Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 SMP Kurikulum Merdeka Hal. 125: A Man and Gold Chain

He worked hard and part by part of the gold chain was pulled.

His small boat started to sink because of the gold chain’s weight.

He knew it as water started filling in his boat.

Instead of stopping, he pulled faster and put it around his body.

In a second, water rushed into his boat. It eventually capsized.

The gold chain sank to the bottom of the sea. Helplessly, the man was drawn along.

Questions

1. What is the best possible title for the story? Why?
2. What was the man’s occupation?
3. Why did the man curse when something was entangled in his net?
4. What kind of man do you think the man is? Tell the reason/s.
5. What made the boat capsize?
6. Which moral lesson can you take from the story?
7. If you were the man, what would you do?

Answer

1. The best possible title for the story is "A Fisherman and Gold Chain."

It could be the best possible title because it gives a glance of moral story of the man.

2. The man's occupation was fisherman.

3. The man cursed because the thing that was entangled in his net was heavy, and he initially did not realize that it was a gold chain.

4. I think the man was a kind of greedy and did not think deeply/long about the consequence of his act on pulling up the gold chain, which was heavy.

5. The man's boat capsized because the gold chain pulled by him is too heavy.

6. The moral lesson that I can take from the story is taking anything adequately, not to be greedy, and knowing when to stop.

7. If I were the man, I would prioritize my own safety and let the gold chain back to the sea.

Or if I had the right equipment on the boat, I would cut the gold chain as sufficient as I need.

(TribunTernate.com/Rizki A.)