Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 SMP Kurikulum Merdeka, Chapter 4 Unit 3 Section 2 Halaman 221 - 223

Melati and Isabel Wijsen live in Bali. They spent their teenage years cleaning up the island from plastic.

Melati and Isabel were only 12 and 10 years old when they decided to tackle plastic pollution. They found plastic everywhere in their everyday lives. They saw it when they walked to the rice ields or when they went to the beaches.

They were aware of this growing problem with plastic in places it should not be. They felt the urgency to protect the environment and the natural world.

The sisters began a movement, ‘an annual island clean up’. The movement was for everyone in Bali. Early on a Sunday morning they carried megaphones and stood on the back of a latbed truck.

Thousands of children and teenagers with their parents came out to help. Volunteers from local restaurants and hotels also showed up. They collected trash at 115 places around the island.

They picked up plastic trash on the beaches, the rivers and the streets.The two sisters became local heroes, and they won international acclaim for their awareness campaign.

c. Answer the questions in the following table based on the story and Picture 4.14.

1. How did Melati and Isabel spend their teenage years?

2. Why did the two sisters decide to help clean up Bali?

3. What did they do to start the annual island clean up?

4. Who mostly joined the sisters in cleaning up the island (See also Picture 4.14)?

5. Where did they do the island clean up movement?

Kunci Jawaban

Jawaban Worksheet 4.19

1. Melati and Isabel spent their teenage years helping clean up Bali from plastic waste.