You don’t know me, do you?
To the staff and students at Trimukti University
-an internationally acclaimed university- and her neighbors, Nicole Simaremare is a respected senior lecturer in the English
department. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s
degree in education. The current subjects she teaches include educational
psychology, psycholinguistics, and poetry. Nicole takes her work very seriously and never stops
learning to enrich her knowledge.
She is also known as
an all-round multitalented writer. Her writing career began when she won a
national story-writing competition. She has never stopped writing ever since.
Although she has a keen interest in writing stories and poems, she continues to
write academic article for journal and textbooks. She also writes a lot of
books –both fiction and non- fiction- which publisher love. She is now working
on a book called Perbandingan Tata Bahasa Inggris dan Indonesia and the same time on a suspense novel
called the blade.
Nicole led a
challenging life. Her life is difficult and complex but interesting. She is the
oldest child in a family of three children. Her parents pass away when she was
in second year at Trimukti University. Life force her to be the breadwinner in
her family and she worked as a privet English teacher, a translator, and an
interpreter. She had students who studied at her humble home. While her friends
enjoyed the luxury of having fun, she had to juggle her studies and her jobs. Despite
that she was still very young, she manages to support her brother and sister
and put them through school.
After finishing her
studies, she began teaching at Trimukty University. Her hard work paid off. She
was granted a scholarship from Trimukti University for a ma in education, so
she was able to continue her studies.
Then, she met CConstantine Simangunsong. They fell in love and planned
to get married after she received her ma. Constantine insisted on a very simple
wedding. Unfortunately, they broke up two days before d-day because the
handsome and gentle Constantine turned out to be married man with three
children. Finding out the truth, she broke down in tears and promised herself
never to trust any man again. Many people think it is a shame for her to shut herself
away from love like that, especially because she is very attractive. Although
she has not found the love of her life, her career continuous to rocket.
Nicole is very good looking;
she has the reputation of being a stern lecturer. She hardly ever smiles or laughs.
Her students call her ‘the iceberg’ because she is a rigid disciplinarian.
While other lecturers hang out and talk freely whit their students, Nicole
always keeps her distance. This makes them reluctant to approach her students with
their studies if only they dare to ask for her help.
Outsider her academic
world, however, Nicole has another profession. Being a lecturer, she has strong
skill in public speaking. She occasionally is asked to emcee for academic
events. One thing led to another and without realizing it, she finally becomes
a professional emcee. She even hosts a music program on TV. The repertoire of
the singer who are going to perform in the program. The repertoire include the
songs from American top 40’s to Indonesian folksong, from dangdut to jazz,
keroncong to r’nb. This has won her a lot of fans and her regular viewer adores
her. Some gentleman have eve asked her out but she never accepted.
Her students were
really surprised when they found out that the teacher they knew as ‘the
iceberg’ had a different personality, which they would never have tough of.
They thought they knew her but they did not.
Read the text again. Write‘t’ if the statement is true and ‘f’ if it false.
- (t) Trimukti is a well-known university.
- (t) her neighbors think she is a respectable lecturer.
- (t) Nicole is well educated.
- (f) she curently teaches less than three subjects.
- (f) Nicole doesn’t really enjoy her job
Give the meaning of each word.
1. The word ‘paid off’ in
line 42 means...
a.
To bribe
b.
To be successful
c. To give someone money
Answer: B
2. The word ‘juggle’ in line
37 means...
a.
To do many things at the same
time
b.
To keep three or more objects
moving in the air by throwing and catching them very quickly
c.
Forest
Answer: A
3. How many books Nicole
working on?
a.
One book
b.
Two books
c.
Three books
Answer: B
4. who is the name of man
that Nicole fell in love?
a.
Galuh Simangunsong
b.
Simaremare
c.
Constantine Simangunsong
Answer: C
5. Nicole become a
professional writer aftre?
a.
Winning a national story
writing competition
b.
Graduated from Trimukty University
c.
Has a Master’s degree in
English Literature
Answer: A
Essay
1)
Life forces her to be
the breadwinner in her family. The word “breadwinner” means?
Answer: the person who earns most of the
money needed to support a family
2)
Did Nicole youth was trouble-free?
Answer: Nicole led a challenging life. Her life is
difficult and complex but interesting. Her parents pass away when she was in
second year at Trimukti University. Life forces her to be the breadwinner in
her family.
3)
What did Nicole for earned money
after her parent pass away?
Answer: she worked as a privet English teacher, a translator, and an
interpreter
4)
Why Nicole din’t married?
Answer: Finding out the truth about her boyfriend and
promised herself never to trust any man again
5)
What Nicole did outsider her
academic life?
Answer: Nicole has another
profession. She finally becomes a professional emcee. She
even hosts a music program on TV
