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Pada pelajaran bahasa Inggris, ada beberapa jenis teks yang perlu dipelajari. Salah satunya adalah news item text. News item text sendiri merupakan teks yang berisikan informasi berita penting atau kejadian penting yang terjadi di tengah masyarakat pada hari ini.

Pada dasarnya news item text ini berasal dari bahasa inggris yakni newsworthy yang artinya layak diberitakan.Adapun fungsi sosial dari news item text adalah untuk memberikan informasi mengenai peristiwa terbaru/terkini dan faktual kepada pembaca ataupun pendengarnya.

Sementara, news item text memiliki ciri-ciri yakni singkat, padat dan jelas. Kemudian informasi yang diterangkan berkaitan dengan judul. Lalu, menggunakan past tense, action verbs, saying verbs dan adverbs (waktu, tempat, dan cara).

Seperti jenis teks lainnya, news item text juga memiliki struktur yang membedakannya dengan teks-teks lainnya.Adapun struktur news item report, seperti dikutip di buku English for Vocation School oleh Isma Rachmadani Siregar, yaitu:

1. Main Event (Inti Kejadian)

Main event merupakan kejadian yang diberitakan secara ringkas dari suatu peristiwa yang terjadi atau biasa disebut dengan berita utama.

2. Elaboration (Background, Participant, Time, Place)

Penjelasan secara rinci dari pemberitaan mulai dari kenapa, siapa saja yang terlibat, kapan, dan di mana kejadian dari pemberitaan tersebut ditulis atau dibacakan.

3. Resource Information

Adalah bagian akhir yang memuat sumber dari informasi, misalnya komentar dari masyarakat atau pernyataan lisan dari narasumber.

Berikut ini adalah contoh news item text singkat beserta strukturnya yang dikutip dari berbagai sumber, Jumat (8/9/2023).

Contoh News Item Text Singkat Beserta Strukturnya

Contoh 1 Indonesian Maid Beheaded

(Main Event)

An Indonesian housemaid has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of killing her employer, the Saudi Interior Minister said.

(Background Event)

The woman was beheaded in the Southern Asir province in what was the second execution in the country.The maid was earlier found of suffocating her female boss and stealing her jewellery. Rape, murder and other serious crimes can carry the death penalty in the conservative desert kingdom.

(Sources)

Last year, Saudi Arabia, which follow a strict intepretation of Syaria, Islamic law executed more than 130 people.(From BBC)

Contoh 2 Town Contaminated

(Main Event)

Moscow A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, whichkilled10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.

(Background Event)

Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo 22 near Vladivostock.

The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radio active fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a thermal and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.

(Sources)

A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.

Contoh 3

(Main Event)

October is pumpkin season in America. For most people, this means eating delicious pumpkin-filled treats or visiting pumpkin patches to pick out the perfect fruit for Halloween.

But for pumpkin farmers, it is a chance to showcase their giant produce at pumpkin weigh-offs. Though various such contests are held countrywide, the Super Bowl of pumpkin weigh-offs takes place in Half Moon Bay, CA.

The competition, which marked its 49th year on October 10, 2022, has always been popular with master pumpkin growers.

However, it has become even more so since the top prize was increased to $30,000 in 2015. To claim the World Record Prize, contestants must submit a World Record Pumpkin.

(Background Event)

This year, that meant a gourd heavier than the massive 2,703-pound pumpkin that set a new world record in Italy in late September 2021. If the heaviest pumpkin weighs less, the owner receives $9 per pound.

This year\'s winner, a 2,560-pound gourd, nicknamed Maverick, was submitted by Travis Gienger from Anoka, MN. Though not a world record contender, it did outweigh the American record holder, a 2,554-pound squash,by six pounds!

The horticulture teacher from Anoka, MN, planted the fruit in April and spent almost six months carefully nurturing its growth.

Gienger\'s daily care routine included fertilizing the soil, checking for roots, and watering the pumpkin. He covered the fruit in plastic during heavy rain and provided shade on hot days. Gienger\'s efforts were rewarded with a cash prize of $23,040 ($9 a pound)!

The competition\'s runner-up, Steve Daletas, took home $3,000 with his 2,425-pound entry, while third-place winner Ruben Frias received $2,500 for his 2,118-pound gourd.

Other titles included the largest Coastside pumpkin, largest California pumpkin, and most beautiful pumpkin. The winners of each title won $1,000.

(Sources)

This is not Gienger\'s first time entering and winning the competition. In 2020, his 2,350-pound pumpkin also took first place, as reported by Guinees Book of World Records.

Contoh 4

(Main Event)

A gentle giant in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has set a Guinness World Record as the world\'s tallest living domestic cat. Fenrir Powers measured an impressive 18.83 inches on January 29, 2021.

The two-year-old Savannah cat\'s achievement was revealed in the Guinness World Records 2023 edition, released on September 13, 2022.

(Background Event)

Savannah cats are a cross between domestic cats and large-eared wild African cats. Measuring between 14 and 17 inches tall, they are the tallest and one of the largest cat breeds.

But, Fenrir, who stands a full inch taller, is exceptionally tall even for his breed. He just grew and grew like Clifford the Big Red Dog, Fenrir\'s owner, Dr. Will Powers, said in a video about the cat.

Dr. Powers adopted Fenrir when he was just 12 weeks old. The proud owner says the intelligent cat uses his height to his advantage.

When we were trying to take some pictures of him, we had to shut some of the other cats out of the room, and Fenrir decided he didn\'t want to be in the room anymore, he recalled. So he stood on his hind legs and opened the door.

When not breaking records, Fenrir spends his time helping anxious patients at the clinic. Powers said, He wanders around the office receiving pats from people, snoozing on exam room tables, and begging for treats.

(Sources)

Fenrir is not the only celebrity in the Powers household. The physician\'s other famous cats include Altair Powers and Cygnus Powers, the current and previous Guinness World Record holders for the longest tail on a living domestic cat.

Fenrir\'s late brother Arcturus Powers, who holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest domestic cat ever, was also a family pet. Unfortunately, Cygnus and Arcturus died in a house fire in 2017.

Contoh 5

(Main event)

Two people died while four others were wounded in a landslide at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on Tuesday.

(Background event)

Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk owner at the market, Bujang, and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospitals.

(Source)

Bukittinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was suspected that recent heavy rainfall had caused the landslide.