SMA Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

PT EUREKA

Jl. Jendral Sudirman 112-116

Palembang

May 21, 2011

PT Internusa

Jl. Gatot Subroto

Jakarta

Dear Sir or Madam;

                We are interested in becoming a distributor for your software products in Palembang. Would you please send us your latest catalogs, brochures, and terms of agreement?

                We are hardware company and eager to add software products to our sales offering. Our animal report is enclosed.

                We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours,

Imam Subagio

Chairman

Announcement

Pay attention!

Our school will have a debate competition.

• Participants        : All student in our school
• Prizes                    : I   Rp. 2.000.000
                                  II  Rp. 1.500.000
                                  III Rp. 1.000.000

Please join us!

                Once upon a time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

                The man felt excited having the smartest parrot, but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however the bird kept not saying the word.

                At first, the man was very nice to the bird, but then he got very angry. ”You stupid bird” pointed the man to the parrot. ”Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over. “Say Catano or I’ll kill you.” The bird kept not saying the word Catano.

                One day after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner. “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them.” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble. “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot.” After that he left the chicken house.

                The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken. “Say Catano or I’ll kill you.”

                Once upon a time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

                The man felt excited having the smartest parrot, but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however the bird kept not saying the word.

                At first, the man was very nice to the bird, but then he got very angry. ”You stupid bird” pointed the man to the parrot. ”Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over. “Say Catano or I’ll kill you.” The bird kept not saying the word Catano.

                One day after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner. “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them.” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble. “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot.” After that he left the chicken house.

                The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken. “Say Catano or I’ll kill you.”

Speech production is made possible by the specialized movements of our vocal organs that generate speech sounds waves.

Like all sounds production speech productions requires a source of energy. The source of energy for speech production is the steady stream of air that comes from the lungs as we exhale. When we breate normally, the air stream is inaudible. To become audible, the air stream must vibrate rapidly. The vocal cords cause the air stream to vibrate.

As we talk, the vocal cords open and close rapidly, chopping up the steady air stream into a series of puffs. These puffs are heard as a buzz. But this buzz is still not speech.

To produce speech sounds, the vocal tract must change shape. During speech we continually alter the shape of the vocal tract by moving the tongue and lips, etc. These movements change the acoustic properties of the vocal tract which is turn produce the different sounds of speech.