Perkenalan
Due to the large number of islands, Indonesia has about 55,000 km of coastline (garis pantai), much more than most countries (the USA has 20,000). The country claims all waters (perairan) surrounding its islands to 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the coastline. Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone, an area of the ocean in which the country controls fishing and other rights, extends 200 nautical miles (370 km/230 mi) from its shore.
Illegal fishing (pencurian ikan) is a major problem in Indonesia. In this article, Susi Pudjiastuti, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan), proposes a rather unconventional approach to eliminate illegal fishing in the waters of Indonesia.
Pertanyaan
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- Mengapa pencurian ikan merupakan masalah besar? Sebutkanlah beberapa alasan.
- Apa yang dapat dilakukan oleh pemerintah RI untuk melindungi garis pantai?
- Seandainya Anda Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan, apa yang akan Anda lakukan untuk memberantas pencurian ikan?
- Menurut Anda, para pencuri ikan berasal dari mana?.
- Menurut Anda, apa yang perlu dilakukan dengan kapal pencuri ikan?
- Menurut Anda, para pencuri ikan adalah nelayan-nelayan kecil, atau mereka bagian dari kejahatan terorganisir?
- Lihat judul artikel ini. Siapa Duterte? Duterte terkenal akan apa?
Latar Belakang
In order to understand the dilemma Indonesia, and especially the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fishery, is facing, read the following article (written in English) from the South China Morning Post.
Dikte
Click on the plus sign and read the summary carefully. Pay attention to the spelling of each word as this is a dictation exercise. After you have read the text, close the spoiler, and then complete the dictation exercise.
Nonton Yuk
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Bacaan
Menteri Susi Puji Langkah Duterte Perintahkan Pencuri Ikan Ditembak
- tirto.id – Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti menanggapi pernyataan Presiden Filipina Rodrigo Duterte yang memerintahkan agar pencuri ikan di laut Filipina ditembak.
- “Pencurian ikan tidak hanya sekadar ikan saja. Pasti ada alasan lain. Ini menyangkut kedaulatan, kejahatan kriminal lainnya. “Itu tidak main-main,” ujar Susi dalam jumpa pers di kantornya (12/2/2018).
- Duterte berencana menyuruh Angkatan Laut Filipina untuk melakukan penembakan kepada pencuri ikan di perairan negaranya.
- Susi menilai pencurian ikan merupakan kejahatan serius. Dia menjelaskan kejahatan pencurian ikan itu bersifat terintegrasi, terorganisasi dan melibatkan sindikat lintas-negara. Salah satu indikasinya, anak buah kapal (ABK) sindikat pencurian ikan biasanya berasal dari sejumlah negara berbeda serta adanya praktik pemalsuan dokumen.
- “Namanya sindikat, bukan seperti nelayan-nelayan itu,” ucap Susi.
- Namun, Susi tidak berencana mendorong Indonesia agar mengikuti langkah Filipina. Susi menegaskan Indonesia akan tetap menindak pelaku pencurian ikan sebagaimana telah dilakukan selama ini.
- Susi menambahkan Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) hanya melaksanakan keputusan yang sesuai UU Nomor 45 Tahun 2009 tentang Perikanan.
- Susi pun kembali menyatakan bahwa keputusan untuk memusnahkan kapal-kapal pencuri ikan yang tertangkap sebetulnya berada di tangan pengadilan.
- “Kalau pengadilan bilang dimusnahkan, ya dimusnahkan. Caranya banyak, bisa ditenggelamkan, dibocorin, sesuai keputusan hukum dan undang-undang saja,” kata Susi.
Latihan Mendengarkan
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Tata Bahasa
The language of the media can be described as a relaxed formal style of the Indonesian language. Journalists occasionally pepper their writings with some informal Indonesian, but by and large it is formal Indonesian of a particular style which is only used by journalists.
Formal | Informal | Translation |
telah | sudah | already |
serta | dan | and |
mengatakan | bilang | to say |
namun | tetapi/tapi | but |
saat | waktu | (at the time) when |
The language of the media is also known for using elaborate phrases rather than simple verbs and nouns:
Simple verb/noun | Elaborate phrase | ||
menembak | shoot | melakukan penembakan | to carry out shootings |
memalsukan | forge | adanya praktik pemalsuan | the existence of practices of forgery |
pencuri | thief | pelaku pencurian | actors of theft |
memutuskan | decide | melaksanakan keputusan | execute a decision |
Colloquial speech is used when journalists cite a person. Normally politicians also tend to speak in formal Indonesian, but Ibu Susi is known for speaking our rather bluntly, and she does not hesitate to use informal words such as bilang ‘to say’, and she even use grammatical forms of Jakarta Malay such as bocorin ‘to make something become leak’ (i.e. to sink a boat by drilling holes) where the suffix -in is equivalent to the sufix -kan in formal Indonesian.
Ulasan Kosa Kata
Go to an online thesaurus and look up how many words are listed as synonyms for ‘to say’ – to add, maintain, express, allege, state, and many others.
The most straightforward translation for ‘to say’ is mengatakan, which, however, we do not find in our text. Instead, the author uses a variey of related words, namely menyatakan from nyata ‘clear, evident, obvious, real’ and menjelaskan from jelas ‘clear, obvious, definite’. Ucap and ujar are also near synonyms. Menilai is derived from the noun nilai ‘value’, menegaskan from the adjective tegas ‘explicit; determined, assertive, adamant, resolute’, and menambahi from the verb tambah ‘to add’, and menanggapi from the adjective tanggap ‘observant, perceptive, responsive, attentive, insightful’.
You already know the copula adalah. If you forgot how to use adalah, or if you don’t know what a copula is, check out Sneddon’s grammar 3.14. Adalah is never a required word, and hence students are advised not to use it unless they know exactly when it can be used and when not. As adalah is a copula, it cannot be negated, but merupakan ‘constitute, be’ is a verb which can be negated.
Pencurian ikan merupakan kejahatan serius.
Fish theft is a serius crime.
Perbuatan itu tidak merupakan suatu tindakan pidana.
That act does not constitute a criminal offence.
The Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia gives three definitions for main-main:
1 bersenang-senang dengan melakukan sesuatu (to enjoy doing something).
2 tidak dengan sungguh-sungguh; hanya berkelakar; bermain-main saja (not seriously, just kidding, just playing around)
3. berbuat serong (to cheat on one’s partner).
In the context of our reading, main-main has the second meaning: Itu tidak main-main this is serious; don’t take it lightly
Main-main can be translated in many ways:
Kau main-main? Are you kidding me with this?
Aku tak main-main! I’m not screwing around!
Jangan main-main denganku! Don’t test me!
Kamu jangan main-main, ini masalah penting. Don’t take it lightly, this is an important matter.
Saya bukan main-main. I’m not messing around.
Nanti main-main ke rumah, ya! You must drop over some time!
Bisa kamu berhenti main-main, Ratna! Can you stop fooling about, Ratna!
Sifat main-main itulah yang menjengkelkan. The frivolity of his behaviour is annoying.
Saya tak ada waktu untuk main-main. I have no time for frivolities.
Namanya
The meaning of namanya is, of course, ‘his/her name’, but it can also be used as an idiomatic expression meaning “It’s (not for nothing) called (a)…”. Often saja is added for additional emphasis:
Namanya sindikat, bukan seperti nelayan-nelayan itu.
It’s called a syndicate, they are not like our fishermen (lit. ‘those fishermen’).
Namanya saja dongeng, apa pun bisa terjadi.
It’s not called a fairy tale for nothing, anything can happen.
Namanya kampanye, saatnya membuat janji.
It’s called a campaign, time to make promises.
Namanya penipuan, sayang.
It’s called a hustle, sweetheart.
Frasa yang Berguna
Bacalah frasa bahasa Inggris di bawah ini dan cobalah menebak artinya dalam bahasa Indonesia. Tekan “Balik” untuk memeriksa jawaban Anda. Kemudian carilah frasa tersebut di dalam konteks.
Isian I
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Padan Kata
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Isian II
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menyatakan | melaksanakan | mengikuti | mencuri | menilai |
menanggapi | memalsukan | memusnahkan | menembak | menindak |
Pekerjaan Rumah (PR)
Imagine you are the owner of a Vietnamese fishing company. One of your fishing vessel has been destroyed. Write a letter of protest in Indonesian to the Indonesian government where you state that your ship has only accidentally (kebetulan) navigated into Indonesian waters, that you strongly disagree (tidak setuju) with the destruction of your vessel, that you consider it an illegal act, and that you demand (menuntut) a compensation (ganti rugi) for the losses (kerugian) that you experienced. Write at least 120 words. Open your letter with (Dengan hormat) and close it with (hormat saya) followed by your name.
Kartu Bolak-Balik
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