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-Main event (inti kejadian)
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-Elaboration (Background, participant, time, place)
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-Resource Information
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Untuk lebih jelasnya, berikut ini contoh news item teks singkat yang dilansir dari beberapa sumber:
An Indonesian housemaid has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of killing her employer, the Saudi Interior Minister said.
(Background Event)
The woman was beheaded in the Southern Asir province in what was the second execution in the country.The maid was earlier found of suffocating her female boss and stealing her jewellery. Rape, murder and other serious crimes can carry the death penalty in the conservative desert kingdom.
(Sources)
Last year, Saudi Arabia, which follow a strict intepretation of Syaria, Islamic law executed more than 130 people.(From BBC)
2. Town ‘Contaminated
(Main Event)
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, whichkilled10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.
(Background Event)
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radio active fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.
(Sources)
A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.
The tornado that occurred in Russia, Moscow City yesterday devastated the whole town in a matter of hours. The storm that occurred during the 39 minutes swept at least 49 buildings, and four important buildings, and swallowed dozens of casualties.
The storm that occurred this time was worse than the worst storm ever recorded occurred in Moscow since 1973, it can be said that this storm is the worst storm that ever occurred in Moscow in 100 years.
To respond to this disaster, the local response agencies have been exerting all their strength to help evacuate victims of the storm. Although the weather has not improved aid has been channeled to the victims. Not only Russian government but in the form of material aid has been granted by various countries as an expression of their concern.
- Generic Structure News Item Text
Newsworthy events: Tornados are wrecking the whole city, and many people and buildings are lost.
Background events: In Moscow, Russia
Sources: News reports on television.
4. Final Examination Soon Will be Held
The final examination test has been counted down in two months, This test will determine whether all of the Indonesian students are worthy or not to pass the school. Based on my experience the last year ago, there are so many students worried about the difficulty of the test. They cried over time before and after the test held.
In elementary school, the number of students that failed reaches hundreds in all of the schools around Indonesia, at least about 698 children do not pass this test, this figure dropped dramatically from the previous year which reached 874 children.
Meanwhile, the number of students who did not pass is even worse which touched the figure of 749 years ago, this is due to a mismatch to shine exam with the questions tested.
Generally, the problem is due to the fear of students in that will be tested on the exam. But this can be overcome if the student is able to prepare himself in terms of both learning materials and mentally.
- Generic Structure News Item Text
Newsworthy events: The cause of failure in the final examination.
Background events: Educational background in Indonesia past two years.
