Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2# - Direct Speech & Inderect Speech

Six killed in Central Java bus plunge

 

Nama Kelompok:

Dinar Fatimah

Hanifah Tri Sediaswati

Jhon Willyngter Sirait

Pandji Anggriawan

Sandra Dewi Effendi

FAKULTAS EKONOMI

UNIVERSITAS GUNADARMA
2017

You can answer the question What did he say? in two ways:

by repeating the words spoken (direct speech)

by reporting the words spoken (indirect or reported speech).

DIRECT SPEECH

Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that's being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about a previous conversation.

EXAMPLES

• She says, "What time will you be home?"
• She said, "What time will you be home?" and I said, "I don't know! "
• "There's a fly in my soup!" screamed Simone.
• John said, "There's an elephant outside the window."

INDIRECT SPEECH

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.

She said, "I saw him." (direct speech) = She said that she had seen him. (indirect speech)

'That' may be omitted:
She told him that she was happy. = She told him she was happy.

'SAY' AND 'TELL'

Use 'say' when there is no indirect object:
He said that he was tired.

Always use 'tell' when you say who was being spoken to (i.e. with an indirect object):
He told me that he was tired.

'TALK' AND 'SPEAK'

Use these verbs to describe the action of communicating:
He talked to us.
She was speaking on the telephone.

Use these verbs with 'about' to refer to what was said:
He talked (to us) about his parents.

-DIRECT SPEECH-

-INDIRECT SPEECH-

Six killed in Central Java bus plunge

Six people died when a tour bus plunged into a 15-meter ravine in Gondosuli, Tawangmangu district, Karanganyar regency, Central Java, at noon on Sunday.

The bus operated by Sularis Jaya, and carrying 28 passengers, comprising teachers from elementary school SD Jimbaran in Sidoarjo, East Java, and their families who were on an outing, was traveling from Sidoarjo when the accident occurred.

A witness said the driver lost control the bus on a sharp turn and it plunged into the Banaran River. 

“Maybe the brakes could not function properly. I was surprised the bus kept traveling at a high speed although the road is very twisting. I shook when I saw the bus hit the central reservation and plunge into the ravine,” said Didik Setyawan, 43.

The police, supported by search and rescue personnel, conducted an evacuation of the passengers led by Karanganyar Police deputy chief Comr. Prawoko. The survivors were taken to Tawangmangu community health center while the dead were taken to Karanganyar Regional General Hospital.

“The evacuation process is quite difficult because the bus is at the bottom of the ravine. Most of the passengers who survived the incident were badly shocked,” said Prawoko.

Meanwhile, head of Karanganyar Police traffic unit First Insp. Maryadi said that apart from the six people killed in the crash, dozens of other passengers suffered severe injuries.

“We took the severely injured victims straightaway to the hospital. In the evacuation process, we prioritized the survivors so they could immediately get medical treatment,” said Maryadi. (ebf)