Five Trees should be Planted for Every Vehicle: Experts

Five Trees should be Planted for Every Vehicle: Experts

Vehicle They said trees can manufacturers

improve drainage should take some

by preventing soil responsibility for the

erosion and absorbing serious air pollution

rainwater. in the city by planting

“ T h e a u to m o t i ve five trees for every

industr y also has motor vehicle they

the responsibility to produce, environment

provide green areas experts said.

as the solution of Zulfan A Rambe,

pollution problem,” operational director

Eddy said. of Indonesian

Manufacturers Hazardous Materials

should join together and Waste Research (IHWaR) Foundation told a to buy land in the city where trees could be discussion in commemoration of World Tree Day planted, he said. on Nov. 21 trees must be planted to balance for

Eddy also suggested property developers the pollution the city vehicles are responsible consider making green areas on rooftops to for.

absorb the sun heat.

We will propose to the city administration Daud Silalahi from the University of to oblige the automotive manufacturers to plant Padjajaran in Bandung keeps losing its open five trees for each motor vehicle they produce. green space due to residential and industrial

“The administration should make developments. regulations about corporate responsibilities to

Some 9 percent of Jakarta’s city area deal with the pollution problem.”

is made up of “open green space”, said city Environmental technology expert Eddy administration, but the 2007 Law on Spatial Soentjahyo said motor vehicle emission has Planning stipulates a city should provide at contributed up to 70 percent of air pollution in least 30 percent of its total size for open green the city, which has more than 5.5 million motor space. vehicles.

“What I (am) concerned (for) the most is Experts have said open green spaces that we have the law without implementation one alternative solution to deal with air procedures,” Daun said. pollution, because it reduces carbon emission by absorbing pollutants and reload source of

The Jakarta Post, Saturday, December 1, 2007

oxygen to clean the air.

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Questions

1. What is proposed by Zulfan A Rambe?

2. To whom is the proposal proposed?

3. How should the proposal be followed up?

4. Why is the proposal proposed?

5. How can we reduce air pollution?

6. What do Eddy Soentjahyo and Daud Silalahi suggest?

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Task 16

Match the words on the left with its synonym on the right. Compare your answers with your classmate’s.

1. vehicle

a. dangerous

2. manufacturer

b. housing

3. hazardous

c. rubbish

4. waste

d. emisi

5. commemoration

e. remembrance

6. oblige

f. means of transportation

7. regulation

g. rule

8. emission

h. producer

9. residential

i. force

10. absorb

j. suck up

11. reduce

k. lessen

By the Way…

The number of carbon dioxide that a tree can suck up varies. It depends on how old it is and where it’s growing and what kind of tree it is. A large California redwood might have 30 tons of carbon stored while a 100-year-old pine might have less than a ton.

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Task 17

Do the following crossword puzzle. Across:

Down:

2. risky or dangerous.

1. celebrating the memory of someone or

4. to make smaller or less.

something.

6. to take in (a liquid, etc.)

3. substance which is emitted.

5. rubbish, things which are no use and are goods.

8. a machine which carries passengers or

thrown away.

10. to force someone to do something

7. laws or rules.

9. person or company producing industrial products.

Saving Energy Can Reduce Global Warming.

Task 18

Study the following explanation. The text in Task 15 is an anaytical exposition that proposes or suggests something. It consists of:

• opinion/ proposal of something; and • reasons behind the proposal or argument. • Sometimes what has been discussed is also expressed again in the end of the text.

This type of text has the purpose of persuading the reader with its argument. It also explains how and why the argument is proposed.

The common grammatical patterns in exposition include: • general nouns, eg ears, zoos; • abstract nouns, eg policy, government; • technical words, eg species of animals; • relating verbs, eg It is important …; • action verbs, eg We must save …; • thinking verbs, eg Many people believe …; • modal verbs, eg We must preserve …; • modal adverbs, eg Certainly we must try …; • connectives, eg firstly, secondly …; • evaluative language, eg important, significant, valuable.

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Task 19

Read the text below and find the meaning of the following words. Then, find three points listed below in the test.

avoid (kkt)

backlog (kb)

boost (kkt)

complexion (kb)

encourage (kkt)

feasible (ks)

fumbling (kki)

gathering (kb)

subsidize (kkt)

traffic jam (kb)

Things that you need to identify from the text:

1. The proposal or the argument that is proposed in the text.

2. The reasons behind the argument.

3. The summary of what is being proposed.