The Benefits of Dates (Kurma)

Rasulullah SAW said "Shuumuu tasikhuu (fasted then you will be fine). This sentence was pronounced the Prophet about 14 centuries ago. Sentences are pronounced when there is no modern equipment. But whatever the Prophet said it is definitely true because what comes out of the mouth of the Prophet is the revelation from Allah SWT.

Regarding fasting, the statement on health has also been proven. This can be seen when there are patients who will perform the surgery. They must be told to fast before carrying out the surgery. In addition, the health benefits of fasting Ramadan was very much, including:

Consume Dates (Kurma)

Beside the recommendation of religion, eat three dates at the time of breaking fast is also good for health. A date contains 31 grams of carbohydrates. So, this is one of the best food gives you energy. Dates also provide lots of fiber that your body needs, which will help digestion during Ramadan. With the additional content of potassium, magnesium and vitamin B, clearly dates are one of the healthiest fruits and suitable for Ramadan.

Health Benefits of Dates

• Constipation: Dates are often categorized as a laxative food. This is why dates are so frequently eaten by people suffering from constipation. In order to achieve the desired laxative effect of dates, you should soak them in water over night. Then, eat the soaked dates in the morning like syrup to get the most optimal results. Dates have high levels of soluble fiber, which is essential in promoting healthy bowel movements and the comfortable passage of food through the intestinal tract, which can relieve symptoms of constipation.
• Bone Health and Strength: The significant amounts of minerals found in dates make it a super food for strengthening bones and fighting off painful and debilitating diseases like osteoporosis. Dates contain selenium, manganese, copper, and magnesium, all of which are integral to healthy bone development and strength, particularly as people begin to age and their bones gradually weaken. So, eat your dates and give a boost to your bones!
• Anemia: Dates have a high mineral content, which is beneficial for many different health conditions, but their impressive levels of iron make them a perfect dietary supplement for people suffering from anemia. The high level of iron balances out the inherent lack of iron in anemic patients, increasing energy and strength, while decreasing feelings of fatigue and sluggishness.
• Allergies: One of the most interesting facets of dates is the presence of organic sulfur in them. This is not a very common element to find in foods, but it does have a worthwhile amount of health benefits, including the reduction of allergic reactions and seasonal allergies. According to a study done in 2002, organic sulfur compounds can have a positive impact on the amount of suffering people experience from SAR (Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis), which affects approximately 23 million people in the United States alone. Dates are a great way to somewhat stem the effects of those seasonal allergies through its contributions of sulfur to the diet.
• Weight Gain: Dates should be included as a  part of a healthy diet. They consist of sugar, proteins and many essential vitamins. If dates are consumed with cucumber paste, you can also keep your weight at a normal, balanced level, rather than over-slimming. One kilogram of dates contains almost 3,000 calories, and the calories in dates are sufficient to meet the daily requirements for a human body. Of course, you should not eat just dates throughout the day. If you are thin and slim and want to increase your weight, or if you are trying to build your muscles to impress some girl, or you have become weak due to a serious medical problem – you need to eat dates!
• Energy Booster: Dates are high in natural sugars like glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Therefore, they are the perfect snack for an immediate burst of energy. Many people around the world use dates for a quick afternoon snack when they are feeling lethargic or sluggish.

Sources:

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/fruit/health-benefits-of-dates.html

http://healthylifefocus.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-benefit-of-ramadan-fasting-for_1131.html

RELATIVE CLAUSE

A relative clause, also called an adjective or adjectival clause will meet three requirements.

First, it will contain a subject and verb.
Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that, or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why].
Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions What kind? How many? or Which one?
The relative clause will follow one of these two patterns:

Relative Pronoun or Adverb + Subject + Verb

Relative Pronoun as Subject + Verb

Here are some examples:

• Which Francine did not accept

Which = relative pronoun; Francine = subject; did accept = verb [not, an adverb, is not officially part of the verb].

• Where George found Amazing Spider-Man #96 in fair condition

Where = relative adverb; George = subject; found = verb.

• That dangled from the one clean bathroom towel

That = relative pronoun functioning as subject; dangled = verb.

• Who played video games until his eyes were blurry with fatigue

Who = relative pronoun functioning as subject; played = verb.

PUNCTUATE A RELATIVE CLAUSE CORRECTLY

Many people find it difficult to decide when to use a comma before a relative clause and when this is unnecessary, but the rule is really rather simple. Punctuating relative clauses can be tricky. For each sentence, you will have to decide if the relative clause is essential or nonessential and then use commas accordingly.
Essential clauses do not require commas. A relative clause is essential when you need the information it provides.
Look at this example:

The children who skateboard in the street are especially noisy in the early evening.

Children is nonspecific. To know which ones we are talking about, we must have the information in the relative clause. Thus, the relative clause is essential and requires no commas.
If, however, we eliminate children and choose more specific nouns instead, the relative clause becomes nonessential and does require commas to separate it from the rest of the sentence.
Read this revision:

Matthew and his sister Loretta, who skateboard in the street, are especially noisy in the early evening.

Note:
When a relative clause adding extra information comes between a subject and a verb, it must have commas both before and after it These commas indicate that the relative clause could be removed and the basic sentence would remain the same.

Sources:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/relativeclause.htm
http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/relative_clauses.html

Tugas 4 Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

Exercise 37: Relative Clauses (Page:138)
1. The last record that was produced by this company became a gold record.
2. Checking accounts who require a minimum balance are very common now.
3. The professor to whom you spoke yesterday is not here today.
4. John, whose grades are the highest in the school, has received a scholarship.
5. Felipe bought a camera that has three lenses.
6. Frank is the man whom we are going to nominate for the office of treasurer.
7. The doctor is with a patient whose leg was broken in an accident.
8. Jane is the woman who is going to China next year.
9. Janet wants a typewriter who self-corrects.
10. This book that I found last week contains some useful information.
11. Mr. Bryant, whose team has lost the game, looks very sad.
12. James wrote an article that indicated that he disliked the president.
13. The director of the program who graduated from Harvard University is planning to retire next year.
14. This is the book that I have been looking for all the year.
15. William, whose brother is a lawyer, wants to become a judge.

Exercise 38: Relative Clause Reduction (Page:139)
1. George is the man chosen to represent the committee at the convention.
2. All of the money accepted has already been released.
3. The papers on the table belong to Patricia.
4. The man brought to the police station confessed to the crime.
5. The girl drinking coffee is Mary Allen.
6. John's wife, a professor, has written several papers on this subject.
7. The man talking to the policeman is my uncle.
8. The book on the top shelf is the one that I need.
9. The number of students been counted is quite high.
10. Leo, Evans, a doctor, eats in this restaurant every day.

Exercise 39: Subjunctive (Page:142)
1. The teacher demanded the student to leave the room.
2. It was urgent that he called her immediately.
3. It was very important that we delayed discussion.
4. She intends to move that the committee suspends discussion on this issue.
5. The king decreed the new laws to take effect the following months.
6. I propose that you should stop this rally.
7. I advise you take the prerequisites before registering for this course.
8. His father prefers him to attend a different university.
9. The faculty stipulated the rule to be abolished.
10. She urged us to find another alternative.

Improve Your English Through Reading

Right now you are reading English. That means that you are using your brain in a very active way. Reading is a very active process. It is true that the writer does a lot of work, but the reader also has to work hard. When you read a text, you have to do some or all of these:

• imagine a scene in your head
• understand clearly what the writer is trying to say
• agree or disagree with the writer

Advantages of Reading

When you learn a language, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. There are many advantages associated with reading, including:

Learning Vocabulary In Context
You will usually encounter new words when you read. If there are too many new words for you, then the level is too high and you should read something simpler. But if there are, say, a maximum of five new words per page, you will learn this vocabulary easily. You may not even need to use a dictionary because you can guess the meaning from the rest of the text (from the context). Not only do you learn new words, but you see them being used naturally.

A Model For Writing
When you read, it gives you a good example for writing. Texts that you read show you structures and expressions that you can use when you write.

Seeing "Correctly Structured" English
When people write, they usually use "correct" English with a proper grammatical structure. This is not always true when people speak. So, by reading you see and learn grammatical English naturally.

Working At Your Own Speed
You can read as fast or as slowly as you like. You can read ten pages in 30 minutes, or take one hour to explore just one page. It doesn't matter. The choice is yours. You cannot easily do this when speaking or listening. This is one of the big advantages of reading because different people work at different speeds.

Personal Interest
If you choose something to read that you like, it can actually be interesting and enjoyable. For example, if you like to read about football in your own language, why not read about football in English? You will get information about football and improve your English at the same time.

Five Tips for Reading

1. Try to read at the right level. Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to look in a dictionary, it is not interesting for you and you will soon be discouraged.
2. Make a note of new vocabulary. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your vocabulary book. But you don't have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read; mark them with a pen; then come back when you have finished reading to check in a dictionary and add them to your vocabulary book.
3. Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. For example, you could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up, or at lunchtime.
4. Be organised. Have everything ready: something to read, a marker to highlight difficult words, a dictionary, your vocabulary book, a pen to write down the new words
5. Read what interests YOU. Choose a magazine or book about a subject that you like.

Things to Read

Newspapers
You can find English-language newspapers in all large cities around the world. Newspapers are interesting because they are about real life and the news. BUT they are not easy to read. Try reading newspapers if your level is intermediate or above.

Some British newspapers:

• The Telegraph
• The Times
• The Independent
• The Guardian
• The Financial Times (business)
• The Sunday Times

Some American newspapers

• The International Herald Tribune
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal (business)

Magazines
Some magazines are published weekly, some monthly. You can find English-language magazines in many large cities around the world. If you cannot find the magazine you want in your town, you may be able to order it for delivery. Many magazines have pictures which can help your understanding. You will need an intermediate level for most magazines, but a pre-intermediate level may be ok for some magazines.

There are magazines on every subject: Politics, Sport, The House, Cars, Music, Romance, Travel, Language, etc

Books
Books are divided mainly into: Non-fiction (history, biography, travel, cooking etc), Fiction (stories and novels)
Some books are easier to read than others. It often depends on the author. Agatha Christie, for example, wrote in an easier style and with simpler vocabulary than Stephen King. You can buy books in specialised English-language bookshops in large cities around the world. You may also be able to find some English-language books in libraries. And if you have a British Council in your city, you can borrow many English-language books from their library.

Short Stories
Short stories can be a good choice when learning a language because they are...short. It's like reading a whole book in a few pages. You have all the excitement of a story in a book, but you only have to read 5,000 or 10,000 words. So you can quite quickly finish the story and feel that you have achieved something. Short stories are published in magazines, in books of short stories, and on the Internet. You can also find short stories at EnglishClub.com English Reading.

Readers
Readers are books that are specially published to be easy to read. They are short and with simple vocabulary. They are usually available at different levels, so you should be able to find the right level for you. Many readers are stories by famous authors in simple form. This is an excellent way for you to start practising reading.

Cornflakes Packets
By "Cornflakes Packets", we mean any product you can buy that has English writing on or with it. If you buy a box of chocolates, or a new camera, why not read the description or instructions in English? There are many such examples, and they all give you an opportunity to read real English: airline tickets, cans or packets of food, bottles of drink, tapes and CDs, user guides for videos, computers..., etc

Poetry
If you like poetry, try reading some English-language poems. They may not be easy to understand because of the style and vocabulary, but if you work at it you can usually get an idea - or a feeling - of what the poet is trying to say.

Good luck with your reading. It will help you make a lot of Progress!

Sources:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200003.htm

CAUSATIVE VERBS

The causative is a common structure in English. It is used when one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something.

There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active and the other is like a passive.

These examples use the causative verb "have":

Active:     I had John fix the car

(I arranged for the car to be fixed by John - I caused him to fix it.)

Passive:    I had the car fixed

(I arranged for the car to be fixed by someone. We don't know who, so this is like a passive.)

The true causative verbs are: have, get, and make.
HAVE / GET
The clause following have or get can be either active or passive.
Active Have:

subject + have + complement + verb in simple form ...

Example:

I had my brother feed the dog all week. (My brother fed the dog.)

Active Get:

subject + get + complement + verb in infinitive ....

Example:

I got my brother to feed the dog all week. (My brother fed the dog.)

Passive Have / Get:

subject + have OR get + complement + verb in past participle ...

Example:

I had the dog fed. OR I got the dog fed. ( The dog was fed by somebody.)

Examples of active causative clauses:

• Gary is getting his girlfriend to pick up the dry cleaning.
• The president had the reporters wait outside the conference room.
• Martha is having her friend help with her assignment.
• The doctor got his patient to take the bitter medicine.

Examples of passive causative clauses:

• Robert has his stories published each month.
• My sister had her dress altered for the wedding by my aunt.
• I can’t believe she is getting her hair colored like mine!
• My son is having his eyes tested this week.
• We all had our heads shaved before the big game.

MAKE
The causative verb make can only be followed by a clause in the active voice. Make is a much stronger command than have or get and means to force someone to do something.

subject + make + complement + verb in simple form...

Example:

The judge made me give him my driver's license.

Note: Even though make  means the same as force, if force is used then the infinitive of the verb is used.

subject + force + complement + verb in simple form...

Example:

The judge forced me to give him my driver's license.

Examples of sentences using the causative verb make:

• My boss makes me finish the daily report each day before I go home.
• I made my little sister give me half of her candy.
• Our teacher is making us bring our homework to him tomorrow.
• Ralph had made us promise not to tell what he did before he entered the forbidden zone.

LET / HELP - VERBS OFTEN CONSIDERED CAUSATIVE

Let and help are often considered to be causative verbs, but they are actually not. These words request permission or assistance from another person.

Let means allow or permit. When let is used, the simple form of the verb is used with it.

subject + let + complement + verb in simple form . . .

However, if allow or permit is used then the infinitive of the verb must be used with them.

subject + allow OR permit + complement + verb in infinitive form . . .

Examples:

• Mark’s dad let him play in the baseball game.
• Mark’s dad allowed him to play in the baseball game.
• Mark’s dad permitted him to play in the baseball game.

• My boss let me leave early from work.
• They are going to let me enter the ancient text archives to do research.
• Jamie always lets her kids have slumber parties on the weekends.
• Ralph is letting his son go to the concert.

Help, which means assist, is also usually followed by the simple form of the verb, but can be followed by the infinitive in some cases.

subject + help + complement + verb in simple form OR verb in infinitive form

Examples:

• Lisa helped her mom fold the clothes.
• The librarian helped me find the reference book I needed.
• Her stories always help him to sleep better.

Sources:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/grammar/causatives.htm

http://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-grammar-book-causative-verbs-99513.html

Tugas 3 Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

Exercise 32: Enough (Page: 120)
1. People enough
2. French enough
3. Enough time
4. Fast enough
5. Soon enough
6. Enough early
7. Hard enough
8. Slowly enough
9. Enough flour
10. Books enough

Exercise 33: Because/Because Of (Page: 121)
1. Because of
2. Because of
3. Because of
4. Because
5. Because
6. Because
7. Because of
8. Because of
9. Because of
10. Because of

Exercise 34: So/Such (Page: 124)
1. So
2. Such
3. Such
4. So
5. So
6. So
7. Such
8. So
9. So
10. Such
11. So
12. So
13. Such
14. So
15. So

Exercise 35: Passive Voice (Page: 132)
1. The president is called by somebody every day.
2. The other members are being called by John.
3. Mr. Watson will be called by somebody tonight.
4. Considerable damage has been caused by the fire.
5. The supplies should be bought be the teacher for this class.

Exercise 36: Causative Verbs (Page: 135)
1. Leave
2. Repaired
3. Typed
4. Call
5. Painted
6. Write
7. Lie
8. Send
9. Cut
10. Signed
11. Leave
12. Washed
13. To fix
14. Published
15. To find

Example of Application Letters

Application letters is a formally written one-page letter that accompanies a resume and other requested documentation in application for a job or academic program. An application letter should also include a concluding paragraph that express appreciation to the receiver fo taking the time to consider the application. The final sentence should convey that the applicant looks toward the future by asking for a formal interview in person, online or by phone.

Example of Apllication Letter

Mrs. Dwy Novitasari
Personal Department
Indonesia Stock Exchange
Empire Building Plaza 2nd, floor
52 Jln. Jend. Sudirman
Jakarta 10002

Dear Mrs Dwy,

With reference to your advertisement for a senior secretary in Jakarta Times on 27 April, I would like to apply for the post.

I am 25 years old and was educated at International Secretarial College. My education and secretarial experience have given me excellent secretarial skills. After graduating from International Secretarial College, I enrolled at  Indonesia Secretarial Institute and I received my degree in secretarial sciences. I was also awarded a special citation for speed and accuracy in typing.

Since 1990 I have been working as a secretary at International Mills Realty where I had responsibility for all business correspondence. Unfortunately, the company is moving its head office to Surabaya and I have therefore decided to look for a new job in Jakarta.

I would be available for an interview on any day after 20 February and I would be able to take up a new post on any date from 1 March.

Mr. Robert and Mr. Wilson are willing to give me references.

I look forward to having your reply.

Yours sincerely.

Angela Mawrine 

Sources:
http://www.ask.com/business-finance/meaning-application-letter-84d94ea80c2347eb