iTapuih.com - Penjelasan dan Contoh News Item Text Terlengkap. Kali ini saya akan posting tentang salah satu jenis text yang
berhubungan dengan berita. Secara umum News Item adalah salah satu genre teks
dalam bahasa inggris yang penulisannya bertujuan untuk menginformasikan
tentang suatu kejadian yang secara faktual sedang terjadi, artinya
kejadian tersebut baru saja terjadi atau sudah lama terjadi tetapi masih
hangat dibicarakan. Menariknya teks ini akan menambah wawasan kita tentang berita terbaru.
Definition of News Item Text
News Items Text adalah salah satu (Types Of Text) yang memberi informasi kepada pembaca mengenai kejadian-kejadian yang terjadi sehari-hari. Kejadian-kejadian tersebut yang disampaikan kepada pembaca adalah kejadian yang dianggap penting, hangat dan patut dijadikan berita.Purpose of News Item Text
Tujuan komunikatif dari News Items Text adalah memberitakan kepada pembaca, pendengar atau penonton tentang peristiwa-peristiwa atau kejadian-kejadian yang dipandang penting atau layak diberitakan.Generic Structures of News Item Text
Pada teks bahasa Inggris yang berjenis News Item Text, terdapat tiga bagian dalam setiap struktur kebahasaannya, yaitu :- Newsworthy Event
- Backgroud Event
- Source
Grammar Used
- Di setiap teks bahasa Inggris yang berjenis News Item Text, terdapat ciri-ciri kebahasaan seperti berikut ini:
- Informasi singkat tertuang dalam headline
- Memfokuskan pada kejadian
- Menggunakan action verb
- Menggunakan material process
- Action verb adalah kata kerja yang menunjukan aktifitas. (lebih jelas lagi baca : Dynamic Verbs)
- Saying verb seperti "diberitakan, dikatakan, dikutip, mengatakan, memberitakan, mengutip".
Example and Translate
Seven Killed in Accident on Jalan SultanNewsworthy Event
Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a truck at 10:35 p.m. on Jalan Sultan last night.
Tujuh orang tewas dalam tabrakan antara bus, mobil dan truk pada pukul 22:35 di Jalan Sultan tadi malam.
Backgroud Event
The dead were all passengers in the car. Police believe the car may have been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car may not have been using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.
Yang tewas adalah semua penumpang di dalam mobil. Polisi percaya mobil mungkin telah mencoba menyalip bus ketika ditabrak truk yang datang dari arah berlawanan. Pengemudi mobil mungkin tidak menggunakan lampunya, sopir truk mengatakan dia tidak melihat mobil mendekat.
Sources
The police said the car should not have been trying to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car–a small Japanese car–should not have been carrying more than five people. The names of the victims are not yet known.
Polisi mengatakan mobil seharusnya tidak mencoba untuk melewati bus, karena menyalip tidak diperbolehkan di Jalan Sultan. Selain itu, polisi melaporkan bahwa mobil kecil mobil- mobil produksi dari jepang seharusnya tidak boleh membawa lebih dari lima orang. Nama-nama korban belum diketahui
Contoh Pertama
Three residents were killed, while dozens of others were wounded after a pickup truck they were taking to attend a marriage ceremony overturned in Jingkang village, Banyumas Regency, on Sunday.
The pickup was carrying 30 passengers, mostly women, when it failed to ascend a steep road on its way back from the ceremony.
As a result, the passengers were squeezed. The wounded passengers were later rushed to the Ajibarang regional public hospital.
Local police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Contoh Kedua
Thailand: Forty-two passengers were injured and two were missing after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the popular island beach party, police said Sunday.
The speedboats were ferrying tourists to the Pha-Ngan island for a “Fullmoon” party, a monthly event that attracts thousands of young, mostly western tourists.
Provincial police officer, Adipong Tapee said of the 42 travelers injured, 39 were hospitalized including four Britons, four Australians and four Singaporeans. Also among them were Irish, Norwegian, Malaysian and Thai tourists, he said.
The boats collided and overturned before midnight Saturday, throwing the passengers into the rough sea water just off the island, the website of The Nation newspaper said. -AP
Exercise
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer of each questions!Bird Flu
Geneva (AP): Indonesia has recorded another human case of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu, raising its world-leading total to 117 cases, according to the World Health Organization.
The agency said Friday night that the Indonesian Health Ministry had reported that a 16-year-old girl from West Java Province has been hospitalized since Jan. 4 with symptoms of the disease. It said the strain had been confirmed as H5N1.
Of the total number of human cases in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal. WHO says that globally 349 people have been infected with H5N1 since the 2003 outbreak of the disease. Of those, 216 have died.
After Indonesia the country with the next highest number of cases in Vietnam with 101, followed by Egypt with 43, according to the U.N. health agency.
1. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?
A. Egypt ranked second as the highest number of bird flu cases
B. Indonesia’s 117th human case of bird flu was found in West Java
C. The article is taken from the UN report
D. Since 2003, it has been reported that all 117 Indonesians died of bird flu
E. According to WHO, there have been 349 people in Indonesia infected by H5N1
2. In the WHO release, the country ranked second in number of bird flu case found is ….
A. Indonesia
B. Vietnam
C. Egypt
D. USA
E. Singapore
3. The word “fatal” in the third paragraph has the closest meaning to ….
A. Harmless
B. Poisonous
C. Tedious
D. Deadly
E. Extreme
Catatan : Terima kasih telah membaca Penjelasan dan Contoh News Item Text Terlengkap.
Definition : News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.
Purpose : To inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important
Generic Structure :
1. Newsworthy event(s)
2. Background event(s)
3. Sources