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Tsunami

Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.

A tsunami washes ashore with often-disastrous effects susch as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.

A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This distrubance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast travelling wave grows very large.

 

"....... producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface." The synonym of the underlined word is ..........

Tsunami

Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.

A tsunami washes ashore with often-disastrous effects susch as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.

A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This distrubance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast travelling wave grows very large.

 

We understand from the text that tsunami ...............

Dear Mr. Budi Santoso

Sales Manager

Sindang Maju Ltd.

I am writing to inform you of my resignation from the position of sales executive. My last day of work will be March 10, 2013. I have signed an employment contract with another company. I would like to express my appreciation for your excellent leadership in the company. I have learned a lot about direct selling. These skills will be valuable in my future career. I have been fortunate to be employed by Sindang Maju. I have learned that putting customer first is important in today's competitive environment.

I will do my best to finish my project before my leaving.

Sincerely,

Nadia Utami,

Sales Executive

 

From Nadia's letter, we know that she .........

Dear Mr. Budi Santoso

Sales Manager

Sindang Maju Ltd.

I am writing to inform you of my resignation from the position of sales executive. My last day of work will be March 10, 2013. I have signed an employment contract with another company. I would like to express my appreciation for your excellent leadership in the company. I have learned a lot about direct selling. These skills will be valuable in my future career. I have been fortunate to be employed by Sindang Maju. I have learned that putting customer first is important in today's competitive environment.

I will do my best to finish my project before my leaving.

Sincerely,

Nadia Utami,

Sales Executive

 

Nadia will quit working at Sindang Maju because she...............

SPORTSMANSHIP

Ideals, reality clash at Olympic badminton

John Leicester

Associated press/London

In sports, as in life there are those who bend rules, and those who cheat. Thet've always excited. And because of human frailties and pressure from sponsors, countries, coaches and athletes themselves for medals and trophies, they always will. But bending rules and spitting on them is not the same thing.

Olympic ideals of fair play, sportsmanship and all of that  are just that - an ideal. But the reality of the Olympic Games is that success is measured in gold, silver and bronze.

Be good sportsman if you can but, above all, win and we will give you a shiny medal. And because these are Olympic medals, they will bring frame and perhaps fortune, too. Winning medals change lives. Being good sports alone rarely do. Sad, perhaps, but true.

Between the Olympics ideal and the Olympics reality is a trap that eight badminton players fell into at London 2012.

They didn's cheat. Instead, they tried to win - by deliberately trying to lose. They bent the rules to breaking point. But they didn't trample on them like doped sprinter Ben Johnson at the 1998 Seoul Olympics or Fred Lorz in 1904, the New Yorker who hitched a ride by car for much of the Olympics marathon and then ran over the finish line in first place. It's not like boxer taking a dive or a soccer player scoring in his own goal to get a fat envelope from syndicate. Those are cheats, dammed cheats. The women badminton players from China, South Korea and Indonesia are not.

 

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

SPORTSMANSHIP

Ideals, reality clash at Olympic badminton

John Leicester

Associated press/London

In sports, as in life there are those who bend rules, and those who cheat. Thet've always excited. And because of human frailties and pressure from sponsors, countries, coaches and athletes themselves for medals and trophies, they always will. But bending rules and spitting on them is not the same thing.

Olympic ideals of fair play, sportsmanship and all of that  are just that - an ideal. But the reality of the Olympic Games is that success is measured in gold, silver and bronze.

Be good sportsman if you can but, above all, win and we will give you a shiny medal. And because these are Olympic medals, they will bring frame and perhaps fortune, too. Winning medals change lives. Being good sports alone rarely do. Sad, perhaps, but true.

Between the Olympics ideal and the Olympics reality is a trap that eight badminton players fell into at London 2012.

They didn's cheat. Instead, they tried to win - by deliberately trying to lose. They bent the rules to breaking point. But they didn't trample on them like doped sprinter Ben Johnson at the 1998 Seoul Olympics or Fred Lorz in 1904, the New Yorker who hitched a ride by car for much of the Olympics marathon and then ran over the finish line in first place. It's not like boxer taking a dive or a soccer player scoring in his own goal to get a fat envelope from syndicate. Those are cheats, dammed cheats. The women badminton players from China, South Korea and Indonesia are not.

 

The eight badminton players fell into at London 2012 because they .........

SPORTSMANSHIP

Ideals, reality clash at Olympic badminton

John Leicester

Associated press/London

In sports, as in life there are those who bend rules, and those who cheat. Thet've always excited. And because of human frailties and pressure from sponsors, countries, coaches and athletes themselves for medals and trophies, they always will. But bending rules and spitting on them is not the same thing.

Olympic ideals of fair play, sportsmanship and all of that  are just that - an ideal. But the reality of the Olympic Games is that success is measured in gold, silver and bronze.

Be good sportsman if you can but, above all, win and we will give you a shiny medal. And because these are Olympic medals, they will bring frame and perhaps fortune, too. Winning medals change lives. Being good sports alone rarely do. Sad, perhaps, but true.

Between the Olympics ideal and the Olympics reality is a trap that eight badminton players fell into at London 2012.

They didn's cheat. Instead, they tried to win - by deliberately trying to lose. They bent the rules to breaking point. But they didn't trample on them like doped sprinter Ben Johnson at the 1998 Seoul Olympics or Fred Lorz in 1904, the New Yorker who hitched a ride by car for much of the Olympics marathon and then ran over the finish line in first place. It's not like boxer taking a dive or a soccer player scoring in his own goal to get a fat envelope from syndicate. Those are cheats, dammed cheats. The women badminton players from China, South Korea and Indonesia are not.

 

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher Amir Hamidy and his associates have identified two new frog species in Belitung (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia) over the 2008-2012 periods.

"We have identified two new frog species and have named them L.Ingeri and L.Kanowitense." Amir said in an email received here on Friday.

He said he and his association from Kyoto University, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, and the University of Malaya published their discovery in Zootaxa journal on July 24, 2012

He noted that the two new frog speciese were genetically different from other frogs in the world. "Usually, if two frogs have more than a 3 percent difference in genetic-length, they can be categorized as different species. However, in the case of L.Ingeri and L.Kanowitense, there is a difference of more than 9 percent," Amir pointed out.

 

L.Ingeri and L.Kanowitense are considered new frog species because .....

Faster planes and cheaper flights are making it easier than ever before for people to travel. In the most 'developed' societies, visiting exotic places is a sought-after status symbol. The tourism industries of both developed and developing countries have recognised this fact and are learning to take advantage of it.

There are, however, some problems associated with this new industry. Firstly, there is the increasing crime rate. Some locals see tourists as an easy prey because, not only are they in unfamiliar territory and therefore less able to take care of themselves, but also they carry visible items of wealth, such as cameras and jewelery which can be disposed of quickly for profit.

Another major problem is health. With greater mobility comes greater danger of spreading contagious diseases around the world. One carrier returning home could easily start an epidemic before their illness was diagnosed. Moreover, the emergence of many diseases which resist antibiotics is causing scientist to be increasingly concerned about this issue. 

Also to be considered is the natural environment, which can be seriously threatened by too many visitors. Australia's Great Barrier Reef, for example, is in danger of being destroyed by tourists and there are plans to restrict visitors to some of the more delicate coral cays.

These are just three of the reasons why any country should be wary of committing itself to an extensive tourism development program.

 

"One carrier returning home could easily start an epidemic before their illness was diagnosed." (Paragraph 3). The underlined word  means ..........

Faster planes and cheaper flights are making it easier than ever before for people to travel. In the most 'developed' societies, visiting exotic places is a sought-after status symbol. The tourism industries of both developed and developing countries have recognised this fact and are learning to take advantage of it.

There are, however, some problems associated with this new industry. Firstly, there is the increasing crime rate. Some locals see tourists as an easy prey because, not only are they in unfamiliar territory and therefore less able to take care of themselves, but also they carry visible items of wealth, such as cameras and jewelery which can be disposed of quickly for profit.

Another major problem is health. With greater mobility comes greater danger of spreading contagious diseases around the world. One carrier returning home could easily start an epidemic before their illness was diagnosed. Moreover, the emergence of many diseases which resist antibiotics is causing scientist to be increasingly concerned about this issue. 

Also to be considered is the natural environment, which can be seriously threatened by too many visitors. Australia's Great Barrier Reef, for example, is in danger of being destroyed by tourists and there are plans to restrict visitors to some of the more delicate coral cays.

These are just three of the reasons why any country should be wary of committing itself to an extensive tourism development program.

 

Why is the crime rate increasing due to the new industry ?