Friday, May 29, 2009

Kabsa

Kabsa is one of the favorite dishes in Kuwait. It is not difficult to make Kabsa. First, you need a pot, water, rice, onion, tomato and some spices. To cook the Kabsa, fry the onion for two minutes. Then add the tomato with some salt and spices. After that, pour in some water. The amount of water should be double the rice, use two cups of water. After a while, add the rice and put the lid on the pot for thirty minutes. After that, you will find that a delicious dish is waiting for you to enjoy.
(Taken from Basic Writing)

LOOP-THE-LOOP PAPER PLANE

Materials needed:
● A sheet of heavy paper
● A pencil
● Sharp scissors
● A paper clip
● Crayons

Method:
Here’s a paper airplane that will fly in circles.
● First fold the paper in half the long way
● Then draw an airplane with wings and tail on it.
● Next draw a line about an inch away from the fold on each ide the full length of paper.
● Then cut out the airplane, but do not cut on the fold.
● After that spread out the airplane and colour it. You can draw airplane markings near each wing tip.
● Next refold your airplane. Now fold each wing down along the time drawn on it.
● Then add a paper clip to the nose. You can change the way your airplane flies by changing the wing shape and putting more than one paper clip on the nose.

How to Bake a Cake

I like cakes, and they are easy to bake. First, read the recipe carefully. Then, gather the ingredients and turn on the oven to 350 degrees F. after that, mix the sugar with the butter. Add the flour and continue mixing for fifteen minutes. Next, turn off the beater and pour the mixture into a cake pan. After that, put the cake in the oven. Finally, after half-an-hour, check to see if the cake is ready, and take the cake out of the oven.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

How to Make Rice

I make rice almost everyday. First, I put some water in a pot and then I put the pot on the fire. When it becomes hot, I put rice in the pot that contains the water. After that I cook the rice over a medium fire for about 15 minutes. Finally, the rice is ready, and I serve it to my guests.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

How to Cook One of My Favorite Foods

I am going to write about how to cook chicken gizzards. First, you have to wash and cut the chicken gizzards. Second, you have to put them into the pot. Do not add water because the chicken gizzards have their own water. Then, cook the gizzards. After the liquid decreases, put one glass of hot water into the pot. You have to repeat that twice. Third, when the chicken gizzards are soft, you need to cut onion and to fry it. Then you put the fried onion in the pot with the chicken gizzards. After that, add salt and pepper. Finally, you have one plate of excellent chicken gizzards.

(Taken from Basic Writing)

How to Make a Pulley

Materials:
● At least 2 points around which to loop the string, e.g. sticks (approx. 2 cm wide and 30 cm long), table legs or chair legs.
● Strong non-twisting string, twice the length of the distance to be covered.
● At least 1 carrier of a suitable size to carry message, e.g. small, light box.
● Masking tape
● At least 2 operators

Method:
● Measure the distance between the two points.
● Cut the string to twice this distance.
● Loop the string around the points.
● Tie the ends of the string in a knot so that the string is stretched firmly between the points.
● Attach the box/boxes to the string with masking tape.
● Test the pulley out by the operator pulling one side of the string.

How to see things (simple microscope experiment)

Here, you will look at a range of optical instruments used to extend people’s ability to see things.
Materials:
● Hand lens
● Tripod magnifier
● Flowers
● Fresh, hairy leaves

Procedures/Steps:
● The hand lens is an instrument for giving magnifications of from 5 to 20 times. Look at one of the flowers with your unaided eyes.
● Now use the hand lens to examine the same flower.
● List all the details you can see now that were not clearly visible to your unaided eye before.
● What magnifications does the hand lens you are using give?
● Now place a leaf beneath the tripod of your tripod magnifier and adjust the height of the lens by screwing it up or down until the object is in focus.
● What magnification is provided by the tripod magnifier you are using?
● What details can you see about the leaf which were not clearly visible t your unaided eye?

Making Indomie Fried Noodle

Materials:
● Two slices of bread
● Something inside (fried-egg, strawberry jam, chocolate sprinkles, a sausage, etc.)

Steps:
● First, boil two glasses of water in a pan.
● Then, open the package of Indomie fried noodles.
● While waiting for the water to boil, pour the seasoning: chili sauce, soya sauce and oil into a bowl.
● After the water is boiled, drain the noodles.
● Next, throw away the water.
● Then, pour the noodles into the bowl.
● After that, mix the noodles with the seasoning, sauce, and the other ingredients.
● Now, your noodles are ready.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

Making Sandwich

Materials:
● Two slices of bread
● Something inside (fried-egg, strawberry jam, chocolate sprinkles, a sausage, etc.)
Steps:
● First of all, take two slices of bread.
● Spread the bread with butter or margarine
● Then, put anything you like on top of the bread on one slice. You can have a fried egg, some strawberry jam, (or any kind of jam), chocolate sprinkles, a slice of cheese, a sausage, or something else.
● After that, join the two slices of bread together, and your sandwich is ready!

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

How to Vote

1. The voter goes to the party representative and gets a “How to Vote” card.
2. Then, he/she goes to the polling clerk who crosses out their name to show the have voted.
3. The clerk then gives them a Ballot paper.
4. Then they go to a polling booth where they vote for the party who they want to vote for by putting a number for each person on the voting paper.
5. When each person has finished voting, she/he puts the ballot paper into a ballot box.
6. He/She then goes home and watches the results on TV.

(Taken from An Introduction to Genre-Based Writing)

Instructions for the Management of Electric Shock Victims

The rescuer must be certain he does not risk electric shock himself.
The rescuer must:
● Turn off the electricity supply if possible.
● Disconnect the victim from the electricity supply by the use of a dry non-conducting material, e.g. dry cloth, a wooden stick.
● Avoid any direct contact with the skin of the patient or any conducting material touching him until he is disconnected.
● Commence resuscitation. Use cardiopulmonary resuscitation if patient’s heart has stopped beating and you have been trained.
● Seek medical help.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

Making Fried Banana

Materials:
● Some good bananas
● Some frying oil

Steps:
● Slice the bananas into thin slices.
● Then, fry them in very hot frying oil until they turn brown.
● If you like, you can sprinkle some sugar on top of the bananas. Otherwise, roll the bananas in flour before you fry them.

Making iced-lemon tea

Materials:
● A glass of tea
● Two spoonfuls of sugar
● Ice cubes
● A slice of lemon tea

Steps:
● Make the tea a bit strong because when you add the lemon it will get thinner.
● After the tea is ready, squeeze the lemon according to your own taste.
● Add some ice cubes, and your iced-lemon tea is ready.

Playing the Hole Game

Materials:
● One marble per person
● A hole in ground
● A line (distance) to start from

Steps:
● First you must dub (click marbles together)
● Then check that the marbles are in good condition and are nearly worth the same value.
● Next, you must dig a hole in the ground and draw a line a fair distance away from the hole.
● The first player carefully throws his or her marble towards the hole.
● Then the second player tries to throw his or her marble closer for the hole than his or her opponent.
● The player whose marble is the closest to the hole tries to flick his or her marble into the hole. If successful, this player tries to flick his or her opponent’s marble into the hole. The person flicking the last marble into the hole wins and gets to keep both marbles.

Breathing Difficulties: Asthma

What to look out for:
● Difficulty in breathing
● Rapid, shallow ad noisy breaths
● Coughing and wheezing
● Tightness in the chest
● Distress
● Difficulty in speaking
● Blue lips and/or skin (in severe cases)

What to do:
1. Sit the casualty down; make sure they lean forward slightly, preferably resting on a support such as table.
2. Most asthma sufferers carry a ‘puffer’. Help them to use it (about 4 puffs).
3. If the casualty’s condition does not improve after 10 minutes, give them a further 4 puffs.
4. If there is still no improvement or if the casualty has no medication and the attack is prolonged, call an ambulance.

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

Seat Belts and Child Restraints

It is compulsory to wear a seat belt whenever there is one available. That means that if there is an empty seat with a seat belt, a passenger must move to it and not sit in a seat without seat belt. If there are no seat belts, it is safer for a passenger to sit in the back.

Make sure that you and your passengers have your seat belts properly adjusted and fastened:
● Wear the lap part of the seat belt across your lap and below your stomach
● Place the buckle at the side of your body
● Make sure the belt is not twisted
● Make the belt as firm as possible

(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

How to Make Patty Cakes

Ingredients:
● 3 tablespoons of butter
● ¼ cup castor sugar
● 1 egg
● ¼ teaspoon of vanilla
● 1 cup self-raising flour
● Pinch salt
● ¼ cup milk

Methods:
● Beat butter and sugar to cream
● Add lightly beaten egg and vanilla. Beat well.
● Sift flour and salt together
● Fold in dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well
● Drop heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture into well-greased patty tins or papers.
● Bake in a moderately hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes
● Cool on a wire rack. Then ice with butter icing

How to Make a Kite

Materials:
● 3 pieces of cane
● Thread
● Large sheet of strong paper (e.g. tissue)
● Soft pencil
● Scissors
● Paint and paintbrush
● Glue
● Strong string

What to do:
The Frame
● Dampen the cane to make flexible
● Carefully, bend the cane to desired shape then tie securely with thread

The Covering
● Lay the frame on sheet of paper
● Trace around frame with pencil
● Cut covering approximately 1 cm larger than the outline
● Paint bird on covering (e.g. bowl)
● When paint is dry, place the frame on unpainted side.
● Now, fold edges of covering over the frame carefully, and glue them down.

The Bridle
● Cut 3 pieces of string, each 20 cm long.
● Secure one end of each string tightly to frame at the shoulders and tail of the bird.
● Then, tie the other ends in a knot.

How to Make a Pencil Box

Materials:
● An empty plastic bottle of mineral water
● A sharp cutter
● A piece of white or colorful paper
● Some paints
● Some glue

Steps:
● Wash the plastic bottle. Make sure it is clean when you use it.
● Cut the bottle into two halves
● Wrap the bottle with a piece of colored paper
● If you use plain paper, use the paint to make a drawing on it
● Now, your pencil box is ready to use.
(Taken from Bahasa Inggris, Materi PTBK Buku 2)

How to make mushroom soup

Ingredients:
● 12 ounces mushrooms
● 4 eggs yolks
● ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
● 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
● 1 ½ teaspoons salt
● 6 tablespoon pepper
● ¼ teaspoon pepper
● 2 pints chicken stock

Steps:
● Prepare mushrooms and place in frying pan with melted butter.
● Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add stock.
● Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg
● Bring to boil and then simmer for 30 minutes
● Sieve and blend until smooth, with remaining ingredients.
● Return to pan and heat. Remove pan from stove and cool.
● Add beaten egg yolks and cream, stirring gently. Don’t boil.
● Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.

Friday, May 22, 2009

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