Narrative Text 2 for Grade 9 Semester 2

Level: English for Junior High School
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Text 1

The Stingy and the Generous

(A folk tale from Sambas)

Long, long time ago, there lived two brothers. They had completely different characters. The big brother was very stingy and greedy. He never shared his wealth with the poor. The little brother was exactly the opposite. He was generous and kind to poor people. He even had no money left because he had shared it with the poor.

One day the generous brother was sitting in his garden when suddenly a little bird fell on his lap. It was wounded. He took care of it, fed it, and put it in a nice cage. After the bird was healthy, the generous brother let it fly. After some time, the bird returned to him and gave him a watermelon seed.

The generous brother, then, planted the seed and watered it until it grew into a good watermelon plant. Yet, the plant was very strange. It had only one fruit; a big and heavy one. When the watermelon was ripe enough, the generous brother picked it and cut it into two. How surprised he was. The watermelon was full of gold.

The generous brother sold the gold and became very rich. He built a big house and bought very large field. Still, he never forgot to share his wealth with the poor.

Text 2

Takatuliang, the woodcarver

Long, long time ago on the island of Simbau, in the Sulawesi Sea, there lived a king and his beautiful daughter. The princess was not only beautiful, but she was also wise and kind.

Many princes wanted to marry the king’s daughter and this made the king confused. He, then, announced a contest: whoever presented the princess with the most valuable gift would marry her.

Takatuliang, a poor woodcarver, wanted to join the contest but he was so poor that he had nothing to present. Then, he went far into the forest. There he chose the best tree and carved it into a doll. Next, he took an old piece of cloth and sewed it into a dress for the doll. After that, he cut his own hair and glued it to the doll’s head.

On the day of the contest, all of the princes gathered before the king and the princess. One by one, they presented their gifts: diamond, silk, gold, jewelry. Then, came Takatuliang’s turn.
“What do you have?” asked the princess.
“I bring only a doll,” said Takatuliang softly.
“How many dolls like this do you have?” asked the princess again.
“Only this one. I carved it myself and decorated it with my own hair and my father’s old cloth. He died and this is the only thing he left me.” answered Takatuliang.

The princess was very touched to hear Takatuliang’s story. She decided to marry Takatuliang because he had presented her everything he had. Together, Takatuliang, and the princess lived happily ever after

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Report Text 2 for Grade 9 Semester 1

Level: English for Junior and Senior High School
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Text 1

Tasmanian Devil

Australia has many interesting animals. The first animal is Tasmanian Devil. Have you heard this animal before? It only lives on the Australian island state of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Devil is a marsupial like the kangaroo. This means the mother has a pocket or a pouch where she carries her babies. The Tasmanian Devil is mostly black but sometimes it has some white fur on its chest. It has short legs and a long tail. It looks a little like a very small bear. The largest male can be about 30 centimeters high and can weigh up to 12 kilograms. That’s about the same size as a small dog. But the females are usually smaller. The Tasmanian Devil is a nocturnal animal. That means it likes night time. It sleeps in the day and gets up at night to look for food to eat. In the daytime, it will sleep under a fallen tree or in long grass.

The Tasmanian Devil was given this name by the first European people who went to Tasmania. They called it because they were afraid of it. They were afraid because it makes a terrible sound and it is horrible to watch it eating. The Tasmanian Devil has a strong mouth and very sharp teeth. It eats a lot of meat. It will eat small animals like rabbit, birds, and reptiles such as lizards. It will even eat dead cows and sheep if it can’t find any.

Text 2

What is Rubberwood?

Rubberwood is the standard common name for the timber of Hevea Brasiliensis. Rubberwood (also called Parawood in Thailand) is one of the more durable lumbers (wood) used in the manufacturing of today’s home furnishings. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture manufacturing. Rubberwood has very little tendency to warp or crack.

Like maple, rubberwood is a sap producing species. In the case of maple, it is sap; in the case of rubberwood, it is latex. Rubberwood produces all the latex used in the world for all rubber based products.

There is one more important feature of rubberwood that is very important in today’s world. Rubberwood is the most ecologically friendly lumber used in today’s furniture industry. After the economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26 – 30 years, the latex yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and plant new ones. So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes its latex producing cycle and dies. This wood is therefore eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using what was going as waste.

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Descriptive and Report for Grade 9 Semester 1

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Text 1

The International Circus School

The International Circus School is located in Beijing, China. The special school for circus is very popular and teaches students from countries around the world

The school has a lot of training gyms and modern dormitory for foreign students and there is a large cafeteria where the students have their food and drink. It also has a laundry. Older students can wash their clothes there.

The students' ages range from seven to thirty five years old. They are both boys and girls. Most of their parents are mostly circus performers too. The students study from Monday to Friday. On the weekends, the school often organizes tours around the town to perform the students' skill and practice their performance.

Text 2

The Elephant

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with its 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.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also grabs leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy, yet an elephant can move very quickly.

The elephant is very strong and 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.

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Narrative Text 2 for Grade 8 Semester 2

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Text 1

The Magic Candle

One day, a young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly, he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that a devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. "In a castle not far from here," said the old woman.

The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil but he was old and weak. Therefore, when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil's table and ran away, he couldn't chase him.

However, the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn't return the candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, "I want to go far from here."

Suddenly, a genie appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then, a princess came to buy some jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love with her, and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said "yes", and they got married the next day.

In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got very angry. At night, she lit the candle and wished the wanderer disappeared.

In the morning, the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.

Text 2

Mouse and Crocodile

One day, a monkey wanted to cross a river. He saw crocodile in the river, so he asked the crocodile to help him. The crocodile told the monkey to jump onto its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river.

Now, the crocodile was hungry. When the crocodile was in the middle of the river, it stopped and said to the monkey, “Monkey, my father is sick. He must eat the heart of a monkey, then he will be strong again.”

The monkey thought for a while. Then he told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank.

“What for?” asked the crocodile.

“Because I didn’t bring my heart with me,” said the monkey.

“I left it under the tree near some coconuts."

So, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back and climbed up to the top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile.

“You are foolish,” the monkey said to the crocodile.

“Mow. I am free and you have nothing."

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Narrative Text for Grade 8 Semester 2

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Text 1

The Lake of Color

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. The kingdom had a kind and wise king named Prabu. He and all his people lived in happiness. There was only one thing that made Prabu and his people sad. Prabu did not have any children. There was no prince or princess in the kingdom.

One day, Prabu went to the jungle to pray to God. Everyday he begged for a child. And after several time, the dream came true. The Queen got pregnant. All people in the kingdom felt happy so did Prabu and the Queen. Many of them sent presents to the palace.

The Queen gave birth of a beautiful princess and Prabu and all his people got happier. Many of the people sent presents to the palace. Everyone in the kingdom loved her, so did the King and the Queen. Everything she wanted must be realized. She became a spoiled girl.

Her 17th birthday was coming and Prabu prepared a beautiful necklace as her birthday present. The party was so crowded and all people in the kingdom came and attended the party.

And then, Prabu presented the necklace to his beloved daughter and said that the beautiful necklace was presented by all people in the kingdom. Suddenly, the Princess threw the necklace and said that she did not like the necklace. She said that she did not want to accept that necklace.

All people, including Prabu and Queen, were sad and began to cry. Then, there was a miracle. Suddenly, the Earth was crying. It made a pool of water. The palace was getting full. Soon the place became a big lake. The lake sank the entire kingdom and became Telaga Warna (Lake of Color).

Text 2

The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was drinking on pool. While drinking, she slipped and fell into the water. She shouted for help. A dove flying nearby saw that an ant was drowning. The dove quickly plucked a leaf from the nearest tree and dropped it near the ant. The ant climbed on the leaf and the dove carried the leaf and the ant safely to the ground. Behind a big tree, a hunter aimed his gun to the dove. The ant shouted just in time for the dove to fly away. From above the sky, the dove said thank you and the ant answered thank to her too.

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Recount Text 1 for Grade 8 Semester 2

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Text 1

Having a Stomachache

I had a really bad experience last Tuesday. That evening, I saw some mangoes on the table. I was happy because I really like the fruit. I peeled one and ate greedily. I peeled another two. My mother had advised me not to do so, but I said that I would be just fine.

The next morning, I went to school. The first class was Math and I had a test. During the test, I suddenly felt my stomachache. I tried to control and finished my test. However, I could not. I had to go to the toilet. I went there three times. Because of my awkward behavior, my teacher thought I had been cheating. I explained what happened. He understood.

However, the test time was almost over and certainly I could not finish it. Luckily, the teacher understood and gave me a chance to do a remedial test the following day. Oh, what a pity! I felt regretful, not listening to my mother's advice.

Text 2

Having an Exciting Tour

Last holiday, I and my classmate had an exciting tour. We went to Jogjakarta and Central Java. We departed from Jakarta on Saturday morning. We arrived in Jogjakarta in the evening. We stayed in Garuda hotel there. Because we were very tired, after traveling a whole day, we just took a rest in the hotel that night.

Next morning, we went to Kraton Jogjakarta, the palace of the king. After looking around the palace for about four hours, we continued the journey to Borobudur Temple in Central java. We spent the whole afternoon there, admiring the magnificent temple. We bought some handicrafts. Then we returned to Jogjakarta. Before coming back to the hotel, we stopped by the Malioboro Street Market to buy some souvenirs.

On Monday morning, we checked out from the hotel and went back to Jakarta. On the way home, we came by Jati Jajar Cave. We arrived in Jakarta late at night. Although we were very exhausted, we were very happy because we enjoyed the journey and got many experience.

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Recount Text for Grade 8 Semester 1

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Text 1

My Sister First Flight

I took my sister, Katy, for her first flight last month. When we arrived at the airport, she wanted to know why the official weighed the luggage. Then she wondered why she needed a passport. She didn't understand what the security check for. Then she asked who the flight attendant was. When she saw the plane, she couldn't understand what the captain did and where he sat.

What a lot of questions! I was very pleased when we landed.

Text 2

Visiting Ketep Pass

Last holiday, I visited Ketep Pass in Magelang Regency. It offers the view of high land. I went there with my friends. We left Solo at 7 p.m. through Salatiga town. On the way to Ketep, we enjoyed the view of cocoa plantation and beautiful landscape.

After three hours riding, we arrived at Ketep Pass. Unfortunately, it was still foggy. We were so disappointed because we could not see the beauty of high land. Then we decided to enter the museum of Merapi volcano. There are many pictures of eruption. After that, we continued to see the Merapi eruption film. It was really great. I have never seen it before.

All of us felt very happy because we have got a lot of new experiences.

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Recount Text: Flood in Purwodadi and Having Stomachache

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Example of Recount Text 1

Flood in Purwodadi

It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that south Purwodadi had been drowned.

The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thanked God for not allowing the flood enter my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. My father and I took a walk around the center market and central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passenger of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.

Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. My family and I cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.

Example of Recount Text 2

Having Stomachache

I had a really bad experience last Tuesday. That evening, I saw some mangoes on the table. I was happy because I really like the fruit. I peeled one and ate greedily. I peeled another two. My mother had advised me not to do so, but I said that I would be just fine.

The next morning, I went to school. The first class was Math and I had a test. During the test, I suddenly felt my stomachache. I tried to control it and finish my test. However, I could not. I had to go to the toilet. I went there three times. Because of my awkward behavior, my teacher thought that I had been cheating. I explained what happened. He understood.

However, the test time was almost over and certainly I could not finish it. Luckily, the teacher understood and gave me a chance to do a remedial test the following day. Oh, what a pity! I felt regretful, not listening to my mother's advice.

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The Magic Candle

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The Magic Candle

One day, a young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly, he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that a devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. "In a castle not far from here," said the old woman.

The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil but he was old and weak. Therefore, when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil's table and ran away, he couldn't chase him.

However, the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn't return the candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, "I want to go far from here."

Suddenly, a genie appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then, a princess came to buy some jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love with her, and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said "yes", and they got married the next day.

In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got very angry. At night, she lit the candle and wished the wanderer disappeared.

In the morning, the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.

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Recount Text: Going to a Department Store & My Trip in Greece

Level: English for Junior Junior High School
Grade 8 Semester 2
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In this part of the test, the students are trained to understand recount text. There are two recount texts in this part, the first entitled Going to a Department Store and another one is My Trip in Greece. There are ten questions about those passages which are in the form of multiple choices. The students have to get at least 80 to pass.

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Facebook

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Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notification when they update their profile.

Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal interest, contact information, and other personal information. Users can communicate with friends and other users through private or public message and a chat feature. They can also create and join interest group and "like pages".

Facebook has affected the social life and activity of people in various ways. With its availability on many mobile devices, Facebook allows users to continuously stay in touch with friends, relatives and other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long as there is access to the internet. It can also unite people with common interests and/or beliefs through groups and other pages, and has been known to reunite lost family members and friends.

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A Cruel King

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A Cruel King

Once upon a time there was a cruel king. Everyone was afraid of him. The people were very poor, because the king took all their money. One day the king's soldiers brought a poor man to the palace. The man didn't have any money and so he couldn't pay his taxes. "If you don't pay immediately, I'll kill you," said the king. "I can't pay," said the poor man, "because I haven't got any money." "Then you must die!" said the king. "GO"

The man fell to the floor." "Please let me go, Your Majesty," he said. "If you don't kill me, I'll teach your horse to talk." The king had a wonderful white horse, and he was very proud of it. He smiled. "All right, he said, you can have one year. If you teach the horse to talk, I'll give you gold and silver. But if you don't, I'll kill you. "GO"

Two soldiers took the man to the horse's stable. "You're stupid," said one of the two soldiers. "You can't teach a horse to talk. It's impossible. At the end of the year, the king will kill you." "Ah," said the man, "I'm not stupid. Before the end of the year four things might happen. The king might die. I might die. The horse might die ... or ... the horse might talk!"

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Microscope

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Microscope

Microscope (from the Greek: micros, "small", and skopedia, "to look" or "to see" is an instrument used to see objects that are too small to the naked eyes. The science of investigating small objects using such instrument is called microscopy. Microscopic means invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope.

There are many types of microscope. The most common and first to be invented is the optical microscope which uses light to image sample. Other major types of microscopes are the electron microscope and the various types of scanning probe microscope. The first microscope to be developed was the optical microscope although the original inventor is not easy to identify. An early microscope was made in 1590 in Middelburg, Netherlands. Two eyeglass makers variously given credit were Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Jansenn.

It was not until the 1660s and 1970s that the microscope was used extensively for research in Italy, Holland, and England. Marcelo Malpigi in Italy began the analysis of biological structures beginning with the lungs. The greatest contribution came from Antoiy Van Leeuwenhoek who discovered red blood cells and helped popularize microscopy as technique.

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Procedure Text - Remedial 1

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Text 1

How to Reduce Global Warming

If you feel that every day goes hotter and hotter, it is possibly the effect of global warming. Global warming is the raising of the Earth temperature temporary because of some factors. Here are some steps you can do to reduce global warming.

1. Plant tree. Trees suck up CO2 and make clean air. The roots prevent the landslide.
2. Save electricity. Turn off the electricity and other devices when not in use. Electric comes from the fossil which produces CO2 emission.
3. Use paper efficiently. Paper comes from trees. More paper you use more trees to cut.
4. Bike to school. Bike is green transportation which does not result gas and pollution
5. Throw rubbish into bin. Stay green by keeping the environment clean. It is better to sort the rubbish into organic and inorganic bin
6. Bring your own mineral bottle.It helps to reduce the plastic garbage. It takes 10 – 20 years to decompose plastic.
7. Bring your own bag. Go shopping with your cloth tote bag is better to reduce plastic bag.

Text 2

How to Wash Clothes Using Washing Machine

The following steps tell us how to wash clothes using a washing machine. First, separate the colored clothes from the others. Then, put them in the washing machine, turn the machine on, set it to the wash selection and pour the detergent powder in. Next, wait for the tub to fill with water. After the washing process has finished, let the clothes drain through the drain hose. After that, set the knob of the wash timer again to rinse for three minutes. Do this twice for a good rinsing. Finally, move the wet clothes into the spin compartment, set the knob and wait until the spin process shuts off. Now, you are ready to dry up the clothes on line.

Text 3

Precaution for Moving the LCD TV

1. When carrying the TV, be sure to remove the plug from the wall outlet, disconnect the aerial cable and audio/video cable, any steady ties and mounting screw. A fire and electric shock may result if the power cord is damaged. 
2. When carrying the TV, at least two people are needed. Be sure to carry it up right. 

Never carry the TV with the screen facing up or down.

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Flora and Fauna

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Descriptive Text on Fauna 

Salsa - Elephant

This is Salsa. Salsa is an Indian elephant, but now it lives in the National Zoo in Washington D.C.

Salsa is young. It is 20 years old. It weighs up to 2500 kg and 2.1 m high at the shoulder. It may consume up to 200 kg of grass a day. It is fond of banana plants, gingers, and leaves of various plants.

Salsa doesn’t have sweat glands so it likes to cool off by rolling in a pond in the zoo. The mud that dries on its skin protects it from the sun. Salsa also likes taking a bath. It makes her fresh and relaxed. Mike, the zookeeper, helps Salsa take a bath. Mike does it every day. He also feeds and talks to Salsa. Salsa likes this guy very much.

Descriptive Text on Flora

Giant Sequoia - the Ancient Tree in Danger

Just like its name, Giant Sequoia is indeed big. Its height can reach 66 meters. It can have a truck as wide as eight meters at the base. The biggest tree today is 83 meters in height and 12.1 meters in diameter.

Giant Sequoia is also a very ancient tree. This tree, for instance, is about 5100 years old. Ecologist says the tree can live that long because of its resistance to climate, disease or insects.

But recently, their species are in danger. Fire attacked the Giant Sequoia national monument last month. Millions of firefighters struggled to put up the fire.

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Rubberwood

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What is Rubberwood? 

Rubberwood is the standard common name for the timber of Hevea Brasiliensis. Rubberwood (also called Parawood in Thailand) is one of the more durable lumbers (wood) used in the manufacturing of today’s home furnishings. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture manufacturing. Rubberwood has very little tendency to warp or crack.

Like maple, rubberwood is a sap producing species. In the case of maple, it is sap; in the case of rubberwood, it is latex. Rubberwood produces all the latex used in the world for all rubber based products.

There is one more important feature of rubberwood that is very important in today’s world. Rubberwood is the most ecologically friendly lumber used in today’s furniture industry. After the economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26 – 30 years, the latex yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and plant new ones. So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes its latex producing cycle and dies. This wood is therefore eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using what was going as waste.

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Natural Resources

Level: English for Junior High School
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Natural Resources

The materials which are supplied by the earth, which is by nature, are called natural resources. They which can be used again are called renewable natural resources. Other natural resources can be used only once. They are called non-renewable natural resources.

Some areas of the earth have been supplied with a lot of certain natural resources. Others have few natural resources or perhaps none at all. Japan, for example, import sand iron from Indonesia, because this country does not have enough iron for its industry. If a country has few natural resources, it will have to import materials from other countries.

Among our natural resources are fuels, such as coal and oil. Precious minerals, such as gold and silver are natural resource too. Cooper is natural resources. The mineral we used come from the inside of the earth. Gold, silver, and cooper are minerals. The salt we use to flavor our food is natural resources. Our food, too, for example rice, is supplied by nature.

The important parts of the earth's surface provide many of natural resources. For example, we get our water from lakes and stream. Water is natural resources. We get wood from our forest. Wood is natural resource.

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Seasons in Indonesia

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Seasons in Indonesia

There are two seasons in Indonesia: the dry season and the rainy season. The dry season is from April to September and the rainy season is from October to March. Both seasons are hot. However, the coastal regions are often cool and in the mountain the air is often chilly.

Two major winds called monsoons make the rainy and dry seasons. One monsoon blows toward Indonesia from Asia. It crosses the South China Sea and brings heavy rain. From mid-June to October another monsoon brings dry air from Australia.

Those two seasons have different effects on this country. Usually there are floods during the rainy season. This is because thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed so that they cannot absorb the rain. The rubbish accumulation in some rivers and dams also cause floods because they cannot retain the falling water. Long dry season often causes drought in thousands of hectares of rive field across the country. The drought forces the farmers to find ways to irrigate their rice fields to avoid crop failure.

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Making Oriental Fried Rice

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Making Oriental Fried Rice

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My Sister's Hobby

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My School

My sister's hobby is cooking. She likes cooking very much. She learned to cook when she was twelve years old. She took a lesson once a week. Sometimes she made a mistake and burned the food then. She usually cooks nicely. She also learned cooking from another. She usually helped mother in the kitchen.

Last week my sister made a nice birthday cake for our youngest brother's birthday. She weighed some flour, butter and sugar. Mother helped her. She mixed eggs in a bowl. My sister put the dough in a baking pan. She baked it in the oven for half an hour. Then, we ate the nice cake together.

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