Teacher : Nani Kusmiyati, S.Pd., M.M.
Dear all, please read these paragraphs below, try to understand then describe your own people in your region or your hometown.
Talking about the People in your Hometown
Think about the following questions when
talking about the people in your hometown:
What jobs do they do?
Do they have a special accent?
What kind of things do they like to do?
What do the people enjoy doing at the
weekend?
Do they all know each other?
Pekerjaan apa yang mereka lakukan?
Apakah mereka memiliki aksen khusus?
Hal-hal apa yang suka mereka lakukan?
Apa yang disukai orang-orang di akhir pekan?
Apakah mereka semua mengenal satu sama lain?
In your hometown, people may have their
own dialect. If so, talk about that.
Di kota asal Anda, orang mungkin
memiliki dialeknya sendiri. Jika ya, bicarakan itu.
There’s a very famous rugby club in my
town so I think many people support rugby. Whenever there is a game you can
hear all the crowd cheering the team on for miles around. I imagine not everyone goes to the rugby
games, but this gives a clear picture of what many people in the town like to
do. I think many people in my hometown like to
take care of their gardens. I see many people at the weekend, mowing their
lawns or pruning bushes in their gardens. It seems to be a popular thing where
I live.
Ada klub rugby yang sangat terkenal di
kota saya, jadi saya rasa banyak orang mendukung rugby. Setiap kali ada
pertandingan, Anda dapat mendengar semua orang mendukung tim sejauh bermil-mil.
Saya membayangkan tidak semua orang pergi ke pertandingan rugby, tetapi ini
memberikan gambaran yang jelas tentang apa yang suka dilakukan banyak orang di
kota. Saya rasa banyak orang di kampung halaman saya suka merawat kebun mereka.
Saya melihat banyak orang di akhir pekan, memotong rumput atau memangkas
semak-semak di kebun mereka. Sepertinya itu hal yang populer di tempat saya
tinggal.
You can only give an idea of how you think
people spend their weekends. It would be impossible for you to know exactly
what all the people in your hometown are doing every weekend!
I think many people in my hometown know
each other as it is a small town. It is not like London where no one seems to
know each other.
Anda hanya dapat memberikan gambaran tentang bagaimana menurut
Anda orang-orang menghabiskan akhir pekan mereka. Tidak mungkin Anda tahu
persis apa yang dilakukan semua orang di kota Anda setiap akhir pekan!
Saya pikir banyak orang di kampung halaman saya mengenal satu
sama lain karena ini adalah kota kecil. Ini tidak seperti London di mana tidak
ada orang yang tampaknya mengenal satu sama lain.
And again, you can only give a very rough
impression here. There are some towns where everyone seems to know each other,
and others where no one knows anyone else. And in London, there are entire
districts where the people have grown up with each other.
Dan sekali lagi, Anda hanya bisa memberikan kesan yang sangat
kasar di sini. Ada beberapa kota di mana setiap orang tampaknya saling
mengenal, dan yang lainnya di mana tidak ada yang mengenal orang lain. Dan di
London, ada banyak distrik di mana orang-orang tumbuh bersama.
You cannot know everything about all the
people in your hometown. But you can give an impression based on what you have
seen people do. When introducing the people in your hometown that is enough.
Anda tidak dapat mengetahui segalanya
tentang semua orang di kota asal Anda. Tapi Anda bisa memberi kesan berdasarkan
apa yang Anda lihat dilakukan orang. Saat memperkenalkan orang-orang di kampung
halaman Anda itu sudah cukup.
Exercise 2
Try to think of answers to the above
questions. Write down some sentences about the people in your hometown.
Coba pikirkan jawaban atas pertanyaan di atas. Tuliskan beberapa kalimat tentang orang-orang di kampung halaman Anda.
