Contoh Report Text

Report Text adalah salah satu dari beberapa genre text bahasa inggris yang berisikan tentang informasi dari sesuatu. Informasi tersebut disajikan dengan apa adanya. Dalam report text tidak ada keterlibatan penulis untuk ikut mengembangkan report text tersebut. Semuanya disajikan secara logis berdasarkan fakta sesungguhnya yang ada di lapangan. Ciri yang paling menonjol dari report text adalah digunakannya simple present tense dalam penulisan kalimatnya. Ada juga yang menggunakan past tense, hal itu untuk membahas sesuatu hal yang sudah punah.
Berikut Contohnya :

"Elephant" An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in it natural habitat. The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly. The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.

Contoh Narrative Text

"Golden Eggs" 

Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation. Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late. 

"Duck and Turtle" 

Two ducks who lived in a big lake had a friend who was a turtle. One year there was a very little rain and the lake began to dry up. One of the ducks said to the other, “Soon, there’ll be no water in this lake. Let’s go and look for lake.” “Yes, answered the second duck, “But first let’s say good bye to our friend, the turtle.” When they told the turtle they were going to leave, he said, “I’ll die here without any water and without any friends. Take me with you.” “The ducks answered, “We can’t. We are going to fly, and you have no wings.” “The turtle thought for a minute and then said, “please wait here.” Then he went away and found a strong, straight stick. He brought it back to his friends, put the middle of it in his mouth and said, “Now if each of you takes me one end of the stick in his mouth, you can lift me up and carry me with you.” “ That is dangerous,” said the ducks, “if you try to talk while we’re carrying you through the air, you won’t be able to hold the stick, so you’ll fall down along way and break your shell.” “all right,” answered the turtle, “I promise not to talk while we’re in the air. So the ducks took the stick and flew away, with the turtle between them. All went well until they were flying over a town. Then some people saw them and shouted, “Look, those ducks are carrying a cat!”The turtle got very angry, “A cat? I’m not …” he said, but he did not get any further, because when he opened his mouth, the stick came out of his mouth and the poor turtle fell to the ground.

Generic Structure of narrative text

1. Orientation. Orientation merupakan bagian awal dari narrative text in English. Pada bagian ini, tokoh-tokoh dalam cerita diperkenalkan. Selain itu, waktu dan tempat terjadinya cerita juga dijelaskan. 

2. Complication. Complication merupakan bagian dari narrative text in English yang mengungkapkan masalah atau konflik yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. 

3. Resolution Resolution merupakan bagian dari narrative text in English yang berisi tentang penyelesaian masalah yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. Bagian ini dapat berupa akhir yang baik, atau sebaliknya. 

4. Reorientation Reorientation merupakan akhir dari cerita narrative text yang biasanya memuat tentang akhir kisah / ceritanya, biasanya happy ending atau sad ending.
 

For Example :

"Snow White" 

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.

PEMBAHASAN GENERIC STRUCTURE NARRATIVE TEXT – Struktur Teks Snow White (Putri Salju) 

 

-Orientation Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. (Terjemahan - Alkisah hidup seorang gadis kecil bernama Putri Salju. Dia hidup dengan bibi dan pamannya karena kedua orang tuanya sudah tiada ketika Putri Salju masih kecil) -Complication 1 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. (Terjemahan – Suatu hari dia mendengar paman dan bibinya berbicara untuk meninggalkan Putri Salju di istananya karena mereka berdua ingin pergi ke America dan mereka tidak mempunyai cukup uang untuk membawa Si Putri Salju) 

-Resolution 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. (Terjemahan – Putri Salju tidak mau paman dan bibinya memperlakukan dia seperti ini, lalu dia memutuskan untuk kabur dari istananya. Keesokan paginya dia kabur dari rumah ketika bibi dan pamannya sedang sarapan dan Putri Salju pun lari ke hutan) 

-Complication Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. (Terjemahan – Lalu dia melihat sebuah pondok kecil ditengah hutan. Dia mengetuk pondok tersebut tetapi tak seorang pun membalasnya lalu dia masuk ke dalam dan tidur di pondok tersebut) 

-Resolution 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.” 

-Reorientation Happy ending.

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The Example Speech about HIV/AIDS

I am honoured to be invited to address you today on a matter that so deeply affects South Africa, Africa and indeed the whole world.

HIV/AIDS has been with us for about two decades, but it remains a problem whose solution continues to elude us all. We are making some progress in understanding this challenge, but we still have a long way to go in containing its spread.

Although people from all walks of life are affected, AIDS is hitting hard at the most vulnerable sections of our society. It is the poor, the illiterate, the marginalised, the women and the children who bear most of the burden of the HIV epidemic.

The face of HIV/AIDS in South Africa has become more complex over the past 10 years. We are no longer only dealing with information and awareness, but with people that are faced with the reality of living with the disease. The vast majority of them are undiagnosed. Sebagian besar dari mereka adalah undiagnosed. They do not know their HIV status. Some of them are already falling ill but they do not know that their illnesses are related to HIV/AIDS. And even if they do know or suspect, they are reluctant to come out and talk about their condition.

I stand before you today to further consolidate our partnership in responding to this major challenge particularly the stigma that continue to be associated with it. We seek your partnership because we know that every South African citizen, every leader, bishop or priest has a special and unique role to play in combating HIV infection and caring for those living with HIV/AIDS.

The church has always played a role of caring for those who are weak and in need of support. But you have been able to initiate programmes that really make a difference in the lives of those in need of care particularly the children. The care that you have given has ot been limited only to the message of hope and spiritual well-being. I am convinced that the church can play a major role in fighting the stigma that is associated with HIV/AIDS and encourage openness and positive living amongst those who are infected and affected.

To ensure a common direction in the call for partnerships, we initiated the development of the Five Year Strategic Plan for South Africa, in 2000 in collaboration with all the key stakeholders, including the faith-based sector. It is a broad national strategic plan designed to guide the country’s response to HIV/AIDS. The plan outline four priority areas, which are: (1) Prevention, (2) Treatment, Care and Support, (3) Research, Monitoring and Surveillance and (4) Human Rights.

There can be no doubt that the faith based community has a central role to play in the implementation of this plan.

There are numerous examples of how the faith sector is responding or can respond to this challenge. I will like to raise for discussion at least four key roles that Faith-based organisations and individual members of those organisations can play in responding to HIV/AIDS.

With regard to Education, we can:
Identify resources and models for prevention education
Strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention through family enrichment
Enhance HIV/AIDS prevention through youth programmes – building a solid foundation concerning sexuality, responsible adulthood and marriage, appreciating the youth and breaking the silence about sex.

On Advocacy, we can:
Campaign against discrimination
Work together with government in achieving appropriate levels of cost-effective health care, especially home based care
Seek means to protect interests of particularly women and children
On Worship, we can
Establish an annual National Day of Prayer and Healing for all persons affected by the epidemic
Establish an interfaith Day of Prayer and Healing Service, we can
Provide care which involves encouraging and supporting those who are infected and affected
Promote ‘Family fostering’ for those who have lost their parents or guardians
Take part in providing home care which may include:
Home visits for prayer and scripture reading
Meeting physical needs for food, clothing, medical attention
Assistance in planning for the future of the family particularly children
Support for orphaned children
Assisting with basic household activities such as shopping, cleaning the house or washing clothes

At the All Africa Church and AIDS Consultation which was held in Kampala in April 1994 a “Call to Action” was developed and signed. Similarly, “A commitment on HIV/AIDS by people of faith”, was signed in Washington that same year. I will like to quote at least one section of this statement of commitment, and I quote:

“We are called by God to affirm a life of hope and healing in the midst of HIV/AIDS. Our traditions call us to embody and proclaim hope, and to celebrate life and healing in the midst of suffering.”

We therefore need to send a positive message about HIV/AIDS. We need to tell people that just because you are HIV positive today, it does not mean you will get AIDS tomorrow and die. Co-factors such as poverty, high levels of mainly childhood malnutrition, vitamin A and iodine deficiency as well as lack of other micronutrients have a major impact on how one progress to full-blown AIDS.

We have to advise those infected and affected by HIV that by eating nutritious food, managing their stress, treating any infection promptly including sexually transmitted infections and using condoms, they can live longer and lead a healthy and productive life for many years.

We need to use this opportunity to declare our response to AIDS:
We are called to love
We are called to be compassionate and care
We should commit ourselves to speaking publicly and promote HIV/AIDS prevention and ABC messages
We should promote and provide care for those who are infected and affected
We should fight the sins of discrimination and stigma
We should work together with other sectors of society to seek ways of eliminating poverty

I strongly believe that if we can leave this conference with a strong re-affirmation as the faith based leaders of this country, we will be able to provide hope for the faith community and for society as a whole: That in the spirit of love, compassion and care, through collective efforts to confront and to challenge discrimination and to empower our respective believers, we can overcome many of the challenges posed to us by HIV/AIDS.

Thank you.