PEOPLE IN MY HOMETOWN

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.