tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60855233966895952092011-12-05T05:48:22.602-08:00zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-70752507998209055452010-05-25T21:55:00.000-07:002010-05-25T22:20:27.053-07:00Gratitude<br />Friday is dedicated to Crusoe, the man who saves him from being eaten by the cannibals. The second English ship’s captain is grateful to Crusoe for rescuing him from the mutineers.<br /><br />Power and Control<br />Crusoe lives on the deserted island for twenty-eight years. He makes it his comfortable home. He has control over Nature there. During his rescue of Friday, he kills a cannibal. A grateful Friday is willing to be his slave. Crusoe teaches Friday to speak in English and about his religious beliefs. Thus, Crusoe has power over Friday. Crusoe is viewed as owner and lord of the island. Crusoe is also able to bring peace between the Spanish and the English living on the island. He divides the island between the two groups and this proves his control over the island and its inhabitants.<br /><br />Faith in God<br />Robinson Crusoe has great faith in God. He does not give up hope when he is shipwrecked and finds himself all alone on a deserted island. His faith that God will sustain him through the many trials in life keeps him going. Crusoe says, ‘All… God for an answer.” (p. 41, para. 3) Crusoe’s strong belief in God is also seen when he teaches Friday about the goodness and power that comes with having faith in God.<br /><br />Good versus Evil<br />Robinson Crusoe shows that good triumphs over evil when he helps Friday to escape from the cannibals. Crusoe also teaches Friday about God’s goodness and how it triumphs over the Devil’s evilness. The mutineers who are disloyal to their captain are finally overcome by the ‘good’ forces of Crusoe and Friday.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-7075250799820905545?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-63061816700487254912010-05-25T21:52:00.000-07:002010-05-25T22:23:08.949-07:00Courage and Determination<br />Robinson Crusoe’s parents want him to become a lawyer but Crusoe is determined to become a sailor. He leaves home without his parents’ blessing and works hard to become a good sailor. He shows great courage when he escapes from his Turkish master.<br />He ensures he has guns and food before he escapes. When he is shipwrecked on a deserted island, Crusoe overcomes great obstacles to survive. He struggles alone in order to carry food, equipment and other materials from the ship so that he can make a life for himself until he is rescued. He builds two homes, a raft and a canoe. He is also able to make tools and plant enough food for himself and his companions. He shows great courage when he saves Friday, Friday’s father, the Spaniard and the second English sea captain. He does all this at the risk of being captured and eaten by the cannibals!<br /><br />Importance of Hard Work<br />It is important to work hard as this makes you disciplined and successful in life. Robinson Crusoe is a good example of a man who is fearless, positive and hard-working. Instead of complaining about his fate, he looks at the situation and does what is needed to make the situation better. For example, he salvages useful items from the sinking ship, makes a canoe and safe shelters for himself, and hunt for food. He creates a comfortable life for himself and is able to survive on<br />the island for twenty-eight years.<br /><br />Friendship and Loyalty<br />Humans need friendship and good relationships with others. When Crusoe runs away to London, he makes friends with a ship’s captain who grows to like and trust him. He teaches Crusoe mathematics and navigation until Crusoe becomes a good sailor. Crusoe is a friendly and sociable person. The captain invites Crusoe to go with him to Guinea, thus starting Crusoe’s involvement in business and sailing. Crusoe also makes many friends while farming in Brazil. When Crusoe gets shipwrecked on the island, he is desolate and miserable. Deprived of human company, he finds comfort and companionship with two dogs he rescues from the shipwreck, the parrot and the cats.During his twenty-fifth year on the island, he manages to save a savage from a group of cannibals who land on the island. This man is so grateful that he wants to be Crusoe’s slave. However, Crusoe prefers him to be a friend. Crusoe teaches him to eat animal flesh, speak English and share his religious beliefs. Friday, as Crusoe calls him, becomes his faithful companion and friend. Crusoe also becomes a friend to the Spanish and English mutineers who were left on the island. He solves their disputes and helps them to form friendships with each other.<br /><br />Relationship with Nature<br />Humans are part of Nature and, therefore, should live and work harmony with Nature. Crusoe is a man at peace with Nature. He loves the sea and the outdoors. So when he is marooned on the island and finds himself alone with only Nature as his companion, he adapts easily.He is quick to use things from Nature to help him survive.He uses the trees and plants to build himself a canoe and homes, ant to provide him with food.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-6306181670048725491?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-22538327486342256262010-05-11T18:29:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:31:49.613-07:00abduct<br /> kidnap<br /> <br /> leery<br /> cautious<br /> <br />abhor<br /> detest<br /> <br /> legacy<br /> bequest<br /> <br />above<br /> over<br /> <br /> legible<br /> readable<br /> <br />abridge<br /> shorten<br /> <br /> licentious<br /> lewd<br /> <br />abroad<br /> overseas<br /> <br /> listen<br /> hear<br /> 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<br /> watch<br /> look<br /> <br />jest<br /> joke<br /> <br /> weak<br /> feeble<br /> <br />jocular<br /> humorous<br /> <br /> wet<br /> damp<br /> <br />join<br /> connect<br /> <br /> whet<br /> stimulate<br /> <br />jostle<br /> push<br /> <br /> whole<br /> entire<br /> <br />judicious<br /> prudent<br /> <br /> wither<br /> shrivel<br /> <br />jump<br /> leap<br /> <br /> wonder<br /> amazement<br /> <br />just<br /> fair<br /> <br /> woo<br /> court<br /> <br />kudos<br /> acclaim<br /> <br /> wrath<br /> anger, fury<br /> <br />last<br /> final<br /> <br /> wrest<br /> snatch<br /> <br />lazy<br /> indolent<br /> <br /> writ<br /> summons<br /> <br />least<br /> minimum<br /> <br /> yearly<br /> annually<br /> <br />leave<br /> abandon<br /> <br /> young<br /> youthful<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-2253832748634225626?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-18538365726840928462010-05-11T18:25:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:29:06.825-07:00absence presence <br />accept refuse <br />accurate inaccurate <br />advantage disadvantage <br />alive dead <br />always never <br />ancient modern <br />answer question, query <br />approval disapproval <br />approached receded, departed <br />abundant scarce <br />admit deny <br />advance retreat, retire <br />artificial natural <br />arrival departure <br />ascend descend <br />attack defense <br />attractive repulsive <br />attention inattention <br />asleep awake <br />ally enemy <br />agree disagree <br />bad good <br />backward forward, onward <br />bend straighten <br />beautiful ugly <br />beginning ending <br />below above <br />bent straight <br />big small, little <br />blunt sharp <br />better worse <br />best worst <br />blame praise <br />bless curse <br 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miserable <br />hard soft <br />harmful harmless <br />hasten dawdle <br />hate love <br />healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased <br />here there <br />heavy light <br />height depth <br />hero coward <br />hill valley <br />horizontal vertical <br />hinder aid, help <br />honest dishonest <br />humble proud <br />hunger thirst <br />imitation genuine <br />immense tiny, minute <br />imprison free <br />include exclude <br />increase decrease <br />inhabited uninhabited <br />inferior superior <br />inside outside <br />intelligent unintelligent, stupid <br />inhale exhale <br />interior exterior, outside <br />interesting uninteresting, dull <br />internal external <br />intentional accidental <br />join separate <br />junior senior <br />justice injustice <br />king subject <br />knowledge ignorance <br />laugh cry <br />lawful unlawful <br />lazy industrious, energetic <br />land sea <br />landlord tenant <br />large little, small <br />last first <br />lawyer client <br />lecturer student <br />lender borrower <br />lengthen shorten <br />left right <br />less more <br />light dark, heavy <br />like dislike, unlike <br />likely unlikely <br />leader follower <br />little large, much, big <br />lofty lowly <br />long short <br />loud soft <br />loss find, win <br />low high <br />loyal disloyal <br />mad sane <br />magnetize demagnetize <br />master servant <br />mature immature <br />maximum minimum <br />me you <br />merry mirthless, sad <br />minority majority <br />miser spendthrift <br />misunderstand understand <br />narrow wide <br />near far, distant <br />neat untidy <br />new old <br />night day <br />noisy quiet <br />North South <br />obedient disobedient <br />odd even <br />offer refuse <br />open shut <br />optimist pessimist <br />out in <br />parent child <br />past present <br />patient impatient <br />peace war <br />permanent temporary <br />please displease <br />plentiful scarce <br />poetry prose <br />possible impossible <br />poverty wealth <br />powerful feeble, weak <br />polite impolite, rude <br />private public <br />prudent imprudent <br />pretty unsightly, ugly <br />pure impure <br />qualified unqualified <br />rapid slow <br />regularly irregularly <br />rich poor <br />right wrong, left <br />rigid pliable, soft <br />rough smooth <br />satisfactory unsatisfactory <br />security insecurity <br />scatter collect <br />serious trivial <br />second-hand new <br />sense nonsense <br />shopkeeper customer <br />singular plural <br />simple complicated <br />slim thick, stout <br />solid liquid <br />sober drunk <br />speaker listener <br />sour sweet <br />sorrow joy <br />sow reap <br />stand lie <br />straight crooked <br />strong weak <br />success failure <br />sunny cloudy <br />take give <br />tall short <br />tame wild <br />teacher pupil <br />thick thin <br />tight slack, loose <br />top bottom <br />transparent opaque <br />truth untruth, lie <br />up down <br />vacant occupied <br />valuable valueless <br />victory defeat <br />virtue vice <br />visible invisible <br />voluntary compulsory <br />vowel consonant <br />wax wane <br />wisdom folly <br />within without<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-1853836572684092846?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-88256522319016491412010-05-11T18:23:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:25:21.743-07:00Reasoning or explaining from parallel cases. A simile is an expressed analogy; a metaphor is an implied one.<br /><br />•"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."<br />(Don Marquis)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Being obsessed with deficit reduction when the economy has suffered its largest setback since the Depression is like being obsessed with water conservation when your house is on fire--an admirable impulse, poorly timed."<br />(Daniel Gross, "A Birder's Guide to D.C." Newsweek, Nov. 16, 2009)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Harrison Ford is like one of those sports cars that advertise acceleration from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in three or four seconds. He can go from slightly broody inaction to ferocious reaction in approximately the same time span. And he handles the tight turns and corkscrew twists of a suspense story without losing his balance or leaving skid marks on the film. But maybe the best and most interesting thing about him is that he doesn't look particularly sleek, quick, or powerful; until something or somebody causes him to gun his engine, he projects the seemly aura of the family sedan."<br />(Richard Schickel, Time magazine review of Patriot Games)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"If I had not agreed to review this book, I would have stopped after five pages. After 600, I felt as if I were inside a bass drum banged on by a clown."<br />(Richard Brookhiser, "Land Grab." The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2007)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"One good analogy is worth three hours discussion."<br />(Dudley Field Malone)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken."<br />(Lewis Black)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Memory is to love what the saucer is to the cup."<br />(Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, 1949)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-8825652231901649141?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-34995022462723084812010-05-11T18:19:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:23:37.610-07:00Imperatives are verbs used to give orders, commands and instructions. The form used is usually the same as the base form. It is one of the three moods of an English verb. Imperatives should be used carefully in English; to give firm orders or commands, but not as much when trying to be polite or show respect to the other person.<br /><br />•"Think Small."<br />(slogan of Volkswagen) <br /><br /><br /><br />•"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."<br />(Mark Twain)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Take me out to the ball game,<br />Take me out with the crowd.<br />Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,<br />I don't care if I never get back."<br />(Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Seek simplicity, and distrust it."<br />(Alfred North Whitehead)<br /><br /><br /><br />•Westley: Give us the gate key.<br />Yellin: I have no gate key.<br />Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tear his arms off.<br />Yellin: Oh, you mean this gate key.<br />(The Princess Bride, 1987)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."<br />(President John Kennedy, 1961)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Leave the gun. [pause] Take the cannolis."<br />(Clemenza in The Godfather, 1972)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!"<br />(El Jefe, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 1974)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face!"<br />(John Candy as Buck Russell in Uncle Buck, 1989)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."<br />(Darth Vader, Star Wars, 1977)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."<br />(Ernest Hemingway)<br /><br /><br /><br />•"Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again."<br />(Peter in film adaptation of Peter Pan, 2003)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-3499502246272308481?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-5260102232213030692010-05-11T18:18:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:19:39.899-07:00Idiomatic expressions are a type of informal English that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression.<br /><br />20 Common Idiomatic Expressions <br />& Their Meanings<br /><br />1. She was tickled pink by the good news.<br /><br /><br />•Made very happy<br /><br />2. You were hands down the best player on the team.<br /><br /><br />•There was no competition<br /><br />3. I've been feeling pretty down in the dumps lately.<br /><br /><br />•Sad or depressed<br /><br />4. I'm feeling sick as a dog!<br /><br /><br />•Very sick<br /><br />5. I've been feeling under the weather.<br /><br /><br />•Not well<br /><br />6. Rise and shine!<br /><br /><br />•Wake up and be happy!<br /><br />7. Close, but no cigar.<br /><br /><br />•You were very close, but you did not make it.<br /><br />8. I could play outside till the cows come home.<br /><br /><br />•For a very long time<br /><br />9. Wow! It's raining cats and dogs out there!<br /><br /><br />•Very hard rain<br /><br />10. That sound is driving me up the wall!<br /><br /><br />•Making me very annoyed<br /><br />11. This assignment is a piece of cake.<br /><br /><br />•Very easy<br /><br />12. Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist.<br /><br /><br />•A mild punishment<br /><br />13. Yikes! This shirt costs an arm and a leg.<br /><br /><br />•It is extremely expensive.<br /><br />14. No, I was just pulling your leg.<br /><br /><br />•Just joking<br /><br />15. It's Greek to me!<br /><br /><br />•I don't understand.<br /><br />16. Keep your chin up.<br /><br /><br />•Be happy.<br /><br />17. Hold your horses.<br /><br /><br />•Be patient.<br /><br />18. We're all in the same boat.<br /><br /><br />•All of us are in the same position.<br /><br />19. He's a bit of a loose cannon.<br /><br /><br />•Unpredictable<br /><br />20. I will clean my room when pigs fly.<br /><br /><br />•Never<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-526010223221303069?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-19668373628451578062010-05-11T18:12:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:14:24.542-07:00An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective often precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.<br /><br />Appearance<br /> <br /> <br />adorable <br />adventurous<br />aggressive<br />alert <br />attractive<br />average <br />beautiful <br />blue-eyed <br />bloody <br />blushing <br />bright <br />clean <br />clear <br />cloudy <br />colorful <br />crowded <br />cute <br />dark <br />drab <br />distinct <br />dull <br />elegant <br />excited<br />fancy <br />filthy Appearance <br />Contd.<br /> <br />glamorous <br />gleaming <br />gorgeous<br />graceful <br />grotesque <br />handsome<br />homely <br />light <br />long<br />magnificent<br />misty <br />motionless <br />muddy <br />old-fashioned<br />plain <br />poised <br />precious<br />quaint <br />shiny <br />smoggy <br />sparkling <br />spotless <br />stormy <br />strange <br />ugly <br />ugliest<br />unsightly <br />unusual <br />wide-eyed Condition<br /> <br /> <br />alive <br />annoying<br />bad<br />better<br />beautiful<br />brainy <br />breakable <br 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/></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-58204499464402604662010-05-11T18:09:00.000-07:002010-05-11T18:10:47.568-07:00A<br /><br />A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush: <br />Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.<br /><br />A Blessing In Disguise: <br />Something good that isn't recognized at first. <br /><br />A Chip On Your Shoulder: <br />Being upset for something that happened in the past. <br /><br />A Dime A Dozen: <br />Anything that is common and easy to get.<br /><br />A Doubting Thomas: <br />A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.<br /><br />A Drop in the Bucket: <br />A very small part of something big or whole.<br /><br />A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted: <br />It's easy for a foolish person to lose his/her money. <br /><br />A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: <br />Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out. <br /><br />A Leopard Can't Change His Spots: <br />You cannot change who you are.<br /><br />A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned: <br />By not spending money, you are saving money (little by little).<br /><br />A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: <br />A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.<br /><br />A Piece of Cake: <br />A task that can be accomplished very easily.<br /><br />A Slap on the Wrist: <br />A very mild punishment.<br /><br />A Taste Of Your Own Medicine: <br />When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.<br /><br />A Toss-Up: <br />A result that is still unclear and can go either way.<br /><br />Actions Speak Louder Than Words: <br />It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.<br /><br />Add Fuel To The Fire: <br />Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is.<br /><br />Against The Clock: <br />Rushed and short on time.<br /><br />All Bark And No Bite: <br />When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.<br /><br />All Greek to me: <br />Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be.<br /><br />All In The Same Boat: <br />When everyone is facing the same challenges.<br /><br />An Arm And A Leg: <br />Very expensive. A large amount of money.<br /><br />An Axe To Grind: <br />To have a dispute with someone.<br /><br />Apple of My Eye: <br />Someone who is cherished above all others.<br /><br />As High As A Kite: <br />Anything that is high up in the sky.<br /><br />At The Drop Of A Hat: <br />Willing to do something immediately.<br /><br /><br />B<br /><br />Back Seat Driver: <br />People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.<br /><br />Back To Square One: <br />Having to start all over again.<br /><br />Back To The Drawing Board: <br />When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.<br /><br />Baker's Dozen: <br />Thirteen.<br /><br />Barking Up The Wrong Tree: <br />A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.<br /><br />Beat A Dead Horse: <br />To force an issue that has already ended.<br /><br />Beating Around The Bush: <br />Avoiding the main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue.<br /><br />Bend Over Backwards: <br />Do whatever it takes to help. Willing to do anything.<br /><br />Between A Rock And A Hard Place: <br />Stuck between two very bad options.<br /><br />Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: <br />To take on a task that is way to big.<br /><br />Bite Your Tongue: <br />To avoid talking.<br /><br />Blood Is Thicker Than Water: <br />The family bond is closer than anything else.<br /><br />Blue Moon: <br />A rare event or occurance. <br /><br />Break A Leg: <br />A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite.<br /><br />Buy A Lemon: <br />To purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it away.<br /><br /><br /><br />C<br /><br />Can't Cut The Mustard : <br />Someone who isn't adequate enough to compete or participate.<br /><br />Cast Iron Stomach: <br />Someone who has no problems, complications or ill effects with eating anything or drinking anything.<br /><br />Charley Horse: <br />Stiffness in the leg / A leg cramp. <br /><br />Chew someone out: <br />Verbally scold someone.<br /><br />Chip on his Shoulder: <br />Angry today about something that occured in the past.<br /><br />Chow Down: <br />To eat.<br /><br />Close but no Cigar: <br />To be very near and almost accomplish a goal, but fall short. <br /><br />Cock and Bull Story: <br />An unbelievable tale.<br /><br />Come Hell Or High Water: <br />Any difficult situation or obstacle.<br /><br />Crack Someone Up: <br />To make someone laugh.<br /><br />Cross Your Fingers: <br />To hope that something happens the way you want it to.<br /><br />Cry Over Spilt Milk: <br />When you complain about a loss from the past.<br /><br />Cry Wolf: <br />Intentionally raise a false alarm.<br /><br />Cup Of Joe: <br />A cup of coffee.<br /><br />Curiosity Killed The Cat: <br />Being Inquisitive can lead you into a dangerous situation.<br /><br />Cut to the Chase: <br />Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point.<br /><br /><br /><br />D<br /><br />Dark Horse: <br />One who was previously unknown and is now prominent.<br /><br />Dead Ringer: <br />100% identical. A duplicate.<br /><br />Devil's Advocate: <br />Someone who takes a position for the sake of argument without believing in that particular side of the arguement. It can also mean one who presents a counter argument for a position they do believe in, to another debater.<br /><br />Dog Days of Summer: <br />The hottest days of the summer season.<br /><br />Don't count your chickens before they hatch: <br />Don't rely on it until your sure of it.<br /><br />Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth: <br />When someone gives you a gift, don't be ungrateful.<br /><br />Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket: <br />Do not put all your resources in one possibility.<br /><br />Doozy: <br />Something outstanding.<br /><br />Down To The Wire: <br />Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds.<br /><br />Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures: <br />When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions.<br /><br />Drink like a fish: <br />To drink very heavily.<br /><br />Drive someone up the wall: <br />To irritate and/or annoy very much.<br /><br />Dropping Like Flies: <br />A large number of people either falling ill or dying.<br /><br />Dry Run: <br />Rehearsal.<br /><br /><br /><br />E<br /><br />Eighty Six: <br />A certain item is no longer available. Or this idiom can also mean, to throw away.<br /><br />Elvis has left the building: <br />The show has come to an end. It's all over.<br /><br />Ethnic Cleansing: <br />Killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale.<br /><br />Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining: <br />Be optomistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.<br /><br />Everything But The Kitchen Sink: <br />Almost everything and anything has been included.<br /><br />Excuse my French: <br />Please forgive me for cussing.<br /><br />Cock and Bull Story: <br />An unbelievable tale.<br /><br />Cock and Bull Story: <br />An unbelievable tale.<br /><br /><br /><br />F<br /><br />Feeding Frenzy: <br />An aggressive attack on someone by a group. <br /><br />Field Day: <br />An enjoyable day or circumstance. <br /><br />Finding Your Feet: <br />To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing. <br /><br />Finger lickin' good: <br />A very tasty food or meal. <br /><br />Fixed In Your Ways: <br />Not willing or wanting to change from your normal way of doing something. <br /><br />Flash In The Pan: <br />Something that shows potential or looks promising in the beginning but fails to deliver anything in the end. <br /><br />Flea Market: <br />A swap meet. A place where people gather to buy and sell inexpensive goods. <br /><br />Flesh and Blood: <br />This idiom can mean living material of which people are made of, or it can refer to someone's family. <br /><br />Flip The Bird: <br />To raise your middle finger at someone. <br /><br />Foam at the Mouth: <br />To be enraged and show it. <br /><br />Fools' Gold: <br />Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold. <br /><br />French Kiss: <br />An open mouth kiss where tongues touch. <br /><br />From Rags To Riches: <br />To go from being very poor to being very wealthy.<br /><br />Fuddy-duddy: <br />An old-fashioned and foolish type of person. <br /><br />Full Monty: <br />This idiom can mean either, "the whole thing" or "completely nude".<br /><br />Funny Farm: <br />A mental institutional facility.<br /><br /><br /><br />G<br /><br />Get Down to Brass Tacks: <br />To become serious about something.<br /><br />Get Over It: <br />To move beyond something that is bothering you.<br /><br />Get Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed: <br />Someone who is having a horrible day. <br /><br />Get Your Walking Papers: <br />Get fired from a job.<br /><br />Give Him The Slip: <br />To get away from. To escape. <br /><br />Go Down Like A Lead Balloon: <br />To be received badly by an audience.<br /><br />Go For Broke: <br />To gamble everything you have.<br /><br />Go Out On A Limb: <br />Put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone/something.<br /><br />Go The Extra Mile: <br />Going above and beyond whatever is required for the task at hand.<br /><br />Good Samaritan: <br />Someone who helps others when they are in need, with no discussion for compensation, and no thought of a reward.<br /><br />Graveyard Shift: <br />Working hours from about 12:00 am to 8:00 am. The time of the day when most other people are sleeping.<br /><br />Great Minds Think Alike: <br />Intelligent people think like each other.<br /><br />Green Room: <br />The waiting room, especially for those who are about to go on a tv or radio show.<br /><br />Gut Feeling: <br />A personal intuition you get, especially when feel something may not be right. <br /><br /><br /><br />H<br /><br />Haste Makes Waste: <br />Quickly doing things results in a poor ending. <br /><br />Hat Trick: <br />When one player scores three goals in the same hockey game. This idiom can also mean three scores in any other sport, such as 3 homeruns, 3 touchdowns, 3 soccer goals, etc. <br /><br />Have an Axe to Grind: <br />To have a dispute with someone. <br /><br />He Lost His Head: <br />Angry and overcome by emotions. <br /><br />Head Over Heels: <br />Very excited and/or joyful, especially when in love. <br /><br />Hell in a Handbasket: <br />Deteriorating and headed for complete disaster. <br /><br />High Five: <br />Slapping palms above each others heads as celebration gesture. <br /><br />High on the Hog: <br />Living in Luxury.<br /><br />Hit The Books: <br />To study, especially for a test or exam. <br /><br />Hit The Hay: <br />Go to bed or go to sleep. <br /><br />Hit The Nail on the Head: <br />Do something exactly right or say something exactly right. <br /><br />Hit The Sack: <br />Go to bed or go to sleep.<br /><br />Hocus Pocus: <br />In general, a term used in magic or trickery.<br /><br />Hold Your Horses: <br />Be patient.<br /><br /><br /><br />I<br /><br />Icing On The Cake: <br />When you already have it good and get something on top of what you already have.<br /><br />Idle Hands Are The Devil's Tools: <br />You are more likely to get in trouble if you have nothing to do.<br /><br />If It's Not One Thing, It's Another: <br />When one thing goes wrong, then another, and another...<br /><br />In Like Flynn: <br />To be easily successful, especially when sexual or romantic.<br /><br />In The Bag: <br />To have something secured.<br /><br />In The Buff: <br />Nude.<br /><br />In The Heat Of The Moment: <br />Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.<br /><br />In Your Face: <br />An aggressive and bold confrontation.<br /><br />It Takes Two To Tango: <br />A two person conflict where both people are at fault.<br /><br />It's A Small World: <br />You frequently see the same people in different places.<br /><br />Its Anyone's Call: <br />A competition where the outcome is difficult to judge or predict.<br /><br />Ivy League: <br />Since 1954 the Ivy League has been the following universities: Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Harvard.<br /><br /><br /><br />J<br /><br />Jaywalk: <br />Crossing the street (from the middle) without using the crosswalk.<br /><br />Joshing Me: <br />Tricking me.<br /><br /><br /><br />K<br /><br />Keep An Eye On Him: <br />You should carefully watch him.<br /><br />Keep body and soul together: <br />To earn a sufficient amount of money in order to keep yourself alive .<br /><br />Keep your chin up: <br />To remain joyful in a tough situation.<br /><br />Kick The Bucket: <br />Die.<br /><br />Kitty-corner: <br />Diagonally across. Sometimes called Catty-Corner as well.<br /><br />Knee Jerk Reaction: <br />A quick and automatic response.<br /><br />Knock On Wood: <br />Knuckle tapping on wood in order to avoid some bad luck.<br /><br />Know the Ropes: <br />To understand the details.<br /><br /><br /><br />L<br /><br />Last but not least: <br />An introduction phrase to let the audience know that the last person mentioned is no less important than those introduced before him/her.<br /><br />Lend Me Your Ear: <br />To politely ask for someone's full attention.<br /><br />Let Bygones Be Bygones: <br />To forget about a disagreement or arguement.<br /><br />Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: <br />To avoid restarting a conflict.<br /><br />Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: <br />To share a secret that wasn't suppose to be shared.<br /><br />Level playing field: <br />A fair competition where no side has an advantage.<br /><br />Like a chicken with its head cut off: <br />To act in a frenzied manner.<br /><br />liquor someone up: <br />To get someone drunk.<br /><br />Long in the Tooth: <br />Old people (or horses).<br /><br />Loose Cannon: <br />Someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if not kept in check.<br /><br /><br /><br />M<br /><br />Make No Bones About: <br />To state a fact so there are no doubts or objections.<br /><br />Method To My Madness: <br />Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end are done for a good reason.<br /><br />Mumbo Jumbo: <br />Nonsense or meaningless speech.<br /><br />Mum's the word: <br />To keep quiet. To say nothing.<br /><br /><br /><br />N<br /><br />Nest Egg: <br />Savings set aside for future use.<br /><br />Never Bite The Hand That Feeds You: <br />Don't hurt anyone that helps you.<br /><br />New kid on the block: <br />Someone new to the group or area.<br /><br />New York Minute: <br />A minute that seems to go by quickly, especially in a fast paced environment.<br /><br />No Dice: <br />To not agree. To not accept a proposition.<br /><br />No Room to Swing a Cat: <br />An unsually small or confined space.<br /><br />Not Playing With a Full Deck: <br />Someone who lacks intelligence.<br /><br /><br /><br />O<br /><br />Off On The Wrong Foot: <br />Getting a bad start on a relationship or task.<br /><br />Off The Hook: <br />No longer have to deal with a tough situation.<br /><br />Off the Record: <br />Something said in confidence that the one speaking doesn't want attributed to him/her.<br /><br />On Pins And Needles: <br />Anxious or nervous, especially in anticipation of something.<br /><br />On The Fence: <br />Undecided.<br /><br />On The Same Page: <br />When multiple people all agree on the same thing.<br /><br />Out Of The Blue: <br />Something that suddenly and unexpectedly occurs.<br /><br />Out On A Limb: <br />When someone puts themself in a risky situation.<br /><br />Out On The Town: <br />To enjoy yourself by going out.<br /><br />Over My Dead Body: <br />When you absolutely will not allow something to happen.<br /><br />Over the Top: <br />Very excessive.<br /><br /><br /><br />P<br /><br />Pass The Buck: <br />Avoid responsibility by giving it to someone else.<br /><br />Pedal to the metal: <br />To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle.<br /><br />Peeping Tom: <br />Someone who observes people in the nude or sexually active people, mainly for his own gratification.<br /><br />Pick up your ears: <br />To listen very carefully.<br /><br />Pig In A Poke: <br />A deal that is made without first examining it.<br /><br />Pig Out : <br />To eat alot and eat it quickly.<br /><br />Pipe Down: <br />To shut-up or be quiet.<br /><br />Practice Makes Perfect: <br />By constantly practicing, you will become better.<br /><br />Pull the plug: <br />To stop something. To bring something to an end.<br /><br />Pulling Your Leg: <br />Tricking someone as a joke.<br /><br />Put a sock in it: <br />To tell noisy person or a group to be quiet.<br /><br /><br /><br />Q<br /><br />Queer the pitch: <br />Destroy or ruin a plan.<br /><br /><br /><br />R<br /><br />Raincheck: <br />An offer or deal that is declined right now but willing to accept later.<br /><br />Raining Cats and Dogs: <br />A very loud and noisy rain storm.<br /><br />Ring Fencing: <br />Seperated usual judgement to guarantee protection, especially project funds.<br /><br />Rise and Shine: <br />Time to get out of bed and get ready for work/school.<br /><br />Rome Was Not Built In One Day: <br />If you want something to be completely properly, then its going to take time.<br /><br />Rule Of Thumb: <br />A rough estimate.<br /><br />Run out of steam: <br />To be completely out of energy.<br /><br /><br /><br />S<br /><br />Saved By The Bell: <br />Saved at the last possible moment.<br /><br />Scapegoat: <br />Someone else who takes the blame.<br /><br />Scot-free: <br />To escape and not have to pay.<br /><br />Sick As A Dog: <br />To be very sick (with the flu or a cold).<br /><br />Sitting Shotgun: <br />Riding in the front passenger seat of a car.<br /><br />Sixth Sense: <br />A paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the dead.<br /><br />Skid Row: <br />The rundown area of a city where the homeless and drug users live.<br /><br />Smell A Rat: <br />To detect somone in the group is betraying the others.<br /><br />Smell Something Fishy: <br />Detecting that something isn't right and there might be a reason for it.<br /><br />Son of a Gun: <br />A scamp.<br /><br />Southpaw: <br />Someone who is left-handed.<br /><br />Spitting Image: <br />The exact likeness or kind.<br /><br />Start From Scratch: <br />To do it all over again from the beginning.<br /><br /><br /><br />T<br /><br />The Ball Is In Your Court: <br />It is your decision this time.<br /><br />The Best Of Both Worlds: <br />There are two choices and you have them both.<br /><br />The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall: <br />While the bigger and stronger opponent might be alot more difficult to beat, when you do they suffer a much bigger loss.<br /><br />The Last Straw: <br />When one small burden after another creates an unbearable situation, the last straw is the last small burden that one can take.<br /><br />The Whole Nine Yards: <br />Everything. All of it.<br /><br />Third times a charm: <br />After no success the first two times, the third try is a lucky one.<br /><br />Tie the knot: <br />To get married.<br /><br />Til the cows come home: <br />A long time.<br /><br />To Make A Long Story Short: <br />Something someone would say during a long and boring story in order to keep his/her audience from losing attention. Usually the story isn't shortened.<br /><br />To Steal Someone's Thunder: <br />To take the credit for something someone else did.<br /><br />Tongue And Cheek: <br />humor, not to be taken serious.<br /><br />Turn A Blind Eye: <br />Refuse to acknowledge something you know is real or legit.<br /><br />Twenty three skidoo: <br />To be turned away.<br /><br /><br /><br />U<br /><br />Under the weather: <br />Feeling ill or sick.<br /><br />Up a blind alley: <br />Going down a course of action that leads to a bad outcome.<br /><br />Use Your Loaf: <br />Use your head. Think smart.<br /><br /><br /><br />V<br /><br />Van Gogh's ear for music: <br />Tone deaf.<br /><br />Variety Is The Spice Of Life: <br />The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be.<br /><br /><br /><br />W<br /><br />Wag the Dog: <br />A diversion away from something of greater importance.<br /><br />Water Under The Bridge: <br />Anything from the past that isn't significant or important anymore.<br /><br />Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve: <br />To openly and freely express your emotions.<br /><br />When It Rains, It Pours: <br />Since it rarely rains, when it does it will be a huge storm.<br /><br />When Pigs Fly : <br />Something that will never ever happen.<br /><br />Wild and Woolly: <br />Uncultured and without laws.<br /><br />Wine and Dine: <br />When somebody is treated to an expensive meal.<br /><br />Without A Doubt: <br />For certain.<br /><br /><br />X<br /><br />X marks the spot: <br />A phrase that is said when someone finds something he/she has been looking for.<br /><br /><br /><br />Y<br /><br />You Are What You Eat: <br />In order to stay healthy you must eat healthy foods.<br /><br />You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover: <br />Decisions shouldn't be made primarily on appearance.<br /><br />You Can't Take it With You: <br />Enjoy what you have and not what you don't have, since when you die you cannot take things (such as money) with you.<br /><br />Your Guess Is As Good As Mine: <br />I have no idea.<br /><br /><br /><br />Z<br /><br />Zero Tolerance: <br />No crime or law breaking big or small will be overlooked.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-5820449946440260466?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-4673958009167285602010-05-06T18:17:00.000-07:002010-05-06T18:20:49.489-07:001.Idea (brainstorming)<br /><br />2. 1 how 5 why<br /><br />3. Do fish bone (mind map)<br /><br />4. Do draft<br /><br />5. Write<br /><br />6. Read - Reread<br /><br />7. Rewrite<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-467395800916728560?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-77142345057388827732010-05-05T18:47:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:48:08.038-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-If0OslgzI/AAAAAAAAACA/sS741dx6PaA/s1600/Pluto.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-If0OslgzI/AAAAAAAAACA/sS741dx6PaA/s320/Pluto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467967879739966258" /></a><br />Pluto is technically no longer a planet, but it is the 10th largest body orbiting around the sun. The planet got its name from an eleven year old girl in Oxford, England. Pluto is an alternative name to Hades, the Greek God of the underworld.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-7714234505738882773?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-61901209103927659802010-05-05T18:46:00.002-07:002010-05-05T18:50:44.922-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IgaVT06yI/AAAAAAAAACI/HF6mzedFzP8/s1600/planeturanuspic.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IgaVT06yI/AAAAAAAAACI/HF6mzedFzP8/s320/planeturanuspic.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467968534350195490" /></a><br />Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is named after the Greek God of the sky in latin. It is the only planet whose name came from a figure in Greek mythology as opposed to Roman mythology.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-6190120910392765980?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-22629842954129203702010-05-05T18:46:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:46:37.594-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfdcTL0fI/AAAAAAAAABw/KXN-MHTlBFQ/s1600/Neptune.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfdcTL0fI/AAAAAAAAABw/KXN-MHTlBFQ/s320/Neptune.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467967488254530034" /></a><br />After Pluto was declassified as a planet, Neptune became the farthest planet from the sun. Neptune's diameter is about 30,200 miles or almost 4 times the Earth's diameter. The planet was named after the Roman sea God.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-2262984295412920370?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-63332308533949257502010-05-05T18:45:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:45:54.618-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfRld-IgI/AAAAAAAAABo/zZO4iqRH4fc/s1600/Saturn.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfRld-IgI/AAAAAAAAABo/zZO4iqRH4fc/s320/Saturn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467967284557259266" /></a><br />Saturn is the second largest planet. Only Jupiter is larger. Saturn has seven thin, flat rings around it. A couple of planets have rings, but their rings are much fainter than those around Saturn. Saturn's diameter at its equator is 74,600 miles which is almost ten times that of Earth. The planet can be seen from Earth with the unaided eye, but its rings cannot. Saturn was the farthest planet from the earth that the ancient astronomers knew about. They named Saturn after the Roman God of agriculture.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-6333230853394925750?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-49394496209178768012010-05-05T18:44:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:45:06.625-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfHSH98vI/AAAAAAAAABg/tdhabNGYeC0/s1600/Jupiter.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 244px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IfHSH98vI/AAAAAAAAABg/tdhabNGYeC0/s320/Jupiter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467967107566007026" /></a><br />Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. Ancient Astronomers named Jupiter after the king of the Roman Gods. Jupiter is the 5th closest planet to our sun. The atmosphere of Jupiter consists of about 84 percent Hydrogen and about 15 percent helium, with small amounts of acetylene, ammonia, ethane, methane, phosphine, and water vapor.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-4939449620917876801?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-52685360100581343402010-05-05T18:43:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:44:14.579-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-Ie5dkk5SI/AAAAAAAAABY/FyRy1IBX4ig/s1600/Mars.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-Ie5dkk5SI/AAAAAAAAABY/FyRy1IBX4ig/s320/Mars.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467966870120621346" /></a><br />Mars is the only planet whose surface can be seen in detail from the Earth. It is reddish in color, and was named after the bloody red God of war of the ancient Romans. Mars is the fourth closest planet to the sun. The diameter of Mars is 4,200 miles, a little over half that of the Earth. Mercury is the only planet smaller than Mars.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-5268536010058134340?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-68442810020156843582010-05-05T18:42:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:43:11.688-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IemQs_K7I/AAAAAAAAABQ/4f-Xrt9Schg/s1600/Earth.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IemQs_K7I/AAAAAAAAABQ/4f-Xrt9Schg/s320/Earth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467966540248722354" /></a><br />The Earth is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old. It travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.<br /><br />The oldest rocks in the world, the so-called St. Peter and St. Paul stones in the Atlantic Ocean, are 4 billion years old.<br /><br />The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.<br /><br />The earth rotates on its axis more slowly in March than in September.<br /><br />If the Earth were compressed to a sphere with a 2-inch diameter, its surface would be as smooth as a billiard ball's.<br /><br />The temperature of the Earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.<br /><br />If the world were to become totally flat and the oceans distributed themselves evenly over the earth's surface, the water would be approximately 2 miles deep at every point.<br /><br />Glaciers occupy 5.8 million square miles, or 10 percent of the world's land surface, an area as large as South America.<br /><br />The world is not round. It is an oblate spheroid, flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-6844281002015684358?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-38337206794138886972010-05-05T18:40:00.000-07:002010-05-05T18:41:39.421-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IeSlgaeKI/AAAAAAAAABI/HP4McdXjUXY/s1600/Venus.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IeSlgaeKI/AAAAAAAAABI/HP4McdXjUXY/s320/Venus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467966202235746466" /></a><br />Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest planet to Earth. It is named after The Roman Goddess of love and beauty, but it's extremely hot and deadly atmosphere makes it impossible for any human astronaut to explore it's surface. The diameter of Venus is about 7,520 miles which is about 400 miles smaller than that of Earth.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-3833720679413888697?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-74661611641529697702010-05-05T18:39:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:40:45.087-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-Id81QvryI/AAAAAAAAABA/hhXTj9FxH14/s1600/Mercury.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 248px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-Id81QvryI/AAAAAAAAABA/hhXTj9FxH14/s320/Mercury.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467965828507873058" /></a><br /><br />Mercury is the planet nearest to the sun. It has a diameter of 3,031 miles, about two-fifths the Earth's diameter. Because of Mercury's size and nearness to the brightly shining sun, the planet is often hard to see from Earth without a telescope. The ancient Romans named it Mercury in honor of the swift messenger of their Gods. Mercury has no moons.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-7466161164152969770?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-65367751236198117622010-05-05T18:37:00.000-07:002010-05-05T18:39:23.636-07:00Did You Know There Are Two Categories of Planets?<br />A Planet falls into two categories. It is either a Terrestrial Planet or a Gas Giant. Planets that have a body composed mainly of rock (like the Earth) is called a terrestrial planet. This would include Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth. Gas Giants, however, are planets that are made of gas. They do not have a solid surface crust. Jupiter and Saturn falls into this category. Uranus and Neptune are also Gas Giants, but they also fall into sub category called Ice Giants because they contain a huge proportion of rock and ice as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-6536775123619811762?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-55786569733889291372010-05-05T18:17:00.001-07:002010-05-05T18:23:40.698-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaFJlQZrI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rkcDNczibvQ/s1600/images2.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 101px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaFJlQZrI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rkcDNczibvQ/s320/images2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467961573355054770" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaE3MRc9I/AAAAAAAAAAw/0u7IvTNk8_Q/s1600/images.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 89px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaE3MRc9I/AAAAAAAAAAw/0u7IvTNk8_Q/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467961568418427858" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaEY2uC7I/AAAAAAAAAAo/gbT9abeI0q8/s1600/Science_logo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cPVwKmBaFqo/S-IaEY2uC7I/AAAAAAAAAAo/gbT9abeI0q8/s320/Science_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467961560274963378" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-5578656973388929137?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-58243120335246861712010-04-13T17:58:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:05:00.249-07:00I read all kinds of books. I enjoy reading books.<br /><br /> Book tell us many things about the world. They tell us about the people in other countries. They also tell us about the people who lived many years ago. Some book even tell us many things about the birds, animals and plants.<br /><br /> There are also books which tell interesting stories. The stories are not real, but we enjoy reading them. When we read the stories, we learn many new words. These word help us to speak and write better.<br /><br /> I like books very much indeed. I can spend the whole day reading book. Some day, I shall have my own library.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-5824312033524686171?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-9490323955613976252010-04-08T18:23:00.001-07:002010-04-08T18:23:44.215-07:00I’m indebted to my mother to have inculcated a great habit like reading in me. I still remember how she used to just gift books for the special occasions like birthdays and Diwali. Slowly her perseverance of this trend became a passion for me. This habit grew stronger as I grew up. I started working and the mounting pressure of work kept me away from reading for long spans of time. But whenever I got some pockets of idleness in between projects, reading always came to my rescue. It never let me be unoccupied. Besides just keeping me engrossed, reading helped me improve my vocabulary and general awareness about the world, introduced me to the different cultures around the globe, kept the motor of my brain working and imbibed a certain level of discipline in my life.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-949032395561397625?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-51983400195881210202010-04-05T22:00:00.000-07:002010-04-05T22:01:00.706-07:00Most of us have the collecting instinct. That is why we have to keep certain objects just for the fun of it. Many children collect stamps, stickers, coins erasers and cards.<br /><br />My hobby is collecting stickers. It is also one of the most popular hobbies among children. Children can enjoy this pastime because it is not an expensive hobby. I started collecting stickers since I was four years old. My hobby began through the influence of my neighbour, Wilfred. One day when I was playing in his house, he showed me his stacks of sticker albums. I was amazed to see so many colourful stickers of all shapes and sizes. He gave me a few pieces from his collection. My interest in stickers started from that day.<br /><br />I kept my first set of stickers in a scrapbook but my subsequent collections were kept in beautiful boxes. I was quite reluctant to paste them on sticker albums which my mother has bought for me because I think some of the stickers could not be removed easily when pasted onto the albums. By keeping the stickers in boxes, I can exchange some of my stickers with my friends conveniently without damaging them.<br /><br />Ever since my family members came to know of my interest in stickers, they will buy stickers for me whenever they come across nice ones. I love those stickers from my auntie who is an air-hostess. She bought them from different countries around the world. Some of the unique ones were from the airline that she is working for.<br /><br />During me free time, I will bring out all my lovely collections, lay them on the ground and admire them. I really enjoy doing this as it will help me recall who gave them, where and when I got them.<br /><br />Some of my friends are jealous of my collections as I will not exchange my unique stickers with them. Unfortunately, Wilfred shifted away a few years ago and we had lost contact with each other. Otherwise, I would love to share my collections with him. I must really thank Wilfred for his little gift which started my hobby.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-5198340019588121020?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-20531913215956072342010-03-01T21:06:00.001-08:002010-03-01T21:06:54.375-08:00The Short Story<br />This PLOT DIAGRAM shows how the main events in a short story are organized into a plot.<br />Genre Graph<br />In this activity you will find the main events in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Drag each event to the appropriate point on the plot diagram.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-2053191321595607234?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-18727124497344094462010-03-01T20:52:00.000-08:002010-03-01T20:54:40.390-08:00R obinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. Encouraged by his father to study law, Crusoe expresses his wish to go to sea instead. His family is against Crusoe going out to sea, and his father explains that it is better to seek a modest, secure life for oneself. Initially, Robinson is committed to obeying his father, but he eventually succumbs to temptation and embarks on a ship bound for London with a friend. When a storm causes the near deaths of Crusoe and his friend, the friend is dissuaded from sea travel, but Crusoe still goes on to set himself up as merchant on a ship leaving London. This trip is financially successful, and Crusoe plans another, leaving his early profits in the care of a friendly widow. The second voyage does not prove as fortunate: the ship is seized by Moorish pirates, and Crusoe is enslaved to a potentate in the North African town of Sallee. While on a fishing expedition, he and a slave boy break free and sail down the African coast. A kindly Portuguese captain picks them up, buys the slave boy from Crusoe, and takes Crusoe to Brazil. In Brazil, Crusoe establishes himself as a plantation owner and soon becomes successful. Eager for slave labor and its economic advantages, he embarks on a slave-gathering expedition to West Africa but ends up shipwrecked off of the coast of Trinidad.<br />Crusoe soon learns he is the sole survivor of the expedition and seeks shelter and food for himself. He returns to the wreck’s remains twelve times to salvage guns, powder, food, and other items. Onshore, he finds goats he can graze for meat and builds himself a shelter. He erects a cross that he inscribes with the date of his arrival, September 1, 1659, and makes a notch every day in order never to lose track of time. He also keeps a journal of his household activities, noting his attempts to make candles, his lucky discovery of sprouting grain, and his construction of a cellar, among other events. In June 1660, he falls ill and hallucinates that an angel visits, warning him to repent. Drinking tobacco-steeped rum, Crusoe experiences a religious illumination and realizes that God has delivered him from his earlier sins. After recovering, Crusoe makes a survey of the area and discovers he is on an island. He finds a pleasant valley abounding in grapes, where he builds a shady retreat. Crusoe begins to feel more optimistic about being on the island, describing himself as its “king.” He trains a pet parrot, takes a goat as a pet, and develops skills in basket weaving, bread making, and pottery. He cuts down an enormous cedar tree and builds a huge canoe from its trunk, but he discovers that he cannot move it to the sea. After building a smaller boat, he rows around the island but nearly perishes when swept away by a powerful current. Reaching shore, he hears his parrot calling his name and is thankful for being saved once again. He spends several years in peace.<br />One day Crusoe is shocked to discover a man’s footprint on the beach. He first assumes the footprint is the devil’s, then decides it must belong to one of the cannibals said to live in the region. Terrified, he arms himself and remains on the lookout for cannibals. He also builds an underground cellar in which to herd his goats at night and devises a way to cook underground. One evening he hears gunshots, and the next day he is able to see a ship wrecked on his coast. It is empty when he arrives on the scene to investigate. Crusoe once again thanks Providence for having been saved. Soon afterward, Crusoe discovers that the shore has been strewn with human carnage, apparently the remains of a cannibal feast. He is alarmed and continues to be vigilant. Later Crusoe catches sight of thirty cannibals heading for shore with their victims. One of the victims is killed. Another one, waiting to be slaughtered, suddenly breaks free and runs toward Crusoe’s dwelling. Crusoe protects him, killing one of the pursuers and injuring the other, whom the victim finally kills. Well-armed, Crusoe defeats most of the cannibals onshore. The victim vows total submission to Crusoe in gratitude for his liberation. Crusoe names him Friday, to commemorate the day on which his life was saved, and takes him as his servant.<br />Finding Friday cheerful and intelligent, Crusoe teaches him some English words and some elementary Christian concepts. Friday, in turn, explains that the cannibals are divided into distinct nations and that they only eat their enemies. Friday also informs Crusoe that the cannibals saved the men from the shipwreck Crusoe witnessed earlier, and that those men, Spaniards, are living nearby. Friday expresses a longing to return to his people, and Crusoe is upset at the prospect of losing Friday. Crusoe then entertains the idea of making contact with the Spaniards, and Friday admits that he would rather die than lose Crusoe. The two build a boat to visit the cannibals’ land together. Before they have a chance to leave, they are surprised by the arrival of twenty-one cannibals in canoes. The cannibals are holding three victims, one of whom is in European dress. Friday and Crusoe kill most of the cannibals and release the European, a Spaniard. Friday is overjoyed to discover that another of the rescued victims is his father. The four men return to Crusoe’s dwelling for food and rest. Crusoe prepares to welcome them into his community permanently. He sends Friday’s father and the Spaniard out in a canoe to explore the nearby land.<br />Eight days later, the sight of an approaching English ship alarms Friday. Crusoe is suspicious. Friday and Crusoe watch as eleven men take three captives onshore in a boat. Nine of the men explore the land, leaving two to guard the captives. Friday and Crusoe overpower these men and release the captives, one of whom is the captain of the ship, which has been taken in a mutiny. Shouting to the remaining mutineers from different points, Friday and Crusoe confuse and tire the men by making them run from place to place. Eventually they confront the mutineers, telling them that all may escape with their lives except the ringleader. The men surrender. Crusoe and the captain pretend that the island is an imperial territory and that the governor has spared their lives in order to send them all to England to face justice. Keeping five men as hostages, Crusoe sends the other men out to seize the ship. When the ship is brought in, Crusoe nearly faints.<br />On December 19, 1686, Crusoe boards the ship to return to England. There, he finds his family is deceased except for two sisters. His widow friend has kept Crusoe’s money safe, and after traveling to Lisbon, Crusoe learns from the Portuguese captain that his plantations in Brazil have been highly profitable. He arranges to sell his Brazilian lands. Wary of sea travel, Crusoe attempts to return to England by land but is threatened by bad weather and wild animals in northern Spain. Finally arriving back in England, Crusoe receives word that the sale of his plantations has been completed and that he has made a considerable fortune. After donating a portion to the widow and his sisters, Crusoe is restless and considers returning to Brazil, but he is dissuaded by the thought that he would have to become Catholic. He marries, and his wife dies. Crusoe finally departs for the East Indies as a trader in 1694. He revisits his island, finding that the Spaniards are governing it well and that it has become a prosperous colony.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-1872712449734409446?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-32719928948700167292010-02-13T02:13:00.001-08:002010-02-13T03:12:40.089-08:0012.02.2010<br /><br /> I'm so happy because allowed to back to hometown for a week after 2 week stay in hostel. Students are allowed to back at 11.00a.m. My father couldn't take me because he was busy with him work. So, must went back by my friend's car. I waiting his mother patiently for about half an hour.<br /><br /> I start my journey at 11.30a.m. I reach my home after a few minutes because it only few kilometer from my school. I'm so happy because i can meet my beloved parent and siblings.<br /><br /> After that, i prepared to go to mosque for 'solat jumaat'. I went to mosque by motorcycle about at 1.15p.m. Current i wanted to go home, my shoe was missing. I was so angry and i think in a few minutes. After that, i meet a boy in the mosque. His house was near the mosque. So, i borrow his shoe to go home for took my new shoe and after i took my shoe at my house, i gave back his shoe. I was so thank to him.<br /><br /> About at 8.30p.m, me, my little brother and my brother went to Tanjung Malim to take my sisters. We took our older sister at KTM at 9.00p.m. My second sister arrive about 10.15p.m so, we went to a restaurant while waiting my sister. I slept about at 11.00p.m.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-3271992894870016729?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-78292168846403066032010-02-11T16:46:00.000-08:002010-02-11T16:59:54.050-08:001. Daily Log<br /> (have done @ plan to do)<br />2. Reflection<br /> -personal thoughts<br />3. Interesting Reading List<br /> -article / newspaper<br /><br /> (give personal comment)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-7829216884640306603?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-14109129928515310212010-02-08T20:49:00.000-08:002010-02-09T17:17:12.274-08:00Character List<br /><br />Robinson Crusoe<br />the main character of the story, he is a rebellious youth with an inexplicable need to travel. Because of this need, he brings misfortune on himself and is left to fend for himself in a primitive land. The novel essentially chronicles his mental and spiritual development as a result of his isolation. He is a contradictory character; at the same time he is practical ingenuity and immature decisiveness.<br /><br />Xury<br />a friend/servant of Crusoe's, he also escapes from the Moors. A simple youth who is dedicated to Crusoe, he is admirable for his willingness to stand by the narrator. However, he does not think for himself.<br /><br />Friday<br />another friend/servant of Crusoe's, he spends a number of years on the island with the main character, who saves him from cannibalistic death. Friday is basically Crusoe's protege, a living example of religious justification of the slavery relationship between the two men. His eagerness to be redone in the European image is supposed to convey that this image is indeed the right one.<br /><br />Crusoe's father<br />although he appears only briefly in the beginning, he embodies the theme of the merits of Protestant, middle-class living. It is his teachings from which Crusoe is running, with poor success.<br /><br />Crusoe's mother<br />one of the few female figures, she fully supports her husband and will not let Crusoe go on a voyage.<br /><br />Moorish patron<br />Crusoe's slave master, he allows for a role reversal of white men as slaves. He apparently is not too swift, however, in that he basically hands Crusoe an escape opportunity.<br /><br />Portuguese sea captain<br />one of the kindest figures in the book, he is an honest man who embodies all the Christian ideals. Everyone is supposed to admire him for his extreme generosity to the narrator. He almost takes the place of Crusoe's father.<br /><br />Spaniard<br />one of the prisoners saved by Crusoe, it is interesting to note that he is treated with much more respect in Crusoe's mind than any of the colored peoples with whom Crusoe is in contact.<br /><br />Captured sea captain<br />he is an ideal soldier, the intersection between civilized European and savage white man. Crusoe's support of his fight reveals that the narrator no longer has purely religious motivations.<br /><br />Widow<br />she is goodness personified, and keeps Crusoe's money safe for him. She is in some way a foil to his mother, who does not support him at all.<br /><br />Savages<br />the cannibals from across the way, they represent the threat to Crusoe's religious and moral convictions, as well as his safety. He must conquer them before returning to his own world.<br /><br />Negroes<br />they help Xury and Crusoe when they land on their island, and exist in stark contrast to the savages.<br /><br />Traitorous crew members<br />they are an example of white men who do not heed God; they are white savages.<br /><br />source from:<a href="http://www.gradesaver.com/robinson-crusoe/study-guide/character-list/"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-1410912992851531021?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085523396689595209.post-72187624266636646522010-01-27T19:11:00.000-08:002010-01-27T19:13:10.461-08:00Robinson Crusoe is about an English young man who goes to sea without his parent’s blessing. He has many adventures on both land and sea, and learns many new things like trading, navigation, mathematics and farming. A storm at sea leaves him shipwrecked and alone on a deserted island. For the next 28 years, he learns survival skill and by sheer ingenuity and common sense, creates a fairly comfortable and secure life for himself. In the process, he learn carpentry, pottery, hunting, boat- building, butter and cheese production and how to make his own clothes from animal hide. One day, he saves Friday, the victim of a cannibal assault and thereafter wins him as a friend for live. They rescue a Spaniard and Friday’s father from cannibal and save and English captain from mutineers. After 28 long and desolate years, Robinson Crusoe returns to England. He marries, has three children and after his wife’s death, goes sea-faring again, visiting the island now inhabited by the Spanish and English. He also sail to Brazil.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6085523396689595209-7218762426663664652?l=fikri-semekasristudent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>zzzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075260262742927259noreply@blogger.com0