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Contoh I
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.
The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.
Contoh II
Michael Phelps is an American swimmer. He was born in Baltimore on 30th June, 1985. He is 6 ft, 4 inches tall. He weighs 195 pounds. Those make physique ideal for a swimmer – tall – broad shoulder and narrow hips.
He was the greatest swimmer in the 2008 Olympic game Beijing. He had an ultimate goal – to break 7 gold medals held by Mark Apitz since 1972, and he did it. He got 8 medals in Beijing. Although many people were skeptical that it could be done, he proved them wrong.
Phelp’s recent accomplishment will make him the world’s richest professional swimmer with the salary estimated 5 million dollars a years.