Monday, March 28, 2011

Chapter 2, Part 2


Syndrome-أعراض-( A part of actions, events, attitude that are typical of a particular condition).
Symptom-عرض (sign of illness).
Sore throat-احتقان في الحلق ( Pain in throat)
Respiratory-تنفسي (breathing)
Mysteriously-في ظروف غامضة( Strange)
Expert-خبير( A person who has special skills or knowledge)
Investigate-التحقيق
Smog- الدخاني الضباب
Chemical-الكيميائية
Bacteria-بكتيريا
Toxic: سام (Poisonous)
Ventilation: تهوية
Aeronaut: (A traveller in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft): الملاح الجوي
Scientist: عالم

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Exercise-2


Match the words with their meanings. Write the letters on the lines.

a. countries with less advanced industries
b. in fact
c. bad traffic
d. rich
e. get worse
f. travel between work and home
g. find an answer
h. public buses and trains
i. fruits and vegetables
j. go down

1 ____________ worsen
2 ____________ affluent
3 ____________ mass transit
4 ___________ decrease
5 ___________ solve
6 ___________ produce
7 ___________ developing countries
8 ___________ commute
9 ___________ gridlock
10 __________ actually

Friday, March 11, 2011

Exercise-1


Vocabulary 1
Write the missing words in the blanks. Choose from these words.
afford

discipline
egalitarian

identical
primary

rural      
statistic

status


1.       In some countries, a university degree is a sign of_____________ . In other countries it's extremely usual.

2.      Many students in the United States cannot ________________  to go to private universities because they are so expensive.

3.       John's seven-year-old son attends  ____________ school.


4.       In many  ____________________ areas, children don't go to high school because they have to help with the farm work.

5.      In many schools in the United States, teachers spend more time dealing with ____________ problems than they do teaching.


6.      An interesting  _________________ shows that 88  percent of all students in Japan finish high school.

7.    In universities in the United States, students choose a lot of elective classes, so no two courses of study are  _________________________.


8.    While public schools in the United States are supposedly  ________________, studies show that schools in poor areas are actually much worse than schools in rich areas.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Vocabulary: Chapter 1

Aspect - Characteristics - جانب
Constitution - Law - الدستور
Contrasts - Variation - التناقضات
Discipline - Organize -انضباط
Indigenous people - Original people - السكان الأصليين
Native people - Aborigines - الناس الأصلية

Primary School - Where basic education is given - المدرسة
Secondary School - Where s.e is given - الثانوية المدرسة

Statistics - Data - إحصاءات
Status - Condition - حالة
Tuition - Fees - للتعليملمال

Values - To give importance - القيم
Prestige - Honor - هيبة

Achieve - Earn - تحقيق
Afford - Maintain - تحمل
Determines - Decides - يحدد
Reflects - Showing picture - يعكس
Value - Showing importance - القيمة/ أهمية عرض

Compulsory - Must - إلزامي
Egalitarian - Equal - متساو
Entire - Whole - كامل
Identical - Similar - مطابق
Isolated - Alone - معزول
Rural - Village - الريفية
Universal - acceptable to all - عالمي
Vocational - Job training - المهني
On the one hand - From on point of view - ناحية من
On the other hand - From another point of view - أخرى ناحية

Vocabulary: Chapter 2


العملية الزراعية- agricultural operation
المحاصيل  – crops
البلدان النامية – developing countries
التلوث -  pollution
الأولويات – priorities
إنتاج – produce
حل – solve
ثراء – affluent
خلاق – creative
بكفاءة – efficiently
نمو – growth
بل  - however
جرىمة – crime
كابوس – nightmare
عمدة – mayor
متوسط – average
نوعية الحياة– quality of life
النقل الجماعي – mass transit
تطوع – volunteer
التمارين – exercises
في حقيقة – actually
لتوفير - to provide
اصطناعي – synthetic
قالب – mold
قريد – tile
احتقان في الحلق – sore throat
ورق جدران – wallpaper