robe. He didn't say goodbye.

7 What did Nasreddin actually pay for? nothing the robe the trousers


Nasreddin and the Beggar
One day, Nasreddin was up on the roof of his house, mending a hole in the tiles. He had nearly finished, and he was pleased with his work. Suddenly, he heard a voice below call "Hello!" When he looked down, Nasreddin saw an old man in dirty clothes standing below.

"What do you want?" asked Nasreddin.

"Come down and I'll tell you," called the man.

Nasreddin was annoyed, but he was a polite man, so he put down his tools. Carefully, he climbed all the way down to the ground.

"What do you want?" he asked, when he reached the ground.

"Could you spare a little money for an old beggar?" asked the old man. Nasreddin thought for a minute.

Then he said, "Come with me." He began climbing the ladder again. The old man followed him all the way to the top. When they were both sitting on the roof, Nasreddin turned to the beggar.

"No," he said.


1 Why was Nasreddin on the roof of his house?

He was looking at the view.

He was waiting for the old man.

He was fixing the roof.


2 Who was the old man?

a beggar

Nasreddin's friend

a roof-mender


3 Why was Nasreddin angry?

It was a hot day.

He knew the beggar only wanted money.

It was a long way to go down the ladder.


4 Why did Nasreddin go down the ladder?

He wanted to get away from his work.

Because the beggar asked him to.

He wanted to speak to the beggar.


5 Why did Nasreddin make the beggar climb up the ladder?

He wanted to show him the view from the roof.

He wanted to get his revenge on the beggar.

He wanted the beggar to help him fix the roof.



Song lyric
First love
Ev'ry one can see
There's a change in me
They all say I'm not the same
Kid I used to be
Don't go out and play
I just dream all day
They don't know what's wrong with me
And I'm too shy to say
It's my first love
What I'm dreamin' of
When I go to bed
When I lay my head upon my pillow
Don't know what to do
My first love
Thinks that I'm too young
He doesn't even know
Wish that I could show him
What I'm feelin'
'cause I'm feelin' my first love






UNIT 2


Expressing Sadness, Embarrassment








Study the dialogues below!
Mrs. Arif: What’s the matter with you? You look so sad.
Mela : I just don’t know what to do …I have studied hard but I failed.
Mrs. Arif : Don’t be so sad. It means you must study harder. Behind every cloud, there is a silver lining.
Why is Mela so depressed? ………………………………

Bejo : How much is it?
Cashier : Forty-five thousand Rupiahs, please.
Bejo : Gosh! Where is my wallet? I can’t find it.
Cashier : Are you sure you had it with you?
Bejo : How embarrassing! I am so sorry.

What makes Bejo Embarrassed? …………………………


Hortatory Exposition what is that?

1. Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks:
To persuade readers or listeners that something should or shpuld not be the case
Memaparkan dan mempengaruhi audience (pendengar atau pembaca) bahwa sesuatu seharusnya demikian atau tidak demikian.
(b) Struktur Teks:
• Thesis: Pernyataan isu yang dipersoalkan;
• Arguments: berupa alasan mengapa ada keprihatinan, dan mengarah ke rekomendasi
• Recommendation: pernyataan tentang bagaimana seharusnya atau tidak seharusnya.
(c) Ciri Kebahasaan:
• Terfokus ke pembicara / penulis yang mengangkat isu.
Menggunakan:
• Abstract nouns, misalnya policy, government,dsb.
• Technical verbs, misalnya species of animals, dsb.
• Relating verbs, misalnya should be, doesn’t seem to have been,dsb.
• Action verbs, misalnya We must act, dsb.
• Thinking verbs, misalnya I believe, dsb
• Modal verbs, misalnya we must preserve, dsb
• Modal adverbs, misalnya certainly, wem dsb.
• Connectives, misalnya firstly, secondly, dsb
• Simple present tense
• Kalimat pasif
• Bahasa evaluatif, misalnya important, valuable, trustworthy, dsb.

Country Concern
Pernyataan isu yang dipersoalkan


Argumen



Argumen




Rekomendasi 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 in 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 vehcle is the only way to get about.

I feel that counrty 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.


Read the text carefully !

When we buy a mobile phone, we have to consider some points. Doing so, we will be able to make a wise decision.
If we decide to buy a mobile phone, we can start asking ourselves the usefulness of the equipment. We may ask, “Do we want it for our prestige or for its usefulness?”
After we decide to use a mobile phone, we should make a choice on the type of mobile phone. With the various choices in the market, we should decide the one that meets our needs. We must know what we need.
As the consequence of its high operational costs, we have to pay more for a mobile phone compared to a fixed telephone. That is why we have to think carefully before we decide to use it. Therefore, we only use the mobile phone for important talks. It will not be wise it for a chat with a friend.
With all the consequences of the mobile phone, we indeed should give serious considerations before using it. They are:
1. Ask yourself, “Do I really need it at the moment?”
2. Buy the mobile phone that suits your budget
3. Prioritize the function of the mobile phone for you, rather than its features that may interest you
4. Use the mobile phone for important talks

Answer the questions based on the text!
1. What is the purpose of the text?
2. What first we have to know before buying a mobile phone ?
3. “When we buy a mobile phone, we have to consider some points.”
This part of the text is called…..
4. Which one is more expensive using a mobile phone or a fixed telephone?
5. Why must we only use the mobile phone for important talks?




Classify the generic structure of the text! Which one are thesis, arguments, and recommendation?


Thesis




Arguments





Recommendation




Make sentences using the same pattern as:
1. Ask yourself, “Do I really need it at the moment?”
2. Buy the mobile phone that suits your budget
3. Prioritize the function of the mobile phone for you, rather than its features that may interest you
4. Use the mobile phone for important talks



Buy the mobile phone!
Buy the mobile phone that suits your budget!
Buy the mobile phone that is not too expensive for your budget!
Buy the mobile phone that has more features!
Etc.



Practice for Writing
Write a hortatory exposition based on one of the following ideas. Consult your teacher for good writing.
1. Smoking in public areas should be prohibited.
2. Students must be separated according to their sex to avoid any moral degradation.
3. Western movies should not have translated text on it.
4. Students must have the right to reject any teacher they don’t like.
5. Pregnant students should be allowed to go to school.







Modal Verbs: Will, Must, May, Can …

Can and could express ability

Indro can play piano Indro can’t play piano
Indro can to play piano (incorrect) Indro can not play piano
Indro can plays piano (incorrect Indro cannot play piano
Indro cans play piano (incorrect


Indro could play piano
Indro couldn’t play piano Past Ability
Indro could not play piano


Answer the questions orally
1. Tell the class about some abilities or talents that you have or do not have. For example: swimming, fishing, singing, driving a car, speaking foreign languages, etc.
2. What could you do when you were a child that you can’t do now?
3. What did you want to do yesterday or last week but couldn’t do?
4. Who has had a cold or the flue recently? What couldn’t you do when you were sick?

May and might express possibility in the present or future.

Everybody is looking for Luxman and Atik. They are not in the room. And they are not in the library.
They might be in the cafeteria now.
They may have lunch now.


Clouds are gathering in the sky. It feels very hot outside
It might rain tonight.
It may rain tonight.



Answer the questions orally! Use might or may!
1. What are you going to do tomorrow night?
2. What does your friend have in her or his bag, purse, pockets?
3. Someone is absent today. Where is he or she?



may and can are used to give and deny permission


+ Yes children, you may have a cookie after dinner
+ Okay, kids, you can have a cookie after dinner
- You may not have a cookie
- You can’t have a cookie


Your friend has a book. You want to see it for a minute. What will you say?
Your friend has a pen. You want to use it for a minute. What will you say?
Your friend has a calculator. You want to borrow. What will you say?
You are at my house. You want to use the phone. What will you say?
You are speaking to one of your teachers. You want to leave class early today. What will you say?
Will
- can be used to ask someone’s help.
Will you please open the door
- Can be used to express future time
I will come tomorrow


Make free answers of the following questions orally by using will to express future!
@ Why did you buy this flour?
@ Could you get me a glass of water?
@ What are your vacation plans?
Ask someone to ..
@ close the door
@ lend you his eraser
@ tell you the time
@ shut the window
@ hold your books for a minute


Choose the correct answer for each gap below. Some gaps may have more than one correct answer.
1.
Donna: If I won the ten million dollar lottery jackpot, I afford to quit my job and travel the world.

Sam: Where you go if you had that much money?

Donna: I don't know, I choose to spend a year in Paris - or perhaps I go to Kenya.

Sam: How often do you buy lottery tickets?

Donna: Never... I guess if I want to win the lottery, I try buying some tickets.

Sam: That help.


2.
Waitress: Hi, my name is Sandy - I'll be your waitress tonight. What can I get for you?

Tony: I haven't decided yet. Is there anything you recommend? Is there anything you think I try?

Waitress: You try the Cajun catfish - or perhaps the Gumbo. They're both delicious.

Tony: That sounds wonderful, but that be a little too spicy for me. Actually, the prawns sound good. Umm, I have the barbecued prawns?

Waitress: Sure, you like a salad with that?


3.
Jan: What we look for in a candidate when we vote in a presidential election?

Peter: I think citizens vote for a President who has the ability to improve the quality of life in the United States.

Jan: What you do if you were President of the United States?

Peter: I focus on reducing environmental pollution.

Jan: Every candidate always says he's going to do that, but it's a really complicated problem - it's not one which is easily solved. What makes you think you actually stop pollution?

Choose the best answer
Expressing anger
Someone is entering Mr. Avan’s garden. And he is looking in his cottage through the windows. Mr. Avan is irritated of it.
Mr. Avan : Can you see the man in our garden? I wished I could have a peaceful life here, but what do I have? Everyone comes into my home. I don’t like it when someone I don’t know enters my property and bread my privacy.
Mrs. Avan : I don’t like it either. Our home is not for the public. I can’t stand hearing everyone’s voices outside.
Mr. Avan : I’d like to discuss this matter. How do we get rid of them? Let me see …how about putting up a sign to give tours for 10, 000 Rupiahs. I think they won’t spend their money on a small tour of a house.
Mrs. Avan : That would be a good idea. Alright, I’ll help you make it.

The phrases are used to show anger:
It annoys me when …
I don’t like it either
I can’t stand it when
It burns me up when...
I hate it when ….

Give your responses to the following anger expressions.
Qodri : I don’t like it when someone talks about me behind my back. He should be a gentleman.
Thohir: ……………………………………………………………………………………………

Eva: It annoys me when someone borrows my dictionary without asking me first
Estu: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

Alivia : Would you please be quiet! I’m trying to do this assignment.
Anton : …………………………………………………………………………………………….

Texts for reading test
More Dust Bins is Cleaner
To improve comfort and cleanliness at the school, there should be an increasing number of dust bins.
When we look at classroom, school corridors and schoolyard, there papers, mineral water cops, straws, and napkin everywhere. The condition of unseemliness really hinders learning and teaching environment. They can be filled out with water coming from the rain. This can be placed for mosquito to spread out.
Anyway I notice that most of the students have responsibilities for their school environment. They put their litter on the proper place but some of them are not diligent enough to find the dust bins. The numbers of the dust bins in the school are not enough. More dust bins should be put beside each step, outside of the classrooms and some along of the corridors. Probably one dust bin should be in every ten meters. So when students want to throw away their litters, they can find the dust bins easily.
When school is equipped with sufficient dust bins, students do not have problem of discomfort any more. So provide more dust bins and school will be very clean and become a very nice place to study.

Where should be after High School?
The National examination result will be publicly enounced in next short time. Euphoria will flood for those who get success. In the other hand, It will be sorry to hear that there are some of them do not succeed in their national final examination. For those who succeed soon will think to decide; where will they be after graduating high school? Actually it will be easy to decide for those has been arranged and thought earlier but for those have not planed yet, it will be quite confusing.
Continuing study or looking for work is the primary choice among them. When they think about continuing study, they will think hard about the time and cost. How long the higher study will last? And how high is about the cost. In the same way, when they think about straightly seeking job, what skill and competence they have got is a big matter of questioning. So, doing both choices in the same time is an alternative.
Continuing study as well as seeking job is possibly done but it will be hard for them. Conventionally studying in the university needs much time to spend especially in the first year. It is true because they have to do and adapt a lot of things in their new higher school. it will be very hard to looking for job. Therefore it should come to their mind of continuing studying at higher school from their own home. As result, the available time will be more flexible for them. Then it will be very possible to seek job and get the appropriate one. This type of studying is publicly known as distance learning.
As the alternative method of studying, besides the conventional studying which students and the lecturer have to meet in the fixed time and place regularly, distance learning provides possibility to grow better. Possibly working and studying surely will create high quality graduate. Distance learning should appear as a considerable choice for them.









Jenis Teks:Narrative (Naratif, dongeng)

1. Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks (social function):
To entertain the readers: Menghibur pendengar atau pembaca (yang bertalian dengan pengalaman nyata, khayal atau peristiwa pelik yang mengarah ke suatu krisis, yang pada akhirnya menemukan suatu penyelesaian).
(b) Struktur Teks:
● Pengenalan tokoh, waktu, dan tempat:
● Pengembangan konflik(complication);
● Penyelesaian konflik (resolution);
● Koda, moral value: perubahan yang terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari cerita.
(c) Ciri Kebahasaan:

Menggunakan:
● nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan dan benda tertentu dalam cerita, misalnya, stepsisters, housework, dsb.
● adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase, misalnya, long black hair, two red apples, dsb.
● time connectives dan conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian-kejadian, misalnya then, before that, soon, dsb.
● adverbs dan adverbial phrases untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau peristiwa, misalnya here, in the mountain, happily ever after,dsb.
● action verbs dalam past tense; stayed, climbed, dsb.
● saying verbs yang menandai ucapan seperti: said, told, promised, dan thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran, persepsi atau perasaan tokoh dalam cerita, misalnya thought, understood, felt, dsb.


2. Contoh dan Struktur Teks:

Snow White

Pengenalan tokoh


Pengembangan konflik 1



Penyelesaian konflik 1



Pengembangan konflik 2

Penyelesaian konflik 2 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.

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, one of the dwarfs, 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.



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Compiled as the handout of Man 3 students especially for class XI social

Wasilah, atau Tawasul, Perlu apa Tidak Perlu

Kanjeng Syekh mengorbitkan kalam yang spektakuler sekali beliau berkata,
Inna su`adaa' wal asyqiyaa' yu'rodhuuna alayya wa yuqofuuna ladayya. idza sa'altumulloha fas'aluu bii.
Apa itu artinya?
Keberuntungan dan kebuntungan (kebahagiaan dan kecelakaan dua duanya telah diserahkan dan dihentikan di depan beliau ketika berhajat pada Allah maka mintalah dengan meminta kepada beliau.... spektakulerkan.
Wasilah atau tawassul ada di dalam alqur'an dengan kosakata yang shorih jelas tanpa pikir pikr kita harus manuutun pada alqur'an, wabtaghi wasiilah...
Apa perlunya sih? supaya tokcer do'a kita? ndak kan? wong Tuhan berkuasa denga TanganNya sepenuhnya kenapa harus pakai agen?
Supaya kita tidak sombong, supaya kita tidak merasa suci, supaya kita tidak merasa ujub, dan banyak lagi hikmahnya.... tapi yang penting yaa gitu deh nurut aja ama qoul yang jelas yaitu kalam Alqur'an. di suruh wasilah ya wasilah wong cuma nambahi kalimat aja kok nggak repot amat.
dari kata Ya Alloh berikan aku...diubah Ya Allah dengan cintamu pada Anu berikan aku anu, dengan kemulyaannya anu berikan aku anu, dengan Anu berikan aku anu
jadi dengan sendirinya kita disatukan oleh Allah antara kita dengan Anu.
Supaya kita tidak ngerasa gagah langsung ketemu Allah.

Apa tidak lebih baik Langsung ketemu Allah?

Baik, itu baik kalo bisa, kadang memang hati kita akan langsung melejit ingin langsung ketemu Allah, dan itu tidak salah tapi kan??? itu akan berkesan menonjolkan diri, sebaiknya kita bercermin ??/ kita menyebut diri ini hamba saja sudah mengotori keindahan kalam doa karena memang ndak pantas kita jadi hamba, ingin kita mengatakan ini musuhmu, pendosa, pezina, dholim besar kok kayak nantang gitu, susah kan?
makanya kita diajarkan wasilah sebagai adab berdoa biar kita ndak kikuk di depan Tuhan.

Para wali itu senang apa ndak ya di sebut sebut dalam do'a kita yang mungkin penuh dengan nafsu?

Urusan mereka adalah membersihkan kita untuk bisa murni dalam berdoa, dan pasti ada bonus doa dari mereka terselip di antara doa doa kita yang asli, untuk dihaturkan menjadi kalam doa yang lebih baik,

Ah itu andai andai saja yang jelas tidak ada dusta antara kita, Allah tahu apa yang kita tidak tahu, makanya nurut aja kan habis perkara. kok repot...pot pot...