Monday, May 10, 2010

Raising children to be competitive or cooperative?

As you know the generation gap is often very great and parents need to improve their children’s behavior and performance to fit into the modern world. In this argument, I’m going to discuss about competition and co-operation in the children's life and I will focus more on their study.

Firstly, I’m going to talk about the competition between children as many people like their children to challenge themselves to reach the high goals and grades in school and to obtain a good position. One example is seen when children are playing games; every one of them likes to be the winner like in the adult world or even sibling rivalry between children in families can be seen for the parent’s attention and praise. These reward mechanisms help the child to become ambitious to get more awards in his later life.

However, there are also some people who like their children to be more co-operative in their life and to focus on being a team player. They can study in a group to improve their skills if they are weak in some areas and at the same time they can help others. This sense of social responsibility also allows them to resolve problems easier if they work as one and they can break down any difficult problems.

Finally, in my opinion people have to teach their children to be full competitive and co-operative to be interested in life and success. There are times when both life skills are important such as sports when competitiveness and team work are both required.

words: 256

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Economy vs Environment



In past centuries, people were not worried about the environment in the future and what the risk for humans would be for the natural world. Most people were thinking only to earn money which means developing the economy. In this argument, I’m going to discuss the economy and its effects on the environment.

People started to think of the environment in recent years, and as you know they are earning money from many sources. Cars are produced in factories, causing co2 to be released, at the same time harming the environment. Another example is when people cut trees to build houses or furniture; this also harms the environment. Nowadays, many people are considering that in future CO2 will increase even more because business people will increase the manufacture of those products as the population is growing day by day. Finally all of this will affect the ozone layer and also will cause global warming which could disturb the natural balance, leading to more extreme weather events like the volcanic eruption in Iceland or the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.



Many people argue that their lifestyle is necessary for their daily life. I believe that our needs should not count for more than the environment because it will affect us in the long term. Therefore, we should produce in a way that doesn’t affect the environment as much like, using more public transport like the new metro in Dubai and hybrid cars which use electricity.

Thus it is possible to produce ethically without damaging the environment as much by limiting pollution.
words: 265

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

US farms & farm workers 1910-2000




As you can see the graph is showing the number of farms and farm workers in the USA during the period 1910-2000.

In all years the number of farm workers was always higher than the number of farms. For example in 1940 the number of farms was greater than 6 million; in the same year the number of farm workers was more than the number of farms and the difference was approximately 5.2 million. As the graph shows both of them started to decline in 1930 but the number of farm workers decreased sharply, more than the number of farms. Later on, after 1970 both of them kept on decreasing but gradually. In 1990 the number of farm workers again started increasing very slowly. On the other hand the number of farms stayed at a little more than 2 million.

Finally, as you can see the graph shows that the number of farm workers did not became less than 2 million, nor did the number of farms.

words: 167

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Changing in developing countries



As you can see, the line graph is showing the population of the less developed countries and the more developed countries from 1750 up to 2150; that means the changes over 400 years.

In 1750, as you can see, the line graph is showing that both of them, which are the less developed countries and the more developed countries, are less than half a billion and the lowest mark of developing countries. After that both of them start rising gradually which is the less developed countries register almost half a billion but the more developed countries are still less than half a billion. In 1950 the less developed countries dramatically increased and in 2025 they will be nearly 8.4 billion. On the other hand the more developed countries are growing very slowly until 2025 and after they will start to steady. But the less developed countries will continue to rise up to 2150.

Lastly, the increase in less developed countries is very huge and is more than the rich countries.

Words: 170

Monday, April 12, 2010

Mobile phones & driving



There are a lot of statistics which show that the reasons of traffic accidents are caused by the people who are using the mobile phone while driving their vehicles.

Some people argue that having the mobile phone is very necessary in the car. In fact, it’s useful when they face an emergency situation. For example, if you travel to another country by car and suddenly the engine has problem or breakdown, in this case, you need to call someone for help. Also if your child has a problem in the school and his teacher needs to inform you so they can contact you through the mobile phone if you are outside your house.



On the other hand, many people believe that the mobile phone is disturbing the drivers. For instance, if you concentrate with a person on the mobile phone while you are driving, that might cause a very big accident and you can lose yourself and other people’s souls. In 2006, about 619 people died in traffic accidents in the UAE because of using mobile phones while driving in the wrong way. They argue that the driver should park his car in the side of the road so he can receive any call or call anyone to keep him and others safe.

Of course, the mobile phone is a very important tool in our daily life that we cannot dispense with. However we should use this tool in the proper way, so we will prevent ourselves and others from the traffic accidents and our families who are waiting for us to come back home.





words:165

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Traffic congestion and parking problems in Abu Dhabi




Now in these days many countries have traffic congestion and parking problems and the UAE is one of them, mainly Abu Dhabi, so in this essay I’m going to discuss these problems and try to solve them.

One cause of parking and traffic congestion is the increasing population. Another cause is many tourists in Abu Dhabi. They need to transfer from one place to other places, so they need to use taxies. Especially in summer no one can walk, because the temperature is reaching more than 45°C. One more cause is the female and younger drivers, because the females are driving too carefully. On the other hand the younger drivers are driving without caring and with high speed in the town, so this can cause accidents, so it will make traffic congestion. The last cause is the industry/commerce can cause these problems because they are using the port to import and export the cargo and to deliver these things they need cars, vans or trucks.
For every problem there are solutions, so for traffic congestion and parking there are many solutions. One of these is overpasses or underpasses. Also the metro will help to reduce the traffic congestion, because many people will use it to transfer from one place to other especially in the town. Also to reduce traffic parking they need to build underground parking or floors for each tower in the downtown. One more solution for traffic congestion and parking is to relocate government departments / colleges etc. from the down town to site off the island.

To sum up, traffic congestion and parking problems are everywhere in the world but I see that the best solution is to relocate government from the downtown, so it will be helpful to reduce these problems.

words: 295

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Seasons?weather

Winter is the coldest season; In England the winter months are December, January and February.

The summer months in England are June, July and August; these months in the UAE are extremely hot and humid.

Jobs

An architect designs buildings.

A civil servant is a government employee.

A doctor/nurse treats patients in a hospital or clinic.

The students in CJC are all chemical engineers. In Doha, Hedley used to teach chemical, electrical, mechanical and process engineers.

A farmer grows crops and raises animals.

A journalist writes articles for a newspaper.

Lawyers prosecute and defend people on trial in court.

A mechanic repairs vehicles in a garage.

A shop assistant gives you help and advice in a store.

Age of Marriage


We have two graphs which is showing changes in ages of marriage and the age are of first marriage, so in the essay I’m going to choose two countries and write about them, namely the UAE and Kuwait.

The most dramatic feature of the bar graph is the fall in the % of 15-19 years old girls being married from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995 in the UAE. This is confirmed by the chart which tells us that in 2000 the average age of marriage for women in the UAE is 23.1 years. This fall in the number of teenage brides is a similar trend in all 6 Arab countries in the bar graph.

The table shows the age of first marriage in all 14 countries was low to mid 20s for women and mid to high twenties for men.

words:142

Monday, March 1, 2010

Compare and contrast between hurricanes and tornadoes



As you can see this table is showing two things which are hurricanes and tornadoes. Now in this essay I’m going to explain and to write about the differences and the similarities between them.

First of all there are very few similarities between the tornadoes and the hurricanes. One of these similarities is both of them will damage and will coast very high amounts to repair every thing to make it the same as before it hit the towns and villages. One more similarity is neither hurricanes nor tornadoes can be controlled.

There is a lot of differences in this table which are the minimum wind speed of the tornadoes is 40 mph where as a hurricane is minimum wind speed is more than the tornadoe's by 30 mph, but the maximum wind speed of the tornadoes is from 250 to 300 mph while the hurricanes' maximum wind speed is from 155 to 200 mph. One more difference is that the tornadoes can hit for 20 minutes or less but the hurricanes can hit between 2 to 3 days for a wind area but it can usually be predicted more exactly where hurricanes will hit 6-10 hours beforehand.

Finally, as you can see this table is showing a lot of details for the tornadoes and hurricanes.

word: 216

Tuesday, February 23, 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.

Monday, February 22, 2010

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.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Ten countries in the bar chart


As you can see, the bar chart is showing in the horizontal line countries which are producing the dates and the vertical line the shows you the amount of the production in tonnes. This bar chart shows the production of dates in 2001 for 10 countries, so I’m going to explain this bar chart.
In 2001 the biggest producer of dates was Egypt which produced almost 1.1 million of tonnes. Iran was the second which produced less than Egypt by about 200,000 tonnes. Iraq and Pakistan were produced same amount of dates which was 630,000 tonnes. The UAE registed 900,000 tonnes and KSA 550,000 tonnes of dates. Algeria and Sudan produced less than 400,000 tonnes.

Eventually, as you can see, there are ten countries from the world in the bar chart. Three countries of these ten are the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia; the total production of those three was 1,700,000.

world: 151

Monday, February 8, 2010

Comparing between 4 cars


As you can see this table has four different cars. Now in this essay I’m going to write the differences and the similarities about these cars.

The first similarity is the Toyota Corolla and Nissan Micra have the same origin country which is Japan and very close price. The Corolla price is $15,550 and the Nissan Micra price is $15,500. In addition the Ford Focus and the Nissan Micra are the most economical. The Ford Focus can do 50 miles per gallon but the Nissan Micra dose more than it by 2 miles per gallon.

There are a lot of differences between these four cars. One of them is the engine size, the Volkswagen Golf has 1600cc and the Nissan Micra has only 1200cc. The other difference is the Toyota Corolla can do 48 miles per gallon put the Volkswagen Golf does 8 miles less.

To sum up, I prefer to use the Toyota Corolla because, the price is not high and it’s a very economical car, also it has enough engine power.
Words: 173

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The budget of the UK in 1996





The pie chart is showing us about how much the UK government spent in 1996.

As you can see the UK government spent a lot of money on social security which was £100 billion, almost twice the amount on the second which was health and personal social services, £53 billion. In addition the debt interest was nearly half of what was spent on health and personal social services, which was £25 billion. Also if you add defence, other expenditure and transport it will be close to health and personal social services which are the total of £54 billion. However as you can see the UK government spent £40 billion on housing and debt interest which was £25 billion and 15 billion, and if you add law and order which is £17 billion and £13 billion for industry, agriculture and employment, so it will be £40billion which is more than education by £3 billion.

To sum up, in the pie chart the biggest expenditure was on the social security which was almost 32%.

words:172