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Selasa, Desember 20, 2011

Speech of Education


Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

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Being good mankind, we need to thank and pray unto God for giving us power to breathe as our need to be alive. May peace and salutation always be with our prophet Muhammad SAW, the one who took us out of the stupidity into the era where cleverness is a key point of life. Finally, thanks a million to the parents and the teachers for teaching us to be ones who have capability to express ‘thanking’.

Well, in this wonderful occasion, I’d like to deliver my speech titled ‘The notion of Education and why it is important to have’.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Talking about education, everybody here would agree that having good education is very important, right? But, do we exactly know why it is important to have education? Is it just to fulfill the notion ‘9-year-study obligation’? Or it might be because of the force of family demand? Or to get a big name to show off? Let’s think about it for a moment!
If it’s the case, what it would be to the students who are learning at school. They may have such a ‘degree of education’ but no knowledge mastered. Ouch, something attacks my ears causing me to be a deaf one that can’t listen to it! I’m sorry to say that.

Wise audience
If having education means only to get such education certificates and to fulfill the government notion and family demand, it is possible there will be many educated criminals. There will be murderers with a wonderful killing tool. There will be many victims of cheating from smart tactful people, and there will be unknown corruptor in the school, in this society, in this country and even at home.

Happy audience,
Having education doesn’t mean to have a certificate of graduation, a capability to cheat, a trust to betray at and a big name to show off. But, we need to be educated as ones who are able to thank, be willing to help, be fair to judge, and the most important one is to have a skill to watch our manner to be a good man for everybody. Then respectfulness, politeness and friendliness come to create a peaceful world. This is what we expect and this is the wise reason why we need to be educated.

Respectable audience,
Implementing education aims at transferring knowledge to explain people ‘what to do and how to do’. Everyone will do anything correctly after being educated well. Therefore, before arriving at the end of this short talking, let this little girl in front of you suggest. Let’s have good education to know what is right and what is wrong. Let’s act as what we are taught to do. And finally, let’s apply our knowledge to be a useful one for our country, for the society, for our parents and for ourselves.

For anybody who is learning good things. I call your name to inform you a good news and a bad one. Many people outside are waiting for giving you a big smiling as an excellent reward for your success in applying your knowledge. However, a small gun with a golden bullet is going to hit the hearth of the ones who misuse their knowledge.

Well, audience- ladies and gentlemen
I think my speech goes the end. Despite there are many things to say about the important to have good education, I should end this since the time is so limited. I hope this short speech will be useful for us. I also expect that this could be an evaluation for us to consider whether we have already acted as the ones who have been educated well. Thanks for your attention. I’m sorry for every single mistake I’ve made. Finally, I say,

WassalamualiakumWr. Wb.

Good day

Selasa, Desember 13, 2011

Conditional Sentences



A conditional sentence typically consists of an if-clause (which presents a condition) and a result clause (main clause). For instance: ‘She will come to your party tonight if her mother lets her go.’ ‘She will come to your party tonight’ is a result clause while ‘if her mother lets her go’ is if-clause that presents a condition.
There are three types of conditional sentences. They can be summarized as below:
Type
Situation
If-Clause
Result Clause
Examples
Explanations
I
True in the present or future
Simple Present
Simple Present

or

Simple future
- If I have enough time, I usually study my lessons

- If I have enough time, I will study tonight.
A result clause can be:
- Simple present: to express a habitual activity or situation.

- Simple future: to express a particular activity or situation in the future.
II
Untrue (contrary to fact) in the present or future
Simple Past
Would + V1
- If I had enough time, I would study now or tonight.

- I would visit him now if I were you.

- Were I you, I would visit him.
In truth:
I don’t have enough time.

I don’t visit him now because I am not you.

Omitting if
Were I you : if I were you
III
Untrue (contrary to fact) in the past
Past Perfect
Would + have + V3
- If I had had enough time, I would have studied last night.



- Had I had enough time, I would have studied last night.
In truth:
I didn’t have enough time. Therefore, I didn’t study last night.

Omitting if
Had I had enough time : if I had had enough time



Practice

Part A: Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.

1.      If I have money, I (go) ___________________ with you tomorrow.
2.      We (go) ______________________ to the zoo if the weather were nice today.
3.      If you had told him your address, he (visit) _____________________ you yesterday.
4.      What would you have done if she (call) ________________ you last night.
5.      I seldom (ask) ­­­_____________ for money to my parents if they do not give me.

Part B: What do the sentences mean?
1.      She would call you if she needed you now.
In truth: ____________________________
2.      If he didn’t drive her home now, I would take her home.
In truth: ____________________________
3.      If I had not needed to finish the work yesterday, I would have accompanied you to Mall.
In truth: ____________________________
4.      Had I known your phone number, I would have called you.
In truth: ____________________________
5.      Were I you, I would apology for the mistake.
In truth: ____________________________

Part C: Find the errors on the underlined words or phrases and correct them.
1.      He is not available right now. I would tell you if he is here. Please leave your phone
a                                                    b                                                   c 
number.

2.      I got E for English subject. If I studied hard last night, I would have gotten better than E.
a                                      b                                               c
3.      Take it easy guy. She will not hate you if you begged her forgiveness. Come on, call her
a                                                                          b                                         
and say your apology.
                           c
4.      She always visits me when I am sick. But, she didn’t visit me yesterday. If she had visited
a                                                                                                                      b
me yesterday, I would be happy.
                           c
5.      If I was you, I would not trust her. She was with another man when I met her in the beach
a                                                            b                                              c
yesterday.