EXPRESSING LOVE, PLEASURE AND

RELIEF
Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn about how to say and respond to the expressions of love,
pleasure, and relief both formally and informally in daily life context.

Expression of Love
Love is a kind of strong feeling or emotion which is expressed to show that someone cares. It
also means happiness. This kind of feeling will show a good or positive attitude. It is not only
showed to a special person whom really means for you, but you can also express it to your
relatives or friends. People commonly express their love in various ways such as telling it
directly, giving a gift or a card, making a poem, singing a song, and writing a letter. However,
in this lesson, you will only focus on how to express love in words.
There are several phrases to express love. Yet, when you want to express love you should pay
attention to these situations:
People usually express their affection formally through a letter, poem, or song. Here are
some phrases you can use:
I love you.
I do love you.
I adore you.
I will always love you.
I think I'm in love with you.
Let me be with you.
You're just adorable.
Im falling in love with you.
Example:
Because I'm falling in love with you
It's the easiest thing for me to do
Yes, I'm falling in love with you, it's true
(Song writer: Moore, Gary)
Some people also call their beloved person by using these phrases:

My dear

My love

My darling

My dearest one

Example:
Conversation
(Situation: Julian expresses his love to his fiance)
Julian: My dear, I have something for you.
Vinie: What is it?
Julian: Just open it.
Vinie: A bar of chocolate. Wow ... thank you darling. I love you.
Julian: Youre welcome, honey.
When falling in love, Sometimes people use exaggerating words to express their feelings
as follows:
My heart is in your hands.
I'm absolutely crazy about you.
I cannot stop thinking about you.
My heart cant stop beating when I see you.

Expression of Relief
In this section, you will learn some expressions to tell or show how relief you are after getting
through some awful conditions. When you are in a bad situation because you are facing some
problems, you will feel worried, wont you? However, after solving those problems you will
feel relieved.
Relief is a situation where you can end your bad feeling such as pain and worry. This kind of
expression felt when something terrible has ended; it is called expressions of relief.
Here are some short phrases you can use to express relief:
Oh, good!
What a relief!
That's a relief!
Oh, marvelous!,
Im glad it was done.
Example:
(Situation: Tiara is almost late to take the airplane)
Tiara: What time does the airplane take off?
Jovan: It should be on 4.30.
Tiara: Ah, its 4.45. Im late.
Jovan: Dont worry. The departure is delayed for an hour because of bad weather.
Tiara: What a relief!
Other phrases that are usually used formally can be seen as follows:
Thank my goodness!
Thank goodness you're safe.

I'm glad everything's running well.

Thank God for .... (mention your problem)
Its a relief to know that .... (mention what you have solved)
Example:
Conversation
(Situation: Arfin has just got an accident, but he is safe)
Dina : What happened to you? Your hand is bleeding.
Arfin: I just got an accident when I was going to school.
Dina : Oh ... poor you.
Arfin: The rider who hit me passed away in that accident, but Im still alive.
Dina : Thank goodness you're safe.
Conversation
(Situation: Rendi has just passed the exam and it was running well)
Renata: Whats going on? You look so happy.
Rendi: I have just passed the exam. Im glad everythings running well.
Renata: Thats good. Congratulations!
Rendi: Thanks.

Expression of Pleasure
Expression of pleasure is an expression to show happiness feeling because of something has
happened.
Here are the following phrases you can use:
Thats great.
It is really delightful / I am delighted.
Its really a great pleasure.
I am pleased.
Thats wonderful.
Its my pleasure!
(Situation: Rendi has just passed the exam and it was running well)
Renata : Whats going on? You look so happy.
Rendi : I have just passed the exam. I am pleased the result was good.
Renata : Thats great. Congratulations!
Rendi : Thanks.

Key Points
1. Expressions of love is not limited to show affection in the context of a romantic
relationship, e.g. between girlfriend-boyfriend or between fiance (a couple that is
engaged, usually this shows a stronger commitment before marriage). Expressing love
can be said and written to parents, siblings (sisters and brothers) or others that you
care. However, you need to be careful in choosing which expressions suit universal
love and which one that suit romantic love.

2. Expressing relief and pleasure is only appropriate to say or write (perhaps in short text
messaging) when you express it without making others feel down. Sometimes, you
feel happy and satisfied but your friends dont.

NARRATIVE TEXT: LOVE

STORIES
Objectives
In this lesson you will comprehend meaning in short functional text in the
form of narrative in the context of daily life. You will also learn about simple
narrative text, read and understand them.

NARRATIVE TEXT AT A GLANCE

Important Facts About Narrative Texts
* Narrative text consists of some series of events.
* It can be fiction or nonfiction.
* The examples of fiction narrative are novels and short stories.
* The examples of nonfiction are biographies and autobiographies.
* The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the readers.
* In narrative text, we use past tenses as we retell some events happened
before.
Generic structure of narrative text
Orientation:
this opening paragraph tells you the characters you will find in the story.
Besides, it also tells you the time and place setting where the story takes
place. The writer uses this paragraph to introduce the main characters and
settings.
Complication:
complication is the main part of the narrative text as it tells the readers what
happen to the main characters of the story. Commonly, this paragraph tells
the readers about the conflict between the characters. The writer tells how
the conflict appears and develops through this paragraph.

 Resolution:
it is the last paragraph where the writer tells the readers how the conflict
solved. It can be a happy ending or bad ending.
Aspects of narrative text
Setting. It tells you when and where the story happens
Characters. People involved in the story
Events. Actions by the main characters to develop create, develop, and
end the conflict.

What is a love story?

One example of a narrative text that we commonly find is a love story. It is a
kind of story that tells the romance of a couple, some people conflicting
with love triangle case, murder because of love, etc. It can be a happy or
sad story.
One of the most famous classic love stories is Romeo and Juliette by
Shakespeare. As you may have known, it involves various conflicts, and the
love story ends tragically with the death of the couple. In Indonesia, a nonfiction, inspirational love story example is Habibie & Ainun. The story was
filmed and became one of the most recommended drama movies in
Indonesias film history.
Example of a love story
Read the following example of a fiction love story.
DISCUSSION
From the story above we learn that orientation is found in paragraph 1 and
2. Complication begins in paragraph 3 and continues to paragraph 4. The
resolution is found in paragraph 5.

RESPONDING TO EXPRESSION
OF LOVE

objectives
In this lesson, you will learn how to respond expression of
love in daily life context.

Let's learn!
Love is an affectionate feeling that everyone has. People are
blessed with various feelings that make them different that other
Gods creation. One of them is affection (caring) or love. People
express love to have a closer relationship or even just to show
that they care to others. You may have at least one experience
when people expressed their love to you.
In a more universal context, love and affection can be expressed
among family members, best friends, neighbours, and fellow
human being. In a specific context, such as a romantic
relationship, it takes place between couples, such as girlfriendboyfriend, fiance, and spouses (husband-wife). Talking about a
romantic relationship, words are sometimes become some
problems if you dont know how to respond properly.
If one confesses his/her love to you, how will your response be?
If the feelings are mutual (meaning that you feel the same as
s/he), what will you say? On the other hand, if it is not mutual,
and if you wish to decline their expressions of love because you
dont have the same feeling, how will you express it?
Some of you may feel confused when someone is expressing
his/her feeling. Here are some phrases you can use to respond
an expression of love, which depends on the context.
When someone is expressing the feeling by giving you a
card or a present to you, you can respond by saying:

Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
You are so very kind to me.
Those expressions above show that you appreciate him/ her.
Although, it doesn't mean that you simply have the same
feeling. Responses to expressions of love can be divided
into: accepting and declining (refusing).
You can give positive response (accepting) to the other
person what they mean to you by using these phrases:
I love it.
I do, too.
Id love too.
I love you, too.
Im happy to hear that.
While to refuse someones feeling or intention, you can use
these phrases:
Im sorry.
Im sorry I cant.
Im sorry I cant accept it.
Im happy to hear that, but Im sorry.
Its nice of you to say so, but Im sorry I cant.

Do you understand?
Here are some examples to enhance your understanding.
Conversation 1
Friend: How about having dinner together, sometime? Will you
be my date?
You: Id love too. Thank you.

Conversation 2
Adrian: I do really miss you, Dina.
Dina : I do, too.
Conversation 3
(Situation: Derry asked Ersya to be his girlfriend, but Ersya
doesnt have the same feeling.)
Derry: I know we know each other for some time now. Id like to
know you better. Would you like to be my girl?
Ersya: Im happy to hear that, but Im sorry I cant. I just want to
focus studying for now. Lets just remain friends and learn each
other better.

Key Points
To sum up, you have to:
* use the appropriate response to such expressions of love;
* either accept or refuse the expressions of love in a correct
manner.

How to Write Narrative Text:

Love Stories
Objectives
Expressing meaning and generic structure of an essay; using
written text accurately and fluently in daily life context in a form of
narrative texts.

Lesson

Narrative Text
In this lesson you will learn about how to write a narrative story.
Before we go to the definition of narrative, please recall the
stories you have read. When you were a child, you might be
familiar with stories such as Cinderella and Snow White, or
local stories such as Malin Kundang and Sangkuriang. Some
of the stories were interesting that you remember the characters,
the setting, the conflict, and how they conflict solved. You might
also curious about what would happen next during the reading or
storytelling.
Learning in English in high school will involve storytelling. You
have to be able to tell a story. Although story telling is usually
spoken, in class, you also have to be able to write your own
story. Writing stories can be a hobby or even a job.
At school, you may be familiar with narrative text. Narrative is
basically retelling of something that happened. It also
means telling a story. In short, a narrative text is a written
story. There are many types of narrative text: such
as legend, fable, fairy tale, folklore, and myth. The topics also
vary, such as family, friendship, and the one you are going to
read in this lesson, love.

Learn More

Read the following love story carefully.

In writing a narrative text you should consider the followings:

* Social Function
Narrative is aimed at making readers amused or entertained.
The story is supposed to be interesting. However, it doesnt
always have to be a happy ending story, but it is supposed to
have a moral value.

* Generic Structure
In composing/ writing a story, you will need to create the
storyline first. In narrative texts, you need to follow a specific
organization. There are some parts of a narrative story as
follows:

Orientation:
This part consists of what the story is about, the character(s),
and the place and time where the story happened. (Jack was
poor, Sally was rich, they were best friends from a small town)

Complication:
This is the part where the conflict or problem rises. This one is
also the main point of a narrative story. (When Sallys parents
did not give marriage approval)

Resolution:
This part tells how the problem is solved. It can end with a happy
ending, sad ending, or even bad ending. (Jack went out of town
and went back to marry Sally.)

Re-orientation:
This part is optional. It usually consists of closing statement or
moral lesson. (Now we know that only true love will give us
happiness.)

* Language Features:
Past tense (came, left, went, etc.)
Adverb of time (Once upon a time, A long time ago, One day,
etc.)
The use of conjunction and linking words (When, Then,
Finally, Suddenly, etc.)
Direct speech (I will always love you said Prince Charming)