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

What is the benefit of tourism for local people? Well, tourism is now a huge contributor to the economics of most countries. Tourism industries can bring money, job vacancy and advancement of foreign investors, and only benefits for local people.

Tourism industries will not give much benefit to local people if, for example, multinational chains don’t care about the surrounding nature when they build new hotels this can cause many social, culture and geographical problems. Some local people may get job and money from that international hotel chain.

However in case of missing that opportunity, some of them still have their own environment.

Moreover, some facts show that tourists tend to go, visit and spend their money in restaurants, bars and even luxury hotels of that multinational chains, they less go to such places; restaurant, bars, hotel, which are owned by local people’s business from become even larger.

Most important thing, tours or excursions of tourism have little effect on nature, even it can disrupt or destroy ecosystems, and environment, and if it does, the local people will get the risk.

So the local government policies should be put in place to ensure that tourism will make the benefit spreading widely, the policies should guarantee that tourism will not cause any harm to any local people or places.

 

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Beggars have become a big problem for us today. They come as street musicians, street boys, "Sick people, "lost people, or just beggars. As their number is getting bigger, the municipal government feels the need to set regulation to ban beggars. Many people support this.

They say that begging makes people lazy and bad survivors. They are like parasites. Criminals take advantage of their existence. Car drivers are strong-armed in crossroads, motorbikes are seized, trucks are hijacked, etc. A man in a rural area takes them to the city with his truck in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. They have made an agreement to share what they get. Some children are reported to have been kidnapped not for ransom. They are forced to be beggars.

Some people, however, say that we must help beggars. They become beggars because they have no choice. What they get everyday is only enough for buying food. Being a beggar is better than being a thief or a robber. So it is a high time to apply their religious teaching to care for others. In addition, what they do is to help the government to check crime-rates.

Despite the controversy of their existence, beggars continue to color the life of urban people.

What do you think about the man who transports beggars from their villages to the city?

Octopuses are mollusks, kind of animal with a soft body. Unlike other mollusks, such as clams and oysters, octopuses and squid have no hard ... to protect them. An octopus is an animal without any bones. Surrounding the main portion of its body is a shy covering, called a mantle. Most of the internal organs of an octopus are inside the mantle. An octopus has two big ... (49) set has very good vision. Seals, eels, and other sea animals prey on octopuses. An octopus main method of defense is to shoot a cloud of dark ink into the water. The ink cloud confuses the attacker, and the octopus jets away. Octopuses can also … color rapidly when they are in danger. They change color to fit in with their surroundings. This helps them to hide from prey.

Once a memory is created it must be stored (no matter how briefly). Many experts think there are three ways we store memories: first in the sensory stage; then in short-term memory; and ultimately, for some memories, in long-term memory. Because there is no need for us to maintain everything in our brain, the different stages of human memory function as a sort of filter that helps to protect us from the flood of information that we're confronted with on a daily basis.

The creation of a memory begins with its perception: The registration of information during perception occurs in the brief sensory stage that usually lasts only fraction of a second. It's your sensory memory that allows a perception such as a visual pattern, sound, or a touch to linger for a brief moment after the stimulation is over.

After the first flicker, the sensation is stored in short-term memory. Short-term memory has a fairly limited capacity; it can hold about seven items for no more than 20 or 30 seconds at a time.
Important Information is gradually transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory. The more the information is repeated or used the more likely to eventually end up in long-term memory, or to be “retained”. Unlike sensory and short-term memory, which are limited and decay rapidly, long-term memory can store unlimited amounts of information indefinitely.
People tend to more easily store material on subjects that they already know something about, since the information has more meaning to them and can be mentally connected to related information that is already stored in their long-term memory. That's why someone who has an average memory may be able to remember a greater depth of information about one particular subject.

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Once a memory is created it must be stored (no matter how briefly). Many experts think there are three ways we store memories: first in the sensory stage; then in short-term memory; and ultimately, for some memories, in long-term memory. Because there is no need for us to maintain everything in our brain, the different stages of human memory function as a sort of filter that helps to protect us from the flood of information that we're confronted with on a daily basis.

The creation of a memory begins with its perception: The registration of information during perception occurs in the brief sensory stage that usually lasts only fraction of a second. It's your sensory memory that allows a perception such as a visual pattern, sound, or a touch to linger for a brief moment after the stimulation is over.

After the first flicker, the sensation is stored in short-term memory. Short-term memory has a fairly limited capacity; it can hold about seven items for no more than 20 or 30 seconds at a time.

Important Information is gradually transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory. The more the information is repeated or used the more likely to eventually end up in long-term memory, or to be “retained”. Unlike sensory and short-term memory, which are limited and decay rapidly, long-term memory can store unlimited amounts of information indefinitely.

People tend to more easily store material on subjects that they already know something about, since the information has more meaning to them and can be mentally connected to related information that is already stored in their long-term memory. That's why someone who has an average memory may be able to remember a greater depth of information about one particular subject.

 

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1. The elephant went to the rat king and told him about the trapped elephants
2. The elephant herd was totally set free, they dance with love and tanked the rats
3. Once upon a time there lived a ground of mice under a tree in peace
4. One day elephant hunter came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets, then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats.
5. The rat king immediately took his entire group of rat and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant herd.
6. Then the king of rats decided approach the elephant chief and request him to guide his herd through another road and so the live of the rats were saved.
7. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the all the rats home. Many of them were even crushed to death

 

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Dear Mr. Thompson

 

I recently received a letter from Mr. Robinson, a valued customer of ours. He purchased an Italian coffee table and four French dining room chairs from which your company delivered to his residence.

 

He has written a complaint that the purchases arrived damaged. We pride ourselves in the quality of our product and would like an explanation as to how this mishap occurred. Even though the items are insured our reputation is at stake. I would be most grateful if you would reply as soon as possible so that this matter can be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

 

Sincerely,

Jackie Middleton
Customer Services Manager

 

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Ecotourism is broadly defined as low impact travel to endangered and often undisturbed locations. It is different from traditional tourism it allows the traveler to become educated about the areas - both in terms of the physical landscape and cultural characteristics, and often provides funds for conservation and benefits the economic development of places that are frequently impoverished. Due to the growing popularity environmentally related and adventure travel, various types of trips are now being classified as ecotourism. Most of these are not truly ecotourism however because they do not emphasize conservation, education, low impact travel and social and cultural participation in the locations being visited. Therefore, to be considered ecotourism, a trip must meet the following principles set forth by the International Ecotourism Society as follows. It minimizes the impact of visiting the location (i.e.- the use of roads). Also builds respect and aware for the environment and cultural practices, ensure that the tourism provides positive experience for both the visitors and the hosts, and provides direct financial aid for conservation. In addition, it provides financial aid, power and other benefits for local people, and it raises the traveler's awareness of the host country's political, environmental and social climate.

 

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NORWAY: The world’s oceans are under greater threat than previously believed from a “deadly trio” of global warming, declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international study said on Thursday.

The oceans have continued to warm, pushing many commercial fish stocks towards the poles and raising the risk of extinction for some marine species, despite a slower pace of temperature rises in the atmosphere this century, it said.

“Risk to the ocean and the ecosystems it supports have been significantly underestimated, “according to the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), a non-governmental group of leading scientists.

“The scale and rate of the present day carbon perturbation, and resulting ocean acidification, is unprecedented in Earth’s known history,” according to the report, made with the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The oceans are warming because of the heat from a build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Fertilizers and sewage that wash into the oceans can cause blooms of algae that reduce oxygen levels in the waters. And carbon dioxide in the air can form a weak acid when it reacts with sea water – R.

 

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Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first black woman to achieve this feat during the Open Era. She is credited as changing the women’s game and ushering a new, modem era of power and athleticism on the women’s professional tennis tour. She is also regarded as the best grass court player of her generation and she is widely considered as one of all-time greats of women’s tennis.

 

Her seven Grand Slam single titles tie her for twelfth on the all time list, and are more than any other active female player except for her younger sister Serena Williams. Her 22 overall Grand Slam titles consist of seven in singles, thirteen in women’s double, and two in mixed doubles. Her five Wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list. Venus Williams is one of only four women in the open era to have won five or more Wimbledon single titles. Between the 2000 Wimbledon Championship to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments held. She is one of only five women in the open era to win 200 or more main draw Grand Slam singles matches.

 

Williams has won four olympic gold medals, one in singles and three in women’s doubles. She and her sister Serena have won more Olympic gold medals than any other female tennis players. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at the same Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody in 1924.

 

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