Vocabulary: 20 Words

Afraid; adj: alarmed, frightened. I am afraid of the dark.
Broken; adj: that has been broken, a crush in spirit. He died from a broken heart.
Beautiful; adj: pleasing to the eye or ear or mind. This painting is very beautiful.
Million; adj: for plural usage. He won a million dirhams.
Machine; noun: an apparatus for applying mechanical power. We need to buy a new coffee machine.
Engineer; noun: a person skilled in some branch of engineering. My ambition in life is to become a successful engineer.
Faithfully; adverb: in a faithful manner, a formula for ending a business or formal letter. yours faithfully,
Government; noun: governing, the manner or system of this. They run a parliamentary form of government.
Harmony; noun: a combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to form chords. The band plays the sound track in perfect harmony.
Knowledge; noun: knowing. I don’t have any knowledge of reading ancient symbols.
Kindergarten; noun: a school for very young children. I was very naughty when I was in kindergarten.
Intelligence; noun: mental ability the power of learning. His intelligence is more than the average child.
Manner; noun: the way a thing is done or happens. The way they handle the matter is in a good manner.
Money; noun: the current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. Money is not the most important thing in life.
Luxury; noun: choice or costly surroundings. We can buy luxury items here.
Literacy; noun: the ability to read and write. The school is advocating a week of literacy.
Media; noun: plural of medium. He works in the mass media.
Dramatically; adverb: sudden and exiting or unexpected overdone or absorb. The flower changes its color dramatically.
Describe; verb: to set forth in words. I would describe her as a generous person.
Enormous; adj: extraordinarily large. We need an enormous amount of money to start our business.

Magazine summary

Reiliy, Damian. "3D: a Gold Rush about to Happen." Arabian Business 17 Jan. 2010.

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.
(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.

Magazine summary

The editorial is basically about the state of our movie-making industry here in the Gulf region and what the columnist thinks can help it grow. Despite the numerous film festivals being held around the Gulf region, it is a fact that the Gulf film making industry is still behind from the multi-million movie industry elsewhere in the world. The writer suggests that one way to boost the industry is to invite others, Hollywood in particular, to make a movie in the Gulf region and let them use our resources and manpower. It is now well within our reach with the construction of Studio City in Dubai. Furthermore, with the ongoing trend of 3-D filmmaking; the editor is proposing that the Gulf film making industry should capitalize on this. The Gulf region should attract the experts on 3-D filmmaking and lure them to make the Gulf as their home base. If this will happen, the gulf region will then attract Hollywood and other filmmaking industries to do business or collaborate with the Gulf filmmaking industries, which in turn will generate billions of dollars in income.

Word count 183

Soccer

Discovering, Biography. Pele. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Print.

Wanted: Natural Residents

The article is talking about the Turning Torso in Sweden's new Western Harbour development. The project is designed to make the people aware of the importance of living sustainably and maintaining the earth's biodiversity. Biodiversity is the key to all this project. Urbanization has become very popular. People now are more aware of the environment. Eco-friendly environment people are looking now before they plan to buy a house. Children are also being taught the value of ecology and wanting to save the earth. Some of the features the developers introduced are: installing rooftop wind turbines also establishing "Green Points" which helps to increase the number of habitats across a wider area, making it easier for plants and animals to become established and naturally increasing diversity.
Word count 127

Main idea
The main idea of the article is to maintain the safety of the environment and not to think only about ourselves but also to think about other creatures in our urban progress.

Opinion
The article made me think that we should also try to follow Sweden’s example in building natural residents. In my opinion the lesson learned is "Save the Earth" before it's too late because I think we are abusing the earth with our actions.