This is English USA, on VOA. Now, Lesson 36, Part 2. English USA Suara Amerika, Pelajaran Ke 36, Bagian Ke Dua
Dalam pelajaran ini, Anda akan dibimbing menanyakan pertanyaan tentang waktu terjadinya sesuatu peristiwa. Martin Learner menghadiri sebuah demonstrasi dan menayakan waktu terjadinya sesuatu peristiwa.
KERIUHAN ORANG RAMAI
MARTIN: What are you doing?
PETE: I’m demonstrating.
MARTIN: What’s that?
PETE: It’s a story. It’s a story about pollution. It’s a story about the river. The river was clean.
MARTIN: When was the river clean?
PETE: Many years ago. Now the environment is polluted. Here, read the story.
MARTIN: The river is polluted?
PETE: Of course. Our environment is polluted.
MARTIN: What are you going to do?
PETE: We’re going to clean it up.
MARTIN: You’re going to clean up the river?
PETE: We’re going to clean up everything.
MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river?
PETE: This year.
MUSIK
CARA: Hi. I’m Cara. Who are you?
HEATHER: I’m Heather.
ALISHA: I’m Alisha. Are you a student?
CARA: No, I’m a reporter.
HEATHER: Good. Where are you from?
CARA: Washington.
HEATHER: What newspaper are you from?
CARA: I’m not from a newspaper. I’m from the Voice of America. I write for radio.
ALISHA: What are you doing here?
CARA: I want to talk to students. I want to write a story about the demonstration. What are you doing here?
HEATHER: We’re demonstrating! I don’t like pollution.
ALISHA: Look at the river. It’s polluted. I want to clean up the river.
CARA: What are you going to do?
ALISHA: We’re going to work. We’re going to talk.
HEATHER: And write. And speak.
MUSIK
MARTIN: Hello, Cara. This is Vince. He’s going to show me the river. Can you come?
CARA: Yes. This is Heather. And this is Alisha.
ALL: Hello. Hi. I’m happy to meet you. Are you a student here?
CARA: May I come with you?
VINCE: Of course. Do you want to come?
HEATHER: I can’t. I’m going to meet someone.
ALISHA: When are you going to meet them?
HEATHER: Before lunch.
VINCE: Come with us. We’re going to come back.
HEATHER: When are you going to come back?
VINCE: In a few minutes.
CARA: I want to se the river.
ALISHA: We want to clean up the river.
HEATHER: We want to clean up the city. We want to clean up everything.
VINCE: We have to clean up the environment.
Pertanyaan yang dimulai dengan kata “when,” sering dijawab dengan menyebutkan waktu secara umum. Dengarkan pertanyaan-pertanyaan dan jawaban-jawaban berikut:
MARTIN: When was the river clean?
PETE: Many years ago.
MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river?
PETER: This year.
ALISHA: When are you going to meet them?
HEATHER: Before lunch.
Sekarang, ajukanlah pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang menggunakan kata “when” setelah pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut:
MARTIN: They are going to the demonstration.
ANDA: ………………………………..
MARTIN: They are going to the river.
ANDA: …………………………..
MARTIN: They are going to speak about pollution.
ANDA: ……………………………….
MARTIN: They are going to clean up the environment.
ANDA: ……………………………….
KERIUHAN ORANG RAMAI
PETE: Someone is going to speak.
CARA: When are they going to speak?
PETE: I don’t know. Maybe after lunch.
HEATHER: There are going to be four or five speeches.
ALISHA: When?
HEATHER: Some in the morning, and some in the afternoon.
KERIUHAN
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