LEARNING TASK M4 LA 1
In order to
analyze news reports in the three aspects, you will first need to have a very
good understanding of the contents. This is what you will do in Task 1.
1.
First,
you will read to understand the three news reports below. Make sure that you
know the meaning of every word and every part of each news report.
2.
Then,
read the news aloud as if you were a news anchor. Make sure you read them
meaningfully and fluently, with accurate pronunciation, word stress, and
intonation. Record your voice, and then email the recording to <email address>.
Note: The
recording of reading three news reports is attached in the file submission of
Learning Task M4 LA 1. Thank you.
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Task 2 :
The Analyses of the Social Functions from the Three News Reports
Questions
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News Report
1: Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
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News Report
2: Fire erupts at illegal oil
well in Indonesia
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News Report
3: Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
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1.
Who might be
interested in reading each news report?
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Target readers:
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Target readers:
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Target readers:
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Australian
tourists in Indonesia
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Tourists to Lombok
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Surfers
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Young people in
general
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People who care
for travel safety
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Oil mineral observer
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Police
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Natural observer
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Investor
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Government
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People who care for the nature
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Civil around the incident
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·
people who care for animals
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wildlife officials in charge around the place
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zoo official
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government
·
police
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2.
What is each
reporter’s position towards the issue? Provide the related words,
expressions, and sentences as evidence to support your argument.
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The reporter’s
position towards the issue:
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The reporter’s position
towards the issue:
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The reporter’s
position towards the issue:
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The reporter has a
neutral or objective position towards the event.
Reporting the event by just retelling the information given by the main
source, the police.
Evidence:
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... the
52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Central Park
police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said. Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m.
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“They were the
ones who saw the victim drown. Based
on their information, the victim drowned directly below his surfboard,”
Kholilur said on Monday.
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Wiseman was given
emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated,
Kholilur said.
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Based on reports received by police, ...
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The police
questioned two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert
Haton, from Australia, who had seen the incident firsthand.
There is no evidence of offensive or emotional
expressions used in the news report.
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The
reporter has a neutral or objective
position towards the event.
Reporting
the event by just retelling the information given by the main source, the
authorities.
Evidence:
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“A fire erupted at
an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost province on Wednesday,
killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were
badly burnt” authorities said
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The fire broke
out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on the
northern tip of Sumatra Island, according
to the National Disaster Management Agency
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Villagers had
gathered at the well shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and
barrels, in hopes of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive
spill there, according to the
disaster agency
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"A group of
people came to gather up oil and they weren't supposed to be there," the
disaster agency said in a
statement
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Indonesia's
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident, said
Agung Pribadi, a ministry spokesman
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Agung said the well was being operated by
local residents, adding that he was not sure if there were other illegal
wells in the area.
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Lieutenant
Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East Aceh district police, told reporters at the scene that
firefighters were trying to "break the chain of oxygen" in the well
to stop the fire
- "Oil doesn't come up to the surface easily in
these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually, then try to separate the
oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where they probably had the
fire," said Mangantar
Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency
There is no evidence of offensive or emotional
expressions used in the news report.
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The
reporter has a neutral or objective
position towards the event.
Reporting
the event by just retelling the information given by the main source, the
officials.
Evidence:
- Four heavily armed poachers who
targetted wild elephants in Malaysia have been caught, officials said Tuesday, the second such arrest
in less than two years.
- Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town of
Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was found with deer antlers and
suspected tiger bones.
- “This crew is notorious. They
hunt elephants,” wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told AFP.
- A police statement said weapons including rifles and
homemade shotguns as well as animal snares were found after they arrested the
gang.
There is no evidence of offensive or emotional
expressions used in the news report.
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Information obtained:
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Information obtained:
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Information obtained:
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Reading the news report, the readers will have good
understanding about:
1)
The event or accident
Evidence:
An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman has died after
drowning while surfing at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
2)
The sources of the information:
Evidence:
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Central Park
police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman
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Two other foreign
tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert Haton, from Australia, who had
seen the incident firsthand
3)
The reason of
Wiseman’s death:
Evidence:
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... drowning
while surfing ...
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Based on their
information, the victim drowned directly below his surfboard ...
4)
The time of the
accident:
Evidence:
between 11am and 1pm on Sunday
5)
The location of
the accident:
Evidence:
at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
6)
Wiseman’s
accommodation in Lombok:
Evidence:
During his time in Lombok, Wiseman was living in a
homestay in Kuta village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok.
7)
The witnesses’
attempt to save Wiseman’s life:
Evidence:
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The two tourists,
as well as local residents, immediately brought Wiseman back to shore using a
boat.
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Wiseman was given
emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated, ...
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Personnel from
the Kuta Police came to the location after receiving reports and brought
Wiseman’s body to the local health clinic.
8)
Family’s
responsibility:
Evidence:
The victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and
refused an autopsy.
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Reading the
news report, the readers will have good understanding about:
1)
The event or accident
Evidence:
A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost
province on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40
others, some of whom were badly burnt.
2)
The sources of the information:
Evidence:
- The National Disaster
Management Agency
- Agung Pribadi,
a ministry spokesman
- Lieutenant
Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East Aceh District Police.
- Mangantar
Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire Rescue Agency
3)
The reason of a fire erupted at an illegal oil
well site
Evidence:
It may have started with a spark from
blowtorch or a worker smoking cigarette.
4)
The time of the accident
Evidence:
The fire broke out around 1.30 a.m. on
Wednesday.
5)
The location of the accident:
Evidence:
At a backyard well in a village of
Pasir Ptih in East Aceh District, Aceh Province, on the northern tip of
Smatera Island.
6)
The victims
Evidence:
At least 18 people died and about 40
people injured and badly burnt.
7)
The authorities’ attention to the accident
Evidence:
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Firefighters and
other emergency personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain
the blaze on Wednesday evening
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Indonesia's
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident
- Firefighters were trying to "break the chain of
oxygen" in the well to stop the fire.
8)
Historical relationship
Evidence:
In some cases, the wells were
abandoned by the Dutch colonial administration that once ruled Indonesia.
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Reading the news report, the readers
will have good understanding about:
1)
The event or accident
Evidence:
Four heavily armed poachers who targeted wild elephants in
Malaysia have been caught
2)
The sources of the information
Evidence:
- Wildlife officials
- Police
3)
The time of arrest:
Evidence:
On Tuesday
4)
The place of arrest
Evidence:
The gang caught near the town of Gerik in the northern
Malaysian State of Perak
5)
The evidence goods
Evidence:
- Deer antlers and suspected tiger bones
- An elephant shot dead by the poachers in a nearby forest with its
tusks ripped out
- Weapons including rifles and homemade shotguns.
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Text Structures of News
Report 1: Aussie Man Dies While Surfing in Lombok
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Parts of News
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Functions of the Parts
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I.
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Headline
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Summarizing the event in a telegraphic text
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Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
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1)
The casualty
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Aussie man
2)
The unfortunate
event
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dies
3)
The time and
location (an activity)
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while surfing in Lombok
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II.
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Newsworthy Event
(The first
paragraph)
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Summarizing the event:
Restating the headline in a normal sentence or sentences, with more
information added to the facts stated in the headline
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mataram: An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman
has died after drowning while surfing at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West
Nusa Tenggara.
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1)
Restating the
casualty with further details
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An Australian
tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman, ...
2)
Restating the
death
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... has died ...
3)
Adding the reason
of the event
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... after
drowning...
4)
Restating the
time (in an activity he was doing)
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while surfing ...
5)
Adding the
specified details to the location
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... at Tanjung
Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
6)
Starting with the
name of the location of
coverage:
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mataram: ...
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III.
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Events in
Details
(The following paragraph)
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Elaborating the Newsworthy Event
providing more details about the facts stated in
the Newsworthy Event
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Based on reports received by police, the 52-year-old man went surfing
alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Kholilur Rochman said. Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m.
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Elaborating the incident
1)
the source person
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Based on reports
received by police, ...
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Central Park
police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said.
2)
the casualty’s age
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... the
52-year-old man ...
3)
the reason of the accident
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... went surfing
alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday, ...
4)
the death
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Andrew was found
dead at around 1 p.m.
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During his time in Lombok, Wiseman was living in a homestay in Kuta
village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok.
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Elaborating the casualty
5)
his accommodation
in Lombok.
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... was living in
a homestay in Kuta village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok.
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The police questioned two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and
John Robert Haton, from Australia, who had seen the incident firsthand.
“They were the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information,
the victim drowned directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.
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Elaborating the accident
6)
the firsthand
witnesses.
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The police
questioned two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert
Haton, from Australia, ....
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... They were the
ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information ...
7)
the accident
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... the victim
drowned directly below his surfboard ...
8)
the source of
information
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... Kholilur said
on Monday
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The two tourists, as well as local residents, immediately brought Wiseman
back to shore using a boat.
Wiseman was given emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be
resuscitated, Kholilur said.
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Elaborating the incident:
9)
the attempt to save the casualty’s life.
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The two tourists,
as well as local residents, immediately brought Wiseman back to shore using a
boat.
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... was given
emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated ...
10) the source
of information
... Kholilur said ...
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Personnel from the Kuta Police came to the location after receiving
reports and brought Wiseman’s body to the local health clinic.
The victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and refused an
autopsy.
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Adding information related to
the death
11) the authority’s responsibility
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Personnel from
the Kuta Police came to the location after receiving reports and brought
Wiseman’s body to the local health clinic.
12) the family’s responsibility
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The victim’s
brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and refused an autopsy.
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IV.
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News Agent’s
Initials
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Closing the news with the news agent’s initials
the owner of the copy right of the news report
— JP
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TEXT
STRUCTURES OF NEWS REPORT 2: FIRE ERUPTS AT ILLEGAL OIL WELL IN INDONESIA
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PART OF NEWS
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FUNCTIONS OF
PARTS
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I
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Headline
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Summarizing
the event in a telegraphic text
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Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
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1)
The unfortunate
event
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Fire
2)
The location (an activity)
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At illegal oil
well, Indonesia
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II
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Newsworthy Event
(The first
paragraph)
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Summarizing the
event:
Restating the headline in a normal sentence or
sentences, with more information added to the facts stated in the headline
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Jakarta: A
fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost province
on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some
of whom were badly burnt, authorities said.
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1) restating unfortunate event followed by casualty
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… killing at least 18
people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt…
2) restating the time
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…on Wednesday…
3) Starting with an information from authorities
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…some of whom were badly
burnt, authorities said.
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III
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Events in
Details
(The
following paragraph)
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Elaborating the
Newsworthy Event
providing more
details about the facts stated in the Newsworthy Event
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The fire broke
out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on the
northern tip of Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster Management
Agency.
Authorities were
still trying to determine what had caused the fire. Local news reports said
it may have started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a
cigarette.
Television news
footage and photos showed flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in
the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is about 1600
kilometres north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Villagers had
gathered at the well shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and
barrels, in hopes of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive
spill there, according to the disaster agency.
"A group of
people came to gather up oil and they weren't supposed to be there," the
disaster agency said in a statement.
At least five
homes were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other
emergency personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain the
blaze on Wednesday evening.
Indonesia's
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident, said Agung Pribadi, a ministry spokesman.
"This is a
case of illegal drilling and the ones responsible for it must be dealt with
by the law," he said.
Agung said the
well was being operated by local residents, adding that he was not sure if
there were other illegal wells in the area.
Lieutenant
Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East Aceh district police, told reporters
at the scene that firefighters were trying to "break the chain of
oxygen" in the well to stop the fire. He confirmed the well operation
was illegal, but he said many villagers depended on it for their livelihood.
Illegal well
operations are common in Indonesian regions where oil is present, including
on the islands of Sumatra and Java. In some cases, the wells were abandoned
by the Dutch colonial administration that once ruled Indonesia, and are now
run by groups of villagers working around the clock.
"Oil doesn't
come up to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up
manually, then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's
where they probably had the fire," said Mangantar Marpaung, former chief
of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.
"Then they
sell it as kerosene to the local market, or for motorcycles and fishing
boats," he said. "Those are their customers. The local governments
know, but because they can't provide any other jobs, they look the other
way."
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Elaborating the
incident
1)
the beginning of
the incident
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The fire broke
out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village
2) the cause of the fire
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It said it may
have started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette.
3)
the description of fire
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flames rising at
least 10 metres into the air in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East
Aceh district
4) the effect of the incident
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Villagers had
gathered at the well shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and
barrels, in hopes of collecting crude oil.
5) the loss because of the fire
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five homes were
gutted by the fire,
6) The response of authorities
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Indonesia's
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident
7) the additional information
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the well
operation was illegal, many villagers depended on it for their livelihood
8) the historical relationship
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In some cases,
the wells were abandoned by the Dutch colonial administration that once ruled
Indonesia,
9) the chronologies of the fire erupted
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Oil doesn't come
up to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually,
then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where
they probably had the fire,"
10) the reason why the villagers takes the oil
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The local
governments know, but because they can't provide any other jobs, they look
the other way."
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IV
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News Agent’s
Initials
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Closing the news
with the news agent’s initials
1) the owner of the copy right of the
news report
— New
York Times
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TEXT
STRUCTURE OF NEWS REPORT 3: ELEPHANT POACHERS ARRESTED IN MALAYSIA
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PARTS OF NEWS
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FUCTIONS OF PARTS
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I
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Headline
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Summarizing the event in
a telegraphic text
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Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
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1) The
Perpetrators
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Elephant poachers
2) The
important event
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Arrested
3) The
country
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Malaysia
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II
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Newsworthy Event
(The first paragraph)
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Summarizing the event:
Restating the headline in a normal sentence or sentences, with more
information added to the facts stated in the headline
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MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers who targetted wild elephants in
Malaysia have been caught, officials said Tuesday, the second such arrest in
less than two years.
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1)
Restating
the subject with further details
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Four
heavily armed poacher
2)
Adding
the time of the event reported
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Tuesday
3)
Starting
with the name of the location of coverage:
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Malaysia
4)
The
source of news
-
Officials
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III
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Events
in Details
(The following paragraph)
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Elaborating
the Newsworthy Event
providing more details about the facts stated in the Newsworthy Event
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Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town
of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was found with deer antlers
and suspected tiger bones.
A joint police and wildlife department investigation
also led the agents to find an elephant shot dead by the poachers in a nearby
forest with its tusks ripped out.
“This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,” wildlife
department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told AFP.
“There are maybe two more [poaching] groups [in the
area]. We are working together with the police on this.”
A police statement said weapons including rifles and
homemade shotguns as well as animal snares were found after they arrested the
gang.
The elephant’s tusks were not found, with a wildlife
official believing that they were already sold.
He added that the gang – all locals – were believed to
have been operating since 2009, and were also active in the nearby state of
Kelantan.
The
arrests come a year after a seven-man gang was arrested in Kelantan, with
explosives, guns and parts of tusks seized.. – AFP
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1)
Elaborating the arrest
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The evidence goods are deer antlers, tiger bones and an elephant shot dead
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weapons
including rifles and homemade shotguns
2)
The
source of news
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Wildlife
department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim
3)
The
additional information of the subject
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the
gang – all locals –has been operating since 2009 in the nearby state of
Kelantan
4)
The
place
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In
Kelantan
5)
The
evidence goods
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explosives,
guns and parts of tusks
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IV
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News Agent’s Initials
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Closing
the news with the news agent’s initials
2) the owner of the
copy right of the news report
—–
AFP
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The Lexico-grammatical Features of News Report 1:
Aussie Man Dies While Surfing in Lombok
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The Headline
1)
Bigger and bold fonts stating the
newsworthy facts of the event
2)
Telegraphic
sentence: leaving out
function words.
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Aussie man (telegraphic) = an
Aussie man (normal)
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Aussie (shortened name) = Australia (normal)
3)
The Simple Present
Tense for ‘active’ voice
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Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
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(for the normal
form “... died / has died ...)
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The Newsworthy Events
1)
A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containing all important facts
about the event: (1) the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the
time, and (5) the location; the verb in
the present perfect tense, and present participle.
[An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman] [has died] [after drowning] [while surfing] [at Tanjung Aan
Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara].
2)
It starts with the name of the place where the event was covered, in
small cap characters:
mataram: ...
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The Events in Details
Tenses associated with past
events: past tenses (simple past,
past progressive, past perfect) and present
perfect are used to state the details of the event
2nd paragraph: went, said, was found
3rd paragraph: was living
4th paragraph: questioned, had seen
5th paragraph: were, saw, drowned, said
6th paragraph: brought
7th paragraph: was given, could not be
resuscitated, said
8th paragraph: came, brought
9th paragraph: took, refused
1)
The passive voice
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Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m. ...
2)
Direct
quotations to report the
events
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“They were the
ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information, the victim drowned
directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said
on Monday.
3)
Indirect
quotations to report the
events
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Based on reports
received by police, the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on
Sunday, Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said.
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Wiseman was given
emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated,
Kholilur said.
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Based on reports received by police, the 52-year-old man went
surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday
4)
Participle
[present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event
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…while surfing at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok,
West Nusa Tenggara....
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… the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday …
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… after receiving
reports, …
5)
Participle
[past] to modify a thing or person
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An Australian
tourist named Andrew Richard
Wiseman ....
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Based on reports received by police, …
6)
Adjective clauses to add more information about a person/thing
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... two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany
and John Robert Haton, from Australia, who
had seen the incident firsthand.
7)
Prepositional phrases to state the circumstances surrounding the
events
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at Tanjung Aan Beach
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in Lombok
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around 11 a.m.
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on Sunday
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during his time in Lombok
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in a home stay
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in Kuta village
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The
Lexico-grammatical Features of News Report 2: Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
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The Headline
1)
Bigger and
bold fonts
stating the newsworthy facts of the event
2)
Telegraphic sentence:
leaving out function words.
Fire (telegraphic)= a fire (normal)
3)
The Simple
Present Tense for ‘active voice’
Fire erupts at illegal oil well in
Indonesia
(for the
normal form “…..erupted/ has erupted…)
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The Newsworthy Events
A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containing all important
facts about the event: (1) the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the
reason, (4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the past
simple and Passive Voice.
Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia’s
northernmost province onWednesday, killing at least 18
people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly
burnt, authorities said.
It starts with the name of the place
where the news was reported, in small cap characters:
JAKARTA: ...
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The Events in Details
1) Tenses associated with past events: past tenses (simple
past, past progressive, past perfect) and present perfect are used to state
the details of the event.
2)
2nd paragraph: broke out
3rd paragraph:were still trying, had
caused,
have started
4th paragraph:showed
5th paragraph:had gathered
6th paragraph:brought
7th paragraph: were gutted, were
still trying
8th paragraph: sent
9th paragraph: was being operated
10th paragraph: were trying
11st paragraph: were abandoned
1)
The passive voice
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At least five homes were gutted by the
fire,. ...
2)
Direct quotations to report the events
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“Oil doesn't come up to the surface
easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually, then try to
separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where they probably
had the fire,"said Mangantar Marpaung, former chief of the
Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.
3)
Indirect quotations to report the events
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At least five homes were gutted by the
fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other emergency personnel, along with
villagers, were still trying to contain the blaze on Wednesday evening.
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Agung said the well was being operated by
local residents, adding that he was not sure if there were other illegal
wells in the area.
4) Participle (present) to state the circumstances surrounding
the event.
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In hopes of collecting crude
oil after being told about a massive spill there,
5) Adjective clauses to add more information about a
person/thing.
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Flames rising at least 10 metres into the
air in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is
about 1600 kilometres north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
6)
Prepositional phrases to
state the circumstances surrounding the events
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at an illegal oil well
site
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in Indonesia's
northernmost province
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in Aceh province
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about 1600 kilometres
north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
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on Wednesday evening
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The
Lexico-Grammatical Features of News Report 3: Elephant Poachers Arrested in
Malaysia
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The Headline
6) Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the
event
7) Telegraphic sentence: leaving out function
words.
- Elephant poachers (telegraphic) = The
elephant poachers (normal)
8) The Simple Past Tense for ‘active’ voice
- Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
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The Newsworthy Events
A sentence or sentences in the first
paragraph containing all important facts about
the event: (1) the suspects, (2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the time,
and the verb in the past simple and Passive Voice.
Four heavily armed poachers who targeted wild
elephants in Malaysia have been caught,officials
said Tuesday, the second such arrest in less than two years.
It starts with the name of the place
where the news was reported, in small cap characters:
MALAYSIA: ...
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The Events in Details
Tenses associated with
past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive,
past perfect) andpresent perfect are used to state the details of
the event
2nd paragraph: was found
3rd paragraph: led
4th paragraph: showed
6th paragraph: were found
7th paragraph: were not found, were already
sold
8th paragraph: were believed
The passive voice
- Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town of Gerik in the
nothern Malaysian state of Perak was found with deer antlers and suspected
tiger bones.
- The elephant’s tusks were not found,
Direct quotations to report the events
- “This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,” wildlife department chief
Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told AFP.
- “There are maybe two more [poaching] groups [in the area]. We are working
together with the police on this.”
Indirect quotations to report the events
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Wildlife officials said the gang caught
near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was found with
deer antlers and suspected tiger bones
Participle [present] to state the
circumstances surrounding the event
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weapons including rifles
and homemade shotguns.
Participle (past) to modify nouns
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an elephant shot dead by
the poachers
Prepositional phrases to state the
circumstances surrounding the events
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near the town of Gerik
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in a nearby forest
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in the nearby state of
Kelantan.
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in Kelantan
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