One day the Wind and the Sun were disputing which was stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road. The Sun : I see a way to decide our
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The Sun : I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveler to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the strongest.
The Wind : Would you mind not talking so loudly?
The Sun : Sorry. Okay, you begin. I will retire behind a cloud.
The Wind : I will blow as hard as I can and I’ll be the winner.
The Sun : Okay. Good luck.
The Wind : Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I’m so tired. What is happening to me? I shouldn’t give up. I have to blow harder. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
But the harder he blew the closer the traveler wrapped his cloak around him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveler, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.
bantu jawab?:
1. which one is stranger the wind or sun?
2. why were they disputing?
3. what did they do when they saw a traveler coming down the road?
4. why did the wind give up in despair?
5. what lesson can you learn from the story?
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1. Jawaban MRWAR
Jawaban:
Here are the answers for the five questions above:
1. The sun was stronger than the wind.
2. They were disputing or fighting over to find out who is stronger than the other.
3. They decided to do a kind of contest, suggested by the Sun, by challenging who can make the traveler take off his cloak to end the dispute.
4. Because the wind became exhausted and he still couldn't make the traveler take off his cloak.
5. do not be too confident on yourself or even arrogant to believe that you will be the winner or ,in more general case, you can do better than the others without knowing that you can really prove it.
Penjelasan:
The exercise above can be regarded as the reading comprehension one as you need to find out the answers in the text or even beyond it. Thus, close reading method is necessary than skim reading or reading at glance on the main points only. The text above is considered as narrative fable-based story as the characters used in it are not actual thing which can speak in the real life.
1. To determine who is stronger, one has to make a conclusion based on what happened in the end, when the sun was able to make the traveler take off the cloak.
2. The reason for their dispute can be seen explicitly in the first sentence of the text, 'One day the Wind and the Sun were disputing which was stronger.'
3. It was what the sun proposed to do end the dispute. The sun said ' I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause.......as the strongest.' Eventually, the wind agreed.
4. It can be seen in the end of the story. '.....the harder he blew the closer the traveler wrapped .......give up in despair.'
5. To find out the moral value of the story, one has to consider from the conclusion and the story plot, conflict, etc in general. The lesson about not to boast oneself can be taken from the wind's confidence yet failed.
Pelajari lebih lanjut:
Reading comprehension: brainly.co.id/tugas/2804935
Detail Jawaban:
Kelas: SMA
Mapel: English
Kategori: reading comprehension
Kode: 10.5.15
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