Sunday 30 May 2010

Final presentation

The introduction was clear enough.
I used a note paper and I read from it some points. I think the eye contact was good enough but I was a little nervous.
The slides were colorful, clear and with images; I think the words in each slide were good and sufficient.
Content: I explained the causes and the problems and I think I had explained some important solutions.
Language: I used simple words to make it easy to understand.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

20 words

# Word (N, v, adj, adv, prep, etc.) definition: 2-5 words Sentences
1 alternative
N A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities
I had two alternative choices in my major
2 circumstance
N That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. circumstances of the lesson was good
3 comment
V A spoken remark
I wrote very good comments to my teachers in the evaluations.
4 access
N A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
i can access level 2 by having more courses
5 constrain
V to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
in army , generals constrain their soldiers
6 annual
ADJ Happening once every year
the total annual salary of some players are above 4 millions
7 apparent
ADJ Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
the traffic in the street is apparent
8 Attitude
N position of the body or way of carrying oneself
Many people have to change their attitude in order to be successful in their lives.
9 Civil
ADJ Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. working in civil places is very good for some people
10 commit
V To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign.
I commit my parents to do well in my studies
11 convene
V To come together; to meet; to unite
I convene my friends to come to the college
12 emphasis
N Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
He paused for emphasis before saying who had won
13 interact
N A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. there was an interact in the meeting yesterday
14 philosophy
V An academic discipline that is often divided into five major branches: logic; metaphysics; epistemology; ethics; and aesthetics
I hate listening to philosophies
15 shift
V To change, swap
in the hotel there are shifts between day and night
16
justify
V To provide an acceptable explanation for
How can you justify spending so much money on clothes
17 ensure
V To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition to ensure that you are healthy , check with the doctor
18 error
V A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately When you put wrong commands in the calculator, usually you get an error.
19 concentrate
V To bring to, or direct toward, a common centre; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force to concentrate rays of light into a focus
20 ethnic
ADJ Of or related to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins
There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands

* http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/vocab/index.htm

Saturday 27 February 2010

Meeting report

Aims of the meeting
The meeting was called to discuss the problem of parking at ADMC. Our goal is to find the best solution to make the parking big enough for the number of the students’ cars. We had the best solution which is to build a parking building for students besides the F-block parking.

Minutes of the meeting

Date: 23-2-2010
Time: 1:00 pm.
Place: F52.
In attendance: Saif Al Khaili, Salem Al Mazrouei, Faisal Al Dhaheri Ahmed Al Mansoori .
Agenda:
1-Discuss the problem of college parking.
2-Finding solution for traffic congestion in parking lot.
3-Discuss the solutions.
4-Agree with the best solution.
Saif called the meeting to order at 2 pm. The first item declared was:
1- Saif says that we have to expand the parking space because we have around 750 parking spaces and students are around 2125 so the students are more than the parking spaces.
2- Faisal agrees with it but he has a better solution which is having the same number of parking spaces as the number of students.
3- Salem says that they should build a parking building.
4- We all agree with Salem because it’s the best solution and we have enough space for the building beside the F-block parking.
Saif asked if there was AOB; he then closed the meeting at 1:30 p.m.

Reflection:

I the chairman led the meeting well, as well as the secretary who is Faisal Saif and the participant who is Salem Hassan who discussed the agenda well and Faisal who wrote the minutes specifically about how to improve the HCT in many ways and we all discussed them one by one. We learned how to stick to the topic and not go further in the discussion about things not on the agenda. So if we run another meeting we will be good at it.

Saturday 6 February 2010

Classmate Introduction

Hi, my name is Saif. Today I’d like to introduce our classmate Rashid. I’m going to tell you about his hometown, family, and favorite activities. Rashid was born in Abu Dhabi. However, he now lives in Karama, Abu Dhabi. He has 3 brothers and sisters. When Rashid has free time he logs in to facebook and he also enjoys riding motor cycles.

Rashid’s ambition is to be minister, perhaps minister of petroleum. His best vacation was in Sweihan. He went there with his family two weeks ago. He has been to Sweihan many times because he has a ranch. He thinks the best things about the ADMC are the people, because they are very polite and helpful. And the worst thing about the ADMC is the projects, because all the courses want projects.

Now you know a little bit about Rashid Al Menhali, his family and leisure activities.

Saturday 26 December 2009

Water shortage pollution

Nowadays water pollution is one of the major problems in our life. Many people think about how they will get safe water to drink. Many people don’t have enough water to clean their stuff or to give their plants clean water. This problem is not only about safe water but we have now another big problem which is water shortage. It is a horrible thing to think about the world without water because it’s impossible for us to live without water so the two problems are very important.

There are more than 2 million people per year who died from the diseases in the water and the human body consists of 70 per cent of water (Flow). In addition besides using water for drinking they use it also to have a shower (Flow). Do not forget that a large number of children, which is close to 1.8 million die each year because of the lack of water and health expenses (Kowalski). There are many countries who complain of water shortages and pollution.In the table we have been given of the ratio of water use, agriculture accounted for 70 per cent, industry attributed 20 per cent and the human consumption get 10 per cent. The World Bank is responsible for government, environment, education, health. In the USA they use atrazin which is a weed killer and they use it for the plants, However, it has some bad effects and some of these effects are cancer and poisoning the people. New Mexico has 10 years water left and California has 20 years and 3 out of 4 Americans drink bottled water. The Nestle company is pumping the water out in the time of drought and for example. Nestle is pumping water out in the drought period to maintain the stock of waters. Another example is Bolivia where they drink water with blood because of slaughter houses. Although in South Africa they have problems with the water from the river because they have germs in it. The local people can’t buy the tablet because the standard of living is low (Flow).

We must know that many of the reasons that affect water pollution and shortages are due to global warming. This warming is caused by high temperatures in mountain areas. And climate change has a major impact on water resources and also causes drought in many cases (Kowalski). Scientists say that there are many countries which use a large proportion of water in agriculture and this leads to water shortages and scarcity. There is pollution of fresh water through the use of pesticides on farms, waste, poor sanitation equipment and industrial installations.

To repair water networks is therefore one of the simplest solutions. Reduce excessive water to crops through the use of drip irrigation. Focus on watershed management.and the use of technology to provide water and sanitation for all. Attempt to collect the largest amount of money to resolve the global water crisis (Kowalski).

In my opinion the best solution for this problem is to preserve the water and store it properly. Because this helps to conserve water and reduce contamination.










Bibliography:

Kowalski, Kathiann. "Beyond thirst: the global water crisis." Faces: People, Places, and Cultures Apr. 2009: P84. Student Resource Centre Gold. Web. 22 Dec. 2009. .

"Problems: WATER SHORTAGES." Web of creation. Web. 22 Dec. 2009. .

FLOW, For Love of Water. Dir. Steven Starr. The Group Entertainment, 2008. DVD.

Wednesday 16 December 2009

50 words

1.Achievement, noun, something difficult you succeed in doing.
Studying in HCT is a great achievement.

2. Advertisement, noun, a notice or display advertising something. I like the advertisement in the newspaper.4. Appearance, noun, act of coming into view; impression, semblance.
My brother likes the appearance of the weather.

3. Aspect, noun, point of view, facet; appearance, outlook; direction; action of a verb without relating to its time.
The photographer takes pictures in every aspect.

4. Audience, noun, point of view, facet; appearance, outlook; direction; action of a verb without relating to its time.
The audience was listening to the music.

5. According: verb (used without object) . to be in agreement or harmony; agree.

Afraid: Feeling fear; filled with apprehension: afraid to go.

*The main reason for people to not get a driver’s license it’s because they are afraid of driving. (adjective )

6. Almost: Very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books.

* It was almost morning when I finished studying for the exam. (adverb )

7. Amount: The sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.

*The amount of the water in the human’s blood is more than 50%. (noun )

8. Apartment: A room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.

*It’s not easy to get an apartment in Abu Dhabi that is not very expensive. (noun )

9. Aspect: Appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country.

10. Ambulance (noun): a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usually to a hospital.

11. Benefit: Something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.

12. Beautiful: Having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.

13. Believe (verb): to suppose or assume; understand.

14. Before, preposition, previous to; earlier or sooner than, ahead of; in the future of; awaiting.

15. Because:conjunction, for the reason that; due to the fact.

16. Bullying, verb, intimidate or persecute (someone weaker).

17. Buddha, noun, (born Siddhartha Gautama) Nepali religious leader and the founder of Buddhism (c.563-c.483 BC); spiritual teacher; person who has reached full enlightenment.

18. Beneficial (adjective): having a good effect. Eating carefully and doing exercise are good for your health.

19. Career, noun, profession; fast run, gallop.

20. Committed, verb, perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act).

21. Competition, noun, rivalry, act of competing against another; contest.

22. Convenient, adjective, serviceable; comfortable; useful.

23. Change: verb, to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.

24. Culture:noun, the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture.

25. Control:noun. the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command.

26. Customs, noun, duties, taxes; official procedure of inspecting merchandise and interrogating people coming into a country; location or place where this is carried out.

27. Choice: An act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.

28. Correct: To set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation.

29. Culture: The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

30. Capable (adjective): having the qualities or ability needed to do something.

31. Disappointment, noun, state of not have expectation fulfilled.
This day's business has disappointment selling products.

32. Dormitory, noun, living quarters for residents of an institution (i.e. university, etc.).

33. Dramatically, adverb, in a dramatic manner, in a theatrical manner.

34. Different: adjective, not alike in character or quality; differing; dissimilar: The two are different.

35. Disappointment, noun, state of not have expectation fulfilled.
This day's business has disappointment selling products.

36. Dormitory, noun, living quarters for residents of an institution (i.e. university, etc.).

37. Disappear, verb, go out of sight; become extinct, cease to exist.
Suddenly, the thief disappeared.

38. Difficult: adjective . not easily or readily done.

39. Describe: To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account

40. Degree: Any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.

41. Department: A distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.

42. Expatriate (noun): someone who lives in a foreign country. My friend is expatriate.

43. Eliminate (verb): to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted.

44. Experience (noun): the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something.

45. Follow: verb, to come after in sequence.

46. Family: noun . parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.

47. Future: Time that is to be or come hereafter.

48. Foreigner (noun): someone who comes from a different country.

49. Machine: noun . an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.

50. Noise: Sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind.

Saturday 31 October 2009

Bugatti and Porsche 911 Turbo

Most people nowadays like to drive cars. There are several famous companies that produce cars such as Bugatti, Porsche and Nissan. Cars are known everywhere in the world. A long time ago people used to go from one place to another by walking but today everything has changed. In my essay I am going to write about important similarities and differences between the Bugatti and Porsche 911 Turbo cars.

The first similarity is that both cars are famous cars. Those two cars are ranked top cars and are designed as fashionable cars. Another similarity is that both cars are expensive. This means many people cannot afford those cars. The Bugatti costs $1.6 million while the Porsche 911 Turbo costs $137,360 to 140,780. The last similarity is that both cars are made in Europe. The Veyron and the Porsche 911 Turbo are made in Germany.Although there are similarities between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo, there are also differences. (http://www.rsportscars.com/bugatti).

The first difference is that the Bugatti top speed is much faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo. This means the top speed of the Bugatti can reach 253 mph while the Porsche 911 Turbo can only reach 192mph. Another difference is that Bugatti's horse power is much more powerful as opposed to the Porsche 911 Turbo which is the weaker. The Bugatti's horse power is 1001 hp while the Porsche 911 Turbo is only 180 hp. The final difference is that the Bugatti weight is more than the Porsche 911 turbo. The weight of the Bugatti is 5000 lbs but Porsche 911 turbo weighs 3650 to 370 lbs.(http://www.porsche.com/)

In my opinion, I like the Bugatti car because it's the fastest and most expensive car. In addition the Bugatti car has higher features of horse power, weight and top speed. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron.


Reference:


http://www.porsche.com/

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

http://www.rsportscars.com/bugatti.