Brilio.net - News item text adalah salah satu teks bahasa Inggris yang berisi suatu informasi tentang suatu peristiwa atau kejadian sehari-hari yang dianggap pantas dan penting untuk dijadikan berita, dengan syarat jika berita tersebut kayak atau pantas untuk dikonsumsi oleh masyarakat umum.

Bentuk terkecil dari sebuah news item text dapat kamu temukan dalam bentuk koran. Koran dapat disebut sebagai salah satu jenis news item. Menurut Oxford English Dictionary, news item text is a text which inform readers about events of the day. Jika kamu ingin menjadi seorang jurnalis, kamu perlu mempelajari news item text ini.

Tujuan komunikatif dari jenis teks ini kurang lebih sama dengan pengertian dari news item text, yaitu untuk memberitakan kepada pembaca, pendengar, ataupun penonton mengenai peristiwa atau kejadian yang dipandang penting atau layak diberitakan.

Struktur dan ciri kebahasaan news item text

Pada news item text, terdapat tiga bagian struktur kebahasaannya, yaitu:

1. Main event
Bagian ini dikenal dengan 'newsworthy event'. Bagian ini adalah bagian yang menceritakan atau berisi berita mengenai peristiwa atau kejadian inti yang biasanya ditulis dalam bentuk ringkasan (summary).

2. Background event
Bagian yang lebih dikenal dengan 'elaboration' ini merupakan bagian yang menceritakan latar belakang peristiwa atau kejadian, siapa yang terlibat dan lokasi kejadian tersebut.

3. Source/sumber
Bagian ini adalah bagian terakhir, yaitu menceritakan tentang komentar, saksi kejadian, pendapat para ahli, dan sebagainya mengenai peristiwa atau kejadian yang diberitakan.

Ciri dari news item text yang paling menonjol adalah bahasanya yang singkat dan padat. Sementara itu, terdapat ciri-ciri kebahasaan dari news item text lainnya yaitu:

1. Informasi singkat yang tertuang dalam headline.
2. Fokus pada suatu kejadian.
3. Dominan menggunakan saying verbs, seperti diberitakan, dikutik, memberitakan, mengatakan, dan sebagainya.
4. Umumnya menggunakan action verb, yaitu kata kerja yang menunjukkan aktivitas.
5. Sering menggunakan kata kerja bantu yang menunjukkan waktu dan tempat.
6. Menggunakan material process.

Setelah mempelajari tentang pengertian dan struktur dari news item text, berikut ini brilio.net rangkumkan contoh dari news item text dalam bahasa Inggris yang cocok dijadikan sebagai referensi belajar, pada Rabu (19/10).

Contoh news item text dalam bahasa Inggris

1. George Clooney to direct and star in 'Good Morning, Midnight' for Netflix

George Clooney has signed on to direct and star in 'Good Morning, Midnight' for Netflix. It will be his first project with the streaming service.

Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov will produce the adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel, “which follows a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to make contact with the crew of a spacecraft as they try to return home to Earth,” according to a description from Netflix.

“Grant and I couldn’t be more excited to be involved with this incredible project,” Clooney told Variety. “Mark is a writer we’ve long admired and his script is haunting. We’re thrilled to be working with our friends at Netflix as well.”

The story is a sci-fi thriller, and was named one of the best books of 2017 by the Chicago Review of Books. Clooney will play the lead scientist.

Scott Stuber, head of Netflix’s film division, said: “Having known and worked with George for over two decades, I can’t think of anyone better to bring this amazing story to life. The book is powerful and moving, and Mark’s adaptation is beautifully written. At its core, this is a story about human nature, and one that I know our global audiences will fall in love with, just like I did when I read it.”

Clooney recently executive produced, appeared in, and directed a few episodes of Hulu’s “Catch-22.” The film, which does not yet have a title, will begin production in October.

Sumber: CNN.com

2. Amazon Prime Day will actually be two days this year

Amazon’s Prime Day will return for the fifth time next month, and this year the discount holiday will run for two entire days.

Amazon announced that Prime Day this year will start at midnight on Monday, July 15, and run for 48 hours. The company boasts that the event will include more than a million deals around the world, such as steep discounts on Alexa-enabled devices. In 2018, Prime Day lasted 36 hours, which was longer than in prior years. Amazon tested out its inaugural Prime Day in July of 2015 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It designed the day to replicate Black Friday for Amazon die-hards.

Sumber: CNN.com

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3. Taylor Swift reveals a few things that keep her up at night

In anticipation of the release of her new album “Midnights,” Taylor Swift is revealing what keeps her up at night.

For her tenth album, due out Oct. 21, the singer teamed up with the Spotify to share some of the inspiration for her new music.

The first thing Swift said keeps her awake is “self-loathing,” and the second is “fantasising about revenge,” Swift has revealed so far.

In true Swift fashion, she leaves us waiting for more.

The new album will feature her single “Anti-Hero,” along with a collaboration with with Lana Del Rey called “Snow On The Beach.”

Swift has also shared the full 13-song tracklist for the album.

The up-all-night reveals come amid a week of new lyric reveals across the globe, including the line “I should not be left to my own devices…” on a billboard in Times Square in New York City.

Another appeared in London, reading: “I polish up real nice.”

Swift will appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Oct. 24 to promote the album. She is also set to announce an upcoming live tour.

Sumber: CNN.com

 

 

4. Comedian James Corden apologises after Balthazar restaurant ban

Comedian James Corden was temporarily banned from a New York restaurant on Monday after being "extremely nasty" to staff on two occasions, the owner said.

Keith McNally, who owns popular New York eatery Balthazar, said Corden had been an "abusive customer" after some errors with his orders.

But he later revealed the actor and TV host had since called and "apologised profusely".

Mr McNally then lifted the ban, saying, "I strongly believe in second chances."

In an earlier post laying out what happened, Mr McNally had described the host of The Late Late Show as "a hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny cretin of a man".

He said the first incident was in June, when Corden had eaten at Balthazar and showed a hair to the manager after his main course - the implication being it was in his food.

Mr McNally observed that "although this is diabolical, it happens very occasionally in all restaurants." He said Corden was unpleasant and told the manager: "Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all our drinks so far."

A second run-in followed in November, the restaurant owner said. An omelette was the cause of the alleged rudeness.

"Mr Corden's wife ordered an egg yolk omelette with gruyere cheese and salad. A few minutes after they received the food, James called their server... and told her there was a little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk," Mr McNally wrote on Instagram.

Balthazar's staff remade the dish, but they "unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad", he added.

"That's when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: "You can't do your job! You can't do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!"

Mr McNally described the comedian as being "the most abusive customer" since the business opened 25 years ago.

The BBC has contacted Corden's team for comment. He has not addressed the allegations in public.

The row appears resolved from the restaurant's side, with Mr McNally observing: "Anyone magnanimous enough to apologise to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn't deserve to be banned from anywhere. Especially Balthazar."

Sumber: BBC.com

5. Birmingham street photographer's exhibition extended

A popular photography exhibition, showcasing 20 years of street photography, has been extended.

Herbert Walters' work, Portraits of Black Britain, is being shown at the Medicine Bakery Gallery, New Street, in Birmingham.

The work shows different periods captured at various events in Birmingham and London by the 60-year-old.

"My work will live on for years and years to come," he said.

He said he first discovered a love of photography at just eight years old.

"We always had a camera in the house so I would use it to document my family, my life and those around me," he said.

"When I was a kid in school, I was told that I wasn't intelligent enough to go to university and complete a degree, and that I should go and work in a factory, so I ended up becoming a bricklayer."

Growing up in "industrial" Birmingham, he said there were not a lot of opportunities, but he eventually attended Birmingham City University aged 48.

"I feel like I went to university at a good age. If I had studied when I was much younger, I wouldn't have been as interested. But coming as a mature student, I made the most out of it," he said.

He has previously exhibited at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Midlands Art Centre and the New Art Gallery in Walsall.

"I love doing documentary work and street photography as I will leave a legacy," he added.

His exhibition can now be seen until January 2023.

Sumber: BBC.com

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