Task 14 Let’s check how good your imagination is. Your teacher will give you the first sentence of a story. In pairs, continue the story. Your teacher will call the group that should continue the story. Have fun and do not be too serious. Teacher : One day, a cow boy rode downtown on Tuesday.
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Task 15 Have you ever heard that bats use their ears better than their eyes? They cannot see anything clearly. Check out the following story and then you’ll find the answer. Do not forget to answer the questions to check your comprehension. Before you read the story, study the following words. excitedly (kb) : dengan penuh ketertarikan flap (kki) : mengepakkan (sayap) frenzy (kb) : semangat, penasaran give in (kki) : menyerah hassle (kb) : menggangu persist (kkt) : memaksa piss off (kki) : pergi (kasar)
Vampire Bat A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep. Pretty soon all the other bats smelt the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to piss off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in. “OK, follow me,” he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest. Finally he slowed down and all the other bats were excitedly around him with their tongues hanging out for blood. “Do you see that large oak tree over there?” he asked. “YES, YES, YES!!!!” the bats all screamed in a frenzy. “Good!” said the first bat, “Because I didn’t.” Adapted from: http://www.office-humour.co.uk Picture: http://www.fs.fed.us
Questions 1. 2. 3. 4.
What did the vampire bat get before he got to the cave? Why did other vampire bats hassle him? Why do you think that the vampire bat finally told where he got all the fresh blood? Where did he get all the fresh blood?
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Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XI
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