M Iqbal Algifarik

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Editing Practice

El Niño
¹Scientists have been studying an ocean event that is the cause of drastic changes in
weather around the world. 2This event is an increase in the temperature of the Pacific Ocean
that appears around Christmas off the coast of Peru. ³Hence, the Peruvian fishermen who first
noticed it named it El Niño, which means "the Christ child" in Spanish. 4The causes of this
rise in ocean temperatures are unknown, but its effects are obvious and devastating.
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One of El Niño's far-reaching effects is that it threatens Peru's vital anchovy harvest,
which could mean higher prices for food. 6The warm water of El Niño keeps the nutrient rich
cold water that provides anchovies with food down at the bottom of the ocean. 7Anchovies
are the primary source of fish meal, which is the main ingredient in livestock and chicken
feed.
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In addition, guano from birds that feed off the anchovies is a major source of
fertilizer for farmers. 9As a result of decreasing supplies of anchovies and guano, the prices of
chicken feed and fertilizer rise. 10This causes farmers, who must pay more for feed and
fertilizer, to charge more for the food they produce. 11The prices of eggs, meat, and even
bread have soared as a result of El Niños in past years.
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El Niño has other global effects. 13It can cause heavy rains, floods, and mudslides
along the coasts of North and South America and droughts in other parts of the world. 14In the
1982-83 El Niño, West Africa suffered a terrible drought, which caused crop failures and
food shortages. 15Lack of rain also created problems for Indonesia, whose forests burned for
months during the 1997-98 El Niño. 16Winds spread smoke from these fires as far north as
Malaysia and Singapore, resulting in choking smog that closed schools and caused
pedestrians to wear masks.
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Indeed, El Niño is an unpredictable and uncontrollable phenomenon of nature that
we need to study and understand in order to prepare for it and perhaps lessen its devastating
effects in the future.

Writing Practice
Practice using adjective clauses in your writing. Choose one of the topics suggested, or write
on a topic of your own choice. Write a short paragraph in which you use at least five
adjcetives clauses. Use different pattern if possible.
1. Write about a favorite toy from your childhood.
2. Write about a childhood memory.
3. Describe aroom in a house that you have lived in.
4. Retell the plot of a movie you have recently seen.
5. Describe a photograph or advertisement from magazine.

Describe aroom in a house that you have lived in.

my bed there are motorcycle helmet whose given by my sister from Bima, West Nusa
tenggara. There is one bathroom in my bedroom which I didn’t share with anyone else. A
towel that I hanged at the back of my room door haven’t been washed for 3 days. Mrs.
Salmawati is the owner of my room who gave me a free closet for my clothes. I stayed in the
same room with my sister whom I share the bunk bed with.