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LEARNING ACTIVITY 1 AND 2 ( ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION )

Read the text below !
Text 1

C orruption and Indonesian Culture

Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad culture in Indonesia for
three reasons.
Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that corruptions happen in many
places. The daily newspapers, news programs on TV and radio have reported corruptions are done
everywhere, almost in all departments or public services of this country. Corruptions happen in health,
education departments and banks. When we manage to get some documents in public service offices,
we usually need much money to pay. Manipulations happen everywhere.
The actions to eliminate corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture seems not to come to an
end when the responsible institutions who have to reinforce the justice today commit corruption. This is
the worst. Corruptions happen in police department, courts where judges, public prosecutors, lawyers
make deals to do corruption. All of us also heard in the end of 2004, Probosutejo reported that he had
bribed the Supreme Court, or called Mahkamah Agung which becomes the highest level where the
justice can be obtained. Perhaps you have to try to come to the local courts and see what happen there.
You will see practices of bribery and other kinds of corruption. Therefore, we can say that corruptions
becomes our culture. Do you like it?
The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create the situations in which
people have opportunities to do corruptions. The citizens like to break the rules because they are not
disciplined. For example, in the street when they drive a car or ride motorcycle, they do not have the
driving license or necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the local policemen. To avoid more
difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them go then. In other words, the citizens and
officers are the same, doing corruption together. If only the people were critical, disciplined, and obey
the rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors, this country will not be number one corrupting
country in the world.
Conclusion Based on the reasons, we can conclude that corruption is becoming a bad culture in
Indonesia if it is not ended soon by all of us. It seems that there must be more severe penalty for the
Corruptors. Do we still care about the future of this country?
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Text 2

T he Dangerous of Using Drugs

Everybody must pay attention of drugs. Drugs are very dangerous for us. Why it is very
dangerous for us? Because its can caused harm to our body.
In terms of health, many organs in our body can be harm because using drug. In general, the
impact of using drug are can unconscious, make us hallucinate, can harm our nerve, and cause addictive
effect. Beside that, using drugs can make the users depressed, liver disease, schizophrenia, blockage of
blood vessels, dehydration, optic nerve damage, brain damage, and finally it can cause DEATH!
When viewed in terms of Islamic law, drugs are forbidden. Because it is cause badness, self
harm, debilitate. And Islam proscribes all that can cause badness, self harm because it is included
zhalim. Also if we using drugs, it means we already do the forbidden things in Islam, it means we sin. So,
in terms of Islamic law, using drugs also dangerous.
Furthermore, if the users of drugs are teenagers, it can endanger their future, and endanger
their homeland, their country. From the data, 32 percent of drugs users in Indonesia are teenagers, so, if
many teenagers –in this case Indonesia- use drugs, it can be endanger this country, harm youth
generation, whereas youths are nation expectation. If the youth using drugs, our nation can be destroy!
So, from now on we must pay attention of drugs, because it’s very dangerous, both in terms of
health, religion , nationality and state.

Text 3
Is Smoking Good for Us ?

Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look at the fact. About 50 thousands people die every
year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as die in road accidents.
Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.

Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six
times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk
is nineteen greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people who are smoking.
Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of heart disease than non smokers.

Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in
smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen
cigarettes.

Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make much money from
smoking habit. Smoking however is not good for every body else.

Answer the questions

1. Identify the generic structure of the text above ( text 1, text 2 and text 3 )

 text 1

1. Thesis : Introduces the topic and shows speaker or writer’s position. Outlines of the arguments are presented.

   2. Arguments : It consists about Point and Elaboration Point, states the main argument Elaboration, develops and
supports each point of argument
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   3.Reiteration : Conclusion (restatement), restates speaker or writer’s position.

 Text 2
Thesis : paragraph 1
Arguments : paragraph 2, 3, 4

Reiteration : paragraph 5

 Text 3
Thesis : paragraph 1
Arguments : paragraph 2, 3
Reiteration : paragraph 4
TEXT SOCIAL FUNCTION LANGUAGE FEATURE
CONJUNCTION SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1 To persuade the readers to pay attention Casual conjuntion :  corruptions happen in many places.
to the corruption that happens in therefore, because  They create the situations in which
indonesia. Internal conjuction : people have opportunities to do
then corruptions.
 The citizens have no goodwill to fight
against the corruption.
2 To persuade the readers about drugs are Casual conjuntion :  So, from now on we must pay
very dangerous for us because, so attention of drugs, because it’s very
Internal conjuction : dangerous
furthermore, finally  Because it is cause badness, self
harm, debilitate.

3 To persuade the readers to pay attention Casual conjuntion :  About 50 thousands people die
to the effect of smoking because every year in Britain as direct result
Internal conjuction : of smoking
Additionally  . In one hour in smoky room, non
smoker breathes as much as
substance causing cancer as if he
had smoked fifteen cigarettes.

2. Fill the table below based on the text above

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Learning Activity 2

After studying Analytical Exposition , now do the next exercises

A. Read the text and answer the following questions based on this text !

Cheating is a bad habit that must be avoided by students. There are no benefits that students get by
cheating. It only make them lazy.
Cheating has a few consequences in both short and long terms. In the short term, it means that
the learning process is useless. Maybe you will feel safe because you do not get caught by your teacher.
Then you will feel amazing when you get good grades without studying. But it is not such a good
method. Actually, you are wasting your time and your money trying to “learn” by cheating. If you get
caught, you will be in trouble because you can be expelled from school or university. In addition, you will
get a zero on your test and a bad reputation with the teaches and the other students. In the long term,
you my graduate from school or university by cheating, but when you are asked to use your knowledge
at work, you can not solve your problems, give ideas , or be useful in a meeting because you did not
learn much at university.
From the consequences above, it is obvious that cheating is a bad habit that has many
disadvantages for students.

Questions :

1. What is the purpose of the text ?

2. What can we infer from the text ?
3. What are the disadvantages of cheating ?
4. Why must cheating be avoided by the students ?
5. Find the synonym of the words below !
* obvious
* amazing
* expelled
* benefit
* term

Answers
1. to show good & bad impacts of cheating
2. cheating is a bad habit that has short- and long-term consequences
3. (a) You might get caught.
(b) You corrupt your soul and separate yourself from God.
(c) In practice, searching for short-cuts like this rarely pays off as much as people think.
(d) You don't master the material.
4. because cheating causes stress, Cheating is unfair to you, Cheating can become a habit, Cheating
eventually leads to failure
5. obvious = evident
Amazing = marvelous
Expelled = dislodge
Benefit = profit
Term = article
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B. Read the text and choose the correct answer.

USE OF FORMALIN AND OTHER ADDITIVES IN FOODS
Text 1 for no 1-3
The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been a serious for two reasons.
Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimen and experiments. Formalin in
biology is a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water which is usually used as a disinfectant or to
preserve biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food preservative, it will be very dangerous to
human’s body.

The second reason is that there is not tight control from the government. This condition makes the
people’s health is really in a threat. When the control is weak and the use of formalin is spread wide all
over the Indonesia regions, and these days it has really happened, the citizens’ bodies will be badly
contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food traders still sell their product
which contain formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our digestive system absorbs the
substance the should be for the human and animal corpses? Considering the reasons, we can makes a
conclusion that the use of formalin and other preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved
immediately.

1. Why is formalin dangerous for human’s

body?
A. It is not food preservatives
B. It is a disinfectant for human beings
C. It is used to preserve biological
specimens
D. It is 10% solution of formaldehyde in
water
E. It is controlled flight from government

2. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ….

A. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the
formalin
B. The government has not controlled the use of formalin
firmly
C. The weak control of using formalin is not threatening the
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D. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the

formalin
E. The use of formalin is know all over the regions

3. Based on the facts above, the writer suggests that

A. People have to avoid consuming formalin in their food
B. The use of formaldehyde is necessary to control the food
C. People should add 10% solution of formaldehyde in water
D. The food preservative is required to make the food delicious
E. Food seller is supposed to pour formalin for vegetable and food
products
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Text 2 for no 4 -5

Apartments Offer Practical Living

The number of high-rise apartment buildings continues to mushroom not only in the center of the
city but also in suburban areas. This shows that many Indonesian enjoy living in apartments. This is
true for a number of reasons.

In the first place, people prefer to live in an apartment because it is located near strategic areas.
They can save time and energy as they don’t have to experience terrible traffic jam.

In addition, they enjoy the new life style because an apartment offers comfort and privacy so
they don’t have to worry about the city’s high crime rate as most apartments have 24-hour
security systems.

Moreover, people now enjoy practicality and this is reflected in the design of their place. Living
rooms become smaller and a veranda is no longer considered an important part of the house.

From the facts above, it is clear that apartments offer practical living which thus make them
must rooming.

4. According to paragraph two, what does an apartment offer ?

AComfort
B.Security
C Practicality
D.Privacy
E.Safety

5.It can be inferred from the text that ....

A. Many Indonesian people right now enjoy living in a small house
B. Practicality means security
C.People prefer living in an apartment because it is located near office areas
D. Living in an apartment creates practical lifestyle
E. Secure life style is mostly preferred now.