Softskill Meeting 3

1.      Which of the following is NOT true?

a.    Winners placed olive wreaths on their own heads.

b.    The games were held in Greece every four years.

c.     Battles were interrupted to participate in the games.

d.    Poem glorified the winners in song

The answer : C. Battles were interrupted to participate in the games.

The Reason :

Because, battles were not interupted, look in line 15 (Originally these contests were held as games of friendship)

2.      The word “elite” in line 5 is closest in meaning to...

a.    Aristocracy

b.    Brave

c.     Intellectuals

d.    Muscular

The answer : A. Aristocracy

The Reason :

Because,  Elite it’s mean “golongan atas” has the same meaning with Aristrocracy which is “kaum ningrat”.

3.      Why were The Olympic Games held?

a.    To stop wars

b.    To honor Zeus

c.     To crown the best athletes

d.    To sing songs about the athletes

The Answer : B. To Honor Zeus

The Reason :

Look in line 1, the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks’ chief God, Zeus.

4.      Approximately how many years ago did these game originate?

a.    800 years       

b.    1200 years     

c.      2300 years    

d.    2800 years

The answer : D. 2800 years

The reason :

From 776 b. c. to 2012 is approximately 2700. According to sources I have read “ The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival. The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods.”

http://englishforyou.lacoctelera.net/post/2011/12/07/from-olympia-776-bc-to-london-2012 (10:10WIB)

5.      What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?

a.    They were pacifists.

b.    They believed athletic events were important

c.     They were very simple

d.    They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates

The answer : B. They believed athletic events were important

The reason :

The conclusion is They belived athletic events were important, look in line 18 (paragraph 2) “The greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four year cycles called Olympiad”.

6.      What is the main idea of this passage?

a.    Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks.

b.    The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness programs.

c.     The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games.

d.    The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivites so that they could go back to war when the games were over.

The answer : A. Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks.

The reason :

Because in line 7 indicates thatThe Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. If seen from the other answer, the Greeks did not provide punishment severe if not participating in the phisycal fitness program.  The Greeks  had not always encouraged everyone to participate in the games, only the elite, military and males who had no criminal record. The the games it’s not coincide with religious festivite.

7.      In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to...

a.    Accomplishments

b.    Ancestors

c.     Documents

d.    Property

The answer : A. Accomplishments

The reason :

if translated into the Indonesian language deeds it’s mean perbuatan same with Accomplishment which mean pencapaian. While Ancestors it’s mean nenek moyang, Documents it’s surat-surat and property it’s mean harta.

8.      Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes in the Olympics?

a.    They must have completed military service

b.    They had to attend special training sessions

c.     They had to be Greek males with no criminal record

d.    They had to be very religious

The answer : C. They had to be Greek males with no criminal record

The reason :

Look in line 6 indicates that “ but later the games were open to all free Greek males who had no criminal record.”

9.      The word “halted” in line 16 means most nearly the same as...

a.    Encourages

b.    Started

c.     Curtailed

d.    Fixed

The answer : C. Curtailed

The reason :

if translated into the Indonesian language halted it’s mean diberhentikan same with Curtailed which mean dibatasi/dikurangi. While Strted it’s mean nenek dimulai, Encorage  it’s menganjurkan  and fixed it’s mean pasti.

10.  What is an “Olympiad” ?

a.    The time it took to finish the games

b.    The time between games

c.     The it took to nfinish war

d.    The time it took te athletes to train

The answer : B. The time between games

The reason :

Because the synonym of Olympiad is the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country. So, an Olympiad It could also be interpreted as The time between games.

STYLISTIC PROBLEMS

1.      The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s quetions...

a.    Because he was afraid it would incriminate him

b.    For fear that they will incriminate him

c.     Because he was afraid that his answer would incriminate him

d.    Fearing that he will be incriminated by it

The answer : C

The reason  :

This sentence is most appropriate because, he, his and him is a correct  antecendent .

It and They not constitute a pronoun for this sentence.

2.      Mrs. Walker has returned...

a.    A wallet back to its original owner

b.    To its original owner the wallet

c.     The wallet to its originally owner

d.    The wallet to its original owner

The answer : D

The reason  :

the answer to this is the most appropriate because , have some sort of arrangement of the right words . Unlike other answers (a)is redudancy. (b) the indirect object (original owner) preceds the direct subject (The wallet). (c) originally is adverb and cannot used for this sentence.

           

3.      The hospital owes.....for the consrtuction of the new wing.

a.    The government twenty million dollars

b.    For the government twenty million dollars

c.     To the government twenty million dollars

d.    Twenty million of dollars to the government

The answer : A

The reason  :

Because in this sentence cannot use a preposition (like for, to, and of) when the indirect object precedes the direct object.

4.      Sarah....that she could not attend classes next week.

a.    Told to her professors

b.    Said her professors

c.     Told her professors

d.    Is telling her professors

The answer : D

The reason  :

Because, is telling her professor is a Present Continous Tense. This Tense is used to describe an act that was in progress at the time now, declared the Act is temporary and declared the Act referred to at the time to come.

S + To be (am, are, is) + present participle (bentuk-ing)

In this case Sarah said at the time are now professors that he didn't get to attend classes next week.

5.      The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest because....

a.    He painted very good

b.    They belived he painted well

c.     Of their belief that he was an good artist

d.    The judges had been told of his talents

The answer : D

The reason  :

Because, The judges is a correct antecendent of pronoun and in the other option they and their can not use to this sentence. Look into the option (a) he painted very good.

For number 6-10 colors used for selection of answers Green for (a), blue (b), purple (c) and orange (d).

6.      If motorist do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.

The Incorrect Answer : D

The reason  :

Because this sentence indicated that is Parallelism. have to pay a fine should be replaced by fined.

7.      Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had an accident on his way to the practice.

The Incorrect Answer : C

The Reason :

In this sentence must be used The past perfect tense (s + had + past participle (v-3)). And the right sentence is “Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had had an accident an accident on his way to teh practice.”

8.      A short time before her operation last month, Mrs.Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.

The Incorrect Answer : C

The Reason  :

Because it happened last month, this sentence must be used The past perfect tense (s + had + past participle (v-3)). and the true answer is had dreamed.

9.      The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to all who have the good fortune to visit there.

The Incorrect Answer : B

The Reason :

Because this is the shape of Parallelism. So, “gives a welcome feeling” must be renamed by  welcome.

10.  Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.

The Incorrect Answer : C

The Reason :

Because, the sentence is Present Continous Tense, it used to describe an act that was in progress at the time now. So, “watched” must renamed by watching.

My Opinion (Soft Skill in English Business 2)

Kritikus Dunia Komentari Film 'The Raid'

Rata-rata mereka memberikan ulasan positif terhadap film Indonesia ini.

VIVAnews - Film 'The Raid: Redemption' mendapat sambutan hangat dari para kritikus dunia. Film karya anak bangsa ini diulas di sejumlah media asing seperti Los Angeles Times, Hollywood.com, dan New York Post.

Lewat ulasannya berjudul 'Armed for the ‘Redemption’' di New York Post, kritikus film Lou Lumenick menyebut, adegan aksi di film "The Raid' brutal dan memacu adrenalin. Ia juga mengatakan, film 'The Raid' tidak ditujukan bagi penonton yang memiliki jantung lemah ataupun masalah dengan perut.

"'The Raid: Redemption' memiliki beberapa plot twist yang rapih dan sedikit banyak karakterisasi dari yang Anda harapkan dari jenis film semacam ini. Namun kebanyakan hal tersebut merupakan impian dari para pecinta laga," ujar Lumenick.

Kritikus Gary Goldstein tak ketinggalan mengulas film garapan sutradara Gareth Evans tersebut dengan tajuk 'The Raid: Redemption' is an action bonanza' di Los Angeles Times. Goldstein menilai, film 'The Raid' kaya akan adegan laga yang mengejutkan. Ia juga tak segan memuji kemampuan Evans dalam menyajikan visualiasi menakjubkan yang bisa membuat mata penonton tak teralihkan.

"Ini melelahkan, menggembirakan, hal-hal memukau yang tidak boleh dilewatkan oleh penggemar film yang dibuat dengan penuh enerjik," ujar Goldstein.

Pujian terhadap film yang dibintangi Iko Uwais ini juga datang dari kritikus film Matt Patches. Lewat ulasannya di Holywood.com, Patches mengatakan bahwa definisi film laga modern bisa diperdebatkan setelah menyaksikan film 'The Raid'.

"Tentu saja mereka memiliki adegan laga- tapi tak ada yang setara dengan apa yang telah dilakukan sutradara Gareth Evans lewat seni bela diri yang hebat sekali, koreografi dengan presisi yang tak terbayangkan," ujar Patches.

Selain tayang di Indonesia, film 'The Raid' juga diputar di 14 bioskop di Amerika Serikat. Film tersebut didistribusikan di luar negeri oleh Sony Pictures Classic. Semenjak diputar di Negeri Paman Sam, 'The Raid' sukses mengantongi pendapatan sekitar Rp2 miliar.

'The Raid' menceritakan perjalanan 20 anggota pasukan khusus dalam menjalankan misi menangkap satu gembong narkotika kejam di sebuah gedung 30 lantai yang tak tersentuh aparat. Misi penuh bahaya ini juga dibintangi oleh Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhiyan, Joe Taslim dan Pierre Gruno.

http://showbiz.vivanews.com/news/read/299746-kritikus-dunia-komentari-film--the-raid-

My Opinion :

I have been watching this movie and I am so dazzled by The Raid on the British Director Gareth Evan. The Film was simultaneously broadcast in four countries (Indonesia, Australia, the United States). The Film features martial art from Indonesia, Pencak silat, I feel very proud because finally Pencak Silat can be recognized internationally through The film The Raid. The scene in this movie is indeed spurred the adrenaline and looks very real with a sadistic murder on the displays so that the audience would feel the tension of this film and my opinion is couldn’t be seen by people who have heart disease or minor children are in a sense not yet deserve to see a scene of killings in this film.

Players such as Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian as well as Donny Alamsyah looks very expert in playing every scene in this movie, they deserved to be called as an actor an exceptional action in the martial arts of Indonesia. Because it was very fitting when it was entered into the ranks of Hollywood movies and many get praise from critics the world not least from those who call this as “Best Action of The Year”. I think, after The Raid there will be many Indonesian movie, views the world and hopefully the name cinema in Indonesia can be estimate in the international world.

This picture from : http://review-newgadget.blogspot.com/2011/09/raid-film-action-indonesia-kalahkan.html

All about Me (SoftSkill, English Business 2)

My name is Viola..

Hmmm... I was originally confused, i don’t know what would i like to write. Maybe, better to introduce myself first. My name is Viola Claudia Provita (is beautiful name,right??). My father said Viola it’s mean the light of the morning sun, Claudia it’s mean flower and Provita it’s mean fortunate. The conclusion my name is flower was born in the morning and bring the fortune. Hopefully the name given by both my parents really bring me in goodness. But my friends judged that my name is full of commercial brand like soap and margarine brand.

My childhood..

1. While i am being a baby

I was born on 12^th October 1990. If only I could talk when I was born. I'll be grateful to God for allowing me to live in the world, maybe the cry of the first time i was the words of gratitude to The lord. When i was a baby, my weight is 3.5 kg (wow it’s a big baby!!). However, I'm the most awaited her birth, because I was the first child to be born from the womb of my mother, all waiting for my birth (yeeyyyy...^_^).

2. The most beautiful (but a little weird for other people)

My childhood is a time of the most beautiful , you know why??

The answer is........

I can play anytime without thinking of a load of living. My parents always follow my intention like bought all the toys that i am request and always took me to the playground after my father came home from the Office where he worked. Every day we always spent time together, I was the only one received by both my parents, but since I was the age of two years old, my mother gave birth to a sister, according to the story of my parents, I used to hate my sister, I always cry when my mother and my sister carrying on I asked my sister to waste! Oh how cruel of me then..

When my 3 year old is much to say I'm very beautiful, cute and lots of people thought I was the star of the advertising of a product the kids shampoo was famous at that time and in fact there is one secret that is not I tell you except to certain people, because certainly many do not believe about this. .. probably, they will compare with my current self is 21 years old. And the secret is ...( hmmm but you guys who read Please keep this secret..oke : D) belive or not While I am 3 years many person invites me to be a star in ads for children's products. But, my dad forbade me to it, because it would interfere with my school later. If only my dad allowed, it seems now that I've become a famous person.hehe... but I know, my dad wanted the best for me. .. J

I’m in the Kinder Garten

As time goes, it's time I attended, my father register for me to kindergarten school. While in school, I became very frightened because there is a friend who keeps bothering me, he's a boy who I think really sucks at that moment, she kept taunting me, because I'm fat and crybaby. Yet I tell you why I'm a big fat ...I become bloated from too much eating chocolate and drink milk all day, if the mother banned me for it, then I'll cry. And I became very fat at that time. Already know right??

Now, back to my story when I was in kindergarten. I have friend, she is my best friend. We always playing together, and one day, I want swinging on a staircase in the shape of a half circle, my best friend is good at once swung, I wanted to like her ...then I tried climbing and enter my body to start swinging, it turns out my body is squeezed!! because not fit to enter the pit ladder ...T_T. it was the worst natural events that i was in the kinder garten. :D

Another one of my weaknesses, besides my body is fat I also not very good at dancing, that was proven during the staging of the school, I became one of the dancers, but what do I do?? I'm dancing like a robot ...my friends look good at dancing, but I?? Of course not ... dancing should I do then, because each student must display the dance, It is the things that I hate!

Ok ...It is a little moment that I remember, maybe for you guys this stuff is weird, but for me now ...This is the lovely memories.

When I was a teenager..

at this time my confidence started to grow, this proved to be sitting on the bench ever since high school I had a lot of friends, I entered into one of the famous gang in my school, do you remember? I can’t dance very well, but in this time, me and my gang won the dance competition at school. I also follow the Organization of the school and continued until senior high school. In senior high school I used to be the leader of the choir at my school. Me and my team was a performer at the Festival Java Jazz (2006) with Sadao Watanabe, a jazz musician from Japan. The achievements that made me proud, but not to my parents, because I'm always busy with activity of non-Academy, and finally my Academy achievement downhill and I made them quite upset, even though they don't put it on me, but I know it.

I am not a clever student in my school. I have two reason about that, the first reason : my school is the favorite school, of course many smart student at school. And the second reason : i 'm so lazy to learn beacuse i must learn about The science, i don’t like it !! I don’t like the physics and the chemistry but i like biology and matemathics. ^_^

But finally, I could graduate with good grades because I keep trying in order not to disappoint my parents.

Me now...

Now i’m school in faculty of economi, Gunadarma University. I was working while in College, I worked as a assistant laboratorium management basis. There is an awful lot of my lessons such as, how to teach can be, how to lead, how to charge at work, learn about the dividing of time and how to resolve the problem. I'm not just myself, I was with my classmates namely is Intan Permatasari, Irma fauziah, Oktavia ana rahayu. We struggled together in learning while working. In addition, I also have a lot of good friends of senior and junior, we can share experiences about the College or any other things. Working there is a very useful experience for me, in order to confront the real job when I graduated from college. It's been two years I worked there, now I can feel a change is better than my previous self.

My goal when I graduated from College, is working on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. To achieve that all I had to work hard. Many have said it is very difficult, but I hope that with hard work and prayer, I can realize my goal. I have to keep the spirit despite the many obstacles in front of me.

-Lets do the best!!!-

Me and my Pets..

I love my cats, I have kept a lot of cats I pity them ,because they're funny .My cat's name are Mimi, nancy, noni, brownie, lychees, chealsea and alvin and many more .They are are excellent, I love all of them but the most which i love is Nancy but now she's no.She's already dead, due to illness. she lived only two years old, I'm so lost, I miss the nency very much. She is always waiting for me when I go home, she always greet me with a single small bites on my feet, no pain but just amused.hihihi ... She is indeed very funny^_^. Now, no one can replace her in my heart ...

...nancy is my lovely cat...

ME AND MY FAMILY..

I was the eldest of four. my sister's first name was Noverina Dewinta Puteri, she's a very strong like a man, she has the power. she is also the daughter of chatty and very fierce. she studied at the school of architecture . My second brother named is Kevin Yudhistira Pribadi, the brother of my Personal this one very clever and a bit handsome. But most things I do not like him because he is ferociously and a little selfish, what he wants should be funded. My last brother is Boby Ananda Nugroho he is very fat because he liked to eat very much. In a day of ordinary normal people eat 3 times a day, but not for him, on this one, boby can eat up to 7 times a day ...wooowww is very surprising hahahaha!!

They are very ferociously, even more fierce them than I, they're also funny and a little annoying but I pity them very much..

And my father name is Dwi Pramono. My father worked at one of the companies of the country. He is the one who has a high loyalty to the work and family.

My mather name is Rostirawati. My mother is a mother who is very great, every day she organizes four Cubs patiently though sometimes her son and daugther always made her sad, but her never got angry. My mother is also smart cooking and my mother always tasty cuisine. many people are also saying it. My Mother was also an entrepreneur, she has a mini store for selling chicken noodles. It's been almost a year her is selling, the result can fairly add family income. My Mother Is the best Mom!!

...I love my Family...

The Nine Thing That I love..

1. I love the smell of rain because it could make me calm down.

2. My Favorite band is Sheila on 7.

3. I love watching Cinema.

4. My hobbies are singing.

5. I like chocolate.

6. I like reading novels.

7.Drama that I liked most is the Full House.

8. The song that I love is “ Csempurna” by Andra and The backbone.

9. And the last one is I liked the tranquility.

My dream which is not sufficient..

My hobby is singing, initially small I wanted to become a singer. a lot of people say my voice is nice. But my father did not agree if I become a singer. The reason is cost and no guarantee of success in the future. In childhood, I often fantasized being a famous singer, I'm so right bed as a stage show and I too sing on it ... hahaha ...

I've signed up right away at one of the talent search in Jakarta, but it cancled because some of the things that makes me not sure I could be a singer, other than that I remember about the advice given to my father. Although my dream to become the singer is not reached, I remain happy ...I'm thankful to my self in this time ...