Sabtu, 29 November 2014

The Tigerman From Sumatra

Once upon a time, there was a salesman who used to travel  from village to village to sell cloth. One day, he was on his way on the road  carrying his big bundle of cloth. He walked on and on, the further he walked the bush becomes the trees which grew on each side of the road. This makes him confused looking for a way out “ Oh no, where I am now ? there is no sign of a village here. I should go back to the way that I've been through before the night come.”But when he attempted to down the road which he had passed, the road is gone “ Oh may god where is the road ? i can’t find my way back. I think i get lost.”. A long last, when he could hardly see the shadows of the trees because it started to be dark in that forest, the salesman saw a big house “ Thanks god there is a house over there.” he excitedly walked towards the house. When he knocked the door, an old woman opened the door  she said “ what are you doing here ? ” “ I am a salesmen who sell cloth from village to village. But i get lost in this forest.  Can you allowed me to stay in your house just for one night because the forest was full of tigers and i afraid if those tigers would ate me.”

The old woman feel sorry for the salesman but he could do nothing “  My husband, brother and son were all tigers. If they found you in the house, they would kill you. ” . The man felt very frightened, he didn't know what to do. Finally, the old woman felt very sorry for him and allowed the man entered the house. After a while the woman have an idea. She warned the man not to make any noise while her family was at home. Then she gave the man meal, took the bundle of cloth from him and hides him in a small room at the top of the house. Then the man growling and scratching in the room downstairs.

                The tiger’s man had come home. As soon as they were inside, those tigers said they smelt a man inside the house “ what is this smell ? it’s smell like a human here. Hey my wife did you see a human around here ?” quickly the old woman said “ There were no human in the house, but half an hour ago there was a man trying to sell cloth. He left his bundle behind, and then he went to the forest to sleep under the tree. Tomorrow he'll come back for the bundle.” . Those tiger’s people were very interested in the cloth and wanted to have one. Every one of them chose a sarong and a head scarf and paid for those things with big pieces of gold since they didn't have money at all.

After dinner they decided to go back to the forest to look for the man and frightened him. It would be fun to frighten the daylights out of him, they thought. The next morning, the old woman woke up the man “ Hey wake up, you must as fast as you could before the tigers men came from the forest.”  The old woman gave him the pieces of gold and showed him the nearest way to the village. The man thanked to the woman then walked away as fast as he could. He didn’t stop until he arrived in the main road and knew that he was safe. When he looked at his bag, he saw that gold and found that they were worth a thousand times more than the cloth the tigers people had bought. He returned home as a rich man. How happy he was.

Some time latter when he had forgotten about the dangerous night, he decided to go back to the house in the forest with some expensive woven cloth and jewels to sell to the tiger’s men. But when he arrived at the place where the crossroad used to be, he found that the wide and smooth path had disappeared. For days he walked around the whole area, but he couldn't find the way to the old woman's house.

question
1. who's get lost in the forest...?
a.salesman   b.old woman   c.tigerman  d.people   e.tigerman brother
2.what is salesman sell from village to village...?
a.shoes   b.car   c.book   d.motorcycle   e.cloth
3.who is tigerman...?
a. old woman brother  b.old woman husband   c.old woman son   d.old woman friends   
e. old woman grand father
4.why the salesman must hide...?
a.he shy to meet the old woman   b.he afraid of thief   c.he afraid of tigerman  d.he afraid of old woman
e.he afraid of dark in that forest
5.what saleswoman brought home from tigerman house...?
a.bundle of cloth  b.rock   c.leaf   d.gold   e.diamond

Amazing Structure


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01685/pisa-1_1685628c.jpg

Every country has its must-see sights. Italy has countless, but one that every traveler heading to the country knows is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.  The Leaning Tower of Pisa wasn’t always called that. Originally, it was just the Tower of Pisa, or the Torre di Pisa. It name is based on its location in the Pisa province of Tuscany, a district of central Italy known for its vast influence on high Italian culture, the arts and sciences.The tower itself is a campanile, while is a bell tower.The Tower of Pisa got its tilt – and became the Leaning Tower of Pisa – because it was built on soft ground and  did not have a strong foundation. This actually began during construction of the tower all the way back in 1173, but the tower began to lean further and further for decades as the tower was being built. It was finally stabilized in the 20th and 21st centuries, meaning the tower hopefully won’t completely collapse anytime soon! (If it’s any solace, the tower’s been fine for the past 841 years)

Historians can’t say for sure who built the Tower of Pisa. In 1820, historians found a piece of cast at the base of the tower with the name Bonanno Pisano written on it. Pisano was an artist and a bronze caster residing in Pisa during the 12th century, and may be the architect of the tower, but historians have also speculated that the cast with Pisano’s name may be part of a bronze door on the tower that was destroyed in 1595.Another 12th century architect, Diotisalvi, may also be responsible for the tower. However, Diotisalvi was known to sign his works, and because the Tower of Pisa has no such signature, historians remain puzzled by its true architect.So an architect is one thing, but who actually picked up the tools to build the thing? Diotisalvi is speculated as being part of the tower’s physical construction, especially because he worked on other buildings around Pisa that share similar qualities to the tower. Another builder named Gerardo di Gerardo could have taken part, as well as Giovanni di Simone, who – under the Italian sculptor and architect Giovanni Pisano – helped complete the tower’s construction.

The Tower of Pisa didn’t begin to lean because of a faulty design – at least, not on the part of the actual tower. Rather, the ground it was built on was silty subsoil, an extremely weak foundation that ultimately lead to the tower sinking into the ground – unevenly! The tilt didn’t come in until five years after construction had started in 1178, when architects began to work on the second floor. In 1272, construction on the tower continued, but the tilt was still there in full force. The builders actually tried to fix it by engineering the floors on one side taller than the side with the tilt, in an attempt to straighten it out. This didn’t work, but it did give the tower its infamous curve. Construction stopped again and resumed nearly a century later in 1319.Buildings in the modern era don’t usually take centuries to build. The Tower of Pisa was constructed over a period of 199 years! It’s funny to think about how old the foundation of the tower is compared to its upper floors – it’s a century older, at the least, than the rest of the building. Luckily, a restoration phase between 1990 to 2001 helped strengthen the foundation and touch up the building’s surface.


So here are some technical facts about the actual structure!
  • Height from ground floor: 183 feet, 3 inches – 8 stories / 55.863 metres
  • Height from foundation: 191 feet, 5.64 inches  / 58.36 metres
  • Outer base diameter: 50 feet, 9.6 inches / 15.484 metres
  • Inner base diameter: 24 feet, 2.1 inches / 7.368 metres
  • Slant angle: 3.97 degrees / 12 feet, 10 inches / 3.9 metres from the vertical
  • Elevation of Piazza del Duomo: 6 feet / 2 metres
  • Weight: 16,200 short tons / 14,700 metric tons

Question :
1. The text describe about...?
a. eiffel tower   b. liberty statue   c. pisa tower   d. twin tower   e. toronto tower
2. when pisa tower was built...?
a.1173   b.841   c.1820   d.1595   e.1178
3.how tall is pisa tower from ground floor...?
a.183 feet   b.191 feet   c.24 feet   d.50 feet   e.58.863 metres
4.why pisa tower became lean...?
a.it's faulty design   b.hit by car   c.affected by tornado   d. the ground it was built on was silty subsoil
e.designed to lean
5.who's built the pisa tower...?
a.bonnano or diotisalvi   b.leonardo da vinci   c.ridwan kamil   d.gustave eiffel   e.César Pelli