who had left severall years earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son. She couldnt marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a
lake and a boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment away and the boat was almost complete.
Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new day. Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very
angry and kicked the boat. It felt over and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.
16. Komodo Dragon
Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands. Komodo dragon is the worlds heaviest lizard,
weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet 3 meters long and weighed 366 pounds 166 kg but the average size of komodo in the
wild is about 8 feet 2.5 meters long and 200 pounds 91 kg. Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. They use their keen sense of
smell to locate decaying animal remains from several miles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic. The Komodo dragon
teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon saliva
causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then, follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on. This lizard species is threatened by
hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.
17. Fasten Your Seat Belt
A seat belt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a
sudden stop. Why should we use seat belt? As part of an overall occupant restraint system, seat belts are intended to reduce injuries by stopping the wearer from hitting hard
interior elements of the vehicle or other passengers the so-called second impact and by preventing the wearer from being thrown from the vehicle. During 2004, total accident in
DKI Jakarta are 4.544 cases, with 1.146 death victims, 63 of that accident victims didn’t use seat belt. If we use seat belt, we will be safe if an accident happening to us. Of course
it will decrease the number of death by fatal accident. This fact makes us realize that if we don’t use seat belt, we will endanger our life. So it’s very important to use seat belt. For
some people, using seat belt makes journey uncomfortable, makes us can’t move freely, etc. But if we used to wear it, it will be our habit. We will feel more and more comfortable if
we often use it. Regardless of whether it is comfortable or not, it is very important for us to use seat belt, to save our life.
From the above reasons, there is not any reason for us not to use seat belt. There are so many advantages of using seat belt. And so many disadvantages will we have if we do not
use seat belt. I think we have to rely on one thing: our safety. Protection is better than curing. So, wear and fasten seat belt
18. The Story of Magic Mirror
There were three girls: an ugly redhead, a fat burnet, and a dumb blonde. The three girls were at a historical inn. They stopped to take a tour. The innkeeper showed them a mirror.
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He said that if they tell a lie in front of the mirror, they will disappear. The ugly redhead went up to the mirror and said “i think I’m pretty” and POOF She disappeared. Then fat
burnet went up to the mirror and says “ I think I’m slim” and POOF She was gone too. It was for the dumb turn. Then, the dumb blonde went up to the mirror and said “I think” and
POOF She was gone.
19. Tombs with Mummy Found in Egypt
CAIRO – Archaeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold an ornately painted wooden sarcophagus with a mummy inside, Egypt’s Supreme Council
of Antiquities said Sunday. The oldest tombs date back to around 2750 B.C., during the period of Egypt’s first and second dynasties, the council said in a statement. Twelve of the
tombs belong the 18th Dynasty, which ruled Egypt during the second millennium B.C. The 18th Dynasty includes such well-known pharaohs as Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and
Queen Hatshepsut. The discovery throws new light on Egypt’s ancient religions, the council said.
20. Pros and Cons on anti-smoking law The pros and cons on anti-smoking law or ”smoking is haram” is still being discussed in
our country. The issue is not new. It is only a small part of the anti-smoking wave which has been promoted for more than 50 years. Arguments for anti-smoking are abundant.
Some of them such as: smoking is a slow suicide and makes other people passive smokers who have same impacts in term of health. Furthermore smoking invites death
and impotence, causing tuberculosis, lung damage, stomach injury, liver and heart damage and cancer. In social interaction, cigarettes make smoker smelly, weak, thin and
poor. Moreover, cigarette smoke contains around 4,000 chemicals causing massive air pollution. However, smokers have a self-defense argument. They say that smoking helps
thinking, spurs creativity, calms the nerves, eliminates fatigue and grief, is social, and invites chumminess and healthy emotions. Criticizing regulations, smokers argue that the
anti-smoking law is unjust, inhumane, violates privacy, restricts expression and is discriminatory. The anti-smoking regulation is siding with one and denying the other at the
same time. The two sides are equally strong. It is impossible to disregard either. Is smoking or not smoking a matter of personal choice? Adapted from The Jakarta Post.
21. Meteors
