The Fox with the Stunded Tail (Seekor Rubah Yang Tidak Punya Ekor)

The Fox with the Stunded Tail

A fox lost her tail in a trap and was ashamed of her loss. It seemed extremely unfair to her that she alone should lack a tail.

She seriously thought the world would be a much improved place if all the other foxes too were to have no tails. And so she tried to convince them all to cut off their tails.

“The tail,” she said, “is just an extra weight. And you could hardly call it elegant! Or pretty!”

“If that is so,” replied her friend, “then why are you so unhappy without one?”

Seekor Rubah Yang Tidak Punya Ekor

Seekor rubah kehilangan ekornya dalam perangkap dan malu atas kehilangannya. Rasanya sangat tidak adil baginya bahwa ia sendiri harus kehilangan ekor.

Dia berpikir dengan serius dunia akan menjadi tempat yang sangat menyenangkan jika semua rubah yang lain juga tidak memiliki ekor. Sehingga dia berusaha meyakinkan mereka semua untuk memotong ekor mereka.

"Ekor," katanya, "ekor hanyalah berat badan ekstra. Dan kalian tidak bisa menyebutnya elegan! Atau cantik!"

"Jika memang demikian," jawab temannya, "lalu mengapa kau begitu tidak bahagia tanpa ekor?"

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Tenses

Simply, Tense means form of verb shows the time of the activity happens.

We know sixteen tenses in English. They are:

1. Present Tense

2. Present Continuous Tense

3. Present Perfect Tense

4. Present Perfect Continuous tense

5. Past tense

6. Past Continuous Tense

7. Past Perfect Tense

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

9. Future Tense

10. Future Continuous Tense

11. Future Perfect tense

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

13. Past Future tense

14. Past Future Continuous Tense

15. Past Future Perfect tense

16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

But, only twelve tenses usually learned at school or explained in common Grammar books. Here, we are going to try to give you all of them one by one.

We must know the changing of verbs in learning tenses, because each verb has own time to show the activity.

And remember, we have learned verb before. Just click here for knowing Verb. Next posting we’ll give you the first tense-Present tense.

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The Fox and the Grapes (Rubah dan Buah Anggur)

The Fox and the Grapes

A fox one day saw a bunch of ripe grapes hanging from vines along the branches. The fruit looked so ripe grapes, looks very delicious and contains full, and the mouth of the Fox wide opened and drooling while staring at the hanging grapes.

The grapes were hung on the high branches, and the Fox had to jump to reach them. The first time he jumped to pick the fruit, the fox could not reach them because the fruit was hanging high enough. Then the Fox took square stance and ran while jumping, but this time the fox still could not reach the grapes. The fox tried to jump on, but all efforts done in vain.

Now he sat down and looked at the grapes curiously.

"What a fool I am," he said. "Here I keep trying to pick the grapes that seem not good to eat."

And then the fox walked away feeling very upset.

 
Many people who pretend to ignore and minimize the sense of something they can not accomplish.

Rubah dan Buah Anggur

Seekor rubah suatu hari melihat sekumpulan buah anggur yang ranum bergantungan dari pohon anggur di sepanjang cabangnya. Buah anggur itu terlihat begitu ranum, kelihatan sangat lezat dan berisi penuh, dan mulut sang Rubah menjadi terbuka serta meneteskan air liur saat menatap buah anggur yang bergantungan.

Buah anggur itu tergantung pada dahan yang cukup tinggi, dan sang Rubah harus melompat untuk mencapainya. Saat pertama kali melompat untuk mengambil buah tersebut, sang Rubah tidak dapat mencapainya karena buah itu tergantung cukup tinggi. Kemudian sang Rubah mengambil ancang-ancang dan berlari sambil melompat, tetapi kali ini sang Rubah masih juga tidak dapat mencapai buah anggur tersebut. Sang Rubah mencoba untuk melompat terus, tetapi semua usaha yang dilakukannya sia-sia belaka.

Sekarang dia lalu duduk dan memandang buah anggur itu dengan rasa penasaran.

"Betapa bodohnya saya," katanya. "Disini saya terus mencoba untuk mengambil buah anggur yang kelihatannya tidak enak untuk dimakan."
Lalu kemudian sang Rubah berjalan pergi dengan perasaan yang sangat kesal.

Banyak orang yang berpura-pura mengacuhkan dan memperkecil arti sesuatu yang tidak dapat mereka capai.

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Ants and Grasshopper (Semut dan Belalang)

Ants and Grasshopper

During the day in late autumn, a family of ants which had worked hard all summer to gather food, to dry the grains of wheat that they had collected during the summer. Then there was a grasshopper which was starving, with a violin in his hand came and implored the family of ants so that provided little food to eat for himself.

"What!" shouted the Ants in surprise, "Have you been collecting and preparing food for the coming winter? So what were you doing all summer?"

"I do not have time to gather food," whined the Grasshopper; "I am very busy making songs, and before I realized, the summer has passed."

The Ants then shrugged his shoulders because they felt upset.

"Making a song you said?" said the Ant, "Okay, now you have completed the song in the summer, it is time you dance!" The ants then turned around and continued their work regardless of the grasshopper again.

There is a time for work and there is time to play.

Semut dan Belalang

Pada siang hari di akhir musim gugur, satu keluarga semut yang telah bekerja keras sepanjang musim panas untuk mengumpulkan makanan, mengeringkan butiran-butiran gandum yang telah mereka kumpulkan selama musim panas. Saat itu seekor belalang yang kelaparan, dengan sebuah biola di tangannya datang dan memohon dengan sangat agar keluarga semut itu memberikan sedikit makan untuk dirinya.

"Apa!" teriak sang Semut dengan terkejut, "tidakkah kamu telah mengumpulkan dan menyiapkan makanan untuk musim dingin yang akan datang ini? Selama ini apa saja yang kamu lakukan sepanjang musim panas?"

"Saya tidak mempunyai waktu untuk mengumpulkan makanan," keluh sang Belalang; "Saya sangat sibuk membuat lagu, dan sebelum saya sadari, musim panas pun telah berlalu."

Semut tersebut kemudian mengangkat bahunya karena merasa gusar.

"Membuat lagu katamu ya?" kata sang Semut, "Baiklah, sekarang setelah lagu tersebut telah kamu selesaikan pada musim panas, sekarang saatnya kamu menari!" Kemudian semut-semut tersebut membalikkan badan dan melanjutkan pekerjaan mereka tanpa memperdulikan sang Belalang lagi.

Ada saatnya untuk bekerja dan ada saatnya untuk bermain.

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Adverbs

Now, let’s talk about adverbs. Adverbs in Indonesia is Kata Keterangan. There are some kinds of adverbs.

1. Adverb of Manner: Fast, Happily, Quickly, Well

2. Adverb of Place: Here, There, Near, Down

3. Adverb of Time: Now, Soon, Still, Today

4. Adverb of Frequency: Always, Usually, Often, Every day

5. Adverb of Degree: Very, Enough, Rather, Too

6. Adverb of Sentence: Certainly, Definitely, Surely, Obviously

The use of Adverbs:

1. Adverb of Manner

Adverb of Manner is used to show manner or the way someone does the activity or something happens.

Here we’ll give you some examples in sentences to make them clear.

- He walks quickly

- The train runs fast

- She receives that present happily

- They do their job well

To make adverb of manner is by adding ly to the adjective, but some Adverbs of Manner have the same forms like Adjectives, for example: Fast, Hard, Well.

2. Adverb of Place

Adverb of Place is used to show the place, position, or location.

- My family and I have holiday in Japan

- They live near here

3. Adverb of Time

Adverb of Time is used to show the time. Can be in day, time, date, month, year

- He comes today

- They leave soon

4. Adverb of Frequency

Adverb of Frequency is used to show how many times the activity done. There are two parts of Adverbs of Frequency.

Part 1.

- Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Never

Note: We put these Adverbs of Frequency after the subject if the sentence is positive and interrogative. But if the sentence is in Nominal form, we put them after tobe. And for negative form we put after not, For instance:

- We usually do our job together soon.

- We are usually on time to come to work.

- We do not usually do our job together soon.

- We are not usually on time to come to work.

- Do they usually come late to work?

- Are they usually on time to come to work?

Part 2.

- Every day, Every time, Every week, Once a day, Twice a day, Three times a day

Note: We put these adverbs of frequency in the end of the sentence. For instance:

- We have breakfast every morning.

- We are in our English class twice a week.

- We do not have breakfast every morning.

- Do they have breakfast every morning?

5. Adverb of Degree

Adverb of Degree is used to show the degree. For instance:

- The shoes are too expensive

- The water is very hot

6. Adverb of Sentence

Adverb of Sentence modifies the whole sentence/clause and normally express the speaker’s opinion.

- He is obviously intelligent

- They certainly work hard

For more other lessons we give later.

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Revenge on a Taxi Driver (Balas dendam pada supir taxi)

Revenge on a Taxi Driver

Two years later the man comes back and goes to the same casino. This time he wins money.

As he exits the casino, he sees a long line of Taxi drivers.. and at the end is his enemy from two years ago.

Seeing this, the man decides to get his revenge. He goes up to the first Taxi and says: "hey will you give me a blowjob?"

the taxi driver says: "no you freak, get out of my car!"

The man then goes on to the next car and says: "hey will you give me a blowjob?"

the taxi driver says: "no you maniac, get out of my car!"

The man continues to do this all down the line until he reaches the last taxi, and sees his enemy.

The man asks: "how much for a ride to the airport?"

Not reconising him the driver replies: "$5" "Okay." says the man and he gets in.

Then as he passes the line of other taxis, he sticks his hands out the window and gives them all a big thumbs up.

Balas dendam pada supir taxi

Dua tahun kemudian orang itu datang kembali dan pergi ke kasino yang sama. Kali ini dia menang.

Saat ia keluar kasino, dia melihat antrian panjang supir taksi .. dan pada akhirnya dia melihat musuh dua tahun lalu.

Melihat kesempatan ini, laki-laki itu memutuskan untuk membalas dendamnya. Dia naik ke Taksi pertama dan mengatakan: "hei maukah kamu memberiku blowjob?"

pengemudi taksi mengatakan: "tidak kamu orang sinting, keluar dari mobil saya!"

Pria itu kemudian pergi ke mobil berikutnya dan berkata: "hei maukah kau memberiku blowjob?"

pengemudi taksi mengatakan: "tidak kamu maniak, keluar dari mobil saya!"

Pria itu terus melakukan hal tersebut sepanjang antrian sampai ia mencapai taksi terakhir, dan melihat musuhnya.

Dia bertanya: "berapa ongkos ke bandara?"

Tidak mengenalinya si sopir menjawab: "5 dolar" "Oke." kata pria tadi dan ia masuk

Kemudian ketika ia melewati barisan taksi lain, ia mengeluarkan tangannya ke luar jendela dan mengacungkan jempol pada semua para sopir taksi tadi.



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The Smart Blonde (Si Pirang Yang Pintar)

The Smart Blonde

A blonde woman boards an airplane. She is extremely exhausted and just wants to take a nap. She finally finds her seat and sits down next to a very curious young man.

He wants to test the whole dub blonde thing and possibly make some money out of it. "Hey, wanna play a game?" he asks her. "No thank you, i just want to take a nap."

"Please, it's really easy, all you have to do is answer the questions that i ask you. If you don't know the answer, then you give me five dollars, and if I don't know the answer to your question, then Ill give you five dollars."

"I really don't want to do this. I just want to take a nap."

"Oh but PLEASE pretty please. Okay, how about if I don't know the answer to your question, I'll give you five hundred dollars." The blonde woman became interested and decided to play the game.

"Okay. How many moons does Jupiter have?" the young man asked. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five dollar bill. "What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back down with four?".

The young man, determined not to lose, gets out his laptop and searches all over the internet for an answered. Flustered and confused, the young man hand the blonde five hundred dollars.

After a few hours, the young man was itching to know the answer to the question."What was the answer to the riddle?" the blonde woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five dollar bill.

Si Pirang Yang Pintar

Seorang wanita pirang naik pesawat terbang. Dia sangat kelelahan dan yang dia inginkan hanya tidur siang. Dia akhirnya menemukan kursinya dan duduk di samping seorang pria muda yang sangat tertarik.

Dia ingin menguji  julukan si pirang dan mungkin bisa menghasilkan uangnya. "Hei, mau main game?" pria itu bertanya padanya. "Tidak, terima kasih, saya hanya ingin tidur siang."

"Ayo dong, ini sangat mudah loh, yang harus Anda lakukan hanyalah menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang saya tanyakan. Jika Anda tidak tahu jawabannya,. Maka Anda beri saya lima dolar, dan jika aku tidak tahu jawaban pertanyaan Anda, maka saya akan memberimu lima dolar. "

"Saya benar-benar tidak ingin melakukannya saya hanya ingin tidur siang.."

"Oh tapi PLEASE cantik mau ya. Oke, bagaimana jika saya tidak tahu jawaban pertanyaan Anda, saya akan memberikan lima ratus dolar." Si pirang menjadi tertarik dan memutuskan untuk bermain game tadi.

"Oke. Berapa banyak bulan yang Jupiter miliki?" Si pria muda bertanya. Si wanita merogoh tasnya dan mengeluarkan uang lima dolar. "Apa yang naik gunung dengan tiga kaki dan kembali turun dengan empat kaki?".

Anak muda tadi, bertekad untuk tidak kalah, dia keluarkan laptop dan mencari jawaban di internet. Bingung dan puyeng, Si pemuda memberikan Si pirang lima ratus dolar.

Setelah beberapa jam, pria muda itu penasaran untuk mengetahui jawaban pertanyaan tadi "Apa jawaban teka-teki tadi?" Si pirang merogoh tasnya dan menyerahkan uang lima dolar ke pemuda tadi.




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