Example of Speech

Good morning, my honorable the judges and all participants. Let me introduce my self. My name is Shinta Ismi and I’m from 1 Demak High. Before I deliver my speech, let us thanks almighty Allah SWT. Because of His blessing, we can be here joining the speech contest with a good condition. Also, let’s not forget to always keep our hope for our Prophet Muhammad SAW’s help in the doomsday.

Ladies and gentle men, in this chance, I choose “Prevention of Drugs for Teenagers” as my speech title. Now, let’s see the hot news in our nation. Some moments ago, our government held an event in Jakarta with a purpose to keep the young generation from the attack of drugs. The reason to hold this event is because the drugs become more exist in teenagers’ life. But, the existence of drugs is not in the right way. It even can destroy teenagers’ life. How can? Before I explain it, I want define what drug is first.

Adverbial Of Place

Learning English British Council

We use adverbials of place to describe:

Location

We use prepositions to talk about where someone or something is.
 Examples:

• He was standing by the table.
• You’ll find it in the cupboard.
• Sign your name here – at the bottom of the page.

Direction

We use adverbials to to talk about the direction where someone or something is moving.
Examples:

• Walk past the bank and keep going to the end of the street.
• The car door is very small so it’s difficult to get into.

Distance

We use adverbials to show how far things are:
Examples:

• Birmingham is 250 kilometres from London.
• We were in London. Birmingham was 250 kilometres away.

From : http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Australian Debates

Australasian debate has three debaters on each team, and two teams in each debate, called the "affirmative" and the "negative." Each side gets three constructive speeches, one for each speaker, alternating between the two teams. Constructive speeches are usually seven minutes long, although the exact time can vary from tournament to tournament. Some, but not all, tournaments also give each team one rebuttal, called a reply speech, starting with the negative. There are no points of order, personal privilege or information.

In Australasian debate, more than in other format, each speech has particular responsibilities, and adjudicators specifically examine if these responsibilities are met. This is called "method," and it is the deciding factor in many debates.

Report Text

Text 1

Singapore

Singapore is a beautiful country just off the coast of the Malay Peninsula. What is strange is that the capital city is also called Singapore. It is a lovely city built on a pretty harbor. Over 40.000 ships pass through Singapore each year. Approximately 3 million people live on this tiny island which is only 616 square kilometers in area. Most of these people are Chinese; however, Indians, Malays, Portuguese and Europeans also make up the population. The  main income for Singapore comes from commerce and manufacturing. Tourism is also very important to the economy and there are some really good hotels to stay in.

Text 2

A modem is an electronic device, attached to a computer, that allows the transfer of data. Modem stands for MODulator-DEModulator.
Data can be transferred two ways using a modem. Data is sent is called uploading. Data when received is called downloading.There are various speeds of modems including 14.4, 28.8, and 33.2 baud. The lower the baud, the slower the speed of the modem to transfer data.
Modems work in association with communications software. Special software such as Netscape lets a computer access the internet.
Modems are becoming increasingly more important in this age of technology and assist people to join the information superhighway.

The texts are taken from Text Types in English, written by Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson)

Answer the following questions based on the texts above!
1. Answer these question based on text 1!

• How big is Singapore?
• What is special about Singapore?
• What is the majority of Singapore population?

2. Answer these questions based on text 2!

• What are the functions of a modem?
• Mention types of a modem?
• The word 'assist' has the same meaning as ...

3. Analyzing text.

• Which text does belong to report?
• How do you know?
• Which text does belong to descriptive?
• Why?
• Which sentences from the report text shows the specific thing?
• Which sentence from the descriptive text shows the general thing?

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