Task 3 M4 LA1

Now, you will analyze the TEXT STRUCTURES of the three news reports.
1. The Structure of the Headline
Text II
1 PART OF NEWS FUNCTION OF THE PARTS
Headline Summarizing The Event In A Telegraphic Text
Fire erupts at illegal oil well in
Indonesia 1) Casualty
At least 18 people and injuring about 40 others,
some of whom were badly burnt
2) The unfortunate event
A fire erupted
3) The time and location (an activity)
At illegal oil well, Indonesia

Now, have a close look at the structure of the section of the Newsworthy Event.
2. The Structure of the Newsworthy Event
II Newsworthy Event Summarizing the event:
(The first paragraph) Restating the headline in a normal sentence or
sentences, with more information added to the facts
stated in the headline
Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well 1). Restating unfortunate event followed by casualty
site in Indonesia's northernmost province on killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40
Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and others, some of whom were badly burnt ...
injuring about 40 others, some of whom were 2). Restating the time (in an activity he was doing).
badly burnt, authorities said. - on Wednesday around 1.30am
3). Adding the specified details to the location.
At a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on
the northern tip of Sumatra Island
1) Starting with the name of the location of coverage:
Jakarta

3. The Structure of the Events in Details

The section of ‘Events in Details’ elaborates the facts stated in the Newsworthy Events by providing
necessary and additional details.
III Events in Details Elaborating the Newsworthy Event
(The following paragraph) providing more details about the facts stated
in the Newsworthy Event
The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well Elaborating the incident
in a village in Aceh province, on the northern tip of The reason of the accident
Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster The fire broke out around 1.30am at a
Management Agency. backyard well in a village

Elaborating the incident

Authorities were still trying to determine what had
The accident
caused the fire. Local news reports said it may have
It said it may have started with a spark from a
started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker
blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette.
smoking a cigarette.

Television news footage and photos showed flames Elaborating the accident
rising at least 10 meters into the air in the farming The effect of the incident
village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is - Flames rising at least 10 metres into the air
about 1600 kilometers north-west of the Indonesian in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East
capital, Jakarta. Aceh district
 Villagers had gathered at the well shortly after
midnight, carrying buckets, jars and barrels, in hopes
of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive
spill there, according to the disaster agency.
"A group of people came to gather up oil and they
weren't supposed to be there," the disaster agency said
in a statement.
At least five homes were gutted by the fire, the agency
said. Firefighters and other emergency personnel,
along with villagers, were still trying to contain the
blaze on Wednesday evening.
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
and the state-owned oil company Pertamina sent teams
to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident, said Agung Pribadi, a
ministry spokesman.
"This is a case of illegal drilling and the ones
responsible for it must be dealt with by the law," he
said.
Agung said the well was being operated by local
residents, adding that he was not sure if there were
other illegal wells in the area.
Lieutenant Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East
Aceh district police, told reporters at the scene that
firefighters were trying to "break the chain of oxygen"
in the well to stop the fire. He confirmed the well
operation was illegal, but he said many villagers
depended on it for their livelihood.
Illegal well operations are common in Indonesian
regions where oil is present, including on the islands
of Sumatra and Java. In some cases, the wells were
abandoned by the Dutch colonial administration that
once ruled Indonesia, and are now run by groups of
villagers working around the clock.
"Oil doesn't come up to the surface easily in these old
wells, so they try to pump it up manually, then try to
separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's
where they probably had the fire," said Mangantar
Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire
and Rescue Agency.
"Then they sell it as kerosene to the local market, or
for motorcycles and fishing boats," he said. "Those are
their customers. The local governments know, but
because they can't provide any other jobs, they look
the other way."
IV News Agent’s Initials
- Villagers had gathered at the well shortly
after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and
barrels, in hopes of collecting crude oil…
- five homes were gutted by the fire,
Elaborating the accident
The response of authorities
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has
industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident.
Elaborating the accident
The information
The operation of well was illegal, many
villagers depended on it for their livelihood
Elaborating the accident
The historical relationship
In some cases, the wells were abandoned by
the Dutch colonial administration that once
ruled Indonesia,
Elaborating the accident
The chronology of fire erupted
Oil doesn't come up to the surface easily in
these old wells, so they try to pump it up
manually, then try to separate the oil by
distillation in barrels, and that's where they
probably had the fire,"
The reason villagers takes the oil
The local governments know, but because
they can't provide any other jobs, they look
the other way."
Closing the news with the news agent’s
initials
The owner of the copy right of the news
report
- New York Time
 TEXT III
1 PART OF NEWS FUNCTION OF THE PARTS
Headline Summarizing The Event In A
Telegraphic Text
Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
1) Casualty
Elephant poachers
2) The unfortunate event
Arrested
3) The time and location (an activity)
Malaysia

1. The Structure of the Newsworthy Event

Now, have a close look at the structure of the section of the Newsworthy Event.
II Newsworthy Event Summarizing the event:
(The first paragraph) Restating the headline in a normal
sentence or sentences, with more
information added to the facts stated in the
headline
MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers who 1). Restating the subject with further
targeted wild elephants in Malaysia have been details
caught, officials said Tuesday, and the second such - Four heavily armed poachers
arrest in less than two years.
2). Adding the time of the event reported
- Tuesday
3). Starting with the name of the location
of coverage:
- Malaysia

2. The Structure of the Events in Details

The section of ‘Events in Details’ elaborates the facts stated in the Newsworthy Events by providing
necessary and additional details.
III Events in Details Elaborating the Newsworthy Event
(The following paragraph) providing more details about the facts
stated in the Newsworthy Event
Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the Elaborates the accident
town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of The evidence
Perak was found with deer antlers and suspected Deer antlers, tiger bones and an elephant
tiger bones. shot dead by the poachers.
A joint police and wildlife department investigation
also led the agents to find an elephant shot dead by The source of news
the poachers in a nearby forest with its tusks ripped Wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir
out. Abdul Hashim
“This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,”
wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul
Hashim told AFP.
“There are maybe two more [poaching] groups [in Elaborates the accident
the area]. We are working together with the police The information of the poacher.
on this.” - Weapons including rifles and
A police statement said weapons including rifles homemade shotguns as well as animal
and homemade shotguns as well as animal snares snares were found after they arrested
were found after they arrested the gang. the gang.
The elephant’s tusks were not found, with a
wildlife official believing that they were already
sold.
 He added that the gang – all locals – were believed - The gang – all locals –has been
to have been operating since 2009, and were also operating since 2009 in the nearby
active in the nearby state of Kelantan. state of Kelantan.
The arrests come a year after a seven-man gang The arrest
was arrested in Kelantan, with explosives, guns and - a year after a seven-man gang was
parts of tusks seized.. – AFP arrested in Kelantan, with evidence
explosives, guns and parts of tusks
IV seized
News Agent’s Initials Closing the news with the news agent’s
initials
The owner of the copy right of the
news report
- AFP