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Diskusi merupakan suatu kegiatan yang sering kita lakukan, bahkan terkadang tidak kita sadari. ketika kita duduk bersama teman dan membicarakan suatu jalan keluar dari masalah yang kita hadapi, hal tersebut sudah dapat kita sebut sebagai diskusi. Diskusi menjadi suatu kegiatan yang sangat sering di lombakan baik pada tingkat SMP hingga SMA, sehingga tidak jarang bila bentuk teks dalam diskusi juga di pelajari.

Berbicara mengenai teks diskusi, pada kesempatan kali ini kita akan membahas materi mengenai discussion text dalam bahasa inggris. Berikut selengkapnya.

Dalam bahasa Inggris, Discussion is the action of process and talking about something, typically in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas. Dengan kata lain Diskusi merupakan suatu kegiatan atau proses membicarakan sesuatu untuk menemukan tujuan dari percakapan dengan cara menukarkan ide. Lalu bagaimana dengan discussion text?

Discussion text merupakan sebuah teks diskusi yang memaparkan diskusi dari suatu tema yag telah diangakat menjadi bahan diskusi. Dari teks tersebut kita dapat melihat apa yang di perdebatkan dalam debat tersebut.

The great tobacco debate has been going on for years. Ever since it was determined that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, along with a host of other diseases, non-smokers have been railing against the evils of cigarettes, while many smokers have clung to their tobacco like a miser with his last penny. But the question is, are the smokers right? Are there indeed advantages to tobacco use?

Peer group acceptance if peers smoke
Effective weight loss aid
Performance enhancement in tasks requiring
concentration
Stress relief
Some smokers truly enjoy the taste

There are issues with most of these perceived advantages. If a smoker attempts to change peer groups, they could find smoking to be a barrier to acceptance. The performance enhancement is minimal after the first few cigarettes a smoker has in their lifetime; from that point on, it is just a perception of enhancement based on the memory of those initial cigarettes. Weight loss and stress relief could be as effectively obtained by other, healthier means. Therefore the only valid advantage is if a smoker really enjoys the taste, but one has to wonder if they don’t enjoy the taste of the cigarette merely because they cannot taste anything else.

The disadvantages to smoking are far more numerous, and much harder to argue against, a sampling of them include:

Death from disease caused by smoking
Diseases (even if they don’t cause death)
Lung Cancer
Throat Cancer
Mouth Cancer
Many other types of cancer have also been linked to tobacco use
Emphysema
COPD
Asthma
Decreased lung function
Advanced signs of aging
Cost of cigarettes, applicable taxes and paraphernalia such as lighters
Decreased acceptance by non-smoking peers
The lingering odor of smoke on body and clothing
Lowered ability to exercise due to inability to breathe
Cost of stop-smoking aids when the decision to quit is made

It is clear that the disadvantages of smoking far outweigh any perceived advantages. While there is a cost associated with quitting, over time the damage smoking had done to the body can reverse itself if a person ceases tobacco use. This puts that cost into perspective, especially when compared to the thousands of dollars spent every year on smoking. With all the disadvantages to continued smoking and no real advantages to it, isn’t it time you saved your health and your money by putting in the effort to become tobacco-free?