Monday, June 01, 2009

My Hometown

Alexandria is the second biggest city in my country, Egypt, and I live in this city. It is a beautiful city, and people there are very kind and polite. Tourists like to visit my city because it is on the sea. When I walk down the Kornash, the largest street, I see the beautiful blue sea and sky, and the beautiful green grass and trees. In the spring, the flowers grow in many colors: yellow, red, and blue. The most beautiful scene is the white birds. In the winter, a very big flock of birds migrates to this place. I watch them while they skillfully fish from the sea. The birds watch the fish, and they wait patiently for a long time. When the fish come to the surface, they fly quickly and catch them. In the fall, the city looks like a very old man because the leaves of the trees fall from the trees. That is my city, and I think it is the most beautiful city in the world.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

My Small Town

Soba is a small town in my country, Sudan. It is 15 kilometers from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The Nile River flows through Soba. That makes the town green and beautiful. Most of the pople in Soba works as farmers or fishermen. The Nile is very important in their lives. A small market in Soba sells food to the people who cannot go to the market in the capital.
In Soba, a small hospital and a pharmacy gives medicine to the people without money. About 50 percent of the people in Soba work in the hospital. The youth club in Soba gives the youth a place to meet every night except Friday.
Friday is a holy day in Soba, so the people go to the mosque, and they say their prayers. The people in Soba love their town. They are very happy because Soba is crowded with beautiful things.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

My City

My city, Huanzu, is a famous and beautiful city in China, and it is famous all over the world. It is set between the river and West Lake. Several hills spread around West Lake, and some mountains stand by the river. These give the city many beautiful scenes, and so Huanzu is famous for its beauty. It is beautiful in the spring when the trees bud green and the peach trees flower with their red blossoms. It is beautiful in the fall when the leaves turn yellow and red. And it is beautiful in the winter when the snow gives white clothes to the mountains. So Huanzu is beautiful all year. It is beautiful when the sunshine is bright because the hills make shadows in the lake. It is beautiful when the rain falls and makes the frogs rise from the lake. My city is always beautiful.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

My Cousin

My best friend is named Mirza, and he is also my cousin. Mirza and I are at the same age, but he is taller than I am. He has dark, curly hair and blue eyes. We study together in Kindergarten, elementary school and now in junior high school. We spend much time together, talking about problems in ourlives. We never have a fight. We always try to help each other. In junior high school, we enjoy playing a basket ball as an extra curricula activity. Mirza is also a good guitar player. Now, he practices playing guitar everyday because he wants to be a musician.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Thrifty Mother

My mother is very thrifty, and that is very important for our family happiness. If my mother wants to buy something, usually she checks the prices from several places before she decides where she wants to shop. Sometimes the difference of the price is not too much, but she likes to spend her time bargaining. By doing that, my mother saves some of her daily expenses.
On special occasions, like birthdays, my mother can make a special party without asking for additional money from my father. When my father is not at home, my mother can solve unexpected problems by using her savings from daily expenses. For example, sometimes our family needs extra money to go to the doctor or to buy medicine. My mother’s thrifty ways are helpful for all of my family.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Father

The most important person in my life is my father. He has been the example for me to develop my social and professional life. In my social life, he shows me how to be with people and what behavior I need to have in different situations. For example, I talk or behave differently with a director of a company than with a worker. My father could not study in school, but he has a lot of experience. He is a good worker with high responsibilities in his work. He also taught me that the most important responsibilities are to my work and my family.
My father was a very good baseball player when he was young. He likes all sports, and he taught me to play sports with a clear mind. My father is an average person. However, he has been the biggest person for me.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Mother (2)

I will tell you something about my mother. My mother’s name is Diana. She is from Bekasi, but she has lived in Demak, her husband’s city for 23 years. She is a tender woman. For example, when my sister and I are sleeping, she comes into our room, no matter what the hour, and she kisses us. She does the same thing every night.
My mother helps people wherever they need her. One day, a poor boy came to our home with a big wound on his arm, and my mother cured him. However, when she gets angry, she really does.
Last year, my brother broke a living room lamp, and she made him buy a new one with his own money. Right now she is living in a small town with my father and her children.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Mother

My mother’s name is Maria Magdalena. She is 52 years old, and she has black hair and brown eyes the same as mine. Her first name, Maria, has a Catholic meaning. In my city, it is very common custom to use the names Maria for woman. My mother’s birthplace was Medan, a tropical city in North Sumatera that is close to Aceh province. Now my mother’s home is in Denpasar, and she is a teacher in a primary school.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Brother

My brother, Herman is a special person in my life. He has helped me since I was born. He was always a good student and tried to be an example for my brothers and me. He was always number one in all sports, and for that reason we wanted to be like him. Now he has a good job in a good company, and in a few years he is going to work for himself. He has a big truck, and he will use it to transport iron pipes around Surabaya. He got married one-and-a-half years ago, and now he has a good wife and a baby. They live in a good neighborhood with most of their friends close to their house. I have a special feeling for my brother because he is always taken care of me.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My large family

I have a large family. They are in Magelang. My family has ten people: my father, my mother, five sisters, two brothers, and me. My father has three brothers, and my mother has three sisters and one brother. All my uncles and aunts live in Jakarta, but my family lives in Magelang. My father is 62 years old, and my mother is 54 years old. My father has a job at a post office. My mother doesn’t work now, but she was a teacher at a junior high school.
I have many cousins because my aunts and uncles are married. My sisters are married too, and they have many children. For example, my first sister is a doctor, and she has a child. My second sister is a dentist, and she has two children, one boy and one girl. My third sister is a teacher, and she has three children, two boys and one girl. My fourth and fifth sisters do not have any children because they have not got married.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Sister and Brothers

My sister’s name is Martha. She is twenty years old. She is married, and she has two daughters. She is a doctor, and she lives in Yogyakarta.
I have two brothers. Their names are Ricky and Dion. They are thirty-two and twenty-four years old. Ricky lives in Medan, North Sumatera and Dion lives in Jakarta. They are married, but they do not have any children. Ricky is a businessman, and Dion is a teacher.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My Family

My father was born in Bandung, and my mother is from Surabaya. There are eight children in my family, seven sons and me. I have two married brothers, and each brother has a daughter. My oldest brother is a civil engineer, and my other brother is an agronomy engineer. Also, I have two brothers studying in a technical college in Bandung. My two younger brothers are studying in high school in Semarang.

(Adapted from Basic Writing)

My friends

I have good friends. They are Sara and Katie. Sara and Katie are sisters. Sara is 9 years old. Katie is 11 years old. Katie is tall and has curly brown hair. Sara is short. She has straight blond hair. Sara likes to go to the zoo. She gets excited when she sees all the different animals. Katie likes to go to the zoo, too. She doesn’t like all the animals. She gets scared when she sees the snakes. The sisters think it’s fun to go to the zoo.

Smart Health Clinic

There is a big medical clinic in my town. The clinic has two floors and it’s clean. The walls are white. There is a nice garden at the front. There grow roses and sun flowers. The clinic also provides a large parking area.
It is Smart Health Clinic. The clinic is very busy. People with various diseases come to the clinic to have medical services. Some people get headaches, sore eyes, backaches, fever, etc.
There are some specialists working for the clinic. They are dentist, surgeons, internists, etc. some nurses help them to look after the patients. The doctors and nurses are kind. They are helpful and friendly. The people feel satisfied because the doctors examine them carefully.
Smart Health Clinic is equipped with many facilities like comfortable patient rooms, maternity wards, an emergency room, a laboratory, and an-X ray room. There are also dispensaries where we get medicines and there is a canteen, too.

What is Big Ben?

Big Ben is the bell that strikes the hours in the clock tower above the Houses of Parliament at Westminster in London. It weighs 13.5 tons and was named Big Ben in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, who was Commissioner of Works at the time of the tower’s completion in 1858. Interestingly, the White chapel Bell Foundry where it was cast is still operating from the same location today. There are four smaller bells in the tower which strike the quarters and are called ‘Little Bens’.
Big Ben symbolizes to many people the ‘Mother of Parliaments’. The British have long period themselves on their democratic tradition. The English Parliament was united with the Scottish Parliament in 1707 and with the Irish between 1801 and 1922.
Since 1688 it has been customary for the king or queen to choose his or her ministers from the dominant political party in the Commons.
The Houses of Parliament are not particularly old – the present building having been built between 1840 and 1860. It does, however, incorporate portions of the medieval Palace of Westminster. The Commons debating chamber – which nowadays can be seen on television – was destroyed by incendiary during World War II and was later rebuilt preserving its former character.
When the Houses of Parliament are in session, the clock is illuminated at night by a light that goes off only when the House rises.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

Tanjung Putting National Park

Tanjung Putting National Park is located along the South Western Coastline of Indonesia Borneo. The heavy humidity of the forest hums with the sound of thousands of singing insects. Splashed with vibrant colored butterflies, moths and birds, Tanjung Puting National Park is a heady tropical Eden bursting with natural abundance.

(Adapted from Garuda Inflight Magazine, September 2002)

Novotel Hotel

The Novotel Batam is an easy sail from Singapore only 35 minutes from the World Trade Centre. Located in the city centre, with an easy access to spectacular golf courses, shopping, entertainment district and other points of interest is the most facilitates found there. Splendid sea view overlooking Singapore skyscrapers, the 4-stars “Business Class” hotel is Batam’s most prestigious hotel, with a total of 254 modern and stylish rooms, suites, and apartments. Dining out often begins at Belanga’s Restaurant where Asian, Chinese, Western and buffets of international dishes; the pub and bar offer cool refreshments anytime of the day or night Three flexible meeting rooms stage memorable events for groups of 10 – 150, and the Grand Ballroom welcomes receptions of 1000 people. Sport and recreation provides a full-time aerobic instructor, gym with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, Jacuzzi and facilitates for message and sauna. An indoor pool highlights the sundeck and roof top.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

My Bombi

Bombi is my playful black cat.
This cat is always playful. It likes playing with anything. It sometimes plays with me. It likes playing with a ball very much. It is very clever. Sometimes it is very naughty.
My Bombi is small but fat. It has soft fur. The fur is black. Bombi has a long tail. Its eyes are round. It looks cute.
It is always near me.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was a man-made structure that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Hanging Gardens originated in approximately 605 B.C.
Babylon, the capital of Babylonia, was built between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, where modern Baghdad, in Iraq, stands today. King Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens for his wife, Amytis, who was the Princess of the Medes.
The Hanging Gardens was built on arches overlooking the city walls. The lowest terrace was twenty-four meters off the ground and each succeeding terrace was three meters higher. There were about six terraces, so that the topmost terrace was forty meters off the ground.
The first stage of the building was a series of brick archways that were the same height as the city walls. Underneath them lay a shaded courtyard. On top of these arches, the Babylonians built long brick terraces in rows. These terraces were lined with lead, to hold the water, the covered with thick layers of fertile soil. Many exotic plants and trees were planted. Each flower-bed was the size of a tennis court and the area of each terrace was thirty meters long by five meters long by five meters wide.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

My Grandma

My grandma is a tidy old woman.
She is now 80 years old. Her hair is long and wavy. She combs it everyday. She always puts thing on the right place. Her clothes are always clean and neat.
She lives alone, and she always makes up her own bed. She cleans up the house. She also cooks her own meal everyday.

My dog, Brownie

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie.
Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school, Brownie plays with my cat. They get a long well, and never fight maybe because Brownie does not bark a lot. It treats the other animals in our house gently, and it never eats shoes. Brownie is really a sweet and friendly animal.

London

London is Britain’s biggest city. It is a very old city and dates back to Romans. It is a city of beautiful buildings and churches, and it has many beautiful parks. It also has some of the best museums in the world. London is very crowded in summer. It is a popular city with foreign tourists and has more than eight million visitors a year. The city is famous for its shopping and has many excellent department stores. London has an excellent underground railway system, so it is easy for tourists to get around. There are plenty of good restaurants in London. You can get excellent British food, and London has lots of good French and Italian restaurants.

My friends, Rita and Herman

I have two good friends. They are Rita and Herman.

Rita has no brother and no sister. She lives in affluent area. Her house is big and it's square. She has a garage and it's big. Her father has two cars. She has a computer and two TVs. One of the TV is in the living room and the other is in her bedroom. Her bedroom is big and comfortable.

Herman is also my friend. He has one brother and no sister. He lives in affluent area too. His house is square and it's smaller than Rita's house. His house is also has a garage. His father has a car and two motorcycles. He has one computer and one television. He has a small but comfortable bedroom. His computer is in my bedroom.

Rita and Rosy

I have two good friends. They are Rita and Rosy. I am Rita and I have no brother and no sister. I live in affluent area. My house is big and it's square. I have a garage and it's big too. My father has two cars. I have a computer and two TVs. One of the TV is in the living room and the other is in my bedroom. My bedroom is big and comfortable.

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My name is Rosy. I am Rita's friend. I have one brother and no sister. I live in affluent area too. My house is square and it's smaller than Rita's house. My house is also has a garage. My father has a car and two motorcycles. I have one computer and one television. I have a small but comfortable bedroom. My computer is in my bedroom.

I am Dessy

I am Dessy. I have a good friend. Her name is Arman. He is very kind. He is chubby and has long hair. His hobby is eating. He always eats too much. Everyday he eats chocolate and drinks some glasses of milk.
I also have another good friend. Her name is Anjani. She is a pretty girl. She is now twelve years old. She has long hair. She has two brothers and she does not have a sister. She is now in grade seven and her brothers are in elementary school and senior high school. Her father is a pilot, and her mother is a secretary in a factory.

I am Dessy

I am Dessy. I have a good friend. Her name is Arman. He is very kind. He is chubby and has long hair. His hobby is eating. He always eats too much. Everyday he eats chocolate and drinks some glasses of milk.
I also have another good friend. Her name is Anjani. She is a pretty girl. She is now twelve years old. She has long hair. She has two brothers and she does not have a sister. She is now in grade seven and her brothers are in elementary school and senior high school. Her father is a pilot, and her mother is a secretary in a factory.