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Pengertian, Macam-macam dan Contoh Short Talks Disertai Latihan Soal

Pengertian Short Talk

Short Talks sama dengan short speech (pidato singkat). Short talks biasanya kita dengar di bandara, stasiun bis , stasiun kereta api, supermarket, dan di tempat-tempat pelayanan umum lainnya. Isi short talks biasanya berupa instruksi, pengumuman, pemberitahuan, atau penawaran. Berikut beberapa contoh written short talks.

I. ANNOUNCEMENT (pengumuman)

Attention please. Continental excecutive bus will be leaving for Bukit Tinggi through Pekanbaru at fourteen twenty. Would passengers now board the bus.

Questions

1. Which bus goes to Bukit Tinggi?

2. What time is the bus leaving?

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to the annual sales convention of our Multi Level Marketing business. We will be here for three days in a row for two reasons, to pick the fruit of our work and to strengthen our spirit. I know that all of you have worked hard during the past year and that’s why we deserve the big incentives and extra bonuses. You will soon find out how generous the company is to those who are willing to make an effort. What’s more important, however, that we are here to establish a solid teamwork.

Questions:

1 How many days will the convention last?

3. How often is the convention held?

4. What are the purposes of the convention?

All employees are requested to take their lunch break in the lounge. Please put your cups and plates in the trash when you finish eating. Don’t take drink and food to your desk. Keep the office clean.

Question:

1. Where the employees must put their dirty cups and plates?

2. Why are they forbidden to take their drink and food to their desk?

II. ADVERTISEMENT (iklan)

Beta’s supermarket new year’s sale. We offer prices for the following items only for a week. You can get one kilograms of sugar, regular price Rp. 4.800 for only Rp 4.000. Ten kilograms rice, regular price Rp 60.000 for only Rp 45.000. Don’t miss it!

Question:

1. What is the name of the supermarket?

2. What items are on sale?

3. What is the regular price of 1 kgs sugar?

4. What is the special price of 1 kgs sugar?

5. What is the regular price of 10 kgs rice?

6. What is the special price of 10 kgs rice?

Bored of eating similar food day after day? Do you want to change? Try The Steak House Restaurant. Steak House Restaurant is on the third floor of the most famous meeting point in town, The Plaza. Enjoy our salmon steak for only $ 10,45 or our chicken steak for $8,90, or you might want to taste our sirloin and tenderloin steak with mashed potatoe. Hmmmm…marvelous!

Come with our family and have a big feast at The Steak House Restaurant on the third floor of The Plaza.

Questions:

1. What is the name of the restaurant?

2. Where is the restaurant?

3. What is the specialty of the restaurant?

4. What products are they offer? Mention!

Introducing a new Mitsubishi refrigerator MRV264, this one is very accommodating, elegant, and quiet. It would fit well in any environment. Three available colors are snow white, elegant grey, and champagne gold. Buy now at the nearest Mitsubishi agent and you’ll get free luxurious embroidered towel with each purchase.

Questions

1. What product is being advertised?

2. What are the strengths of the product?

3. How many colors are the products provided? Mention!

4. Where can you buy the product?

5. What is given as the bonus for buying he product?

III. INSTRUCTIONS (instruksi)

Thank you for visiting our showroom. Here we are going to show our new product. A fantastic vacuum cleaner and how it works. First, fix the hose. Plug the cord into the socket. Then, start the vacuum cleaner by pushing the ON button. No sweeping. No wasting time.

Questions:

1. What product is being explained?

2. How many steps are there to operate the product?

3. What do you do after fixing the hose?

Here are some steps on how to install any additional software from VCD or DVD

First, insert the disc into the disc tray

Second, when the installation wizard opens, follow the on screen instruction

Third, restart the computer if prompted to do so

Questions:

1. What is the text about?

2. How many steps are there in the text?

3. When do we start following the on screen instruction?