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Chapter
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Materials You Are Going to Learn in This Chapter
Listening
• Listening to the expressions for starting, extending, and ending
a conversation on the phone
• Listening to the expressions for giving attention to the speaker
• Listening to a recount text
• Listening to a short functional text in the form of diary
Speaking
• Responding to a recount text
• Starting, extending, and ending a conversation on the phone
• Giving attention to the speaker
Reading
• Reading aloud a recount text
• Identifying characteristic of a recount text
Writing
• Writing a recount text
• Writing a short functional text in the form of letter
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Saskia is seeing her doctor to talk about her condition
.
Saskia : Good afternoon, Doctor.
Doctor :
1
, Saskia. Please sit down. Tell me what’s
your problem?
Saskia : Well, it
2
yesterday, Doctor. I had a fever
and headache all day.
Doctor : OK, let me
3
you
À
rst.
(
After a while
...)
Saskia : So, doctor, how is it?
Doctor : It’s
4
serious. You’ve caught a cold. I
suggest you to take a rest tomorrow and don’t
drink some cold
5
. You may not eat
fried food also for a while.
Saskia : All right, Doctor. Whatever you say.
1. What will you say to start a conversation?
2. If your friend looks sick, what do you say to show
your attention?
Answer these questions.
Practice
1
Listen to the dialogue from the tape and
À
ll in
the blanks.
Practice
2
In this section, you will learn how to:
• listen to the expressions for starting, extending, and ending a conversation on
the phone;
• listen to the expressions for giving attention to the speaker;
• listen a recount text;
• listen a short functional text in the form of diary.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• listen to the expressions for starting, extending, and ending a conversation on
the phone;
• listen to the expressions for giving attention to the speaker;
• listen a recount text.
Listening
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Work with your partners. Identify the expressions
of giving advice in the dialogue in Practice 2.
Practice
3
1. Where do you think the boy in the picture is?
2. What happened to the boy?
3. What treatment does he have?
Work with your partner. Look at the picture, then,
answer these questions.
Practice
4
Pronounce It!
1. start
: /
stɑ:t
/
2. yesterday
: /
ˈjestəd
e
ɪ
/
3. fever
: /
ˈfi:və
(r)/
4. examine
: /
ɪɡˈzæmɪn
/
5 . medicine
: /
ˈmedsn
/
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My name is Andre. I am fourteen years old. I
have a little brother. His name is Andy. He is four
years younger than me. Two days ago Andy had a
1
. My mother tried to lower the fever by giving
him some
2
. However, the next day, his fever
had still not gone down. So she took Andy to the
3
. In the hospital, the doctor
4
Andy. Then
he said that Andy had
5
. My mother was very
worried, my father tried to calm her down because
Andy’s
6
was not very bad. “There is still hope,”
said the doctor to my mother. Every day, the doctor
7
Andy and gave him the proper
8
and
medicine.
Finally a week after, Andy’s fever had gone down.
The doctor told us that the critical time had passed
and Andy could go home as soon as possible.
Listen to your teacher reading a text. Work with
your partner to complete the text.
Practice
7
Listen to some questions from the tape about the
dialogue in Practice 5.
Practice
6
Eric : Hello.
Andre : Hello. May I speak to Eric?
Eric
: This is Eric. Who’s speaking?
Andre : This is Andre. I just want to tell you that I can’t
go the bookstore with you today.
Eric
: Hold on. Tell me what’s wrong?
Andre : Well, my brother is being treated in the hospital
for dengue fever. So I have to stay in the hospital
today.
Eric
: Oh I’m sorry to hear that. I hope your brother
will get well soon.
Andre : Thanks, Eric. I hope so.
Listen to your teacher reading the following
dialogue.
Practice
5
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Listen to the text in Practice 7 once again. Then,
answer these questions.
Practice
8
Listen to your teacher reading Beni’s diary.
Practice
9
Listen to some questions about Beni’s diary. Then
choose a, b, c, or d for the correct answer.
Practice
10
April 2008
14 Monday. When I got up, I felt ill, I went back
to bed. Mum called the doctor. But he couldn’t
come, because he was ill, too.
15 Tuesday. The doctor came at 11 o’clock. He
wrote a prescription for some medicine. Mum
bought it in the drugstore. It was horrible.
Yuck!
16 Wednesday. Dad bought me a model aeroplane.
I read the instructions, but I couldn’t make it,
because the dog ate the glue. Mum took the
dog to the vet. I took my medicine again. Yuck!
Yuck!
1. How old is Andre?
2. What is Andre’s little brother’s name?
3. How old is Andy’s brother?
4. When did Andy get fever?
5. What did Andy’s mother do?
6. What did the doctor say about Andy?
7. What did the doctor do to cure Andy?
8. What do you think we should do to prevent dengue
fever?
1. a. He was ill.
b. He called the doctor.
c. He went back to bed.
d. His mum came to his house.
2. a. The doctor was away.
b. The doctor was sick.
c. The doctor was busy.
d. The doctor was on the way.
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1. Bento :
Oh, Mum. I feel ill.
Mum :
Go back to bed, then.
2. Mum :
Good morning, Doctor.
Doctor :
Good morning. Come in.
3. Bento :
Don’t eat that, you stupid dog!
4. Bento :
Where are you going, Mum?
Mum :
I’m taking the dog to the vet.
5. Mum :
Here you are, Ben. You can make your
aeroplane.
Bento :
Thanks, Mum.
6. Mum :
Come on, Bento. It’s good for you.
7. Bento :
Mum. Can you write a letter for school,
please?
Pay attention to the dialogues. When did they
happen according to the Practice 9?
Practice
11
F
ollow-up
Activity
Write your daily activities for the next month in a
diary. Write down the interesting things that happen
everyday. Share your interesting memories that
happen during the in a month with your friends.
3. a. The doctor wrote a prescription.
b. The doctor came to Beni’s house.
c. The doctor went to the shop.
d. The doctor bought him some medicines
4. a. Prescription.
b. Spices.
c. Medicines.
d. Thermometer.
5. a. From his mother.
b. From his father.
c. From his grandfather.
d. From his doctor.
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Dialogue 1
Ane
: Polo, can you help me, please?
Polo : Sure! What’s wrong, Ane? You look sick.
Ane
: I’ve got a headache, and my body feels cold.
Polo : What? Here, I have a thermometer. Let me
check your temperature. You have a fever,
your temperature is quite high. I suggest you
to see a doctor.
Dialogue 2
Yeni
: Coky, can you do me a favour, please?
Coky : Of course, what can I do for you?
Yeni
: Could you buy some medicine for me? I’m not
feeling well.
Coky : I think you’ve caught cold. Don’t worry. I’ll
buy you some medicine.
Role play
Act the dialogues with your friend.
Practice
1
1. What happen to Ane in dialogue 1?
2. What does Polo do for Ane?
3. What does Coky do for Yeni?
Answer the following questions based on the
dialogues.
Practice
2
In this section, you will learn how to:
• retell a recount text;
• use the expressions for starting, extending, and ending a conversation on the
phone;
• use the expressions for giving attention to the speaker.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• retell a recount text;
• understand how to start, extend, and end a conversation on the phone;
• understand how to give attention to the speaker.
Speaking
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Speech Act
These expressions can be used to give attention to
someone.
•
Tell me what’s wrong?
•
I suggest ....
•
It’s okay. Let me .... (giving help)
•
Don’t worry. I’ll .... (giving help)
•
Would you like any help?
•
You look in trouble, may I help you, Sir/Ma’am?
1. You ask your friend to come inside your home
.
1
It’s raining heavily
outside.
2. Your friend feels so sick.
2
I feel so sick.
Complete these dialogues using your own words.
Practice
3
Informal
Formal
(to older people or
a stranger)
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Role play
Write your own story about bad experience. Retell
it to your friend.
Practice
6
Answer the following questions orally.
1. When did the writer go to Rahman’s house?
2. Why did the writer go to there?
3. Whom did the writer go with?
4. Who made
rujak
?
5. Why did the writer not go to school the next morning?
Practice
5
I went to Rahman’s house yesterday to do
homework. I went there with Dodi. After
À
nishing
the homework, Rahman made
rujak.
Rahman likes
spicy food, so he made it very spicy. Actually, I am
not used to eating spicy food, but yesterday I could
not restrain myself from eating it. The
rujak
was very
tasty, although it was spicy. I ate it too much. The
next morning I got stomachache and I could not go to
school.
Practise the following monologue.
Practice
4
Follow the clues below to start arranging your story.
1. Remember your most unforgetable bad experience
in the past.
2. Tell your friend when, where, how it was
happened.
3. Tell how you can get through the problem.
4. What was the moral from your bad experience?
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I see you later.
Hello, how are you?
1. What are the two people in the pictures doing?
2. What do you think they say to start the conversation?
3. What do you think they say to end the conversation?
Look at the pictures and answer the following
questions.
Practice
7
Mia : Hello
Yeyen :
Hello, Mia. This is Diane.
May I speak to Andre,
Please?
Mia
: I’m sorry but he’s gone out.
Would you like to
leave a message?
Yeyen : Yes
.
Please tell Viktor that I won’t be able to
come for taekwondo practice this afternoon.
I’ve sprained my ankle. Please tell him to
inform Mr Suroso that I can’t have the practice
for at least a week.
Mia
: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. I hope your ankle
gets better soon.
Yeyen : Thank you, Mia.
Mia :
Hold on, please.
Have you seen a doctor?
Yeyen : I haven’t. I don’t think it’s that bad.
Mia : I think you’d better go to the doctor to check
your ankle.
Yeyen : Thanks for the advice, Mia.
See you then. Bye.
Mia
: You’re welcome.
Bye.
Role play
Act out the following phone conversation with
your friend. Pay attention to the expressions in
italics.
Practice
8
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Role play
Work in pairs. Make and practise a phone
conversation. Use some of the expressions you
have just studied.
Practice
9
Speech Act
You can use the expressions to start a conversation on
phone.
•
Hello. This is ....
•
Hello. ... speaking.
•
Can I speak to ....
•
May I speak to ....
You can use the expressions to extend a conversation
on phone.
•
Hold on, please.
•
By the way.
•
Furthermore, ....
•
Moreover, ....
You can use the expressions to end a conversation.
•
See you then. Bye.
•
I’ll call you later.
•
All right. See you again, Sir/Ma’am. Thank you very
much.
Note
Tom gives advice to Nina to go and see the concert.
You should
go
means that it would be a good thing to do. We use
should
(do)
when we say what we think it is a good thing to do or the right
thing to do.
Study the following example.
Tom has just come back from a music concert. His sister, Nina, asks about the
concert.
Nina : Hi, Tom. How was the concert?
Tom : Hi, Nina. Yes, it was great. You should go and see their second
performance.
Nina : Wow, really? I’ll go and see it then.
Grammar
Stage
Informal
Informal
Informal
Formal
(to older people or
a stranger)
Formal
(to older people or
a stranger)
Formal
(to older people or
a stranger)
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Source:
www.sil.si.edu
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
Discuss with your partner. Then continue to read
the following text.
Practice
1
In this section, you will learn how to:
• read aloud a recount text;
• identify characteristics of a recount text.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• read aloud a recount text correctly;
• identify characteristics of a recount text correctly.
Reading
1. Your friend is always coughing because he drinks
ice too much. Advise him to stop drinking ice.
2. Your friend has a bad toothache. Advise him to go to
the dentist as soon as possible.
Give the advice to your friends based on the
situation given. Use should or shouldn’t.
Practice
10
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My Personal Experience
Edward Jenner
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
1. Do you know who Louis Pasteur was?
2. What was his nationality?
3. What did Louis Pasteur do to improve medical
science?
Source:
www.sil.si.edu
Check this web site to get
information about health,
medicine, and disease:
www.dechacare.com
info-sehat.com
Log On
When I was in junior high school, I was not a very
diligent student. In fact, I was quite lazy. I hated all the
subjects that I took during school, especially science.
For me science was very dif
À
cult. It was hard for me to
remember the chemical processes, physics calculations,
and biological processes.
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1. When did the story take place?
2. Was the writer a diligent student?
3. What lessons did the writer hate?
4. What was the title of the book that the writer read?
5. Who were mentioned in the book? Who were they?
6. What happened to the writer after he read the
book?
Read the text in Practice 1 again. Then, answer
the following questions.
Practice
2
Once, my teacher grounded me in the library
because I did not do my Biology homework. The teacher
asked me to read several books and make a summary
about them. When I was browsing the shelves, I found
a book entitled “The inventors of Medicine”. I thought
“OK, this is a start”. I took it out then began reading it.
I learned from the book about Edward Jenner. He
was an English doctor who found the cure for smallpox.
The next one was Louis Pasteur. His interest in bacteria
led him to discover the treatments for rabies and anthrax.
Just like Pasteur, Robert Koch’s experiments on bacteria
also proved that tuberculosis can be spread to others
by contact. Finally, there was Alexander Flemming, a
British bacteriologist who found the
À
rst antibiotic and
penicillin.
After I read the book, I realised that science is useful
for human kind. By studying, we can discover things
that can help human kind. Therefore, since that moment,
I managed to change my behaviour and became a
doctor.
Characteristics of Recount Text
•
A recount text
is a text that telling the reader
about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to
entertaining or informing the reader.
•
Orientation
tells who was involved, what
happened, where the events took place, and when
it happened.
Example :
When I was in junior high school, I was not
a very diligent student.
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1. The writer was a lazy student when he was in junior
high school.
2. The writer was grounded because he didn’t do his
Biology homework.
3. The writer was told to make a book review.
4. He looked for the books in a bookstore.
5. He found a book about medical health.
Decide whether these statements are true (T) or
false (F).
Practice
3
Read aloud the following text after your teacher.
Pay attention to his/her punctuation, wordstress
and pause.
Practice
4
•
Events (event 1 and 2)
tell what happened and in
what sequence.
Example :
Once, my teacher grounded me in the library
because I did not do my Biology homework.
• Reorientation
consists of optional-closure of events/
ending.
Example :
After I read the book, I realised that science is
useful for human kind
• The features are including Who? Where? When?
Why?, noun or pronoun, and past tense.
Examples :
I, at home, last night, a book, I took
....
My Football Experience
When I was in junior high school, I really loved
football. Every Saturday afternoon I practised in
school
À
eld with my team and my coach. They were
strong and smart players. My coach, Mr Sentana was
a kind person. But, while he was coaching us, he was
very discipline. He would grounded anyone who
came late and not obeyed the team’s rules.
With Mr Sentana, our team won many tournament
in many big cities. Our team named after our school,
67 Team (from SMP 67) and we had many fans too,
you know. Ohh, that was so cool. Now, I still love
football and have a team too. But, my parents warn
me to pay attention more to my study, football just for
hobby.
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1. cough
: /
kɒf
/
2. headache : /
ˈhedeɪk
/
3. diabetes
: /
daɪəˈbi:ti:z
/
4. smallpox : /
smɔ:lpɒk
/
5. measles
: /
ˈmi:zlz
/
6. malaria
: /
məˈleərɪə
/
7. fever
: /
ˈfivə
/
8. cancer
: /
ˈkænsə
/
Read the following words after your teacher.
Practice
7
How many diseases can you
À
nd? Do this in your
exercise book.
Practice
6
Work in pairs. Identify the characteristics of the
text in Practice 4.
Practice
5
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P O X
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1. Have you ever written a letter?
2. Have you ever written a letter about an experience?
3. Do you have a penpal?
Answer these following questions.
Practice
1
In this section, you will learn how to:
• follow the stages of writing a recount text;
• write a short functional text.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• understand and write a recount text;
• understand and write a short functional text.
Writing
Yes, Miss. I was in
bed for three days.
I had
Á
u.
You weren’t at school
last week, Andrew.
Were you ill?
What was the
matter?
Yes, thank you.
Here’s a letter from
my mum.
Are you all
right now?
Study the dialogue and the letter.
Practice
2
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Jalan Sriwijaya 2
Semarang 40252
29th July
Dear Miss Titik,
Selina wasn’t at school yesterday,
because she was at the dentist. She had a
toothache.
Yours sincerely,
A. Hasbullah
Jalan Mataram 84
Semarang 40512
10th August
Dear Miss Titik,
Benu wasn’t at school last Friday, because he was
ill. He had a temperature and a sore throat.
Yours sincerely,
Tio Pakusadewo
Here some letters from the students’ parents.
Study them.
Practice
3
Answer the questions based on the dialogue and
the letter.
1. Who wasn’t at school last week?
2. Was he ill last week?
3. What was the matter with him?
4. Is he ill now?
5. Who wrote the letter for Miss Titik?
Practice
4
Jalan Genuk Krajan 15
Semarang 40212
9th August
Dear Miss Titik,
Andra wasn’t at school last week,
because he was ill. He had fl u.
Yours sincerely,
Marina Suryaatmaja
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Classroom Survey: Illness
Make a project on medicine. Here’s your
À
rst task.
1. Find out who wasn’t at school in your group last
week because they were ill.
No, I wasn’t
Were you at school
on Wednesday,
Kipli?
Do this project.
Practice
5
2. Write about your group.
3. Report the results of your survey in front of the
class.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Kipli
Teja
Maya
Hendrik
Do the following project.
1. Was anyone ill in your group last week?
2. Write their letter to the teacher.
3. Stick it into your
Project book.
Practice
6
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Note
• Orientation
: Information about what, who, where, or
when written in a letter.
• Events
: Events that happened in the past. They are
conveyed in a sequential pattern.
• Closing
: a conclusion on the events.
Write a letter in the form of recount about your
past experience when you were ill or when you
were treated in a hospital.
Practice
8
Study the following example of a letter.
Practice
7
Kupang, May 7, 2008
Dear Paula,
Hello Paula, how are you? It’s been a month since I last heard from
you. Well, I just wanted to tell you that I was in a hospital last week.
According to the doctor; I was infected by dengue fever.
At fi rst, I felt my body became weak then I fainted when I was
studying in the classroom. Then, I was taken to the hospital because of
the high fever.
At the hospital, I was brought into the emergency unit. The doctor
immediately gave some treatment. Finally, I had to stay there for one
week. Everyday the doctor kept me on a drip.
At the seventh day, my condition was getting better. After the fi nal
check, the doctor gave me permission to go home. Now, I’m okay and
because of my illness, I am now more careful about keeping in my house
clean especially my room, I don’t want to get the same illness again.
OK, I think that’s all from me, write to me soon ok?
Regards
Nadira
orientation
orientation
event 1
event 2
closing
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Enrich Your
Knowledge
T
hese are the things that you can
À
nd in
a First Aid Kit box:
• adhesive tape • antiseptics
• bandage • scissors
• tweezers • alcohol
• cotton
Source
:
www.2067/delux/
À
rstaid.com
Usage
1. To cover wounds
2. To pick up things
3. To clean the wounds
4. To cut things
5. To apply antiseptic with
6. To cover wounds with antiseptics
7. To cure infections
Find out what they are used for. Copy and
À
ll in the following box into your
exercise book.
Name of Tool
Usage
NO
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
If you encounter an emergency situation, you have to use the
À
rst aid
kit to prevent further danger. Now, decide which things you have to
use in order to prevent the following emergency situations.
•
Your mother cuts herself when she is cutting the vegetables.
•
Your little brother falls off his bicycle.
• One of your friends has a thorn slip inside one of his or her
À
ngers.
•
A man’s hand gets stuck in the door. Now his hand is bleeding.
•
A boy has bruises on his knee because he hit his knee on the
table.
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• Language Function
ʇ
Giving advices
-
If I were you, I'd ...
-
I'd ... if I were you
-
You'd better not ...
-
I wouldn't recommend ...
ʇ
Offering, accepting, and declining an offer
-
Would you like ...?
- Yes, please.
-
Not for me, thank you.
•
Genre of text: Recount
ʇ
Social function :
-
to give the audience a description of what occurred and when it
occurred
-
to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
ʇ
Generic structure:
-
orientation: the setting and introduce participants
-
events in time order: tell what happened, in what sequence
-
reorientation: optional-closure of events/ending
I went to my Beni’s house yesterday to do a homework. I went there
with Dodi....
• Grammar: Modal's; should
Example:
Nina : Hi, Tomi. How was the concert?
Tomi : Hi, Nina. Yes, it was great. You
should
go and see their second
performance.
Nina : Wow, really? I’ll go and see it then.
L
earning Review
After studying all subjects in this chapter, answer the
following questions.
1. What have you learnt in this chapter?
2. What do you say to start a conversation on the phone?
3. What do you say to extend a conversation on the
phone?
4. What will you say if you want to end a conversation on
the phone?
5. What will you say if you want to give attention to the
speaker?
If you
À
nd some dif
À
culties while answering the questions,
you can learn the subjects once more or you may consult
your teache
r.
Learning Essential