English Language E-Bulletin

SMK ALAM MEGAH [2]

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
E-BULLETIN

Prepared by:
Nor Azizi Bin Azhar
Muhammad Akmal Hariz Bin Yasrizal

Editor’s note

Hello everyone! It is almost half of 2021 and we are getting used to
learning online as a student. Everyone knows that learning online
is difficult because it is not the same as learning at home and at
school. However, we also have free time that should be filled with
beneficial things such as do a lot revision, help do the house
chores , and join every online class that arranged by your teacher

This english e-bulletin we made contained short story, idioms and
poems and connect the word’s activity. Thank you for willing to
read our e-bulletin that we both made. We hope this thing will
help you even a little in learning.

Always take care of your own safety and keep wash your hand to
break the chain of Covid-19.

Regards,
Akmal and Azizi

SHORT STORY

HIDDEN TREASURE

Long long ago, there lived a very poor couple.
They had only a small hut to live in and a a little
plot of land where they did farming and made a
living by the crops they grew.

But one day, the husband fell sick and the woman
went to work alone.

She went into the fields and began to remove the
weeds. Suddenly, she saw a gold coin lying
among the weeds. Overjoyed at this discovery, she
picked it up with her trembling hands and tied it
into a knot in one corner of the long cloth she
wore.

Imagine her surprise and joy when a little later, she found a sparkling red ruby lying some
distance away. After this, she found an emerald, a topaz and a diamond as long as she
worked. She went back home, buying some rice with the gold coin. She did not tell her
husband about her discoveries.

"What if he becomes jealous?" the woman thought.

So she kept silent and went back to work as usual, without her husband suspecting
anything.

This time, she found a silver coin. As she held it in her hands and saw it glimmer in the
sunlight, she heard a voice saying to her, "Tell no one of your good fortune, not even your
husband, and you shall have more treasure."

So she went again and again to the field and everyday, she found something or the other -
two silver coins on some days, three gold coins on another day, a diamond on another and
so on. She hid all her treasures in a safe place that was out of even her husband's reach.

But when she went to the field on the seventh day, she found nothing. She worked all day long and
searched every bit of the land, but there was nothing valuable that she could find.

At afternoon, she felt hungry out of exhaustion and sat down near the edge of the field to boil her rice.
She lit some firewoods and was blowing into the fire when she heard the same voice say to her again,

"After you have finished boiling your rice, put out the fire and dig the ground where the woods are
burning. Tell no one, not even your husband, of what you find."

She did as the voice told her and she dug out a great jar filled to the brim with gold pieces. Trembling
at her discovery and good fortune, the woman hurriedly took out one or two gold pieces out and
buried the rest as before. She ran home as fast as she could. Her husband was surprised to see her
come back at this odd hour and asked her if all was well with her.

The woman could not contain her excitement any longer. She told her husband everything about the
treasures she got. The man was overjoyed to hear about it all. Unable to restrain himself, the man went
into the village and told every one of the treasure trove.
Within a few moments, the excited villagers rushed to their land to dig up the treasure. But the treasure
was no longer there. There was neither any sign of any gold coin nor any trace of the jar.

"Where are the treasures? You must have lost your heads in this high summer heat" everyone laughed
in disbelief at the couple.
"No no. I have seen them and I have even got some precious stones with me." cried the woman.

But as she tried to show them her gems to prove that she was right, she could find none where she had
kept them. All that she had hid in her secret place were gone too, and the couple were as poor as they
had been before.

How foolish they were to disobey the command of the voice!

Moral : the secrets obtained should be kept as well as possible

ACTIVITY Match the words with the same meaning

Disobey shining brightly with flashes of
Sparkling light.
Glimmer keep under control or within
Restrain limits.
Excited
Fail to obey (rules, a command,
or someone in authority).

very enthusiastic and eager.

shine faintly with a wavering
light.

The Most Interesting
World Facts You'll Ever

Hear

1. The best place in the world to see rainbows
is in Hawaii.

If you're an avid rainbow gazer and want to get your fill of the
beautiful phenomenon, look no further than the state of Hawaii.
A study published by the American Meteorological Society in
2021 noted that the area's "mountains produce sharp gradients
in clouds and rainfall, which are key to abundant rainbow
sightings." Air pollution, pollen, and a large amount of cresting
waves also help to put Hawaii at the top of the list when it comes
to rainbow quantity and quality.

2. Mount Everest is bigger now than the last
time it was measured.

Mount Everest may not have physically grown, having reached maturity a
long time ago, however, the most recent measurement performed by
surveyors representing China and Nepal has the mountain peak standing
taller than we'd thought in the past. Previous readings have ranged from
29,002 feet above sea level in 1856 down to 20,029 in 1955, according to
NPR. But after the long process of measuring the mountain with GPS
devices, experts have now stated that Mount Everest stands at a whopping
29,031.69 feet, due to plate tectonics.

3.Climate change is causing flowers to
change color.

Don't worry, your prized red roses aren't going to turn turquoise overnight,
but an increase in UV radiation due to the ozone layer deteriorating over the
past decades has caused flowers all over the globe to change. A 2020 study led
by Clemson University scientists determined that the UV pigmentation in
flowers has increased over time which has led to the degradation of their
pollen. Although we can't see the color change with our eyes, it is a big
problem for pollinators like bees who are attracted to the bright colors that
flowers produce.

IDIOMS

IDIOMS

Idioms is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible

from those of the individual words

Example:

1. Take away your breath - if someone or something take your breath away,it astonishes

you.

-”His diving catch at the crunch moment in the match took my breath away”.

2. Sell like hot cakes - If something sells like hot cakes, it sells very fast.

-”More than five thousand cars sold so far. The new model is selling like hot cakes”.

3. Burn the midnight oil - To work late in the night

-” I had to burn the midnight oil for nearly three months to write my first book”.

4 On cloud nine - If you’re on cloud nine, you’re very happy.

-”I was on cloud nine after receiving the news of my promotion”.

Excercise

1. The moon is____________________, it has never looked so big in my life!
2. The grandmother was _______________to see her grandson after a long time.
3. Their books __________ . there's not much leave over.
4. It is very very hard assignment, and I had to ________________to get it completed on time

Additional excercise

1. I was in _____________ the annual promotions in the company. - turn a deaf ear
- left out in the cold
2. I’ve made the request few times in the past, but it has always
___________________-

3. He is lean, but he eats______________ - Eats like a horse
- Jump the gun
4. ____________! I’m not yet done with my explanation.
- Let one’s hair down
5. His reason to get leave__________ with his manager. - Hold your horses
- Move heaven and
6. I need to __________today or else I’ll fall behind in my exam earth
- Hit the book
Prep. -Cut no ice
-Hit the jackpot
7. I’ll __________to finish in top 10 percentile in the exam.

8. We’ve _________with our new product – sales have
doubled.

9. I __________by sending the proposal to the client without
first showing it to my manager.

10. Over tea on Sunday, he finally ______________and talked
about his hobbies and family.

POEMS

A POISON TREE And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
I was angry with my friend; In the morning glad I see;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end. My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow. BY WILLIAM BLAKE

And I waterd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

A Word A Day Column

Day Word Meaning Example
1 Sprightly Sentence

2 Suspicion having a distinctively piquant "It began with a sprightly melody, exact and almost priggish,
3 despise taste which seemed an absurd contrast to the surroundings.
4 glimpse People should have been … tiptoeing in fancy dress."
5 fluctuation
6 unanimous a feeling or thought that something is "she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at
7 resignation
possible, likely, or true. her"

feel contempt or a deep repugnance for. "he despised himself for being selfish"

a momentary or partial view. "she caught a glimpse of the ocean"

an irregular rising and falling in number "fluctuations in the yearly values could be caused by a variety of
or amount; a variation. factors"

(of two or more people) fully in "the doctors were unanimous in their diagnoses"
agreement.
"he announced his resignation"
an act of resigning from a job or
office.

ANSWER TASK 2

TASK 1 1. take away your breathe
2. on cloud nine
1) Disobey = fail to obey (rules, a 3. sell like hot cakes
command, or someone in authority). 4. burn the midnight oil

2) Sparkling = shining brightly with 1. left out in the cold
flashes of light. 2. turn a deaf ear
3. eats like a horse
3) Glimmer = shine faintly with a 4. hold your horse
wavering light. 5. cut no ice
6. hit the book
4) Restrain = keep under control or 7. move heaven and earth
within limits. 8. hit the jackpot
9. jump the gun
5) Excited = very enthusiastic and 10. let his hair down
eager.

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