Minggu, 21 Februari 2010

Contrast Conjuntion

B. Complete the sentences with “Although” or “In spite of”

 

1.     In spite of all my careful plan, a lot of things went wrong.

2.     Although I love music, I cannot play a musical instrument.

3.     In spite of being very tired, we kept on working.

4.     Although the heat was turned all the way up, the house was still cold.

5.     Keith decided to quit his job although I advice him not to do so.

 

C. Complete this sentences using “Although + sentence.”

 

1.     Although he worked over time, he wasn’t particularly well paid.

2.     Although we haven't met for a long time, I recognized him from a photograph.

3.     I didn’t wear a raincoat although it rained a lot.

4.     We’d better invite her to the party although she’s rude to us.

5.     Although I didn’t really understand it, I managed to make my self understand.

6.     He was late although he woke up early.

 

D. Rewrite the sentences using the conjunction in the bracket

 

1.     Despite his French name, he is in fact an American.

2.     Although her foot was injured, she managed to walk home.

3.     In spite of the low salary, I decided to accept the job.

4.     I’ll keep doing the work whatever it may cause me a lot suffering.

5.     No matter how busy we are, we never forget to pray everyday.

6.     Even though I didn’t eat for 24 hours, I didn’t feel hungry.

7.     Despite being the better team, we lost the match.

8.     Even if it is impossible to finish the work, they still try hard to finish it.

9.     In spite of his failure, he was trying to smile..

10. Tono attended his friend’s party though her mother was ill.

Rabu, 17 Februari 2010

Being a Teen-age Idol: Pleasant or Unpleasant

Hi, guys. Long time since last I visited this blog. now I will discuss about a being an idol in the teen age. It's too common if  I talking about the idol of teenagers, but for this one is very rare to find, especially in Indonesia. Therefore, I will not talk about this issue in this country, but I'll take the example of the Korea. Hopefully it will allow Mr.T ^ ^. Well then let's begin!

In Korea, there's a lot of teens age idol. I can't even believe it. Some of the idol have the lower age than me but they looks older than me and the most envious thing that they are so much taller than me! OK. It is not a big deal but that makes me very envy. Aish. .what I have done. OK let's continue. In Korea, usually the teen-age idols have a very young age such as 16, 17, 18, etc. Young, right? However, it does not matter as long as they still act as their age. The teen-age idols, usually work as a singer. One of my favorite is 2NE1. All of them are multi talented although they still young. And they can sing perfectly whether it's live or not.


And this can't be called as a pro and contra except I mention the pro and contra between being a Teen-age idol. Here we go!

First, they can get their own money. Yeah that's right! They don't have to ask their parent for their pocket money, they just have to ask their manager and fualla money is ready. But it doesn't mean that they can spend it lavishly. It still rare to find teens who can get their own money. I can't even do it TT. I adore them because they can get their own money by they own effort.

Second, they still young. teen have a very high passion and spirit to get something. So, it's very suit to be a role model as long as they aren't do something so embarrassing or inappropriate to their age.

Third, they can get a lot of experience since they'll meet a lot of people from different places. As you know that the more experience we get, the more we know which one is better for us.

But wait, as long as there's a positive thing, there'll be a negative thing too.

Let's take from an easy example. Teens. That means they still a student which means they have to attend their school. It's definitely hard to attend school when we are too tired cause our activities. Can you imagine how busy is they? They have to attend both school and "work". In the school, they have to attend every single lesson and have to do their task or homework. It does not include their job as a public figure. Their terribly dense schedule, time to do exercise, doing a concerts, etc. CAN YOU IMAGINE IT? Me-who don't have a very dense schedule like that- sometimes feels so tired. As a result, I feels sleepy in the school and can't pay attention to the teacher completely. Too bad. I can't imagine how tired they are. It's hard to arrange an ordinary student's schedule especially a very dense schedule. For me that's nearly impossible. 

Second, since they can get their own money and become public figure, it can make them grow arrogant. People say that Korean are a polite person. But it doesn't mean they can't be like that. Cause the most difficult enemy is ourself.

Third-the most terrible think- is because they've become an artist, they can easily get stuck in the "dark web" of artist world. For example narcotic. Not only in our country, but also in the world many people get stuck in that way and hard to escape.

In conclusion, being a teen-age idol is fun. There must be something unpleasant. It's depend on ourselves which one is better. Maybe we think that being a teen-age idol is fun, but some are saying that being a teen-age idol was not fun. Every person has a different thought, depend on the people point of view.

Well, I think that's enough from me. Thanks for you attention. See ya ^^



Concert


Doing exercise

Credits : Youtube


GS :

1. Opening statement presenting the issue

2. Arguments or evidence for different points of view (pros or cons)

3. Concluding recommendation.


Purpose :

1. To explore various perspektives before coming yo an informed decision
2. To present information and opinions about more than one side of an issue ('for' points and 'against' points)