Causative verb in an article

World's longest nonstop flight: Tickets go on sale

(CNN) — Singapore to New York, nonstop. Almost 20 hours in the air.

Starting October 11, passengers on Singapore Airlines' newest plane, the Airbus A350-900ULR -- for Ultra Long-Range -- will travel on a record-breaking, globe-spanning flight that will reconnect the two major metropolises.

The airline used to fly the gas-guzzling, four-engine A340-500 on the 9,500-mile route, with just 100 business-class seats on board. The service proved to be inefficient, and Singapore Airlines canceled the flights in 2013.

The new flights will initially run three times a week, with daily operations starting October 18 after a second Airbus A350-900 enters service.

Tickets go on sale May 31, 2018.

The airline is now taking delivery of Airbus' newest wide-body, the A350-900. It has 21 planes in its fleet, of an order for 67 aircraft.

Singapore Airlines has ordered seven of the ULRs.

On April 23, the plane had its first test flight, an almost five-hour round-trip that launched from the airframer's assembly plant in Toulouse, France.

The ULR will be able to fly a remarkable 11,160 miles, an increase of more than 1,800 miles over the standard A350. It means that Singapore Airlines will reclaim a travel crown: that of running the world's longest nonstop air route.

But how will passengers comfortably fly -- or perhaps endure -- a flight that lasts the better part of a full day?

That's three hours longer than the Qantas Airlanes 787 flight from Perth to Londonexperienced in March by CNN's Richard Quest.

"The A350 is a clean-sheet design that has been designed for those long-range flights," Florent Petteni, Airbus' aircraft interiors marketing director for the A350, tells CNN Travel.

All A350s share Airbus' design philosophy that makes the aircraft cabin feel more like a room, rather than a long tube. The plane has high ceilings, sophisticated LED lighting, almost vertical sidewalls and a low noise level.

These features, along with a maximum in-cabin simulated altitude of just 6,000 feet, all combine to provide an improved passenger experience, according to Petteni.

"You may not exactly pinpoint why it's so comfortable and so nice to be flying on this airplane, but everything was done on purpose."

Like the windows.

Causative verb:

1. The plane had its first test flight.

2. Airbus' design philosophy that makes the aircraft cabin.

Reference:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/singapore-new-york-worlds-longest-nonstop-flight/index.html

Personal Pronouns in an article

London (CNN) — Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to the couple's third child on Monday, a son who becomes the fifth in line to the British throne.

The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth, at 11 a.m. local time at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, Kensington Palace said.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge depart the Lindo Wing with their newborn son.

The newest arrival to the royal family weighs 8lbs 7oz (3.8 kilograms), and both mother and baby are "doing well," according to the Palace.

"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news," Kensington Palace said in a statement on Twitter.

Catherine and William emerged onto the steps of the Lindo Wing to introduce the baby to the world's media shortly before 6 p.m. local time.

The duchess, who was wearing a striking, raspberry-red dress, cradled her baby as the couple waved to well-wishers. Wrapped in a white blanket and wearing a white hat, the baby appeared to be sleeping.

The family left the hospital shortly before 6 p.m local time.

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge with their newborn baby son.

William, dressed in a navy suit and pale blue shirt, drove his family home, with Catherine sitting in the back with the baby.

Prince William had left the hospital for a short time Monday afternoon, before returning with his other children George, 4, and Charlotte, 2. As the three royals entered the hospital, Charlotte waved over her shoulder at the reporters gathered on the other side of the street.

Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrived at the hospital with their father Monday afternoon.

In a statement, Kensington Palace said: "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank all staff at the hospital for the care and treatment they have received," read the statement.

The statement continued: "They would also like to thank everyone for their warm wishes."

A golden easel bearing a framed notice announcing the birth was placed on display in front of Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon. The bulletin will be on display for approximately 24 hours.

The practice of posting a bulletin on the occasion of a royal birth goes back to at least 1837, when Buckingham Palace became the British monarch's official residence.

A notice on an easel outside Buckingham Palace announces the birth of the new prince.

The royal baby is fifth in line to the British throne, after grandfather Prince Charles, father Prince William and two siblings.

The newest addition to the royal family is a younger brother to Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2, and the Queen Elizabeth II's sixth great-grandchild.



Reference:
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/04/23/europe/duchess-of-cambridge-in-labor-with-third-child-intl/index.html?sr=LINECNN042318duchess-of-cambridge-in-labor-with-third-child-intl1043AMVODtopeurope

Passive voice sentence in an article

$30m Sumatra forest deal in doubt after concerns over funding

THE future of a much-vaunted $30 million Australian project to protect Indonesian forests for their carbon is in doubt after an independent review found it is not the best use of the money.

The project on the island of Sumatra was announced by Labor in early 2010 to international fanfare, but so far there has been little detail about the project's design.

It is understood there has been no actual on-ground work in Sumatra and officials to date have done research only.

It is the second Australian-Indonesian carbon project to face setbacks. The Herald reported in March that a $47 million project to restore peatland in Kalimantan, launched in 2007, had quietly been scaled back and was suffering major delays.

Indonesia is recognised as the world's fifth-largest producer of greenhouse gases, with 60 per cent of its emissions coming from rapid deforestation and associated activities.

The review of Australia's Indonesian carbon programs, costing $100 million overall, found the Sumatran project ''may not be the most effective utilisation of available funding and that the changing policy context provides an opportunity for reconsideration of the proposal''.

A spokesman for the Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, said Australia was discussing with the Indonesian government alternative approaches to work in Sumatra.

''Work has not started on the ground because we have not yet agreed on the revised scope of work,'' the spokesman said.

The Sumatra project is a pilot for a proposed global system, known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, in which developing nations could earn money from carbon credits created from forest preservation projects by selling them to rich countries for use in meeting their emission reduction targets.

The independent review was handed to the government early last year, but was only made public by the Australian overseas aid agency AusAID in recent weeks. 

It calls for the ''reconsideration'' of the Sumatra pilot in light of the challenges and delays in the Kalimantan project and the emergence of other Indonesian forest schemes, including a $1 billion investment by Norway.

Passive voice sentence in an above article:

• The project on the island of Sumatra was announced by Labor in early 2010. (Past Tense).
• The independent review was handed to the government early last year, but was only made public by the Australian overseas aid agency AusAID in recent weeks. (Past Tense).

Reference:

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/30m-sumatra-forest-deal-in-doubt-after-concerns-over-funding-20120514-1yn48.html

Dialog with tenses (simple present, simple present continuous, simple past tense, past continuous, and present perfect)

Group name:
Charisa Kumala .D
Fajrie Kurniawan
M.syamsu Rizal
Nurhadis
Sarah Andriani

A: Hallo Rina, how are you?
B: Yes Fina, I am fine.
A: By the way, what did you last weekend? ( Past Tense
B: I visited my grand mother. ( Past Tense
A: Oh ok.Who did you go with?
B: I went there with my family.
A: What are you doing? ( Present Continous
B: I am going to supermarket, do you can join with me? ( Simple Present Tense
A: Sorry Rina I cant, because I have attendmy mother go to hospital.  ( Present Perfect
B: Is she sick?
A: My mothe have cancer since two years, she was checking twice a week. ( Past Continous
A: Oh my God, get well soon.
B: Thank you.