Look at the picture and answer these questions orally.

Activity 1 Look at the picture and answer these questions orally.

Source: Earthquakes, 2006

1. What does the picture tell you about?

2. What is the cause of the damage in the buildings?

3. What do you say when you hear surprising news?

4. What do you say when you hear bad news?

5. Imagine that you hear a surprising news. Ask five questions about it. What? Who? Where? When? How?

Activity Read the following sentences. What will you say if 2

you hear this news?

1. Did you hear that Mr Setiadi got a serious cancer disease?

2. I heard that Rian was in jail. He was arrested for traf fic violence.

3. Romi was knocked down by a car. He was in hospital for five weeks.

4. Yesterday, on the TV news, I saw a bad thunder storm in East Java. Many people died and got serious injured.

Developing English Competencies for Grade X

Activity Read and practise these dialogues. Act them out 3

with your friends. Pay attention to the italicised expressions.

Dialogue 1

Sandi and Dina are talking about the accident which happened to an airline pilot they read about in the headline of a newspaper.

UN Shot

Dina : Good heavens ! Look at this. It says a pilot was nearly sucked out of the window of his plane.

Mr Ruli : I heard that the new art

It was in mid air.

gallery will be opened

Sandi : Really? He didn't die, did he?

this month.

Dina

: No, it says he was hanging out of the window

Mrs. Hadi : really? ... ! I've been

while the plane was 23,000 feet in the air.

waiting for it so long.

Sandi : I don't understand . The window didn't break, did

a. pleasure

it?

b. agreement c. sympathy

Dina

: Yes, it did, actually.

d. expectation

Sandy : Oh, that's terrible.

e. satisfaction

Dialogue 2

(UAN 2004)

Wati chats with her best friend, Ria, at the school canteen. They talk about Ari who is the most favourite student in their school.

Wati

: Do you know that Ari has a girlfriend?

: Are you kidding? That's not true. Wati : Listen, I got the news from his best friend,

: That's too bad. Yesterday, he gave me a bar of

chocolate. Wati : It doesn't mean that he loves you. Oh, come on. He's not the only guy in the world. Take it easy.

Ria

: Yeah, you're right. Besides, I don't have time to think about love right now. Wati : You're right. Let's go to the class. The bell is

ringing.

Headline News

What to Say

Expressions of Surprise and Amazement

More Formal

I must say that ... surprises me. • I find it astonishing/extraordinary. • I find that very surprising.

• How very surprising/amazing. • Well, that's very surprising. • Really? • My goodness! • Are you serious? • You're kidding!

Less Formal

• That's amazing/extraordinary.

We can also use questions tag form to show surprises and express disbelief.

1. I'm on strike now. You aren't, are you?

2. Mr Anwar was very ill.. He wasn't, was he?

4 Make dialogues based on the following situations. Act

Activity

them out with your friends.

1. You read the news about tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra. Tell your classmates about it.

2. Your friend's father has passed away. Express your

sympathy.

3. You heard that one of your friends is invited to Istana Merdeka to meet with the President. Give respond to the news.

4. You heard that a dinosaur-like fish is found in Indonesian sea. Respond to the news appropriately.