NEWS ITEM

A.            Pengerian News Item

News item text adalah suatu teks yang menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang layak diberitakan atau penting. Newsworthy yang berati layak untuk diberitakan, jadi tidak semua kejadian/peristiwa bisa diberitakan. Hanya kejadian atau peristiwa penting saja yang layak diberitakan. Jika peristiwa/kejadian itu tidak penting maka tidak layak untuk diberitakan dan diketahui banyak orang.

B.            Tujuan News Item Text

“The purpose of news item text is to inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.”

Tujuan news items text adalah untuk menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang layak untuk diberitakan atau penting. Dan kejadian yang diberitakan biasanya adalah kejadian atau peristiwa terbaru.

C.            Ciri-ciri News Item Text

1.       Singkat, informasi tentang cerita yang ditangkap di judul

2.       Menggunakan action verbs

3.       Menggunakan Past tense dalam menerangkan kejadian berita

4.       Menggunakan saying verbs

5.       Menggunakan adverbs: waktu, tempat dan cara.

D.            Generic Structure News Item Text

1.       Main Event/Newsworthy Event: 

adalah berita utama, bagian yang menceritakan ringkasan dari suatu kejadian atau peristiwa penting yang terjadi.

2.       Background Event/Elaboration: 

menceritakan secara rinci latar belakang kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi, siapa yang terlibat, dimana dan bagaimana peristiwa terjadi.

3.       Source: 

bagian terakhir dari struktur news item text, merupakan sumber berita bisa berupa pernyataan narasumber, komentar saksi, pendapat para ahli, atau pernyataan dari pihak terkait dari suatu peristiwa.

E.            Contoh News Item Text

Example 1:

(Main Event)

 Tuesday, November 04,2014 a great fire in the village Sukatinggi.

(Elaboration)

The tragic accident happened when Mr.Masudin went to wedding party. The fire happened at 09:30 pm. Fire allegedly originated from a short electricity at the home of local residents. The spread of fire, and expose to gusts of strong winds that spent of the home it burned to the Red si Jago devoured. Many of people watched the accident and some of people put a water in bucket to watering the fire.\

(Source)

However , an hour and a half from the fire , the residents asked for help from the local fire Department. Unfortunately, because of the place was narrow to made the local fire Department difficulty entering location. As a result a half an hour later the fire was extinguished. Fortunately, there are no victims in this fire but the huge losses. Masudin’s home was completely gone. No any thing which can be saved. His wife continued to cry. She shocked with the tragic accident.

Example 2:

Seven Killed in Accident on Jalan Sultan

(Main Event)

Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a truck at 10:35 p.m. on Jalan Sultan last night. 

(Elaboration/Background)

The dead were all passengers in the car. Police believe the car may have been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car may not have been using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

(Source)

The police said the car should not have been trying to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car–a small Japanese car–should not have been carrying more than five people. The names of the victims are not yet known.

Exercise:

Text 1:

Indonesia wins 2-0, but falls short of qualifying

Rizal Harahap

THE JAKARTA POST/PEKANBARU

Indonesia put in an impressive performance in their 2-0 defeat of Singapore, butstill failed to qualify for next year's AFC U-22 soccer championship after finishing a third place at the end of Group E matches in Pekanbaru, Riau on Sunday.

The two goals for the home side, which welcomed Coach Aji Santoso back the sidelines from a four matches suspension, both came in the second half from Agung Supriyanto.

He scored his first goal from the penalty box before finding his second several minutes later. He beat a defender with a swift maneuver from the right flank and had the goalkeeper gasping as his thunderous goal blasted into the far post.

The young Indonesians collected 9 points, or just one point behind runner-up Australia, out of a six strong field of competitors. Japan topped the standing with a perfect collection 20-2 goal margin. Singapore came in fourth with 7 points followed by Timor Leste with 3 points and Macau with no points.

In earlier matches in the day, favorite Japan continued their dominant form with a 5-0 drubbing of another tournament favorite Australia, while Timor Leste chalked up their first victory, a 4-1 over last-placed Macau.

1.               Why did Indonesia fail to qualify for next year's AAFC U-22?

a.    They defeated Singapore.

b.    They got disqualified.

c.    They finished in the third place.

d.    They did not have the chance.

2.              How did Agung Supriyanto get his second goal?

a.    He let the goalkeeper keep the ball.

b.    He beat a defender with a swift maneuver.

c.    He welcomed Coach Aji Santoso back.

d.    He kicked the ball from the penalty box.

3.              What is the main idea of paragraph 1 ?

a.    Indonesia failed to qualify next year's AFC U-22 despite their winning over Singapore.

b.    Indonesia and Singapore participated in the AFC U-22 in Pekanbaru, Riau.

c.    Indonesia's impressive performance has trounced Singapore by 2-0.

d.    Indonesia did not perform well but could defeat Singapore by 2-0.

Text 2:

UN: Indonesia records 117th human case of bird flu

Geneva (AP): Indonesia has recorded another human case of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu, raising its world-leading total to 117 cases, according to the World Health Organization.

The agency said Friday night that the Indonesian Health Ministry had reported that a 16-year-old girl from West Java Province has been hospitalized since Jan. 4 with symptoms of the disease. It said the strain had been confirmed as H5N1.

Of the total number of human cases in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal. WHO says that globally 349 people have been infected with H5N1 since the 2003 outbreak of the disease. Of those, 216 have died.

After Indonesia the country with the next highest number of cases in Vietnam with 101, followed by Egypt with 43, according to the U.N. health agency

4.              Which of the following statement is true according to the text?

a.    Egypt ranked second as the highest number of bird flu cases

b.    Indonesia’s 117th human case of bird flu was found in West Java

c.    The article is taken from the UN report

d.    Since 2003, it has been reported that all 117 Indonesians died of bird flu

5.              In the WHO release, the country ranked second in number of bird flu case found is ….

a.    Indonesia

b.    Vietnam

c.    Egypt

d.    USA

6.              The word “fatal” in the third paragraph has the closest meaning to ….

a.    Harmless

b.    Poisonous

c.    Tedious

d.    Deadly

Text 3:

Residents assessed the damage after a tornado damaged 150 houses in the district of Tembalang in Semarang, Central Java late on Saturday after-noon.

Three people were injured and at least five of the houses in the Sendangguwo and Tandang neighbourhoods were destroyed, while many others were seriously damaged as the tornado ripped off their roofs. Tohirin aka Jayeng, 40, a resident whose house was levelled at the Sendang Asri housing complex, said the winds hit about 4 p.m.

"I saw this black wind coming and becoming pointed into a funnel. It suddenly approached and hit my house," he said.

Tohirin's wife, two children and mother-in law were in the kitchen at the time when the tornado known locally as "Ulur-ulur" passed over their home,destroying the guest and bedrooms.

"It was as if the wind had lifted my home up," Tohirin said.

The disaster also destroyed the walls of four neighbouring houses.

Many other homes in the area lost their roofs and residents and neighbours had started rebuilding on Sunday.Tembalang district head Dayat said the tornado also damaged a small mosque and felled power lines and about 50 trees. His office was still collecting data on the damage, he said.

Villagers said the tornado was the worst to hit the district in living memory.

Semarang Mayor Sukawi Sutarip and his wife, Sinto Sukawi, visited the scene on Sunday, accom panied by senior officials.

"We will provide the victims with assistance immediately," the mayoral spokesman Achyani said.

(Taken from The Jakarta Post, December 20, 2004)

7.              When did the tornado hit the district of Tembalang in semarang?

a.    On December 17, 2004.

b.    On December 18, 2004.

c.    On December 19, 2004.

d.    On December 20, 2004.

8.         How many houses were destroyed by the tornado in the Sendangguwo and Tandang neighbourhoods?

a.    Less than five houses.

b.    More than five houses.

c.    Five houses.

d.    Three houses.

9.              The tornado hit the district.

a.    in the morning

b.    in the afternoon

c.    in the evening

d.    at midnight

10.          Which parts of Tohirin's house were destroyed?

a.    The kitchen.

b.    The guest rooms.

c.    The bedrooms.

d.    The guest and bedrooms.

Kunci Jawaban:

1.      B

2.      B

3.      A

4.      B

5.      B

6.      D

7.      B

8.      C

9.      B

10.  D

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