Daily Routine ( 5 )

These days in the morning I had many things to do. I woke up early to finish some
work. Also, I helped my father to wash his car, and made breakfast for my family. I enjoyed when I did any things with my father. After that, I read a nice story about a deaf girl I need only one hour to finish it. I like it very much. In the evening, I visited to my sister. Before I visited to her I did some shopping for niece. I love my niece very much. I am the first person who like sleept early in our house.

Different Worlds

Sam is a deaf girl. She doesn’t hear any things in her life. She only read lips of any body. Sam is like any teenager girl because she is in love with Jim.

Idioms ( 3 )

Drop someone a line: write to someone.
"I haven't written to my parents for a long time. I'd better drop them a linetoday or tomorrow."

Drag one's feet: delay; take longer than necessary to do something.
"Joe should have finished his project a week ago. Why is he dragging his feet?"


On time: at the scheduled time.
"It's getting late. You'd better hurry if you want to get to work on time."

Tough: difficult.
"Question number three is a tough one. Do you know the answer?"

Two-faced: deceitful; disloyal; someone who pretends to be a friend but isn't.
"I thought he was my friend, but he's two-faced. He says nice thingsto me when we're together, but makes jokes about me when we aren't.

Hard-headed: stubborn; inflexible; unwilling to change.
"I don't think Julie will change her mind. She's pretty hard-headed."


Have one's hands full: be extremely busy.
A: "Will you be able to help us this afternoon?"B: "I'm afraid not. I'll have my hands full trying to finish my research paper."


Have something down pat: know/understand something completely and thoroughly.
"I know I did well on the test. I had all the material down pat."
Head honcho: person in charge; top boss.
"Dave's the head honcho of the ESL Cafe on the Web."

Hit the books: study.
"I wish I could go to the movies, but I've got to hit the books."

Idioms ( 2 )

Was my face red!: I was very embarrassed.
"When I got to the meeting I noticed that I was wearing one black sockand one brown one. Was my face red!"


wet behind the ears: inexperienced and naive.
"Don't include Fred as part of the bargaining team. He's just startedworking here and is still too wet behind the ears."

What for?: Why?
A: "Come here for a minute. I need you."B: "What for?"

What's up?: What's new? What's happening?
"Hi, Dave. What's up?"

a quick study: someone who learns new things quickly and easily.
A: "Annie seems to be doing well at her new job."B: "I'm not surprised. She's a quick study."

Kind of: rather; more or less; a little.
"I'm feeling kind of hungry. I think I'll make myself a sandwich."



Know something inside out: know/understand something thoroughly.
"If you have a question about grammar, ask Dr. Martin. She knows grammar inside out."

A snap: something that's very easy to do.
A: "Is your job difficult?"B: "No, actually it's a snap. In fact, it's so easy that it's a little bit boring."

Step on it!: Hurry up!
"Step on it! The taxi will be here at any time and you're not even dressed!"


Run-down: (1) not well; weak; fatigued.
"Are you eating regularly and getting enough sleep? You look run-down."

Idioms ( 1 )

As easy as pie: very easy.
"I thought you said this was a difficult problem. It isn't. In fact, it's as easy as pie."

Be a piece of cake: be very easy.
A: "Bob said the test was difficult, but I thought it was a piece of cake."

Be on the road: be traveling.
"You won't be able to contact me tomorrow because I'll be on the road."

Be over: be finished; end.
"I can't see you until around 4 o'clock. My meetings won't be over until then."

Feel blue: feel sad and depressed.
"I'm feeling blue because I haven't had any mail except bills for a long, long time."

Lend someone a hand: help someone.
"I can't do this alone. Can you lend me a hand?"

Lousy: terrible; very bad.
"Why did you speak so rudely to your grandmother? That was a lousy thing to do!"

Call it a day: stop work for the day.
"It's late and you've accomplished a lot. Why don't you call it a day?"
Chow: food.
"How's the chow in the university cafeteria?"

Take it easy: relax.
"I don't have any special vacation plans. I'm just going to take it easy."

Daily Routine ( 4 )

Each morning I ate my breakfast with my family. I went to the college with my father. I need 20 minutes to want to the college, park and enter my classroom by 7:30am. These days, my teacher changed the entire table, because he did not like the group. At 9 am we take park. I get under way and study until 12 o’clock. Then I see my family, and after that, at five o’clock I did my homework. When my family sat to gather, I read the paper or perhaps went shopping. Most often it's a pleasure to work in the kitchen. Most of the time I didn't went out. My life is confined to my study, my family, my books, my drawing.

Daily Routine ( 3 )

Today I start a new habit my morning routine. I love the idea of getting up early and doing things at that kind of time. The key to getting up early is to be tired when you go to bed. Also, I helped my sister to prepare for breakfast. Today I am very sad because my teacher change my place. When I went back home I did not like to see any person, my brother asked me why were you angry, but I did not answer. In addition, I washed my face, and started read the Quran. After that I felt better more and more. The best things that change my mind were drawing. I draw the nice picture. As you see I started with nice idea, whereas my teacher changes all things. I know my teacher is a great teacher, because he likes to change every thing to the nice way.

Project Omega

Charles Hatfield Baker is the third richest men in New York. He has one daughter her name is Julia. All of a sudden disappears. His daughter wants to find him. The Company has bad person who needs money to work. Also, she likes to find her father and extricate his company. In this story Julia learn many things in the short time about her life.

Monday Daily Routine

I know every person has different routine, as you see I have different daily routine. I get up early morning at the Fifth, because my father insists to get up earlier. He said when any parson did that they will be healthy every times. After pray and breakfast I went to the college to study. I like the time for lunch that time all my family sat around the food, like my grandfather’s family in the past. I take two hours for relax and sleep. Also, I did my homework and review everything. In the evening I take with my friend online. In addition, I have a hot shower. In the end I read a short story before I sleep. That was my routine for Monday.

Sunday Daily Routine

I am writing about my daily routine. I hope to enjoy with it. I have to be up by 6am. I usually wake up by 5:40....or earlier. If I wake up before 6am, then I revise my lessons also, I did prayer with my family. After pray, my father insist to eat breakfast, but I did not like to eat early. I had some time to sit with my family before I go to college I am very hope when I speak with my family in the morning. Then I went to the college with my sister I had many things to do such as, read a story, and present my homework. Once I get home from college, I get a snack with my friend. Then it's time for lunch. If I didn't fall asleep on the car on my way home, then I have to take a nap by 2pm. If I fell asleep on the car, then I won't take a nap....and it's not that my mom doesn't try... I just fight it. If I don't take a nap, then I have to go to bed early. Most of my afternoon is either napping or playing with my mom and brother. We usually eat dinner by 8pm, and then we get to take a bath. I love bath time. Bed time is no later than 9pm, though it is most often earlier than that.

Compare The Lifestyle In The UAE Now And 50 Years Ago.

Less than 50 years ago the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was little more than empty desert. Lifestyle in the past was very simple and had some difficult things, like education and job. However, today the UAE is big paradise; it is change faster more than any country.
First of all, in the past people did not had enough education, they only read holy Quran and some information about fishing. The men worked in the farms and see. In addition, it was empty, it rarely unpopulated, except by a few Bedouin tribes and a sprinkling of villages in the more hospitable areas. Also, women stayed at home to care about children and home. Second, the people live their lives according to the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, who lived in the early years. Third, the wedding tradition has down to us from our father and grandfathers a generation after generation so we can't leave it. It is in our blood but there are some changes in this tradition affected by the time like bride preparation in the past it was simple. Another difference between past and now, family of the man and his bride who came to the wedding only.


However, there are many things in Emirates to wonder at - history of this country, high level of all - round development, local traditions and custom, everything you see and hear from all people. As you see the UAE change very faster. It has many schools and colleges. Also, children study many subjects. Furthermore, most families in the UAE live in a big villa. Although, wedding is the most important to take about it. Nowadays, the bride needs more preparation which is make the wedding in these day very difficult so we can see a lot of UAE men doesn't want to get married because the high price of the wedding which come from a lot of factor the main one is the jewelry which also called al dahhab (gold). And a lot of other factors are the party of wedding which we can make it in two places. The first that we can make it in a tent which is coast a lot of money and the second is to make the party in a hotel which is coast a less money than the tent.


All an all, every things can change in the would
But the most important things the person who change that things. The UAE has the great father, he was Sheikh Zayed, may God have mercy on him. He insists to change the difficult things that were desert, because he likes to see his country like paradise.

Key Vocabulary2

1. There is no such things a common Emirati man; each individual has his own character and habits.

2. In that country it is possible for a man to take some time off work when his wife has a new baby. However, many men do not take their full paternity leave because they feel it harms their career.

3. Do not be afraid to express an opinion in class, you do not always have to keep silent and appear to agree with teacher.

4. How can you divorcebetween an Indian elephant and an African elephant? Can you tell me the main difference?

5. The average century (of both sexes, at birth) of the world is 67.2 years (65.0 years for males and 69.5 years for females) for 2005-2010 according to United Nations World Population 2006.

6. Food, clothes, rents, educational courses, transportation are all more expensive these days, and the rate is rising fast.

7. Although I thought my English was excellent, I could not understand what people in the streets of London were saying because they were using a lot of slang. My school in the UAE had taught me only formal ‘text-book’ English.

8. If you get an opportunity to travel, take it. Never miss a chance to broaden your horizons.

9. He spoke for a very long time, but the benefit of what he said was that we should help other people whenever we can.

10. Many people are investing in property these days in the UAE because they hope they will make a big profit when they sell. That is because prices are going up so fast.

Parallel Sentence

Passive Voice

Jokes

1) JACK: "Would you punish me for something I didn't do" TEACHER:" Of course not. ." JACK: "Good, because I haven't done my homework

2) If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

3) An American, a British and an Iraqi are in a bar one night having a beer. The Yankee drinks his beer and suddenly throws his glass in the air, pulls out a gun and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In the States our glasses are so cheap that we don't need to drink from the same one twice." The Brit obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In Britain we have so much sand to make the glasses that we don't need to drink out of the same glass twice either." The Iraqi, cool as a cucumber, picks up his beer and drinks it, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the American and the Brit. He says "In Baghdad we have so many Americans and Brits that we don't need to drink with the same ones twice.


4) Father to son after exam: "let me see your report card."Son: "My friend just borrows! Ad it. He wants to scare his parents."


5) One day a college professor of Psychology was greeting his new college class.He stood up in front of the class and said, "Would everyone who thinks he or she is stupid please stand up?" After a minute or so of silence, a young man stood up.A "Well, hello there sir. So you actually think you're a moron?" the professor asked. The kid replied, "No sir, I just didn't want to see you standing there all by yourself."