CONTOH NARRATIVE TEXT – Narrative text adalah salah satu jenis teks dalam bahasa Inggris yang termasuk ke dalam Reading skill.
Indonesia memberlakukan kurikulum yang mempelajari berbagai macam text yang ada, seperti report text, narrative text, exposition text, dan recount text.
Biasanya narrative text ini ada di pelajaran sekolah yaitu SMA. Namun kebanyakan dari narrative text ini ada di dalam soal-soal test ujian nasional, test masuk perguruan tinggi, dan juga test TOEFL.
Dengan demikian, sangat penting bagi kita untuk mempelajari lebih dalam mengenai narrative text atau text narrative.
Pada artikel ini akan dibahas mengenai contoh narrative text atau contoh teks narrative dalam bahasa Inggris.
Pengertian Narrative Text
Narrative Text adalah jenis teks yang menceritakan suatu rangkaian peristiwa secara kronologis yang saling terhubung. Biasanya cerita ini bersifat imajinatif atau hanya berupa cerita karangan si pembuat dengan tujuan untuk menghibur si pembaca.
Silahkan tonton video pengertian narrative text berikut ini:
Tujuan Narrative Text
Seperti yang sudah disebutkan pada bagian pengertian bahwa tujuan dari teks narrative ini adalah untuk menghibur si pembaca mengenai suatu kisah atau cerita.
Dalam bahasa Inggris: The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.
Jenis-jenis Narrative Text
Berikut ini merupakan beberapa jenis narrative text, yaitu:
- Personal experience (Cerita yang berupa pengalaman pribadi)
- Fairy stories (Cerita yang bersifat fantastik atau penuh dengan keajaiban)
- Fables (Cerita tentang binatang yang biasanya digambarkan berprilaku seperti manusia)
- Legends
- Myth
- Romance
- Mysteries
- Science fiction
- Horror stories
- Adventure stories
- Historical narratives
- Slice of life
Generic Structure of Narrative Text
Generic structure narrative text merupakan beberapa tahapan yang biasanya digunakan dalam membuat sebuah cerita atau narrative teks.
Maka berikut ini adalah tahap-tahap dalam membuat sebuah narrative text:
Orientation
Pada bagian ini, merupakan bagian untuk pengenalan. Yaitu pengenalan cerita tentang apa (what is the story about), siapa (who is the participant of the story), dimana cerita itu terjadi (where is the place setting), dan kapan cerita itu terjadi (when is the time setting).
Complication
Bagian ini merupakan bagian yang memunculkan permasalahan atau konflik yang terjadi di dalam sebuah cerita teks naratif bahasa Inggris. Bagian Complication ini juga merupakan bagian paling inti dari sebuah cerita narrative teks.
Konflik yang terjadi di dalam cerita naratif teks tersebut dapat dibedakan menjadi:
– Physical Conflict
Merupakan permasalahan yang muncul karena adanya konflik secara kontak fisik atau segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan fisik.
– Natural Conflict
Merupakan permasalahan yang muncul karena pelaku dalam cerita berhadapan dengan kekuatan alam.
– Social Conflict
Sosial konflik merupakan permasalahan yang muncul karena para pelaku di dalam cerita saling berhadapan dimana mereka bertemu pada saat yang bersamaan namun memiliki kepentingan yang berbeda.
– Psychological Conflict
Psikologikal konflik adalah permasalahan yang muncul saat pelaku dalam cerita itu berhadapan dengan dirinya sendiri. Hal ini biasanya terjadi ketika adanya pertentangan antara nilai baik dan buruk, sifat sombong dan rendah hati, sifat rakus dan tenggang rasa.
Resolution
Bagian ini merupakan sebuah solusi atau penyelesaian dari suatu konflik atau permasalahan yang ada di dalam cerita. Setiap permasalahan yang muncul dalam Narrative text harus memiliki penyelesaiannya. Penyelesaian tersebut bisa berupa akhir yang happy ending (menyenangkan) atau bisa juga berakhir sad ending (tragis atau menyedihkan).
Re-Orientation
Bagian ini merupakan pernyataan untuk menutup sebuah cerita dan ini bentuknya hanya opsional saja. Pernyataan yang disampaikan pada bagian Re-orientation ini bisa berupa pelajaran moral, nasihat atau pelajaran berharga dari si penulis cerita.
Language Features
Language features pada naratif teks adalah sebagai berikut:
- Pola kalimat yang digunakan biasanya berupa Simple Past Tense
- Permulaan kalimat biasanya diawali dengan kata keterangan waktu (Adverbs of Time) seperti long time ago, once, one, once upon a time.
- Banyak menggunakan kata penghubung waktu
- Kadang-kadang terdapat dialog langsung antartokoh cerita.
Contoh Narrative Text Singkat dan Terjemahannya – True Friends
Berikut ini merupakan contoh narrative text yang sangat menyentuh hati, judulnya adalah True Friends.
True Friends
Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would always be together in any case of danger.
Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man.
The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear whisper into your ears?” The other friend replied, “Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend”.
Moral of the Story – A true friend in need is a friend indeed.
Teman Sejati
Pada suatu hari di masa lau, ada dua orang berteman dekat yang berjalan melewati hutan bersama-sama. Mereka tahu bahwa di hutan bisa saja terjadi sesuatu yang berbahaya setiap saat. Oleh karena itu, dari awal mereka saling berjanji bahwa mereka akan selalu bersama-sama meski dalam keadaan bahaya sekalipun.
Tiba-tiba, mereka melihat ada beruang besar yang semakin mendekat ke arah mereka. Kemudian seketika salah satu dari mereka memanjat pohon terdekat. Tetapi sayangnya teman yang satu lagi tidak tahu bagaimana caranya memanjat pohon. Jadi dia hanya terdorong oleh akal sehatnya, kemudian ia berbaring di tanah, menahan napasnya, dan berpura-pura menjadi orang yang sudah mati.
Kemudian beruang itu datang dan mendekati orang yang sedang berbaring di tanah tersebut. Beruang itu pun mencium-cium telinganya, dan perlahan-lahan meninggalkan tempat tersebut karena beruang tidak mau menyentuh makhluk yang sudah mati. Setelah itu, temannya yang di pohon turun ke bawah dan bertanya kepada temannya yang berbaring di tanah itu, “Teman, apa yang beruang bisikkan ke telingamu?”, si temannya itu menjawab, “Tadi beruang itu mengatakan kepada saya untuk tidak percaya terhadap teman palsu”.
Pesan Moral dari cerita: Seorang teman sejati yang kita butuhkan adalah teman yang sebenarnya.
Contoh Narrative Text Fable – Fox and A Cat
Contoh narrative text berikutnya yaitu berkenaan dengan fable atau cerita hewan, berikut ini merupakan naratif teks yang berjudul Fox and A Cat atau Rumah dan Seekor Kucing.
Bisa ditonton video contoh text narrative berikut ini:
Fox and A Cat
One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. “Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,” she said.
“I know only one trick to get away from dogs,” said the cat. “You should teach me some of yours!”.
“Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones”, replied the fox airily.
Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. “This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know”, said the cat. “Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?”.
The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.
Moral: A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.
Rubah dan Seekor Kucing
Suatu hari, kucing dan rubah sedang mengobrol dengan asiknya. Rubah adalah makhluk yang sombong, membual tentang betapa pintarnya dia. “Kenapa, setidaknya aku tahu seratus trik untuk menjauhi musuh kita bersama, anjing”, katanya.
“Saya hanya tahu satu trik untuk menjauh dari anjing”, kata si kucing. “Kamu harus mengajariku beberapa trik mu!”.
“Baiklah, mungkin suatu hari nanti, ketika aku punya waktu, aku bisa mengajarimu beberapa trik yang sederhana”, jawab si rubah dengan santai.
Sesaat kemudian, mereka mendengar gonggongan sekawanan anjing dari kejauhan, gonggongan tersebut semakin keras, anjing pun datang menuju ke arah mereka! Seketika si kucing berlari ke pohon yang paling dekat dan kemudian naik ke cabang-cabangnya, dan di luar jangkauan anjing. “Ini adalah trik yang aku katakan tadi, satu-satunya yang aku tahu”, kata si kucing. “Mana salah satu dari seratus trikmu yang akan kamu gunakan?”.
Rubah pun duduk diam di bawah pohon, membayangkan trik apa yang harus dia lakukan. Sebelum dia bisa mengambil keputusan, kemudian anjing tiba dan menyergap rubah serta mencabik-cabiknya.
Pesan Moral: Satu rencana yang dilakukan akan lebih baik daripada seratus rencana yang masih diragukan.
Contoh Narrative Text Fable Singkat dan Terjemahannya – The Fox and The Grapes
Berikut ini merupakan contoh narrative text singkat dan masih menceritakan tentang binatang (fable). Contoh teks narrative ini berjudul The Fox and The Grapes yang artinya Rumah dan Anggur.
The Fox and The Grapes
One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox. Taking a few steps backward, the fox jumped but unfortunately he missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still failed.
Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.
Moral Value: it’s easy to despise what you cannot have.
Rubah dan Anggur
Suatu sore hari, ada seekor rubah yang sedang berjalan melewati hutan dan melihat sekelompok anggur tergantung di cabang yang tinggi. “Hanya ini yang bisa memuaskan dahaga saya”, kata si rubah. Kemudian mundur beberapa langkah, rubah tersebut melompat tapi sayangnya dia gagal mendapatkan buah anggur yang menggantung tersebut. Sekali lagi rubah mundur beberapa langkah, berlari, dan mencoba untuk menjangkaunya tapi dia masih gagal.
Akhirnya, menyerah, rubah menunjuk hidungnya dan berkata, “Mereka mungkin asam”, dan kemudian pergi.
Nilai Moral: Mudahnya membenci apa yang tidak bisa kamu miliki.
Contoh Teks Narrative Fable dan Terjemahannya – The Ant and the Dove
Selanjutnya contoh teks narrative bahasa Inggris masih tetang binatang atau fable. Contoh narrative text ini berjudul The Ant and the Dove yang artinya semut dan merpati.
The Ant and the Dove
One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a moment, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water.
She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it immediately into the water near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.
Not long after at that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it in this way.
Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net.
The morality: One good turn deserves another.
Semut dan Merpati
Suatu hari yang panas, seekor semut sedang mencari air. Setelah beberapa saat berkeliling, dia sampai ke sebuah mata air. Untuk mencapai mata air itu, dia harus memanjat rumput terlebih dahulu. Saat dia memanjat ke atas, dia terpeleset dan secara tidak sengaja jatuh ke dalam air.
Dia mungkin bisa saja tenggelam jika burung merpati yang sedang di atas pohon di dekatnya itu tidak melihatnya. Karena melihat si semut sedang dalam kesulitan, burung merpati pun cepat memetik daun dari pohon dan langsung menjatuhkannya ke dalam air dekat si semut yang mencoba menyelamatkan diri itu. Kemudian si semut pun bergerak menuju daun dan kemudian naik ke atasnya. Daun itu membawanya ke darat dengan selamat.
Tidak lama kemudian, ada seorang pemburu yang membuang jaring ke arah burung merpati, berharap dengan cara ini bisa menjebak si burung merpati.
Berpikir sejenak tentang apa yang harus dia lakukan, kemudian semut cepat menggigit tumit orang tersebut. Karena merasa sakit, si pemburu akhirnya menjatuhkan jaringnya dan kemudian burung merpati terbang keluar dari jaring tersebut dengan cepat.
Pesan Moral: Satu perbuatan baik layak mendapat kebaikan yang lain.
Contoh Narrative Text Legend Singkat – The Legend of Surabaya
Berikutnya merupakan contoh narrative text tentang sebuah legenda. Contoh teks narrative bahasa Inggris ini berjudul The Legend of Surabaya atau Legenda Surabaya.
Bisa Anda totonton video berikut ini:
The Legend of Surabaya
A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat “Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya. “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.
They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.
Contoh Teks Narrative Bahasa Inggris – The Story of Toba Lake
Selanjutnya adalah contoh teks narrative bahasa Inggris yang masih menceritakan tentang legenda. Judul dari text narrative ini adalah The Story of Toba Lake atau Cerita Danau Toba.
The Story of Toba Lake
Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster”. The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.
Contoh Teks Narrative Bahasa Inggris Legend Singkat – Malin Kundang
Contoh teks narrative berikutnya yaitu masih tentang legenda yang terjadi di tanah Sumatra. Contoh narrative text singkat ini sering kita dengar dalam kehidupan sehari-hari yaitu berjudul Malin Kundang.
Silahkan tonton video contoh narrative text berikut ini, sambil belajar listening hehe:
Malin Kundang
A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother.
Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well-dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again, but in that time, she was full of both sadness and angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.
In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.
Contoh Narrative Text Snow White dan Terjemahannya
Berikut adalah contoh teks narrative tentang snow white atau putri salju.
Snow White
One day, there was a queen sitting near a very beautiful window while tailoring and seeing the snow. Accidentally, her finger was pierced by a sewing needle so that three drops of blood dripped out. The drops of blood fell down on the snow. The red color of the blood which was stuck in the white of the snow looked very pretty. Suddenly the queen thought “If only i had a child whose skin were as white as snow and whose lips were as red as blood”.
As the time went by, finally a queen gave birth of a very pretty princess whose skin was as white as snow and whose lips were as red as blood. The queen grew up as a very pretty and kind-hearted girl. She was called Snow White. However, when Snow White was about teenager, the queen died because of an illness. After the queen’s death, the king married again. This new queen was wicked and hated Snow white. The queen gave orders that Snow White was to be treated as a servant.
Everyday the queen stood in front of her magic mirror while asking “Who is the most beautiful woman in the land?” and the mirror always answered, “You are the most beautiful one of all.” The new queen asked the same question everyday and the mirror always answered the same thing. But one day the mirror answered that the queen was so beautiful but Snow White was much more beautiful than the queen. It made the queen so angry that she gave orders to one of her Huntsmen to take Snow White into the woods and kill her.
The Huntsman had such a kind heart that he couldn’t do the deed. He told her to run away. In her fleeing into the woods, she found a place in which seven dwarfs lived. Their house was small and strange. Snow White entered the little house and found it very untidy. Then, she started to clean up the entire house. In the upstairs she found seven little beds. She was so exhausted that she stretched out on one of the beds. Not long after that, she was asleep on the bed.
When the Dwarfs came home they were surprised to find Snow White and after some argument, decided to let her stay. She promised to cook and look after them. She lived there together happily.
Unfortunately, The Queen discovered the place where Snow White was living and disguising herself as a witch. She then took a poisoned apple and set out for the Dwarfs cottage. She gave Snow White the poisoned apple to eat and as soon as she bit the apple, she sank into unconsciousness.
Thinking she was dead, the Dwarfs built a glass coffin and put her in it. For days she lay in the forest in her glass coffin. One day, the Prince was riding through the forest looking for Snow White and found her. He leaned over and kissed her. She opened her eyes and sat up with a smile. Everyone was happy at that time. The Prince took Snow White to his palace where they were married and lived happily ever after.
Putri Salju
Pada suatu hari, ada seorang Ratu yang sedang duduk di balik jendela yang sangat indah sambil menjahit dan melihat salju yang turun. Secara tidak sengaja, jarinya tertusuk oleh jarum jahit hingga mengeluarkan tiga tetes darah dari jarinya. Darah tersebut jatuh di atas salju, dan warna merah pun menempel di atas salju yang putih, sehingga terlihat sangat cantik. Ratu pun berpikir “’Andai saja aku punya anak dengan kulit seputih salju dan bibir semerah darah”.
Beberapa waktu kemudian, akhirnya Ratu pun melahirkan seorang Putri yang sangat cantik jelita yang memiliki kulit seputih salju dan bibir merah semerah darah. Sang putri pun tumbuh menjadi gadis yang sangat cantik dan juga baik hati. Ia kemudian dipanggil dengan nama Putri Salju. Namun, ketika Putri Salju tumbuh menjadi gadis remaja, Sang Ratu meninggal karena mempunyai penyakit. Setelah Sang Ratu meninggal, Sang Raja pun menikah lagi. Ratu baru yang ini sangat jahat dan sangat benci kepada Putri Salju. Sang Ratu memberi perintah agar Putri Salju diperlakukan sebagai seorang pembantu.
Setiap hari Sang Ratu berdiri di depan cermin ajaib sambil bertanya “Siapa wanita paling cantik di negeri ini?” dan cermin ajaib itupun selalu menjawab “Anda adalah yang paling cantik di antara semuanya”. Sang Ratu yang baru itu mengajukan pertanyaan yang sama setiap hari dan si cermin pun selalu menjawab dengan jawaban yang sama. Tapi suatu hari cermin menjawab bahwa Ratu itu sangat cantik tetapi Putri Salju jauh lebih cantik dari Sang Ratu. Hal itu membuat Sang Ratu begitu marah sehingga ia memerintahkan salah satu pemburu untuk membawa Putri Salju ke hutan dan langsung membunuhnya.
Ternyata sang pemburu adalah seseorang yang baik hati sehingga ia tidak bisa melakukan perbuatan tersebut. Ia menyarankan kepada Sang Putri Salju untuk kabur. Dalam pelariannya ke hutan, ia menemukan tempat di mana terdapat tujuh kurcaci tinggal. Tempat tinggal mereka sangat kecil dan aneh. Sang Putri Salju memasuki rumah kecil tersebut dan tempat itu begitu berantakan. Kemudian, ia mulai membersihkan seluruh rumah itu. Di lantai atas ia menemukan tujuh tempat tidur kecil-kecil. Ia begitu letih sehingga ia pun berbaring di salah satu tempat tidur tersebut. Tidak lama setelah itu, ia pun tertidur di tempat tidur itu.
Ketika Kurcaci pulang, mereka terkejut menemukan Putri Salju, dan setelah berdialog, mereka memutuskan untuk membiarkan ia tinggal di sana. Dia berjanji untuk memasak dan merawat mereka. Ia tinggal bersama di sana dengan bahagia.
Sayangnya, Sang Ratu menemukan tempat di mana Putri Salju tinggal dan kemudian dirinya menyamar menjadi seorang penyihir. Kemudian ia mengambil apel beracun dan pergi ke rumah Sang Kurcaci. Dia memberikan apel beracun tersebut kepada Putri Salju untuk dimakannya. Seketika setelah Putri Salju menggigit apel beracun tersebut, ia kemudian jatuh pingsan.
Kurcaci berpikir bahwa Putri Salju sudah mati, kurcaci pun membuat peti mati kaca dan menempatkan dia di dalamnya. Selama berhari-hari ia terbaring di dalam peti kaca di hutan. Suatu hari, seorang pangeran berkelana ke hutan mencari Putri Salju dan menemukannya. Dia membungkuk dan menciumnya. Dia membuka matanya dan duduk dengan tersenyum. Semua orang bahagia pada waktu itu. Pangeran membawa Putri Salju ke istananya di mana mereka menikah dan hidup bahagia selamanya.
Pesan moral: Iri dengki hanya akan membawa malapetaka di masa yang akan datang. Sedangkan orang yang baik akan mendapatkan kebahagiaan dan rasa hormat dari orang-orang disekelilingnya.
Contoh Narrative Text Panjang – Timun Emas
Berikut ini contoh teks narrative bahasa Inggris yang berjudul Timun Emas. Contoh text narrative ini merupakan asli Indonesia. Bisa tonton video berikut ini:
Timun Emas
Long time ago in the island of Java, Indonesia, lived a couple of farmer. They had married for some years but they had no children. So they prayed to a monster called Buta Ijo to give them children. Buta Ijo was a ferocious and powerful monster. He granted their wish on one condition. When their children had grown up, they had to sacrifice them to Buta Ijo. He liked eating fresh meat of human being. The farmers agreed to his condition. Several months later the wife was pregnant.
She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. They named her Timun Emas. The farmers were happy. Timun Emas was very healthy and a very smart girl. She was also very diligent. When she was a teenager Buta Ijo came to their house. Timun Emas was frightened so she ran away to hide. The farmers then told Buta Ijo that Timun Emas was still a child. They asked him to postpone. Buta Ijo agreed. He promised to come again. The following year Buta Ijo came again. But again and again their parents said that Timun Emas was still a child.
When the third time Buta Ijo came their parents had prepared something for him. They gave Timun Emas several bamboo needles, seeds of cucumber, dressing and salt.
‘Timun, take these things’
‘What are these things?’
‘These are your weapons. Buta Ijo will chase you. He will eat you alive. So run as fast as you can. And if he will catch you spread this to the ground. Now go!’
Timun Emas was scared so she ran as quickly as she could. When Buta Ijo arrived she was far from home. He was very angry when he realized that his prey had left. So he ran to chase her. He had a sharp nose so he knew what direction his prey ran.
Timun Emas was just a girl while Buta Ijo was a monster so he could easily catch her up. When he was just several steps behind Timun Emas quickly spread the seeds of cucumber. In seconds they turned into many vines of cucumber. The exhausted Buta Ijo was very thirsty so he grabbed and ate them. When Buta Ijo was busy eating cucumber Timun Emas could run away.
But soon Buta Ijo realized and started running again. When he was just several steps behind Timun Emas threw her bamboo needles. Soon they turned into dense bamboo trees. Buta Ijo found it hard to pass. It took him some time to break the dense bamboo forest. Meanwhile Timun Emas could run farther.
Buta Ijo chased her again. When he almost catch her again and again Timun Emas threw her dressing. This time it turned into a lake. Buta Ijo was busy to save himself so Timun Emas ran way. But Buta Ijo could overcome it and continued chasing her.
Finally when Timun Emas was almost caught she threw her salt. Soon the land where Buta Ijo stood turned into ocean. Buta Ijo was drowned and died instantly. Timun Emas was thankful to god and came back to her home.
Contoh Teks Narrative Panjang Bahasa Inggris – Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
In the town of Verona there lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. They engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded young man with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo attended the feast of the Capulets’, a costume party where he expected to meet his love, Rosaline, a haughty beauty from a well-to-do family. Once there, however, Romeo’s eyes felt upon Juliet, and he thought of Rosaline no more.
The vision of Juliet had been invading his every thought. Unable to sleep, Romeo returned late that night to the Juliet’s bedroom window. There, he was surprised to find Juliet on the balcony, professing her love for him and wishing that he were not a “Montague”, a name behind his own. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo was ready to deny his name and professed his love. The two agreed to meet at nine o-clock the next morning to be married.
Early the next morning, Romeo came to Friar Lawrence begging the friar to marry him to Juliet. The Friar performed the ceremony, praying that the union might someday put an end to the feud between the two families. He advised Romeo kept the marriage a secret for a time.
On the way home, Romeo chanced upon his friend Mercutio arguing with Tybalt, a member of the Capulet clan. That quarreling last caused Merquito died. Romeo was reluctant no longer. He drew his sword and slew Tybalt died. Romeo realized he had made a terrible mistake. Then Friar Lawrence advised Romeo to travel to Mantua until things cool down. He promised to inform Juliet.
In the other hand, Juliet’s father had decided the time for her to marry with Paris. Juliet consulted Friar Lawrence and made a plot to take a sleeping potion for Juliet which would simulate death for three days. The plot proceeded according to the plan. Juliet was sleeping in death.
Unfortunately, The Friar’s letter failed to reach Romeo. Under the cover of darkness, he broke into Juliet’s tomb. Romeo kissed the lips of his Juliet one last time and drank the poison. Meanwhile, the effects of the sleeping potion wear off. Juliet woke up calling for Romeo. She found her love next to her but was lying dead, with a cup of poison in his hand. She tried to kiss the poison from his lips, but failed. Then Juliet put out his dagger and plunged it into her breast. She died
Contoh Narrative Text Myth Dan Terjemahannya – Pinokio
Berikut ini adalah contoh teks narrative yang berjudul Pinocchio atau dalam bahasa Indonesia biasa disebut Pinokio.
Pinocchio
In the past, there was a puppeteer whose name is Geppetto. He eager to have a son very much but his wife passed away several years ago. One day, he got an idea to make a puppet in order not to be lonely again. He made a puppet all day long. Finally, in the morning he had finished his work and he named the puppet Pinocchio. Soon he felt lonely again since Pinocchio couldn’t walk or talk by itself. One night, Geppetto prayed to the God to become a real boy. He always thought it on his mind in his dream.
In the next morning, he was surprised that Pinocchio was alive. He taught Pinocchio how to walk, how to read, how to speak and to do other things as human. He then studied at an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored and it made him go home late. When Pinocchio finally came home, Geppetto asked him. He said that he was on school but he wasn’t. Instantly, Pinocchio’s nose grew longer and longer and it meant that Pinocchio has lied.
The next morning, Pinocchio was kidnaped by the owner of circus. Pinocchio soon became a slave for the circus. He was so famous because he was a puppet which can talk. Geppetto worried about him because Pinocchio had not been going home for almost two days. He tried to find Pinocchio everywhere but he found nothing. When he searched him on the sea, big wave smashed him. He was then in whale’s stomach when he awoke. He couldn’t find the way to go out.
In the other side, Pinocchio finally could escape out from the circus. He came home but nobody was there. Latter on, he searched Geppetto in the sea. He got the same accident like Geppetto and he met Geppetto in whale’s stomach. Both of them got out from its stomach by making a fire. In the end of the story, they went home together and lived happily ever after.
Contoh Teks Narrative bahasa Inggris – Pinokio
Dahulu kala, ada seorang pembuat boneka kayu yang bernama Geppetto. Dia ingin sekali mempunyai anak laki-laki, tetapi istrinya sudah meninggal dunia beberapa tahun lalu. Suatu hari, ia mendapat ide untuk membuat boneka agar tidak merasa kesepian lagi. Dia kemudian membuat boneka kayu itu sepanjang hari. Akhirnya, di pagi hari ia selesai membuatnya dan boneka itu dia beri nama Pinocchio. Setelah itu, ia merasa kesepian lagi karena Pinocchio tidak bisa berbicara bahkan berjalan sekali pun. Suatu malam, Geppetto berdoa kepada Tuhan agar Pinnochio menjadi seorang anak yang nyata. Dia selalu memikirkan hal itu dalam pikirannya.
Keesokan harinya, ia terkejut karena Pinocchio ternyata hidup. Dia kemudian mengajari Pinocchio bagaimana cara berjalan, cara berbicara, cara membaca, dan cara melakukan hal-hal lain seperti apa yang manusia biasa lakukan. Dia kemudian belajar di sebuah sekolah dasar. Suatu hari, Pinocchio merasa bosan dan itu membuatnya pulang terlambat. Ketika Pinocchio akhirnya pulang, Geppetto bertanya. Dia bertanya bahwa ia berada di sekolah tapi sebenarnya dia tidak di sekolah. Seketika, hidung Pinokio tumbuh lebih panjang lagi dan lagi dan itu berarti bahwa Pinocchio sedang berbohong.
Esok pagi, Pinocchio diculik oleh seorang pemain sirkus. Pinocchio kemudian dijadikan budak untuk bermain sirkus. Dia begitu terkenal karena ia adalah boneka yang bisa bicara. Geppetto pun khawatir terhadap Pinnochio karena Pinocchio belum pulang selama hampir dua hari lebih. Dia mencoba mencari Pinocchio kemana-mana tapi ia tidak menemukannya. Ketika ia mencari Pinnochio di laut, gelombang besar menghempaskan dirinya. Dia kemudian berada di perut ikan paus, dan ketika ia terbangun, dia tidak bisa menemukan cara untuk keluar dari perut ikan paus tersebut.
Di sisi lain, akhirnya Pinocchio bisa kabur dan keluar dari sirkus itu. Dia pulang ke rumah tapi ternyata di sana tidak ada siapa-siapa. Akhirnya, ia mencari Geppetto ke laut. Dia mengalami kecelakaan yang sama seperti apa yang dialami oleh Geppetto dan ia akhirnya bertemu dengan Geppetto di dalam perut ikan paus. Keduanya keluar dari perut tersebut dengan menyalakan api. Di akhir cerita, mereka pulang bersama-sama dan hidup bahagia selamanya.
Contoh Teks Narrative Bahasa Inggris – The Lion and The Mouse
Di bawah ini adalah contoh narrative text tentang binatang. Teks narrative ini berjudul The Lion and The Mouse atau dalam bahasa Indonesia artinya Singa dan Tikus.
Berikut ini videonya, silahkan dengarkan sambil belajar listening hehe:
The Lion and The Mouse
When he was awakened by a tiny Mouse running across his body, a mighty Lion was sleeping in his lair. The lion then grabbed the frightened mouse with his huge paws and opened his mouth to swallow him directly. “Please, King,” begged the Mouse, “Spare me this time and of course I will never forget your kindness. Someday I may be able to repay you. “The Lion thought that it was such an amusing idea that he let the poor creature go.
Sometimes later the Lion was caught in a net laid by some hunters. Despite his great strength, the Lion could not break free. Soon the forest echoed with angry load roars.
The Little Mouse heard the Lion and ran to see what was wrong. As soon as he succeeded to make the Lion free “There!” said the Mouse proudly, ” You laughed at me when I promised to repay your kindness, but now you know that even a tiny Mouse can help a mighty Lion.”
Moral Value:
- Little friends may prove to be great friends.
- Friend in need is friend indeed.
Singa dan Tikus
Pada saat ia terbangun oleh tikus kecil yang berjalan di tubuhnya, singa perkasa itu sedang tertidur di sarangnya. Kemudian Singa itu menangkap tikus yang sedang ketakutan dengan cakar besar dan sekaligus membuka mulutnya untuk menelannya langsung. “Tolong, Raja”, kata tikus, “Bebaskan saya kali ini dan tentu saja saya tidak akan pernah melupakan kebaikan mu, suatu hari nanti aku mungkin bisa membayar kebaikanmu ini”. Singa pun berpikir bahwa itu adalah hal yang baik sehingga ia membiarkan makhluk lemah itu pergi dari cengkeramannya.
Beberapa waktu kemudian singa itu terperangkap dalam jaring yang diletakkan oleh beberapa pemburu. Meskipun memiliki kekuatan yang besar, singa tersebut tetap tidak bisa membebaskan dirinya. Kemudian hutan pun bergema dengan auman singa yang sedang marah tersebut.
Tikus kecil mendengar auman singa tersebut dan kemudian berlari untuk melihat apa yang sedang terjadi. Begitu si tikus kecil berhasil membuat singa bebas, “Itulah!” kata tikus dengan perasaan bangganya, “Engkau tertawa padaku saat aku berjanji untuk membalas kebaikanmu, tetapi sekarang engkau tahu bahwa meski hanya tikus kecil tapi bisa membantu singa yang perkasa untuk bebas dari perangkap”.
Nilai moral:
- Teman yang kecil atau lemah sekalipun bisa menjadi teman yang sangat luar biasa.
- Teman yang membutuhkan adalah arti dari teman yang sebenarnya.
Terms: contoh narrative text singkat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari
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Izin copas ka
izin buat tugas bhs Inggris ya
good article
Ijin copas kakk, buat tugas. Makasihh
izin copas kak, untuk tugas. makasih kak.
thankyou 🙂
izin copas ya, terima kasih
Sangat membantu terima kasih 🙏