IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SEMINAR. TASK 3

UNIT 7 IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SEMINAR. TASK 3

Arnis : Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. It’s my pleasure to welcome everyone to the seminar at SMA 1 Banda Aceh. The main issue of today’s seminar is the Youth Participation in the Climate Crisis.

First of all, I would like to read the agenda of today’s seminar. The first is the opening prayer. The second is the speech by the Principal of SMA 1 Banda Aceh. The third is the presentation by the guest speaker, Mr Denias Putra, the founder of Anomali Youth Empowerment Centre. The seminar is closed with a closing prayer.

Ladies and Gentlemen, now let’s have a minute of silence, shall we?

... Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s welcome the Principal of SMA 1 Banda

Aceh, Mr Abdul Adib who will say some words and officially open the seminar.

The Principal : Assalamu’alaikum w.r. w.b.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I feel very honoured to say a few words in front of smart young people who are concerned with one of the serious problems the Earth is facing today.

Let me begin by welcoming you all to SMA 1 Banda Aceh. I hope that this seminar will produce some smart ideas in solving the issue and inspire other young men to care for nature.

Listening Script 305

As we know, the temperature Earth is getting higher and higher. This is caused by the global warming as the result of the depletion of the ozone layer. I’m relieved that you have put your concern on the issue. So, let’s save Earth.

Finally, I now take a great pleasure to declare this seminar open. Thank you very much. Wassalamu’alaikum wr. wb.

Arnis : Thank you very much, Sir. Dear audience, we come to the presentation by our guest speaker.

Please welcome Mr Denias Putra. Mr Denias, the floor is yours.

Denias : Thank you. Good morning. I’m very proud that young people in Banda Aceh have initiatives to

participate in solving the climate crisis. To tackle the crisis, we need to take some actions. On this occasion

I would like to propose two simple steps to solve the crisis. First, we need to make everybody aware of the crisis. We have to make all people in the whole parts of the planet realize the seriousness of the crisis. Second, we should take practical actions to stop the crisis. And of course the actions should involve the whole world community. Let me elaborate each of the steps.

First, there are a number of strategies that we can employ to make everybody understand the crisis. One of the strategies is …

I think that’s all I need to propose in this seminar and thank you very much for your attention. Good morning.

Arnis : Ladies and gentlemen. Please give a warm applause to Mr Denias

Putra. (lead applause) Thank you, Sir. Finally, we are at the end of the seminar. Let’s close this seminar with a prayer, shall we? ... Thank you. Have a nice day and good bye.

Adapted from Youthspeak #2 December 2007, TheJakartaPost.

TASK 7 Andy

: Good afternoon, listeners. Welcome to “The Earth Session: Let’s Save the Earth” from Radio Green, 101, 2 FM. I am your host, Andy. We’ve got a hot radio programme for you to raise your awareness on our environment.

Today, we have a special guest; he is Executive Chair of Indonesia’s delegation heading to Bali for the 13th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Please, give a warm welcome to Miss Retno Hayu Prabandani.

How are you?

Retno H : Very good, thank you. Andy

: Listeners, for the next thirty minutes, you are invited to join us and participate by dialling 555 444. You may ask some question to Miss Retno and request a song as well.

Let’s check this out first, a song from Josh Groban, “You Rise me Up”.

Stay tune for more. .... (song: Josh Groban, “You Rise me Up”) ...

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Welcome back to the programme. Well, we’re going to start the dialogue with Miss Retno. How would you see the condition of our environment, lately? We all know that the earth is getting hotter and hotter and the climate is

changing rapidly and unpredictably. It is the impact from deforestation, rampant forest fire, and the increasing volume of carbon emission. We

usually call it global warming. I’m pretty sure that listeners are very curious about what we must do

to slow global warming down, at least. What would you suggest? Two simple things; know it and do it. The first is we must let people to

know and understand what, why, and how global warming is. Then, after people knowing what to do, we must act to slow global warming down.

(a phone ringing ...) Ok, we got a call. Hello, who’s speaking? Hi, Anita speaking. I’m from Jambi. Hello, Jambi. How are you, there?

Very good. Your question, please? OK, I am wondering how I can participate to slow global warming down.

Some simple tips may be useful for me to do in my daily life. I think that’s all. Thank you. Bye.

You’re welcome, Anita. Ok, Miss Retno. Anita was wondering how she could participate to

slow global warming down. What simple tips would be?

I brought ideas to reduce air pollution; they are the use of public transportation and bicycles. If Anita has some electronics in her house, it would be better to always unplug them when they are in no- use state. It is very simple to do.

Well, it’s time to wrap up the show. Thank you very much, Miss Retno and thank you very much for your attention, Guys.

We live in our beloved earth, so save it. Join in me next week on the same programme in the same time. I’m Andy, your host for the programme. Good bye.