Nama
: Safira Maharani Subiantoro
Kelas
: 3EB14
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: 26215325
Tugas Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2
A K-Pop Primer for Olympic Listening
The
last time the olympics came to south korea, in 1988, korean pop music was awash
in soft-focus ballads a gentle and demure version of the sounds that were
taking hold elsewhere in the world. This year, the country is hosting the
Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and is greeting it with a vastly evolved
approach to pop music and culture.
South
Korea’s prime export is K-pop, the umbrella term used to describe the ecstatic ,
vibrant, outrageously polished and often hyperreal version of pop music that
dominates the country’s music industry, thanks to entertainment conglomerates
that aggresively recruit and train young talent. The genre is known for
pinpoint precision, flamboyant fashion and smoothed-over borrowings from
America R&B and hip-hop that, taken in total, have amounted to the creation
of a style and sound that’s unmistakable, and without global peer. Along with
K-drama and various other youth-driven pop culture offsprings, it’s become
essential to South Korea’s global image.
K-pop
will reportedly have a limited presence at the olympics opening ceremony on
Friday which will feature performances from Ha Hyun Woo of the indie rock band
guckkasten, Ahn Ji Young of the K-pop duo bollbbalgan4 and jeon in know of the
long-running korean rock band deulgukhwa.
It
will, however, be more prominently featured at the closing ceremony on feb. 25,
with performance by CL, who got her start in the essential girl group 2NE1, and
the boy band EXO. Other Kpop performances-including a reunion of the boy band
2PM - are scheduled for events throughout the games. And last month, the north
korean singer Hyon Song Wol led a delegation of north korean officials to the
south to prepare for the cultural performances that will be a part of the
events.
By Jon Caramanica
Artikel + Tenses :
1. The last time the olympics came to South Korea
in 1988
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2. Korean pop music was awash in soft-focus
ballads
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3. The sounds that were taking hold elsewhere
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(S + was/were + present participle/V-ing)
4. This year, the
country is hosting the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
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Tense (S + am/is/are + present participle/V-ing)
5. The umbrella term used to describe the ecstatic
= Simple Past Tense (S + V-2)
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6. K-pop will reportedly have a
limited presence at the olympics opening ceremony on Friday
= Future Perfect Tense (S
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7. Which will feature performances from Ha Hyun
Woo
= Simple Future Tense (S
+ will + bare infinitive)
8. And
last month, the north korean singer
Hyon Song Wol led a delegation of north korean
= Simple Past Tense (S + V-2)
