Malin Kundang

B VOCABULARY BUILDER

Match the words with the Indonesian equivalents. Compare your work to your classmate’s.

live hard (verb) passed away (verb) raided (verb) pirates (noun) bravery (noun) defeat (verb) wealthy (adjective) recognized (verb) merchant (noun) denied (verb) pleaded (verb) cursed (verb) wreck (verb) Jawab : 1. live hard = hidup susah 2. passed away = meninggal 3. raided = menyerang 4. pirates = bajak laut 5. bravery = keberanian 6. defeat = mengalahkan 7. wealthy = kaya raya 8. recognized = mengenali 9. merchant = pedagang atau saudagar

mengenali kaya raya hidup susah mengingkari menyerang menghancurkan membujuk keberanian mengutuk pedagang atau saudagar meninggal bajak laut mengalahkan

D READING

Read the following text, and then answer the following questions.

THE LEGEND OF MALIN KUNDANG

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band of pirates. With his bravery, Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

An old woman, who was Malin Kundang’s mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When his mother came near him, Malin Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse; he had turned into a stone.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. Why did Malin Kundang and his mother have to live hard?

2. Give an example that Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy!

3. How did the merchant allow Malin Kundang to join him in the sail?

4. What happened many years after Malin Kundang join the sail?

5. How did the local people react when they saw Malin Kundang landing on the coast?

6. What did Malin Kundang’s mother do when she heard that Malin Kundang landed on the coast?

7. What made Malin Kundang’s mother sad and angry?

8. What did she do when Malin Kundang denied that she was his mother?

9. How did the curse happen?

10. What is the moral of the story?

Jawab :

READING

1. Because his father had passed away when he was a baby.

2. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his

mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.

3. Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates who attacked the

merchant’s ship and To thank him, he allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him.

4. He became wealthy.

5. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area.

The news that Malin has become rich ran fast in the town.

6. She ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant

7. Because Malin denied that she was her mother and he yelled at her.

8. She cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize

to her.

9. A thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown

out to a small island and turned into a stone.

10. The moral of the story is that we have to respect our parents, especially our

mother.

E VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Complete the sentence using the words from the box, you may need to use more than one word for one sentence.

live hard raided pirate

bravery defeat wealthy

recognize merchant denie

pleaded cursed wrecked

1. Indonesian football team succeeded in AFC U-19 Championship. Our team … South Korean team.

2. In our national flag, white means purity and red means…

3. “Is that Anna?” “I can’t … her. She looks different when she’s wearing kebaya andsanggul.”

4. The thief … stealing the motorcycle when he was interviewed in the police station.

5. Captain Hook is the character of a famous … in the story of Peter Pan.

6. In the past, … took their trading goods around the country using sailing boat.

7. Some people in big cities have to … by collecting plastic bottles to sell in the recycling factories.

8. When the hive was hit by a stone, the bees … the boys with their stings.

9. The car was badly … in the highway accident. Unfortunately, there were many injured victims in the accident.

10. In the past, only children from … families could get proper education, while the poor were uneducated.

Jawab :

VOCABULARY EXERCISE

1. defeated

2. bravery

3. recognize

4. denied

5. pirate

6. merchant

7. live hard

8. raided

9. wrecked

10.wealthy