Thank you very much for waiting me, I enjoyed your letter. I have received many letters from your country who read “Hello English Magazine”. So far I think about fifty letters.
I am 13 years old and in the eight grade at Centennial Junior High School. We have three grades in my school: seventh, eighth, and ninth. My hobbies are talking on the telephone to my friends and listening to music on the radio. I also like to do many crafts, I make teddy bears by hand and embroider.
I don’t speak your language and I haven’t been to your country, though I would like to. I am learning Spanish in school. I have been taking it for two years.
I live in a small city at the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Off and all winter we get lot of snow. I don’t snow-ski but many people do in our state. The Rocky Mountains cover several states around us.
Right now it is the month of December. Outside the leaves are gone from the trees and there is snow on the ground. Everyone is getting ready for the Christmas holiday when we exchange presents and decorate a large evergreen tree. School children like this holiday because they can be with their family and I’ll be visiting my grandmother and grandfather in Dallas, Texas. My grandfather is the one who wrote a letter in “Hello Magazine”.
I thank you again for waiting me and I hope to receive more letter in the future.
Present Perfect Tense merupakan Tenses ketiga dalam Bahasa Inggris. Secara sederhana diartikan sebagai bentuk waktu yang menjelaskan tentang suatu kejadian, peristiwa atau kejadian yang telah terjadi pada periode tertentu dan pada saat bicara, kejadian, peristiwa atau aktivitas tersebut tidak lagi dilakukan atau berlangsung.
Rumus:
a. Kalimat Verbal:
(+) Subjek + have, has + V3 + dll
(-) Subjek + have, has + not + V3 + dll
(?) Have, Has + subjek + V3 +dll?
b. Kalimat Non-Verbal
(+) Subjek + have, has + been + dll
(-) Subjek + have, has + not + been + dll
(?) Have, Has + subjek +been +dll?
Perhatikan contoh berikut:
KALIMAT VERBAL
a. Kalimat Positif
I have seen the movie.
We have seen the movie.
b. Kalimat Negatif
I have not seen the movie.
We have not seen the movie.
c. Kalimat Tanya
Have you seen the movie?
Have they seen the movie?
KALIMAT NON-VERBAL
a. Kalimat Positif
I have been here for 20 minutes.
We have been here for 20 minutes.
b. Kalimat Negatif
I have not been here for 20 minutes.
We have not been here for 20 minutes.
c. Kalimat Tanya
Have you been here for 20 minutes?
Have they been here for 20 minutes?
Tenses ini digunakan untuk:
Pengalaman
Perubahan
Situasi Yang berkelanjutan
Perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimatnya berikut ini:
We have never eaten pizza. (=I do not have any experience to eat pizza)
John has broken his leg. (=yesterday John had a good leg)
I have lived in Medan for 3 years.
For & Since dengan Present Perfect Tense
Kita memakai for untuk membicarakan tentang sebuah periode waktu.
Kita memakai since untuk membicarakan tentang titik (batas waktu) di masa lampau.
The shirt’s button, reflected in the mirror, hangs wrongly
Such a trivial thing, if you were here, I’d (think) be glad
In the time that we can’t see each other, our love strengthens
Though (I) busily pass by the waiting days,
even so, just like this…like this…
I want to see you, I will always think of you
From my heart
Once more-my heart-I want to give [transfer] it to you.
If you _(call?)_, I will go (be there)
To laugh by your side
No matter what kind of day it is I will always think of you
From my heart
Now, once again-your heart-I won’t let it go
If you cry, I will go (be there)
I want to always protect you
If you wish
I will strive(?) for everything
I want to realize that eternal dream
No matter how many times -too heart- my smile for you
In sadness, in happiness, I (With all my heart)
I’ll be there for you
No matter what I’ll be there for you want to laugh by your side
Ever watched an under the sea movie and imagined who was behind it? That person was man from France Jacques Yves Cousteau (1910-1997). He had a number of occupations during his life, among other naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, and scientist who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He also co-developed the aqua-lung project.
When he was in the Navy, he carried out his first under water experiments wearing underwater goggles, predeccessors of the modern diving mask lent by his friend, Philippe Tailliez.
During the 1940s Cousteau developed the design o aqua-lung into the open circuit scuba technology that we use today.
Everybody knows The Oprah Winfrey Show, at TV talk show hosted by a woman of the same name: Oprah or Oprah Winfrey one of the most influential people of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 according to Time.
Oprah didn’t have a beautiful childhood. She didn’t have a complete family since here parents were separated she was molested by her cousin, her uncle, and a family friend and she grew up in poverty. She lived with her every poor, but strict and supportive grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee. Oprah was so poor that she often wore dresses made of potato snack. That made her the laughing stock of her friend. But even though her grandmother was very poor, she taught her to read before the age of three and took her to local church. There she was nicknamed “The Preacher” for her ability to recite Bible verse.
Even though her family life was far from ideal, Oprah very good at school. She always got good grades and she received a scholarship when she was 13. When she was 14, her mother her to live with her father, Vernon.
Fortunately, he was a strict but encouraging. He also made her put education as her first priority. She became a honor student and joined and won several competitions. The she was involved with the press and the media and made a name for herself. Now she has everything a show, a school, wealth, fame, magazine and everything she couldn’t afford in her childhood.
Now Oprah is not only a famous and rich woman, but also a philanthropist. She doesn’t have children, but she treats all the students at South Africa’s Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls as her daughters.
You may heard this song so often on TV or radio lately. Nice song isn’t it? You will find this song, “Cinta Pertama Dan Terakhir,” on Sherina’s lately album, Gemini. We were lucky to have an opportunity to meet and interview her on one of her busy days promoting the album. And this is what she says about
Sherina looked and felt tired which she finally admitted just a few minute before the interview ended whe she come to C’nS Magazine. However, she answered all our questions clearly an in depth, and went throuhg the photo session professionally. Yes Sherina has grown up from little Sherina in Petualangan Sherina to a young lady who sees music as her job.
She has also proved that she takes her professional career seriously by releasing her second album, Gemini. Why Gemini? Like other geminis, “There are two sides to my personality,” she says. She tries to portray both in her songs on this album, as well as on the cover, which shows her both boyish and girly at the same time; casual rebellious but beautiful. “I’m a real Gemini; stubborn and moody. I felt especially in the making of this album.”
The album itself is expected to be widely accepted without her loosing her roots. “My music is not serious, but maybe some people see it that way because they expect music to be songs they can enjoy and sing along to easily with friends. My music comes from heart. Besides, I’m a perfectionist, and when I’m working on a song, if possible it has to have all the stuff needed to make it perfect.” The end result is Gemini, which is complete in term of music. With her above average knowledge of music, this young talented composer has successfully produced ten excellent songs for this album; all were written and arranged by herself except for one song. “Gregetan” was written by her father, Triawan Munaf, in the 1980’s and rearranged for her album. “Ayah didn’t know how this song turned out until this album was launched. After he heard it, he asked me to make it the second single.”
Of all the songs on her album, “Simfoni Hitam,” which was recorded in two versions with respectively band and orchestra, has become her favorite. She imagine that this song will be the theme of a wide screen film, since her dream now is to make a musical film. And with this purpose in mind, Sherina plans to continue her study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She wants to take Film Scoring music to be used with visual media as her major to fulfill her passion for music and film. “I have been in love with film scoring since I was I child. I learnt that when the music on a film is turned off, the audience won’t be emotionally involved. So music plays an important role in a film.” Her two songs “Jalan Cinta” and “Ku Bahagia” featured as soundtracks of two box office movies, Ayat-ayat Cinta and Laskar Pelangi are the last two tracks on this album.
