phrasal verb

Apa itu Phrasal Verb?

1. Phrasal Verb adalah verb yang ditambahkan dengan preposisi sehingga mempunyai makna yang berbeda dari arti sebelumnya.

contoh :
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = bertemu

He ran away when he was 15. run + away = meninggalkan rumah

2. Beberapa Phrasal verb adalah intransitif. Kalimat intransitif tidak membutuhkan obyek

contoh :
He suddenly showed up. "show up" tidak dapat ditambahkan objek

3. Beberapa phrasal adalah transitif. Kalimat Transitif dapat ditambahkan obyek.

contoh :
I made up the story. "story" adalah objek dari "make up"

4. beberapa phrasal verbs yang transitif dapat dipisahkan. Objeknya diletakkan diantara verb dan preposisinya.

Contoh :
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.

5.Beberapa phrasal verb yang transitif tidak dapat dipisahkan. Objek diletakkan setelah preposisi.

Contoh :
I ran into an old friend yesterday.
They are looking into the problem.

6.Beberapa Phrasal Verb dapat dipisah atau tidak dipisah.

Contoh:
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.

7. Hati - hati! Meskipun banyak Phrasal Verb yang objeknya dapat diletakkan baik di antara verb dan preposisi maupun sesudah preposisi, tapi untuk objek yang berupa kata ganti harus diletakkan setelah preposisinya.
Contoh :
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book. benar
I looked up it in the phone book. salah

catch - caught - caught

Present Simple

He catches the train at nine o'clock.

" Dia naik kereta pada jam 9"

 Simple Passive

The ball is caught by the player at first base.

"Bola ditangkap oleh pemain pada base pertama"

Present Continuous

They are catching on slowly

"Mereka sedang mengejar ketinggalan degan lambat"

 

Present Perfect

He has caught a cold.

"dia masih flu"

 

Present Perfect Continuous

He will catch on fast.

"Dia akan menyusul dengan cepat"

bring - brought - brought

Bring - Brought - Brought

 " membawa"

example sentences
Present Simple
She often brings friends to work.
"dia sering 'mengajak' temannya ke kantor."

Present Simple Passive
Presents are brought to the reception.
"hadiah-hadiahnya dibawa ke depan"

Present Continuous
Mary is bringing Jack to the party.
"Mary sedang 'mengajak' Jack ke pesta"

Present Perfect
I haven't brought much food today.
"saya tidak membawa banyak makanan hari ini"

Present Perfect Passive
A number of books have already been brought back to the library.
"Beberapa buku telah 'dikembalikan' ke perpustakaan."


Past Simple
Alice brought a new friend to the party.
"Alice telah mengajak teman baru ke pesta"

Past Simple Passive
This contribution was brought by John. 

Future (will)
Janice will bring the dessert.
"Janice akan membawa makanan penutup"

Future (will) passive
The dessert will be brought by Janice.
 "makanan penutup akan dibawa oleh Janice"



additnal knowledge : other meaning for bring

1. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
   "Bring me the box from the other room"; "This brings me to the main point";
   - convey, take
    
2. Cause to come into a particular state or condition
   "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
    
3. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
   "bring comments"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area";
   - work, play, wreak, make for
    
4. Go or come after and bring or take back
   "Could you bring the wine?";
   - get, convey, fetch
    
5. Bring into a different state
   - land
    
6. Be accompanied by
   "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
    
7. Advance or set forth in court
   "bring charges";
   - institute
    
8. Provide a particular quality or character
   "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings";
   - lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add
    
9. Be sold for a certain price
   "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print brought in a high price at the auction";
   - fetch, bring in
    
10. Attract the attention of
    "The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
     
11. Induce or persuade
    "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
12. bring it on
    

one word one day : become(s) - became - become

Present Simple
She often becomes sad when she watches a film.
"dia sering menjadi sedih ketika dia menonton film"

Past Simple
Alice became angry when she heard the news, yesterday
"Alice menjadi marah ketika dia mendengar berita, kemarin"

Future (will)
We will become friends. I'm sure!
 "Kami akan menjadi teman. Saya yakin!"

Present Perfect
John has become a new person since he left her.
"John telah menjadi orang baru sejak John meningalkan dia (pr)"

sleep texting disorder

If you have a smartphone, you may have felt the embarrassment of sending a private message to the wrong person or having autocorrect fail you at just the wrong time.

But some people experience a different kind of messaging mishap, one they may not even remember doing. And no, they're not drunk-dialing.

They're sleep-texting.

While hard data is lacking on this cultural trend, the anecdotal evidence has been mounting over the past few years. Twitter users regularly recount the loopy messages they've sent with the hashtag #sleeptexting. "There are texts sent from my phone at 5am that I do not recall sending," said one tweet. Another said, "I should stop sleeping next to my phone."

Others post Twitpics and Instagram photos showing their bizarre or garbled messages, some of which are more gibberish than actual words. One woman told CNN affiliate WQAD last year that she had a sleep-texting disorder.

Whereas some people might "get up and go get something out of the refrigerator" while in a state of sleep, said Dr. Jim Fulop, the corporate medical director for OhioHealth Sleep Services, others "grab their smartphone, which is right next to them, and they may text or do other things."

The idea of unlocking a smartphone, opening a texting app and then typing something while asleep may sound far-fetched, but the "sleep-texting" term is a little misleading. It's more like "half-asleep" texting, as doctors describe it as a state of rest where a person isn't fully awake.

"It's like your brain is on autopilot," explained Dr. Shelby Harris, director of behavioral sleep medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. "Think about the rate at which people are texting nowadays, and most people sleep right next to (their phones), so if they wake up it's another automatic behavior. ... This is sort of a form of sleepwalking, that's kind of the way that I look at it."

Unlike sleepwalking, which can be dangerous, sleep-texting tends to be a habit that can be easily laughed off.

Here are some other recent examples of sleep texts, as posted on Twitter and Instagram:

-- "Wtf did they put in those little bomb things."

-- "No bounces issues with monh..., pillow helps"

-- "I legittt wish veggird were enough to fuelme"

-- "The bullet holes really look great on my teddy bear."

Fulop and Harris say younger generations appear to be more susceptible to sleep-texting. For young professionals, sometimes their jobs require them to respond to texts and e-mails late into the night.

And teens, "they're texting constantly," Fulop said. "They feel they can spend the middle of the night communicating with their friends; it's part of their behavior. ... They don't intend to text, but they sleep-text because they wake up confused, they grab (their phone) and they're off mumbling in the text message."

Dr. Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor of pediatric nursing at Villanova University's College of Nursing, heard the same thing as she was researching Internet risk behaviors and the victimization of children and adolescents.

"I think for many adolescents and young adults, technology has provided us another avenue of sleep walking, (or) talking in our sleep. People have answered the phone, the good old-fashioned landline, in their sleep. 

That's not particularly new," Dowdell said. "What we're seeing now is younger people experiencing this."

Adults can typically shrug off sleep-texting with a laugh or an apology, but there could be greater consequences for adolescents. Texting is interrupting their sleep at an age when they need it most, and they could be more vulnerable to thier unintentional oversharing being posted for others to see.

If you're a sleep texter or afraid of becoming one, the easiest and best solutions are the most obvious: Turn off your phone, set your passcode lock or place it on the other side of the room so it's not within easy reach.

this article was taken from CNN.com

today vocabularies-19th January 2013

eau de cologne  how to pronounce
 noun (plural eaux de cologne pronunciation same) a toilet water with a strong scent.
parfum dengan aroma yang kuat
ORIGIN
 French, literally 'water of Cologne'.

eau de toilette  how to pronounce
  noun (plural eaux de toilette pronunciation same) a dilute form of perfume.
parfum encer
ORIGIN
French, 'toilet water'.

eau de Nil /əʊ də niːl/   how to pronounce
 noun a pale greenish colour.
warna hijau pucat ***
ORIGIN
French eau-de-Nil, literally 'water of the Nile'.

eau de vie   how to pronounce
 noun (plural eaux de vie pronunciation same) brandy.
brandy-minuman beralkohol yang dari buah-buahan atau anggur yang difermentasi
ORIGIN
    from French eau-de-vie, literally 'water of life'.


sumber : Concise Oxford English Dictonary
keistimewaan : tidak menggunakan tambahan 's' untuk bentuk jamaknya.

Speaking Card California 17

video-video ini diambil pada hari Jum'at tanggal 4 Januari 2013

pendaftaran California 18

1 - 31 Januari 2013 menjadi masa pendaftaran periode California 18 Elfata English College.

Music Sharing - Agnes

this week i'm gonna share a song from Agnes Monica for Simpati - Telkomsel.

just follow this link to download it from 4shared
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and this is the lyric

Lirik Muda (Le O Le O) - Agnes Monica

le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei
le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei
ku berlari pakai hati, tak berhenti sampai mati
le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei

aku dengar ada yang bicara
papa mamaku punya cita-cita
dia baru berusia lima
tapi semangatnya sungguh sempurna

never in your life, let them talk to you like you can not
yes, you're young but you're right
walk your miles, do your part with a smile
'cause you're young, you're young, you're young

hidupku itu adalah aku
bukan kamu dan ragumu, jangan sama-samakanku
hidupmu itu adalah kamu
bukan kata tidak mampu, tak peduli usiamu

aku muda (aku muda) aku bisa (aku bisa)

tak perlu ragukan yang kau lihat
orang ikuti ku punya jejak
kamu yang nakal bikin ku bosan
mulut setan bicara tak karuan

never in your life, let them talk to you like you can not
yes, you're young but you're right
walk your miles, do your part with a smile
'cause you're young, you're young, you're young

hidupku itu adalah aku
bukan kamu dan ragumu, jangan sama-samakanku
hidupmu itu adalah kamu
bukan kata tidak mampu, tak peduli usiamu

hidupku itu adalah aku
bukan kamu dan ragumu, jangan sama-samakanku
biar ku berlari pakai hati
tak berhenti sampai mati, aku muda aku bisa

le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei
ku berlari pakai hati, tak berhenti sampai mati
le o le o le o heeei, le o le o le o heeei
ku berlari pakai hati, tak berhenti sampai mati

hidupku itu adalah aku
bukan kamu dan ragumu, jangan sama-samakanku
hidupmu itu adalah kamu
bukan kata tidak mampu, tak peduli usiamu

hidupku itu adalah aku
bukan kamu dan ragumu, jangan sama-samakanku
biar ku berlari pakai hati
tak berhenti sampai mati, aku muda aku bisa

le o le o le o heeei
ku berlari pakai hati, tak berhenti sampai mati

(DIY) Learn English at Home

this is a few tips for you to learn English at home
• Listen to English. When listening to English television programs, turn on the subtitles or closed captioning to your native language. Learn conversational English by reading along with subtitles or ...closed captioning as you listen to the speakers. Even entertainment programming is helpful; you will better understand the language when paired with visual cues, such as the body language of the speaker and the social context of the spoken words.
• Read English language books, newspapers and magazines. Begin with simple books and interesting magazines. Many newspapers are written so someone with the reading skills of a 9th- or 10th-grade student can understand the stories. Use an English dictionary to help you learn new words as you read. Reading English language will improve your vocabulary, grammar and basic sentence structure.
• Speak English to others at home. When you learn a new word or phrase, use that word or phrase in place of your native language. Add a few new words daily to gradually increase the words and phrases you speak. Speak with native English speakers to increase your understanding and improve your pronunciation.

• Dengarkan Bahasa Inggris.
  Ketika anda menoton program berbahasa Inggris, pastikan subtitle atau teks Inggrisnya aktif. Anda akan mengerti lebih baik dengan membandingkan apa yang diomongkan, ekspresi, dan bahasa tubuh dari tokoh ketika mengucapkan kata-kata tersebut. inilah salah satu cara yang menyenangkan dalam mempelajari bahasa Iggris.
• Bacalah buku-buku berbahasa Iggris.
  dimulai dengan buku-buku sederhana seperti cerita bergambar, atau majalah-majalah yang menarik. gunakan kamus berbahasa Inggris untuk mempelajari kata-kata baru yang Anda baca.
  dengan membaca buku berbahasa Iggris, Anda dapat menambah koleksi kata-kata Bahasa Inggris anda sekaligus mempelajari tata bahasa dan  sruktur dasar kalimat.
• Cobalah untuk berbahasa Inggris dengan orang lain. katika Anda mempelajari kata atau frase baru, gunakanlah sebagai bahasa sehari-hari. tambahkan beberapa kata baru setiap hari untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara anda. bercakap-cakaplah dengan pengguna bahasa Inggris asli untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan cara pengucapan yang tepat.

Elfata Software Sharing mnggu ini - Minilyric, Software penampil lirik untuk lagu anda

Salah satu cara untuk mengasah kemampuan berbahasa Inggris Anda adalah dengan mendengarkan musik, tentunya sambil mempelajari liriknya.

data software :

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• Download and save lyrics in your song files, you can view it on your iPod or iPhone.
• Amazing translucency skins.

Dengan mempelajari lirik lagu, anda dapat menambah vocabulary, mengetahui  pronunciation dan cara penyusunan kalimat yang digunakan dalam lirik lagu tersebut, tentunya dengan cara yang menyenangkan seperti sedang berkaoke. Asyik kan...?
Untuk liriknya sendiri, bisa anda dapatkan langsung dari internet, karena minilyric mengusung fitur pencarian ketika lagu anda diputar, atau dengan menambahkan liriknya secara manual lewat lirik editor.

Movie Sharing Minggu ini-cars-Maters tall tales

Minggu ini, Elfata akan membagikan serial animasi disney pixar yang jadi penerus animasi sukses Cars,
Maters Tall Tales. Bawa Flash discmu, dan datang ke kantor EEC di Jln. Raya Bungah No.36. no charge, alias free...

 Spesifikasi film:
Judul : Maters Tall Tales (dengan beberapa sub judul)
ukuran : 713 Mb
Genre : komedi
teks : Bahasa Inggris
untuk semua umur

Masih ingatkah dengan tokoh Mater yang menemani Mc queen menghabiskan malamnya di Radiator Spring? Tokoh yang mengajarkan Mc queen mengendara mundur dan mengajaknya mengagetkan para Bulldozer? Nah, pada animasi pendek Cars kali ini, yang menjadi tokoh utama bukannya si Mc Queen, melainkan Matter.
Mater adalah seorang mobil derek dari kota kecil Radiator Spring. Dari tampang, aksen, dan kelakuannya Mater termasuk pribadi yang unik. Mater menceritakan pengalaman-pengalaman uniknya yang unbelievable.
Gaya berceritanya yang menarik dan meyakinkan membuat serial ini sangat layak untuk ditonton.

Movie Sharing Minggu ini - Hannah Montana The Movie (2009)

Pada suka nonton film gak???
Kabar baru, Elfata mau membagikan koleksi filmnya untukmu.
Sambil nonton film, sambil belajar Bahasa Inggris.
langsung datang ajah ke kantor buat ambil file filmnya. Gratis..tis..tis..

Untuk minggu ini, film yang dibagikan adalah Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) 

Cast :
Miley Cyrus
Lucas Till
Emily Osment
Billy Ray Cyrus
Mitchel Musso
Jason Earles

Sutradara : Peter Chelsom
Penulis : Dan Berendsen

Ukuran file : 400Mb
Genre : komedi romantis
Subtitle : Inggris dan Indonesia
Rating : remaja


Sinopsis:
Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) mencoba menyembunyikan identitas sosok tenarnya, Hannah Montana dari teman-teman dan sekolahnya; saat kepopuleran Hannah Montana mengambil alih hidup Miley – ia sangat menikmatinya. Hingga ayahnya (Billy Ray Cyrus) membawanya kembali ke kampung halamannya di Crowley Corners, Tennessee , untuk melihat sejumlah kenyataan, kejutan-kejutan dan petualangan penuh kegembiraan, tawa dan romantisme yang tidak pernah dibayangkan oleh Hannah Montana sebelumnya.

Review :
Ini adalah versi movie serial Hannah Montana yang super kocak, serial ini pernah ditayangkan di Indonesia beberapa waktu yang lalu. Kalau di tv-seriesnya tayangan ini disajikan denga gaya sitkom khas Amerika, sedangkan di movienya lebih dibumbui drama dan romansa.
Bagi kalian yang menyukai genre komedi romantis, film yang satu ini recomended banget deh...(ca)