Expressing Love 8581s

EXPRESSING LOVE, PLEASURE AND RELIEF Objectives In this lesson, you will learn about how to say and respond to the expressions of love, pleasure, and relief both formally and informally in daily life context.

Expression of Love Love is a kind of strong feeling or emotion which is expressed to show that someone cares. It also means happiness. This kind of feeling will show a good or positive attitude. It is not only showed to a special person whom really means for you, but you can also express it to your relatives or friends. People commonly express their love in various ways such as telling it directly, giving a gift or a card, making a poem, singing a song, and writing a letter. However, in this lesson, you will only focus on how to express love in words. There are several phrases to express love. Yet, when you want to express love you should pay attention to these situations: People usually express their affection formally through a letter, poem, or song. Here are some phrases you can use: I love you. I do love you. I adore you. I will always love you. I think I'm in love with you. Let me be with you. You're just adorable. I’m falling in love with you. Example: Because I'm falling in love with you It's the easiest thing for me to do Yes, I'm falling in love with you, it's true” (Song writer: Moore, Gary) Some people also call their beloved person by using these phrases: 

My dear

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My love

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My darling

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My dearest one

Example: Conversation (Situation: Julian expresses his love to his fiance) Julian: My dear, I have something for you. Vinie: What is it? Julian: Just open it. Vinie: A bar of chocolate. Wow ... thank you darling. I love you. Julian: You’re welcome, honey. When falling in love, Sometimes people use exaggerating words to express their feelings as follows: My heart is in your hands. I'm absolutely crazy about you. I cannot stop thinking about you. My heart can’t stop beating when I see you.

Expression of Relief In this section, you will learn some expressions to tell or show how relief you are after getting through some awful conditions. When you are in a bad situation because you are facing some problems, you will feel worried, won’t you? However, after solving those problems you will feel relieved. Relief is a situation where you can end your bad feeling such as pain and worry. This kind of expression felt when something terrible has ended; it is called expressions of relief. Here are some short phrases you can use to express relief: Oh, good! What a relief! That's a relief! Oh, marvelous!, I’m glad it was done. Example: (Situation: Tiara is almost late to take the airplane) Tiara: What time does the airplane take off? Jovan: It should be on 4.30. Tiara: Ah, it’s 4.45. I’m late. Jovan: Don’t worry. The departure is delayed for an hour because of bad weather. Tiara: What a relief! Other phrases that are usually used formally can be seen as follows: Thank my goodness! Thank goodness you're safe.

I'm glad everything's running well. Thank God for .... (mention your problem) It’s a relief to know that .... (mention what you have solved) Example: Conversation (Situation: Arfin has just got an accident, but he is safe) Dina : What happened to you? Your hand is bleeding. Arfin: I just got an accident when I was going to school. Dina : Oh ... poor you. Arfin: The rider who hit me ed away in that accident, but I’m still alive. Dina : Thank goodness you're safe. Conversation (Situation: Rendi has just ed the exam and it was running well) Renata: What’s going on? You look so happy. Rendi: I have just ed the exam. I’m glad everything’s running well. Renata: That’s good. Congratulations! Rendi: Thanks.

Expression of Pleasure Expression of pleasure is an expression to show happiness feeling because of something has happened. Here are the following phrases you can use: That’s great. It is really delightful / I am delighted. It’s really a great pleasure. I am pleased. That’s wonderful. It’s my pleasure! (Situation: Rendi has just ed the exam and it was running well) Renata : What’s going on? You look so happy. Rendi : I have just ed the exam. I am pleased the result was good. Renata : That’s great. Congratulations! Rendi : Thanks.

Key Points 1. Expressions of love is not limited to show affection in the context of a romantic relationship, e.g. between girlfriend-boyfriend or between fiance (a couple that is engaged, usually this shows a stronger commitment before marriage). Expressing love can be said and written to parents, siblings (sisters and brothers) or others that you care. However, you need to be careful in choosing which expressions suit universal love and which one that suit romantic love.

2. Expressing relief and pleasure is only appropriate to say or write (perhaps in short text messaging) when you express it without making others feel down. Sometimes, you feel happy and satisfied but your friends don’t.

NARRATIVE TEXT: LOVE STORIES Objectives In this lesson you will comprehend meaning in short functional text in the form of narrative in the context of daily life. You will also learn about simple narrative text, read and understand them.

NARRATIVE TEXT AT A GLANCE Important Facts About Narrative Texts * Narrative text consists of some series of events. * It can be fiction or nonfiction. * The examples of fiction narrative are novels and short stories. * The examples of nonfiction are biographies and autobiographies. * The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the readers. * In narrative text, we use past tenses as we retell some events happened before. Generic structure of narrative text • Orientation: this opening paragraph tells you the characters you will find in the story. Besides, it also tells you the time and place setting where the story takes place. The writer uses this paragraph to introduce the main characters and settings. • Complication: complication is the main part of the narrative text as it tells the readers what happen to the main characters of the story. Commonly, this paragraph tells the readers about the conflict between the characters. The writer tells how the conflict appears and develops through this paragraph.

• Resolution: it is the last paragraph where the writer tells the readers how the conflict solved. It can be a happy ending or bad ending. Aspects of narrative text • Setting. It tells you when and where the story happens • Characters. People involved in the story • Events. Actions by the main characters to develop create, develop, and end the conflict.

What is a love story? One example of a narrative text that we commonly find is a love story. It is a kind of story that tells the romance of a couple, some people conflicting with love triangle case, murder because of love, etc. It can be a happy or sad story. One of the most famous classic love stories is Romeo and Juliette by Shakespeare. As you may have known, it involves various conflicts, and the love story ends tragically with the death of the couple. In Indonesia, a nonfiction, inspirational love story example is Habibie & Ainun. The story was filmed and became one of the most recommended drama movies in Indonesia’s film history. Example of a love story Read the following example of a fiction love story. DISCUSSION From the story above we learn that orientation is found in paragraph 1 and 2. Complication begins in paragraph 3 and continues to paragraph 4. The resolution is found in paragraph 5.

RESPONDING TO EXPRESSION OF LOVE

objectives In this lesson, you will learn how to respond expression of love in daily life context.

Let's learn! Love is an affectionate feeling that everyone has. People are blessed with various feelings that make them different that other God’s creation. One of them is affection (caring) or love. People express love to have a closer relationship or even just to show that they care to others. You may have at least one experience when people expressed their love to you. In a more universal context, love and affection can be expressed among family , best friends, neighbours, and fellow human being. In a specific context, such as a romantic relationship, it takes place between couples, such as girlfriendboyfriend, fiance, and spouses (husband-wife). Talking about a romantic relationship, words are sometimes become some problems if you don’t know how to respond properly. If one confesses his/her love to you, how will your response be? If the feelings are mutual (meaning that you feel the same as s/he), what will you say? On the other hand, if it is not mutual, and if you wish to decline their expressions of love because you don’t have the same feeling, how will you express it? Some of you may feel confused when someone is expressing his/her feeling. Here are some phrases you can use to respond an expression of love, which depends on the context. When someone is expressing the feeling by giving you a card or a present to you, you can respond by saying:

Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. You are so very kind to me. Those expressions above show that you appreciate him/ her. Although, it doesn't mean that you simply have the same feeling. Responses to expressions of love can be divided into: accepting and declining (refusing). You can give positive response (accepting) to the other person what they mean to you by using these phrases: I love it. I do, too. I’d love too. I love you, too. I’m happy to hear that. While to refuse someone’s feeling or intention, you can use these phrases: I’m sorry. I’m sorry I can’t. I’m sorry I can’t accept it. I’m happy to hear that, but I’m sorry. It’s nice of you to say so, but I’m sorry I can’t.

Do you understand? Here are some examples to enhance your understanding. Conversation 1 Friend: How about having dinner together, sometime? Will you be my date? You: I’d love too. Thank you.

Conversation 2 Adrian: I do really miss you, Dina. Dina : I do, too. Conversation 3 (Situation: Derry asked Ersya to be his girlfriend, but Ersya doesn’t have the same feeling.) Derry: I know we know each other for some time now. I’d like to know you better. Would you like to be my girl? Ersya: I’m happy to hear that, but I’m sorry I can’t. I just want to focus studying for now. Let’s just remain friends and learn each other better.

Key Points To sum up, you have to: * use the appropriate response to such expressions of love; * either accept or refuse the expressions of love in a correct manner.

How to Write Narrative Text: Love Stories Objectives Expressing meaning and generic structure of an essay; using written text accurately and fluently in daily life context in a form of narrative texts.

Lesson

Narrative Text In this lesson you will learn about how to write a narrative story. Before we go to the definition of narrative, please recall the stories you have read. When you were a child, you might be familiar with stories such as Cinderella and Snow White, or local stories such as Malin Kundang and Sangkuriang. Some of the stories were interesting that you the characters, the setting, the conflict, and how they conflict solved. You might also curious about what would happen next during the reading or storytelling. Learning in English in high school will involve storytelling. You have to be able to tell a story. Although story telling is usually spoken, in class, you also have to be able to write your own story. Writing stories can be a hobby or even a job. At school, you may be familiar with narrative text. Narrative is basically retelling of something that happened. It also means telling a story. In short, a narrative text is a written story. There are many types of narrative text: such as legend, fable, fairy tale, folklore, and myth. The topics also vary, such as family, friendship, and the one you are going to read in this lesson, love.

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Read the following love story carefully.

In writing a narrative text you should consider the followings:

* Social Function Narrative is aimed at making readers amused or entertained. The story is supposed to be interesting. However, it doesn’t always have to be a happy ending story, but it is supposed to have a moral value.

* Generic Structure In composing/ writing a story, you will need to create the storyline first. In narrative texts, you need to follow a specific organization. There are some parts of a narrative story as follows:

Orientation: This part consists of what the story is about, the character(s), and the place and time where the story happened. (Jack was poor, Sally was rich, they were best friends from a small town)

Complication: This is the part where the conflict or problem rises. This one is also the main point of a narrative story. (When Sally’s parents did not give marriage approval)

Resolution: This part tells how the problem is solved. It can end with a happy ending, sad ending, or even bad ending. (Jack went out of town and went back to marry Sally.)

Re-orientation: This part is optional. It usually consists of closing statement or moral lesson. (Now we know that only true love will give us happiness.)

* Language Features: Past tense (came, left, went, etc.) Adverb of time (Once upon a time, A long time ago, One day, etc.) The use of conjunction and linking words (When…, Then, Finally, Suddenly, etc.) Direct speech (“I will always love you” said Prince Charming)