Berita Dunia Bahasa Inggris Bagi Pelajar

22-09-2021 07:00

Yakutsk is a city in Siberia, Russia, which is located about 450 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle. This place is the coldest place on Earth, and temperatures in winter can drop to -60 degrees Celsius.

(Yakutsk adalah sebuah kota di Siberia, Russia, yang berada sekitar 450 kilometer sebelah selatan Kutub Utara. Tempat ini adalah tempat terdingin di dunia, dan suhu bisa mencapai -60 derajat Celcius.)

Yakutsk lies on permafrost, which is a soil which is frozen all year round. Plants in this area had to adapt to subzero temperatures, and so they decreased their size. Most plants grow close together, and they are only a few centimeters tall.

(Yakutsk berada di lapisan es, dimana tanah beku sepanjang tahun. Tumbuhan di area ini harus beradaptasi dengan suhu di bawah titik beku, dan memperkecil ukuran. Sebagian besar tumbuh saling berdekatan, dan tingginya hanya beberapa sentimeter.)

Nikofor Ivanov grows apples which can live in the cold, and they are as big as pearls. The apples are crunchy, and they taste like normal apples.

(Nikofor Ivanov menanam apel yang dapat tumbuh di cuaca dingin, mereka sebesar mutiara. Buah Apel ini renyah, dan rasanya sama seperti apel biasa.)

Ivanov tried to pick the apples and make jam from them. It was too difficult, and it took too much time. He never picked all the apples, so he just took a handful and ate them. He gave some apples as a gift to his friends, and birds ate the soft fruit, too.

(Ivanov mencoba memetik apel dan membuat selai. Itu terlalu sulit, dan terlalu lama. Dia tidak pernah memetik semua apel, hanya segenggam tangan untuk dimakan. Dia memberikannya ke teman-temannya sebagai hadiah, burung-burung juga memakannya.)

Difficult words: subzero (di bawah titik beku), decrease (mengecil), crunchy (renyah).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

(Anda dapat menonton video original di Level 3)