Vocabulary log
10 words:
1. accommodation, noun, a residence, a place where you live.
My accommodation in Doha was a villa, but here in Abu Dhabi it is a flat.
2. achievement, noun, something difficult you succeed in doing.
Putting a man on the moon in 1969 was a great achievement for NASA.
3. ambulance, noun, a vehicle used to take a sick or injured person to hospital.
There was a major crash involving several vehicles on the Sheikh Zayed Road and several ambulances were called to the scene.
4. attract, verb, to draw by appealing to the emotions or senses, by stimulating interest, or by exciting admiration; allure; invite: to attract attention; to attract admirers by one's charm.
The first F1 race in Abu Dhabi attracted a huge crowd of spectators to Yas Island.
5. Australia, proper noun, a large country in the southern hemisphere.
I have visited Australia twice and seen some very large crocodiles in Northern Territory.
6. available, adjective, accessible, usable, handy, buyable.
Many 4-WD vehicles are available in the U.A.E.
7. beautiful, adjective, lovely, pretty, gorgeous, attractive, fine.
She's wearing a beautiful gown.
8. because, conjunction, for the reason that; due to the fact that.
He was absent from class because he was sick.
9. before, preposition, previous to; earlier or sooner than, ahead of; in the future of; awaiting.
Phone me before noon.
10. believe, verb, to think that something is true;to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
I didn't believe her story.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Squash racquets
Sullivan, Bob. "Khan the Conqueror." Sports Illustrated V.6 06 May 1985: 69.
"Squash Rackets." Time 29 Feb. 1932: 39. Print.
"What a racket (differences among tennis, squash, badminton & racquetball rackets)" Sports Illustrated for Kids V.7 N.4 Apr. 1995: 13. Print.
"Squash Rackets." Time 29 Feb. 1932: 39. Print.
"What a racket (differences among tennis, squash, badminton & racquetball rackets)" Sports Illustrated for Kids V.7 N.4 Apr. 1995: 13. Print.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Referencing questions
Part 1 – Referencing Questions
Watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.
1. What is plagiarism?
Copying or cheating by pretending someone else's work is your own.
2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?
Credit the resources you've consulted.
3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?
MLA.
4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author's name; title; place published; publisher; date.
5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?
Author's name.
6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?
Title of article.
7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?
Page nos.
8. What is the third item of information when referencing a website?
Name of website.
9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?
URL.
10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?
Magazine name.
11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?
The date you accessed it.
12. Where is the bibliography?
At the end.
13. What is in the bibliography?
All the resources you've accessed.
14. When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?
Family name.
15. How do you order items in the bibliography?
Alphabetically.
16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?
Reported speech.
17. What information goes in an inline citation?
Author's name, date/page nos.
18. Name one citation machine that can help you?
Easybib.com
19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
College librarians.
20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.
Immediate dismissal from HCT.
Possible topics:
car accidents
smoking
obesity
aircraft safety
divorce
adult literacy
species extinctionPart 2 – Sample Bibliography
Choose topic that interests you.
Topic:
Using the ADM library catalogue
Go to http://library.hct.ac.ae/
Click Databases and ebooks
Perform the same search with the data bases Student Resource Center – Gold
List three sources that might be useful.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Use Easybib to create a bibliography from the sources above.
Watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.
1. What is plagiarism?
Copying or cheating by pretending someone else's work is your own.
2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?
Credit the resources you've consulted.
3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?
MLA.
4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author's name; title; place published; publisher; date.
5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?
Author's name.
6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?
Title of article.
7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?
Page nos.
8. What is the third item of information when referencing a website?
Name of website.
9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?
URL.
10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?
Magazine name.
11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?
The date you accessed it.
12. Where is the bibliography?
At the end.
13. What is in the bibliography?
All the resources you've accessed.
14. When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?
Family name.
15. How do you order items in the bibliography?
Alphabetically.
16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?
Reported speech.
17. What information goes in an inline citation?
Author's name, date/page nos.
18. Name one citation machine that can help you?
Easybib.com
19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
College librarians.
20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.
Immediate dismissal from HCT.
Possible topics:
car accidents
smoking
obesity
aircraft safety
divorce
adult literacy
species extinctionPart 2 – Sample Bibliography
Choose topic that interests you.
Topic:
Using the ADM library catalogue
Go to http://library.hct.ac.ae/
Click Databases and ebooks
Perform the same search with the data bases Student Resource Center – Gold
List three sources that might be useful.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Use Easybib to create a bibliography from the sources above.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Easybib
Bibliography:
Kharma, Nayef, and Ali Hajjaj. Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis and Remedy. Essex: Longman, 1989. 137-142.
(1) Who did the original research? Kharma, Nayef & Ali Hajjaj
(2) What was the name of the book? Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis & Remedy
(3) Who was the publisher? Longman
(4) What pages were used? 137-142
(5) Where was the book published? Essex
(6) When was the book published? 1989
Created by easybib.com:
Kharma, Nayef, and Ali Hajjaj. Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis & Remedy. Essex: Longman, 1989.
The 3 conditionals:
1. If he works hard he will pass.
2. If he worked hard he would pass.
3. If he had worked hard he would have passed.
1 = ist conditional, simple present + will. Meaning: probable.
2= 2nd conditional, simple past + would. Meaning: possible.
3= 3rd conditional, past perfect. Meaning: impossible, i.e. he's already failed.
1 & 2 refer to the future.
3 refers to the past.
Kharma, Nayef, and Ali Hajjaj. Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis and Remedy. Essex: Longman, 1989. 137-142.
(1) Who did the original research? Kharma, Nayef & Ali Hajjaj
(2) What was the name of the book? Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis & Remedy
(3) Who was the publisher? Longman
(4) What pages were used? 137-142
(5) Where was the book published? Essex
(6) When was the book published? 1989
Created by easybib.com:
Kharma, Nayef, and Ali Hajjaj. Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers: Analysis & Remedy. Essex: Longman, 1989.
The 3 conditionals:
1. If he works hard he will pass.
2. If he worked hard he would pass.
3. If he had worked hard he would have passed.
1 = ist conditional, simple present + will. Meaning: probable.
2= 2nd conditional, simple past + would. Meaning: possible.
3= 3rd conditional, past perfect. Meaning: impossible, i.e. he's already failed.
1 & 2 refer to the future.
3 refers to the past.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Libya's Great Man-Made River Project
The Eighth Wonder of the World
Summary:
This article by John Watson (18.03.2006) describes the Great Man-Made River Project in Libya. Libya is a mainly desert country and finding a supply of fresh, clean water has become a government priority, made more pressing by increased industrialization.
Oil exploration in the 1950s revealed vast aquifers beneath Libya’s southern desert. How to get this fossil water to the two main cities, Benghazi and Tripoli, where most Libyans live? Libya had oil money to pay for pipelines to transport the water but needed the engineering expertise of foreign companies to implement the scheme. Phase 1, started in 1993, brought water from eastern well-fields to Benghazi. In 1996 phase 2, bringing water from western wells to Tripoli was completed. Phase 3 was still under construction in 2006.
The Brega cylinder pipe factory manufactures the 4m-diameter pipes which transport the water from the desert to the coast. The pipes are designed to last 50 years and now most of the manufacturing is done by Libyans. With water now available in coastal cities, the Libyan government is beginning to use water for agriculture. It is uncertain whether this will succeed, partly because no-one knows how long the water will last.
197 words
The main idea:
Summary:
This article by John Watson (18.03.2006) describes the Great Man-Made River Project in Libya. Libya is a mainly desert country and finding a supply of fresh, clean water has become a government priority, made more pressing by increased industrialization.
Oil exploration in the 1950s revealed vast aquifers beneath Libya’s southern desert. How to get this fossil water to the two main cities, Benghazi and Tripoli, where most Libyans live? Libya had oil money to pay for pipelines to transport the water but needed the engineering expertise of foreign companies to implement the scheme. Phase 1, started in 1993, brought water from eastern well-fields to Benghazi. In 1996 phase 2, bringing water from western wells to Tripoli was completed. Phase 3 was still under construction in 2006.
The Brega cylinder pipe factory manufactures the 4m-diameter pipes which transport the water from the desert to the coast. The pipes are designed to last 50 years and now most of the manufacturing is done by Libyans. With water now available in coastal cities, the Libyan government is beginning to use water for agriculture. It is uncertain whether this will succeed, partly because no-one knows how long the water will last.
197 words
The main idea:
The main idea of the article is to explain how Libya implemented a plan to transport water from underground aquifers in the desert to the large coastal cities where most Libyans live. The project has been successful and, now that the large cities like Tripoli and Benghazi are supplied with fresh tap water, the Libyans are hoping to introduce irrigation schemes to develop agriculture,
Opinion:
I think it’s a particularly relevant article for people living in desert countries such as the UAE. It would be interesting to find out if this country has underground aquifers which could be utilized in a similar way. Like Libya, the UAE has the wealth from its massive oil reserves to fund a similar project, should it be feasible.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Junk Food
Junk food
Is this what you call junk food?
The British government wants to encourage children to abandon junk food and adopt healthier eating habits. Junk food is generally seen as any food high in fat, salt or sugar. But what exactly is junk food?
Some highly-respected and fashionable haute cuisine dishes are in fact more fatty than foods like McDonald’s notorious burgers and fries. There are also trendy burger restaurants which are, in reality, serving food which has more calories and fat than junk food outlets.
This false labeling applies not only to the names of food outlets, but also to the food itself. Pate de fois gras and roast potatoes are respectable items in upmarket restaurants but are just as fatty, even fattier, than so-called junk foods like burgers and fries.
The description junk food is thus applied selectively and misleadingly: perhaps we need new and more accurate ways to classify food.
152 words
Is this what you call junk food?
The British government wants to encourage children to abandon junk food and adopt healthier eating habits. Junk food is generally seen as any food high in fat, salt or sugar. But what exactly is junk food?
Some highly-respected and fashionable haute cuisine dishes are in fact more fatty than foods like McDonald’s notorious burgers and fries. There are also trendy burger restaurants which are, in reality, serving food which has more calories and fat than junk food outlets.
This false labeling applies not only to the names of food outlets, but also to the food itself. Pate de fois gras and roast potatoes are respectable items in upmarket restaurants but are just as fatty, even fattier, than so-called junk foods like burgers and fries.
The description junk food is thus applied selectively and misleadingly: perhaps we need new and more accurate ways to classify food.
152 words
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