Idiom

1. to get along: (to do, succeed, make progress) : berhasil
a. John is getting along very well in his study of English
b. How is Mr. Frank getting along in his new job?

2. to take out: ( to remove, extract) (S) : mengambil
a. William took out his handkerchief and wipe his forehead.
b. The thief suddenly took out a knife and attacked the policeman.

3. to wait on (upon) : ( to serve, attend to – in a store or shop) : melayani
a. A very pleasant young woman waited on me in Indomaret’s yesterday.
b The clerk asked, “ Have you been waited on yet, sir?”

4. at least : ( a minimum of) : setidak-tidaknya.
a. Every student should spend at least two hours on his homework every night.
b. Tina has been sick in bed for at least two months.

5. to think over : (to consider carefully before deciding) (S) : mempertimbangkan
a. I shall think over your offer and give you my answer tomorrow.
b. You don’t have to decide this matter at once. You can think over and give me your decision tomorrow.

6. to take place : ( to happen, occur) : terjadi
a. The meeting took place in the Constitution Hall
b. Where did the accident take place?

7. to put away : (to set aside, return something to its proper place) (S) : mengembalikan ketempat semula
a. After finished reading the report, he put it away in his safe.
b. The mother told the child to put her toys away.
c. Put your book away: it is time for lunch.

8. to think of : (to have an opinion about ) (S) : punya pendapat
a. What did you think of that movie which you saw last night?
b. I don’t think much of him as a baseball player.

9. For the time being : ( for the present, temporarily) : sekarang ini
a. For the time being my sister is clerking in department store.
b. We are living in a hotel for the time being, but latter we will try to find a small apartment.

10.to get over : (to recover from ) : sembuh
a. It took me more than a month to get over my cold.
b. I do not think he will get over the loss of his wife.

11.to call off : ( to cancel) (S) : membatalkan
a. The game was called off on account of darkness.
b. The doctor had to call off his appointments for the day and rush to the hospital.
c. At first the workers planned to strike, but later they called it off.

12.for good : ( permanently, forever) : selamanya
a. Ruth has gone back to California for good. She will not return to the Texas anymore.
b. Has your friend returned to South America for good?

13.to count on : (depend upon) : tergantung
a. We are counting on you to help us with today’s assignment.
b. Don’t count on Frank to lend you any money because he has none.

14.to make friends : (to win or gain friends) : mengungguli
a. During the cruise William made friends with every one on the ship.
b. Patricia is a very shy girl and does not make friends easily.

15. to look over : (to examine) (S) : memeriksa
a. I want to look over these exercises before I give them to the teacher.
b. He signed the contract without even looking it over.

16.to keep on : (to continue) : meneruskan
a. John kept on talking although the teacher ask him several times to stop
b. They kept on playing their radio until three o’clock in the morning.

17. to put out : (to extinguish) (S) : memadamkan (api)
a. You can put out your cigarette in that ashtray.
b. The firemen worked hard but were not able to put out the fire.
c. Be sure to put out the light before you leave. Yes, I’ll put it out.

18. to take turns : (to alternate) : bergiliran
a. During the trip John and I took turn driving the car .
b. Siska and her sister take turn helping their mother each night.

19. to be in charge of : ( to manage, be responsible for) : bertugas
a. Hendry is in charge of the office while Mr. Smith is away.
b. Who is in charge of the arrangements for the dance next week?

20. to look after : ( to watch, take care of) : menjaga
a. Grandma will look after the baby while we go to the lecture
b. Who is going to look after your correspondence while you are away?

21. as the matter of fact : (in fact, really) : sesungguhnya
a. Frank thinks he knows English well but, as a matter of fact, he speaks very poorly.
b. As a matter of fact, I prefer the Barbados island to Florida.

22. to look forward to : ( to expect, anticipate, usually pleasurably) : menanti/mengharap
a. We are looking forward to my uncle’s visit with great pleasure.
b. He says that he has nothing to look forward to except the same monotonous work every day.

23. to take up : (to study, begin a course leading to a career) (S) : belajar / mengikuti
a. William wants to take up medicine when he goes to college.
b. What is your brother taking up at Columbia university?
c. If you want to study dentistry, why don’t you take it up?

24. to take after : ( to resemble a parent or a close relative) : mirip
a. With her light hair and blue eyes Eris seems to take after her mother, but in her character she is more like her father.
b. Which of your parents do you take after?

25. to think up : ( to invent, discover, find) (S) menemukan
a. I wish I could think up a good excuse to give the teacher for my not having prepared my homework.
b. Every day they think up some new trick to play on him.
c. That was a clever idea. Who thought it up?

Report

The Communicative Purpose
To describe the way things are with reference to a range of natural, man – made and social phenomenon in our environment.
(Menyampaikan informasi tentang sesuatu, apa adanya, sebagai hasil pengamatan sistematis atau analisis. Yang dideskripsikan dapat meliputi gejala alam, lingkungan, benda buatan manusia atau gejala-gejala sosial)

The Generic structure
General Classification: tells what the phenomenon under discussion is
(Pernyataan umum yang menerangkan subjek laporan, keterangan dan klasifikasinya)
Description : tells what phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of parts, qualities, habits, or behaviors (if living) or uses (if non-natural)
(Memberikan penjelasan tentang hal yang dideskripsikan. kalau hal yang dideskripsikan merupakan benda hidup maka bisa dideskripsikan bagian – bagiannya, kualitasnya, kebiasaanya, atau perilakunya. Kalau benda mati maka yang dideskripsikan adalah kegunannya)

Whales

Whales are the largest animals on earth. Bigger than elephants, they may grow 95 feet long, and weigh 150 tons. A baby blue whale, just born can be 23 feet long and weigh 3 tons.
Although whales live in the oceans and swim like fish they are not fish. They are mammals, like cows and elephants. Unlike fish they bear young alive, not as eggs. Their babies live on their mother’s milk.
They breathe through their lungs and hold their breathe when they go under water. If they cannot come to the surface to breathe fresh air, they will drown. They are warm-blooded. Fish, however, lay eggs, breathe oxygen in the water, and are cold-blooded.
Whales live in the oceans. In the winter some of them go to warm waters to breed and in the summer most of them go to cold waters to feed. There are two kinds of whales, whales with teeth (toothed whales) and whales without teeth (baleen whale).
The tooted whales eat fish and squid, which they can catch with their teeth, although they swallow their food without chewing it. The baleen whales eat plankton (small sea animals and plants). When they find plankton, they open their mouths and swim into the plankton. When they close their mouths they squeeze out the water and swallow the plankton.
Whales have few enemies. Only human and the killer whales attack whales. And whales do not seem to fight among themselves. They usually live from 20 to 30 years.

Answer the questions
1. What is the difference between whales and fish ?
2. How do the whale breathe ?
3. How many kinds of whales ?
what are they ?
4. What are the enemies of whales ?
5. …….most of them go to cold waters to feed
What does the underlined word mean ?
6. Do the whales live in the river ? why / why not ?
7. Why do they go to cold waters in summer ?
8. What is the main idea of second paragraph ?
9. Do the whales lay the eggs ? why / why not ?
10. They bear young alive
What is the Synonym of the underlined word ?