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In pairs, discuss the answersto the following questions,based on the text in Activity 3. Share your answers with the class. One of Four Remaining Yangtze Turtles Dies in China One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just threeremaining. Also known as Rafetus swinhoei , the female turtle died in the Suzhou zoo in southern China. Experts had tried to artificially inseminate the creature, which was over 90 years old, for a fifth time shortly before she died. The species is critically endangered due to hunting, overfishing, and the destruction of its habitat. One male is left in the Chinese zoo while two other turtles live in the wild in Vietnam. The elusive nature of the turtle means it has been difficult to identify the latter's gender. Local staff and international experts had attempted to artificially inseminate the female 24 hours before she died. They said, "There were no complications from the operation and she had been in fine health after the procedure, but deteriorated the next day." The cause of her death is being investigated and the turtle's ovarian tissue was collected for future research. Adopted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47932731 (April 15, 2019) What is the purpose of the text?

In pairs, discuss the answers to the following questions, based on the text in Activity 3. Share your answers with the class.


One of Four Remaining Yangtze Turtles Dies in China

    One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three remaining.

    Also known as Rafetus swinhoei, the female turtle died in the Suzhou zoo in southern China.

    Experts had tried to artificially inseminate the creature, which was over 90 years old, for a fifth time shortly before she died.

    The species is critically endangered due to hunting, overfishing, and the destruction of its habitat.

    One male is left in the Chinese zoo while two other turtles live in the wild in Vietnam. The elusive nature of the turtle means it has been difficult to identify the latter's gender.

    Local staff and international experts had attempted to artificially inseminate the female 24 hours before she died.

    They said, "There were no complications from the operation and she had been in fine health after the procedure, but deteriorated the next day."

    The cause of her death is being investigated and the turtle's ovarian tissue was collected for future research.

Adopted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47932731 (April 15, 2019)


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Teks diatas merupakan jenis news item karena pada teks tersebut terjadi sebuah peristiwa yang diberitakan, yaitu kematian seekor kura-kura langka yang ada di Cina. News item sendiri memiliki tujuan atau purpose, yaitu to inform the reader about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important (menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang dianggap layak diberitakan atau penting). Tujuan news item dan isi dari bacaan teks tersebut serupa adalah memberikan informasi tentang peristiwa yang layak diberitakan. Biasanya dalam news item hal pertama yang akan dibaca oleh pembaca adalah judul dari teks atau artikel tersebut. Hal ini bertujuan untuk memberi rasa ingin tahu dan memancing niat pembaca. Dari judul tersebut penulis biasanya sudah memberikan tujuan isi dari bacaan yang ada. Kemudian isi dari pada teks tersebut mendukung gagasan dari judul tersebut. Pada teks ini judul yang tertulis adalah " One of Four Remaining Yangtze Turtles Dies in China ", dan kalimat pendukung judul dari isi teksnya adalah " One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just threeremaining ". Jadi, tujuan dari teks tersebut adalah memberitahukan kepada pembaca tentang persitiwa matinya seekor kura-kura langka di Cina. The purpose of the text is to inform readers about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle in China. o inform the reader about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle To inform the reader about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important

Teks diatas merupakan jenis news item karena pada teks tersebut terjadi sebuah peristiwa yang diberitakan, yaitu kematian seekor kura-kura langka yang ada di Cina. News item sendiri memiliki tujuan atau purpose, yaitu to inform the reader about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important (menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang dianggap layak diberitakan atau penting).  Tujuan news item dan isi dari bacaan teks tersebut serupa adalah memberikan informasi tentang peristiwa yang layak diberitakan. 

Biasanya dalam news item hal pertama yang akan dibaca oleh pembaca adalah judul dari teks atau artikel tersebut. Hal ini bertujuan untuk memberi rasa ingin tahu dan memancing niat pembaca. Dari judul tersebut penulis biasanya sudah memberikan tujuan isi dari bacaan yang ada. Kemudian isi dari pada teks tersebut mendukung gagasan dari judul tersebut. Pada teks ini judul yang tertulis adalah "One of Four Remaining Yangtze Turtles Dies in China", dan kalimat pendukung judul dari isi teksnya adalah "One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three remaining". Jadi, tujuan dari teks tersebut adalah memberitahukan kepada pembaca tentang persitiwa matinya seekor kura-kura langka di Cina.

The purpose of the text is to inform readers about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle in China.

o inform the reader about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtleTo inform the reader about the dead of endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle

to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important

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