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News Item Part-2



 

• Definition of News Item

News Item Text is a type of text that provides up-to-date information about events that are important to you. News Item Text aims to provide information to readers or listeners. Usually, News Item Text provides information that is the latest event.

• The Characteristics of News Item Text

News Item Text features The characteristics of this text are as follows:

 • The language used is short but concise and focuses on an event

• This text also includes the main information in the title of the text (headline).

•Usually use verbs to indicate activities (action verbs) such as push, hit, jump, crash, and so on.

• The tenses commonly used in this text are Past Tenses because the events being told have already happened. However, it is possible to be able to

• use the Present Tense. 

•This text also uses saying verbs such as said, stated, reported, and so on.


• General Structure of News Item


• Main Event/Newsworthy Event: is the main story, the part that tells a summary of an important event or event that occurred. 

• Background Event/Elaboration: tells in detail the background of events or events that occurred, who was involved, where and how the events occurred.

• Source: the last part of the news item text structure, is a news source that can be in the form of statements from sources, witness comments, expert opinions, or statements from related parties from an event.


EXAMPLE of News Item Text 


Actor Didi Petet dies aged 58

Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning.
Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said.
On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday.
Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried

Exercise (Page 19-21)


Read the following text. Find out the appropriate headlines for each news.

Newsworthy Event

Headline

Text 1

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police.

The national park sends rubbish back to tourists

Text 2

A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor.

 

Girl's kiss saves life of stranger

Text 3

A 14-year old Chinese-crested Chihuahau called Yoda has been named the World's Ugliest Dog title by judges in California. Yoda's owner Terry Schumacher fled when she first encountered the little dog abandoned behind an apartment building in America, convinced it was a rat.

Yoda named the world's ugliest dog

Text 4

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears striker Sergio Aguero could miss the first two months of the Premier League season. Aguero suffered a knee injury against Burnley on 22 June. It kept the Argentine out of the final 10 games of City's domestic campaign as well their two Champions League matches in August.

Manchester City: Sergio Aguero could be out for two months, says Pep Guardiola

Text 5

The boss of a Legoland theme park was stunned when staff swapped his car for one made of Lego.

Peter Ronchetti went to drive home in his real Volvo XC60 to find it had been replaced with a life-sized copy made from 201,076 of the toy bricks.

Theme park boss duped by Lego car


Page 22-26 (D-E)

D. Coba Anda tuliskan peristiwa yang terjadi di sekitar Anda yang menurut Anda menarik. Tuliskan dalam table di bawah ini!

Event

Who/What

When

Where

How

Election of the chairman of the RT (Rukun Tetangga)

  

Locals and person who nominates as chairman of the RT (Rukun Tetangga)

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Citizen Hall

The chairman is elected by voting by the residents of the RT (Rukun Tetangga)


 E. Read the text 1 closely.Then complete the information related to the text


News

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police.Visitors to the park have to register with their addresses, making it easy for rangers to track them down if they leave rubbish behind. Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa posted pictures of litter collected in cardboard parcels ready to be shipped on his Facebook account. "Your trash - we'll send it back to you," the post warns, reminding people that littering in a national park is an offence and punishable with up to five years in prison and hefty fines.

the box in the Facebook post contains a polite note saying: "You forgot these things at Khao Yai National Park". Park authorities say the rubbish left behind can be particularly dangerous for animals who may try to eat it. Khao Yai National Park which is north-east of the Thai capital Bangkok stretches across more than 2,000 sq km (770 sq miles) and is very popular with hikers. It's the oldest national park in Thailand and known for its waterfalls, animals and scenery

 

What's happening? 

Answer: Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourist.

Who is involved?

Answer: Tourist, Thailand’s environment minister, police.

Where is this happening? 

Answer: Thai National Park in Thailand.

When is it happening?

Answer: When tourists throw rubbish everywhere.

Why is it happening?

Answer: Tourists who litter will be punished so they don’t do it


Practice 2 . Now, you read again the text 1 and text 2. Then, continue to complete by choosing the appropriate paragraphs IN THE RIGHT COLUMN. Write down on your note books.


Newsworthy Event

Text 1

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself.

Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police.

Visitors to the park have to register with their addresses, making it easy for rangers to track them down if they leave rubbish behind.

Environment Minister Varawut Silpa- archa posted pictures of litter collected in cardboard parcels ready to be shipped on his Facebook account.

"Your trash - we'll send it back to you," the post warns, reminding people that littering in a national park is an offence and punishable with up to five years in prison and hefty fines. the box in the Facebook post contains a polite note saying: "You forgot these things at Khao Yai National Park".

Park authorities say the rubbish left behind can be particularly dangerous for animals who may try to eat it.

Khao Yai National Park which is north- east of the Thai capital Bangkok stretches across more than 2,000 sq km (770 sq miles) and is very popular with hikers.

It's the oldest national park in Thailand and known for its waterfalls, animals and scenery.

Text 2

A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger – by kissing him on the lips.

Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor.

"The young man was on the outside of the barrier and was holding a knife to his chest but nobody seemed to be trying to talk him round," she said. "I wanted to help him but the police wouldn't let me through so I lied and told them he was my boyfriend and that he wanted to kill himself because of me.

"They let me talk to him and he told me he was sad because he was from a broken family. I'm also from a broken family too and understood him perfectly."

Liu then surprised everyone - especially the young man – by stepping forward, putting her arms around him and giving him a kiss. A fireman took advantage of the distraction and dashed forward to grab hold of the man and pull him to safety.

"His story touched me, and I felt like I really was his girlfriend and I could help him," said Liu afterwards


Practice 3. Look the text closely. Then answer the questions based on your comprehension on the text.

Answer the questions based on the text

1. What is the news about?

Answer: Girl’s kiss saves life of stranger.

2. How did the girl help the young man?? 

Answer: The girl help the young man by kissing him.

3. Where was the accident taken? 

Answer: In Shenzen, Guandong Province.

4. What did the crowd see ?

Answer: Crowd of people watching a man hanging onto the barrier of the girl highest floor.

5. What made the girl save the young man? 

Answer: The young man’s story touched her.






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