Mrs Johnson :What is so weird about them?
tom: All these ceremonies, you know. In one, there are about thirty people sitting around a collection of foods. One per-son is saying something, the prayers, I suppose. Then, each one takes some of the food, gets up, and leaves.
Mr Johnson: Oh, that's the kenduri. It's an interesting event, isn't it?
Mrs Johnson: Yeah, and quite unique, too. We haven't got it in our country. Tom:Why doesn't the host just give out the food to each house?
Mr Johnson: Well, that's how the custom is carried out. We have different ways of doing things. Sometimes the difference is so great that people from other cultures will find it hard to understand.
Mrs Johnson : Our Halloween for example. Indonesian people will find it hard to under. it.
Mr Johnson : That's right. They might even think a stupid thing. Children wearing scary clothes, knocking on doors, saying trick or treat, and so on. Tom : So, what should we do?
mr johnson: what do you mean what we should do?
Mr Johnson : Well, first we must accept that different people have different ways of life. Different people have different habits and customs. Then, we must not be evaluative.
Tom: what do you mean?
Mrs Johnson: Your father wants to say that we cannot say that one custom is better or worse than another custom, right, George?
Mr Johnson : Hu-huh. We must respect these differences. Say, kenduri is an Eastern culture and Halloween is a Western culture, all
Mrs Johnson :East is east and west is west, and the two shall never meet. ls that what you mean to say?
Mr Johnson: No, not necessarily. But, anyway, we cannot say that one is better or worse than the other. We respect another culture as we respect our own.
Tom : Yeah, got it.
l) These speakers are discussing two customs What are these two cusstoms
2)Why does Tom think that the kenduri is a strange think?
3) Why would Indonesian people think that think that its a stupid thing
4) When Mr Johnson says: "They might even what does he mean? evaluative? 5) What does it mean when we say that we must not be
6) "East is east and west is west, and the two shall never meet.' What do you understand about this statement
7) When Mr Johnson says: "our own what does he mean
8) What does Tom mean when he says: "Yeah, got it
Tom: These people in the villages are weird.
1. Halloween and Kenduri
2. Because instead of giving the foods directly, they must wait for the prayers to be finished take the food one by one
3. Because they are not used to seeing those kinds of things
4. It means indonesian people might think halloween is a stupid thing.
5. It means we must respect all kinds of custom, whether we think its weird or not
6. It means the two are extremely different things and they could never be the same as each other
7. It means we must respect every culture just as we respect our own culture
8. It means he understands now that every culture have to be respected whether it looked weird or not