Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Mobile phones & driving

Using the mobile phones these days is very important but there are some rules to follow that make it safe because it causes a lot of accidents.

There are good sides and bad sides for any idea. Using the mobile phone in the car is very important for example when someone travels for a long time from are place to another and has no one with him that will be dangerous for him because if anything happens to the car on the road no one can help him and that’s why the phone is important when driving . Similarly if you are in the city and you are stuck in a traffic jam and you have a meeting you can call your secretary to delay it.

These days people use the mobile in the car without any benefit because you can use the phone after you arrive at your place or stop on the road shoulder and talk. Some people use the mobile to kill the time and make the journey short but that makes more problems than benefits.

In fact, using the mobile phone in the car is necessary sometimes That’s in an emergency but I think that it must be banned because everyone will use it without any emergency and if you have an important case you can stop and talk.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Traffic congestion and parking problem in AD

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE, and it has a problem in traffic congestion and parking. I will explain the causes and the solutions of this problem.

The main cause is the population has increased. This is the first cause for traffic and parking problems. Not all people have a car, but in Abu Dhabi every home has more than one car. The second cause is economic development. There are more commercial vehicles .Also, the weather in summer is not helping people to use the cycles for transport. Finally, parking is the big cause of traffic congestion. There are not enough parking spaces for people to park their cars.

On the other hand, the solutions for these problems are as follows. Make sure each building has adequate parking. Each apartment should have parking. Also, improving public transport will help the government to solve the problem. For example increase the number of buses or build a metro to decrease the number of car users. One solution is to raise the age of license holders. In Abu Dhabi most accidents involve young people aged 18 to 24. Finally, the last solution is to improve the existing road system. Like build more bridges, overpasses and underpasses.

In conclusion, the main problem is the parking. And the best solution is to build the parking buildings. Also, improve the public transport like raise the number of buses and build a metro, but I think a metro will cost more and buses are the best idea to solvethe problems.

Age of marriage

The bar chart shows the decrease in the percentage of women aged 15-19 who are married, in 6 Arab countries, over 3-4 decades. The table shows the first age of marriage in 12 Arab countries plus Turkey and Iran.

The most dramatic feature of the bar chart concerns the UAE, where the percentage of 15-19 year old married women plummeted from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995. Other massive drops were in Libya, from 40% in 1973 to 1% in 1995 and Kuwait, from 38% in 1970 to 5% in 1996. Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine registered less dramatic falls. The age of first marriage, in the table, showed a range from mid- to late-20s for men and from low- to mid-20s for women.

The outstanding feature of the bar graph is the Palestine because the fallen was 3% in rate from 1967 to 2004. In the table, men and women didn’t married before age 20.5 in all countries.

Hurricanes & Tornadoes

Natural life contains a lot of things that could be dangerous or beneficial for living creatures. For example hurricanes and tornadoes have the similarities and differences in their characteristics.

For starters, hurricanes are speedier than tornadoes. The minimum speed for a hurricane is 74 mph and the maximum speed between 155-200 mph; however for a tornado the minimum speed is 40 mph and the maximum speed between 250-300 mph. The duration for the hurricane is one week average, while, for a tornado it lasts mostly a few minutes, and some up to a few hours. The width of a hurricane is 300 miles, whereas that of a tornado is about 100-600 meters. The hurricane starts over warm oceans, but the tornado usually over land.

In conclusion, hurricanes are more dangerous than tornadoes because of their duration and width and they can cause a lot of damage.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

People at College

A professor is a teacher of the highest rank in a university.

I used to be a lecturer in a college of education.

Hedley is our English teacher.

We are all students at ADMC.

Lorraine used to be our supervisor but Roger is now.

A careers advisor/counsellor will help students to choose a job.

Dr Simon Jones is the ADMC Director.

Librarians used to concern themselves mostly with books but nowadays libraries are multi-media centres.

Tutors give tutorials which are lessons for individuals or small groups.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Around the college

We are all students at Abu Dhabi Men's College.

We have to be in the classroom on time.

Physics and chemistry lessons take place in a laboratory.

There are no healthy food outlets in our canteen/cafeteria.

I read books and magazines and also do IELTS practice in our college library, which is large and well-stocked.

Student services organise activities for us.

The academic office performs many administrative tasks, such as issuing ID cards and arranging exam schedules.

There is a special learning centre in our library, called the Active Learning Zone, to provide students with extra help with their English.

Conferences and large meetings are often held in the college auditorium, which is also where we do our progress tests.

Colours

The red traffic light means stop.

All the local men wear white dishdashas.

Sheikh Zayed wanted to change the UAE from a desert to a green paradise.

In the fall/autumn all the leaves are brown.

He gave her a black look.

There were grey clouds in the sky and it looked like it was going to rain.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you.

Orange juice is full of vitamin C.

Egg yolks and lemons are yellow.

Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

She chose beige coloured furniture.

She was wearing a purple dress

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Car specifications

This table shows us the specifications of four leading car models. In this essay I will describe the four cars.

There are four cars competing to be the best cars and these cars are the Toyota Corolla, the VolksWagen Golf, the Ford Focus and the Nissan Micra. The Toyota Corolla has 1400cc engine size and it uses 1 gallon for 48miles and it’s made in Japan and it costs $15,550. The Ford Focus challenges the Corolla and it has 1400cc engine size and it uses 1 gallon for 50miles but the price is more than the Corolla by $250. The smallest engine was for the Nissan Micra with 1200cc engine size and it uses 1 gallon for 52miles and it’s the cheapest car at $15,500 The Micra is made in Japan. The most powerful car is the VolksWagen Golf because of its engine size, 1600cc, and it uses 1 gallon for 40miles but it’s the most expensive car between them at $18,250 and it’s made in Germany.

As we can see from this information the best car in my opinion is the Corolla because its medium in everything and it doesn’t use a lot of petrol.

Date producing countries in 2001

The bar chart shows the top ten date-producing countries and their annual production in tonnes in 2001. Ten countries are compete to have the first producer.

First, Egypt was responsible for the lion's share of production, with over a million tonnes, but Iran was a close second, with almost 0.9 million. Following them came the UAE and Saudi Arabia, rivalling each other with about 740,000 tonnes each. Pakistan and Iraq, with outputs of approximately 630,000, were not far behind. The rest of the nations, however, were far less productive. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes and Oman around quarter of a million. In contrast, the harvests in Libya and Sudan were far less plentiful, yielding under 0.2 million each.

As we can see, the best producer was Egypt with a big different from the other countries and the smallest output was Libya.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Budget of the U.K in 1996

The pie chart shows how much money the U.K. government spent on various categories in 1996.

In this chart we can see the division of the money from the government of the U.K. The biggest part of the total budget was for social security with £100 billion. Health and personal social services came after the social security and they spent on it £53 billion. Next they spent the budget on many things like they spent £38 billion on education and £25 billion on the debt interest, then £23 billion on the other expenditure. After that they spent £22 billion on the defence and this is the last big number because there are four categories which took less than £20 billion. They were law and order, £17 billion, industry, agriculture and employment, £13 billion and the last two categories were the transport, housing, heritage and environment with £9 billion and £15 billion respectively.

As we can see from this chart there are some details that attract your attention: the social security has the biggest part of the budget and this is giving benefits to the people.