announcement

For all students of SMAN 1 Purwantoro, we announce English Speech Contest..

Time : Saturday, 22 March 2012

Place : Hall of SMAN Purwantoro

Each class should register at least one student with one of these following topics :

·         The Advantage of Learning English

·         The Difficulties of Learning English

·         The Effective Ways of Learning English

For further information, visit the committee of this English Speech Contest in smansa_englishindo.com

Retell story

Narative of  BATARA KALA

Well, my friends. I have a very interesting story. The story is about “Batara Kala”, a myth from Java. Have you heard about it? No? Never? Please be quite and listen carefully.
You know, Batara Kala was an evil giant. He always killed people, especially children. His hair was made from fire. Everybody was frightened of him.
One day, Batara Guru, the chief god invited all the gods and goddesses to drink sacred water in paradise. The water was called Tirta Amertasari. It means “then water of immortality”. You know why? Because anyone who drinks this water, he or she will live forever. He or she will never die.
You know what? Batara kala was not invited because he was evil. Then, secretly, he flew into paradise and stole some of the water. Batara Surya, the god of sun and Batara Chandra, the goddess of Moon knew what he did. Immediately both of them reported to Batara Wisnu, the keeper god of the universe.
Then Batsra Wisnu took his fatal weapon, Cakra and shot it at Batara Kala.
While Batara Kala was drinking the water, the Cakra hit him on the neck. Batara Kala’s body was separated from the head at once. But, since he had drunk the sacred water, his head was alive. He was very furious with Batara Surya and Batara Chandra and swore to take revenge on them.
He chased Batara Surya and Batra Chandra, cought them both and swallowed them up.
Fortunately, Batara Sura and Batara Chandra could escape from Batara Kala’s throat because he no longer had body. So, Batara Chandra and Batara Surya were safe every time Batara Kala swallowed them up.
That’s why when there is a solar eclipse, Javanese people believe that Batara Kala is swallowing Batara Surya or Batara Chandra. It is interesting, isn’t it?

examp from explanation text :
Why Eiffel Tower was Built

If we talk about the Wonders of the World buildings, then we will see Eiffel Tower as one of them. However many of us do not know the tower’s past history on why it was build. Everything has the reasonable background, especially for the tower which is to be one of the most recognized buildings in the world.

Primarily, the Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition. It was called Paris Exposition in 1889. The exhibition was organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The purpose of building Eiffel Tower in such structure was to show to the world France’s advancement of technology and beauty. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It seemed that then the name of the tower was derived from the designer’s last name, “Eiffel”

Another reason on why the tower was built was for scientific progress. Although few realized it, the Eiffel Tower would become the prominent structure in terms of science and technology. Many experiment with temperature, pressure and pendulums were performed atop the unique famous building. Additionally the Eiffel Tower was used for radio transmission tower. Many experiments were conducted atop the Eiffel Tower for radio transmission advancement. Once the Eiffel Tower was proposed to be demolished but it was spared because the tower had the promising future as a radio tower.