KangGURU Radio English Magazine

What's in the latest KangGURU magazine? April 2000 There really is something for everyone in the April 2000 magazine. If you are interested in Idioms Inggris, there are some 'rippers' for you to learn, and to use. There are Listener's Letters and Postcards from Australia to read. On our Aussie-Music page, 'Savage Garden' is featured along with the King of Aussie Country music, Lee Kernaghan. Kevvy is here to talk about Nambour in Queensland and Melbourne in Victoria on Kevvy's Aussie Alphabet. AusAID activities in Indonesia are featured with details about the projects, the people working in them and some of the results achieved, in AusAID in Indonesia. Australian volunteers working with the environment is one such project in this issue. The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, H.E. Mr. John MaCarthy talks about the strong educational links between Indonesia and Australia on The Kang Guru Interview. The infamous red crabs of Christmas Island and orangutans of Sumatra are featured in The World Around Us. On Lizzy's Language Lab Liz gives little helpful hints to those studying English. The winner of the Kang Guru 10th Anniversary Competition is pictured plus there are also more competitions, cartoons, English language exercises, a full Kang Guru RRI Broadcast Schedule, AND pictures galore you to talk about and enjoy.

Environmentalists and Volunteers Carolyn and Bronwyn, two volunteers from Australia, are working with the environment but in two quite different settings in Bali. Carolyn works in and around a rubbish depot in Sanur while Bronwyn enjoys the fresh air and beauty of the Botanical Gardens in Bedugul.

Carolyn is working with PPLH, the local government and community, setting up a trial rubbish collection and recycling system. Waste materials are collected from households and taken to a nearby depot, sorted, and then either recycled or used in making compost. The local community is enthusiastic about the project although they do think it quite odd that Carolyn works 'happily' with rubbish. Needless to say the community is happy that their rubbish is collected and that the compost created is available for use in their gardens and on their farms.

Fifty kilometers north of Sanur in Bedugul, Bronwyn is teaching English to local staff and is also working on an interpretation project for the Botanical Gardens. Development of signs in English and Indonesian provide easy-to-follow instructions to visitors and messages about the environment and conservation. She also works with communities in the original Bali Aga villages of Bali. This work looks at the plants villagers use for traditional handicrafts, food and medicine. Learning how to propagate and grow these species themselves helps to ensure continuing supplies.

Congratulations Verawati
Verawati from Cianjur, West Java was the winner of the 10th Anniversary Competition from Kang Guru Radio English. Congratulations once again Verawati. Cucu, Verawati's friend sent an e-mail to Kang Guru in March and thanked Kang Guru for the experience she had in Bali with Verawati and said that she would never forget it. Two lucky girls.

Verawati has been an English teacher for over a year and she loves her job. About five years ago while she was studying at the University of Indonesia, Verawati started listening to Kang Guru Radio. She, as many listeners have, found it helped her with her English. Verawati then began reading the KG magazine and has been a loyal member of the KG audience ever since.

Verawati won the trip to Bali where she and her friend stayed at the Hotel Nusa Dua receiving VVIP attention in the lap of luxury. Then it was off to the Grand Hyatt for a further two nights with a day trip to Tampak Siring, Kintamani, Goa Gajah and Bali Adventure Rafting on the Ayung River. "Pretty wild stuff, that rafting", says Verawati

Savage Garden, currently being played on Indonesian radio across the country, was formed by two Australian performers from Brisbane in Queensland. Their names are Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones. Their first album was released in 1997 and was called simply, "Savage Garden". Big hits followed with songs like "I Want You" and 'Truly Madly Deeply".

Their latest album called "Affirmation" has just been released. 'I Knew I Loved You' is already a very successful song all around the world. According to Darren, this song is a simple love song.Darren's falsetto voice and the rise of acoustic guitars make it a song of innocence, according to Daniel. The song glitters with the devotion and joy of true love.

Darren and Daniel met while Darren was studying at university. Darren is 28 and Daniel is 29 years of age. They both spend a lot of time with computers. Daniel loves satay chicken while Darren enjoys Thai and Italian food. Darren co-writes and sings all lead vocals while Daniel plays keyboards and guitars.

Kevvy's Aussie Alphabet

Hi everyone!
It's me back with my Uncle Kevin on Kang Guru.

What letter will do this time. How about, let me think? Hmmmmmmmmm.

Well it's in the middle of the alphabet and it is the letter, that's right - the letter M.

M is for Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria and the second largest city in Australia. Melbourne is famous for gold mining in the last century. It is famous for men's football and it is where the Australian Football League began. It is also well known for Myer - a huge department store like Matahari here in Indonesia.

M is also for merino sheep. Australia is famous for merino sheep. The merino sheep was developed in Australia and is now famous all over the world, especially in the world of fashion. They produce fantastic wool used to make cloth and jumpers. There are millions and millions of merino sheep in Oz - millions!

N
And now the letter N! Oh, surely one of my favorite letters, the letter N. Now you know there are many interesting places and people and words in Australia beginning with N.

There's the famous town called Nambour in Queensland. Nambour is very, very famous because it is the home of the world's biggest pineapple, that's nanas to you! The world's biggest pineapple, called the Big Pineapple, is in Nambour.

The Big Pineapple is an incredible tourist attraction; every year thousands of tourists go all the way to Nambour to see it.

The Big Pineapple is sooo big you can actually climb inside it, and climb stairs right up to the top. It is honestly one of the most incredible things you will ever see in your life! And after you have climbed up and down, you can, of course, have a lovely, cool pineapple juice to drink. Mmm, yum, yum!

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