The folllowing text tells us about the attitudes of a certain community in Yogyakarta towards pollution and global warming. Read it and then answer the questions. Yogyakarta Promotes Commuting by Bike The Jakarta Post, Jakarta - More than 2,000 people participated in bike-to-work and bike-to-school promotional event staged on Yogyakarta's Alun-Alun Utara Square a Monday morning. The participants who include civil servants, private-sector employees, students, police, and soldiers represented 30 different bicycle clubs. "We have to support this program to help Yogyakarta be an environmentally friendly city," Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X said. Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto saidthe program would benefit the city by reducing pollution levels and global warming contributions. "It's also good fo our health," he added. Harry said the city administration would allocate funds to construct designated cycle routes if their numbers increased significantly. Why did the Yogyakarta Mayor say that this program would benefit the city?

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Soal di atas menanyakan alasan walikota Yogyakarta berkata bahwa program bersepeda di Alun-alun Yogyakarta pada Senin pagi dapatmenguntungkan kotanya. Untuk menjawabnya, kita perlu memperhatikan kata kunci yang tercantum di soal dan kemudian mencari kata tersebut di antara paragraf-paragraf teks berita yang tertera dengan cara membaca scanning (membaca sepintas untuk mendapatkan informasi spesifik dalam teks). Kata kunci pada soal di atas adalah Yogyakarta Mayor yang berarti "walikota Yogyakarta", benefit yang artinya "menguntungkan", dan the city yang artinya "kota".Ketiga kata kunci itu tertulis di paragraf 4 yang berbunyi: Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto saidthe program would benefit the city by reducing pollution levels and global warming contributions. "It's also good for our health," he added. Apabila diterjemahkan, kalimat tersebut berbunyi "walikota Yogyakarta Herry Zudianto mengatakan bahwa program tersebut dapat menguntungkan kota melalui pengurangan tingkat polusi dan kontribusi pemanasan global. "Program ini pun baik untuk kesehatan kita," tambahnya". Agar sesuai dengan kalimat soal, jawabannya dapat dituliskan sebagai berikut: Yogyakarta Mayor said that this program would benefit thecity because it could reduce pollution levels and global warming contributions, also it was good for health yang artinya "walikota Yogyakarta berkata bahwa program tersebut dapat menguntungkan kota karena program itu dapat mengurangi tingkat polusi dan kontribusi pemanasan global, serta baik untuk kesehatan". Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah " The Yogyakarta Mayor saidthat this program would benefit the city because it could reducepollution levels and global warming contributions. It'salso good for health. "