Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Reflection # 3







Next week, we will be in a serious challenge with E7's  waves. It is the time of passing across or failing into the bottom of the E7's ocean. When I look at my classmates faces, I wonder who of us will be the victim? As E7 is greed, it would swallow up a lot us. It is not surprising if one-third of the class fail.

Since I have started studying in REW there are some  of my classmates fail every module and one day I was one of them. In that day I was studying in E6 module "A" and I failed reading. Fortunately,  it was module "A" and I had compensated this fall with module "B" and by the end of that E6, I bassed.  No one time all my class members passed. It have to be victims in each module. Yes our teachers have been injected inside us  a lot of anti-fail, however, some of us had fail and I am sure in this module, too. I hope all of us pass and there is no one of us would fail.

Really, I don't like this word "fail".  I do not like the feeling of "fail", I don't like failing aspects on people's faces. I hate everything connected with "failing". Since a long time, many people have said that, ((the failing creates the success)), but why we have to fail in order to successes? Should I have to fail, in favour of creating success? Anyway I don't want to argue this ridiculous aphorism now. when I hear this accursed word (fail), all of my body hair chill and my heart beats rapidly. Oh Allah !!  why you created this painful event in our life?? Why we have to face this unjust experience one day in our life?? Why we have to cry in order to taste flavor of happiness??

My mum always says : "there are a lot of these questions. They are open, which means that there are no answer to them. The only answer to them is that (It is the nature of our life). And we must accept this nature of this life". In fact, It is a smart message from my mother. She was preparing her son to the features of potential failures in one day. Thank you my mum, because of your words, I coped with one experience of failure here in REW. But I don't want to repeat this experience again in E7.

Finally, from the bottom of my heart, I wish all of my classmates to success, and finish this long journey in REW. And many thanks in advance to our teachers, for everything they are doing for us to cross safely through E7, regardless of what may be the results of us by the end of this module.

diversity of languagues brings numerous benefits - discussion board


Author:
Abdullah Yahya A MOAFA
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     It is my pleasure to participate in this interest desiccation and share my opinion about this issue. In fact, migration from one place to another has existed since human being has emerged. In past, people move from one place to another place where they can find their necessity for themselves and their animals. In the present time, migration has many different forms and many different reasons. While some people immigrate in order to find better life standard. Some of them immigrate for political causes. While others travel to another place temporary but when they arrive, they changed their mind to stay forever.

     Everybody has his own culture and his mother language. When they move, they transfer everything with them, their culture, language and customs. Some of them resist the new culture, and try to keep his native aspects alive while others fail. Many people think that government should pass law to force them to leave their culture. However, others are not so sure. In this dissection I'm going to present my opinion which is totally against the idea of passing law to force immigrants to leave their heritages.

     First of all, diversity of culture in one  community leads to  a strong community. Take the USA as an example about this issue.  Many people believe that due to the US's diversity, USA's societies are strong. Some of them went farther and said that with the first wave of immigrants who came to the USA, American's communities have became much more stronger.

     The second reason is that, diversity of culture is a clear signal about the beauty and alive of the community. People can present their own culture and customs in their own way. This situation can be clearly seen in Melbourne where there is a lot of different ethnic groups live together. In Melbourne, there are different styles of life for different ethnic people. There are Chinese restaurant for example, or Japanese, Arabic and Italian. There is also China Town, where  everyone can enjoy Chinese atmosphere and can see whole China in the heart of Melbourne. In Sydney Road for instance, people enjoy Arabic aspects and they can know whatever they want about Arab.

    To sum up, because of  the previous reasons, governments should not force immigrants to lose their heritageunless the governments have special considerations or have a real reason to  force them to lose their cultures and their own language.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

useful websites







Hi my friends ,
In this area I will write three useful websites, and everyone can try them. Online learning is an effective mean to learn and practices the all four skills of English (reading, listening, writing and speaking) and keep us up-to-date with everything related with English. Here they are;

It is a great dictionary online. All you need, just type your new word and then this dictionary will show you many things related to this word. Such as the type of this word (noun, verb, adjective ……) definition and some sentences with your new word. In addition, this dictionary can say this word to show you how this word can be Pronounced correctly.

It has short movie/videos with comprehension questions which we can check immediately to see if we are correct. We won't be able to use this site at school because it is blocked but you should be able to access it from home. (My E4 teacher recommended this website for me).

It is a very good website for practices IELTS exam and we can find many versions of IELTS test. It  is useful for person who want to do this exam, and for students who want to improve their skills.

Good luck for all students

My vocabulary book











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guys, 
This is my vocabulary book. It has a hundred new words with a type of each word, its definition and its translation into Arabic. I hope that my       vocabulary book get your interest. Here it is :                            
Translation
Definition
New words
تعاون لمواجهة
Opposite in direction of effect
Counter (ns,vs,adjs,advs)
يتابع / يلاحق / يطارد
To follow or chase sb/sth in order to catch them
Pursue (v)
غني / وفير / رغد
Rich, wealthy
Affluent  (adj)
يؤمن شيء من عدم
To obtain sth sometimes with difficulty
Secure (v/adj)
فكري / من لب رأسه
(Usually attrib) of or connected with a person's powers of reasoning
Intellectual (n/adj)
حظ / ثروة
Chance or luck esp. in the way it affects people's lives
Fortune (n)
غير قابل للمجادلة
That cannot be destroyed or defeated
Unassailably (adj)
مسيء استخدام
A person who make bad or excessive use of sth.
Abuser (n)
الأقليات
Smaller groups, parts, etc  compared with another group
Minorities (n)
الاضطهاد
Face/suffer persecution for one's beliefs
Persecution (n)
مذابح
To kill large number of people or animals
Massacres (n/v)
المنشقون
people who strongly disagree with or opposes official opinion and policies
Dissidents (n)
المعتدلون/ الوسطيين
A person who does not conform to normal social conventions
Non-conformists (n/adj)
يتحمل / يتجلد
(of/for … sb/sth) the willingness or ability to tolerate sb/sth
Tolerance (n)
القدر / النصيب
The power believed to control events, fate
Destiny (n)
مفرط / كثير جداً
Greater than what is normal or necessary, extreme
Excessive (adj)
الامتلاك
The state of having, owning or controlling sth
Possessing (n)
إظهار / إجلاء / إبداء
An event, an action, an object or resulting from an abstract idea
Manifestation (n)
فضيلة / حسنات
Behavior that shows high normal standards, goodness
Virtue (n)
لم يسبق له مثيل
Never having happened, been done or been known before
Unprecedented (adj)
مقدار / حجم
The great size or importance of sth
Magnitude (n)
تكامل / اندماج / اتحاد
Progress towards closer European integration. Economic/political/social integration
Integration (n)
تضخيم
The action of exaggerating sth
Exaggeration (n)
ساخر / تهكم - مازحاً
Using or expressing sarcasm
Sarcastic (adj)
سخرية / تهكم – متعمدة
(derog) showing that one feels superior
Patronizing (adj)
متكبر / متعالي / ساخر من
Behaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people
Arrogant (adj)
هامشي / مهمش / متجاهل
To make a person or a group of people unimportant and powerless in an unfair way
Marginalized (adj)
مقنع / شافي
Able to make other people believe something
Persuasive (adj)
تعذيب
An act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force them to tell you something, to punish them, or to be cruel
Torture (n/v)
انخراط / اندماج / التحاق
The connection or involvement that someone or something has with a political, religious etc organization
Affiliation (n)
مرغم / مغصوب / مكرهه
To force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them
Coerced (adj)
تصريح بغير الحقيقة
the practice of making something seem to have less of a particular quality than it really has
Understatement (V/n)
جائح / كارثي
literary a violent or sudden event or change, such as a serious flood or earthquake
Cataclysmic (adj)
ضمير / وجدان
the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong
Conscience (n)
مدهش / مذهل
so surprising that it is difficult to believe [= amazing]
Astonishing (n)
متخلخل / معزول / مخلوع
someone who has been forced to leave their country because of war or cruel treatment [= refugee]
Displaced (adj)
يحرمه حقا شرعا
not having any rights, especially the right to vote, and not feeling part of society
Disenfranchised (adj)
بعث / قيامة / حشر
the return of Jesus Christ to life after his death on the cross, which is one of the main beliefs of the Christian religion
Resurrection (n)
أخلاقية / فضيلة
beliefs or ideas about what is right and wrong and about how people should behave
Morality (n)
يهلك / يفنى / يموت
to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way
Perishes (v)
يستبسط / يستسهل
to make something seem less important or less serious than it really is [= play down]
Underplays (v)
ملحمي
an epic book, poem, or film tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events
Epic (adj)
بدقة / بعناية / بمنتهى الدقة
very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly
Meticulously (adv)
المبشرون المسيحيون
someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians
Missionaries (n)
شجار تلاحمي
when members of the same group or organization argue, or compete with each other in an unfriendly way
Infighting (n)
يشتت / يفرق / يفصل
the process of spreading things over a wide area or in different directions
Dispersal (v)
فقط / فحسب / ليس غير
used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is
Merely (adv)
يتداخل / يتعارض
to deliberately get involved in a situation where you are not wanted or needed
Interfere (v)
مطلق / غير محدد
very great in amount or degree
Infinite (adj)
حاكم متسلط
more powerful, important, or noticeable than other people or things
Dominant (n)
مغالطة
a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true [= misconception]
Fallacy (n)
روضة إطفال
a school for children aged two to five
Kindergarten (n)
ذو معنى
having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense
Meaningful (adj)
طائش / أهوج / متهور
not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions
Reckless (adj)
رضا / استعداد
prepared to do something, or having no reason to not want to do it
Willingness (n)
منفتح الذهن / متقبل
willing to consider new ideas or listen to someone else's opinions
Receptive (adj)
اكتساب
the process by which you gain knowledge or learn a skill
Acquisition (n)
وعي ذاتي / رشد ذاتي
worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you
Self-consciousness
يكظم غيظ / يكبح جماح
to prevent something from growing or developing well
Inhibit (v)
مفاوض / متفاوض
someone who takes part in official discussions, especially in business or politics, in order to try and reach an agreement
Negotiator (n)
كتلة / قطعة
a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape
Chunk (n)
ربح / مكسب / إيراد
money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services [↪ income]
Revenue (n)
يعزز / يوجد / يدمج
to strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that it becomes more effective or continues for longer
Consolidate (v)
صدئ / متآكل / قديم
1HCE metal that is rusty is covered in rust
Rusty (adj)
يقرأ بصوت مسموع
to say a poem, piece of literature etc that you have learned, for people to listen to
Recite (v)
يتضمن / يقترح / يقنع
to suggest that something is true, without saying this directly [↪ infer, implication]
Imply (v)
متحرر من الوهم
disappointed with someone or something, and no longer believing that they are good [= disillusioned]
Disenchanted (adj)
هوس / تقليعة
a fashion, game, type of music etc that becomes very popular for a short time [= fad]
Craze (n)
يمكن تحقيقه
possible to achieve
Attainable (adj)
الآخير ، الآخر
being the second of two people or things, or the last in a list just mentioned [≠ former]
Latter (adj)
يفصل / يشرح بالتفصيل
to give more details or new information about something
Elaborate (v)
حسي / لمسي / ملموس
relating to your sense of touch
Tactile (adj)
تمت / إنتهت
to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard [= achieve]
Accomplished (V/adj)
فصيح / بليغ / طليق اللسان
able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people
Eloquent (adj)
مخادع / مراوغ / ماكر
an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm
Insidious (adj)
مدح / إطراء
words that you say or write in order to praise someone or something [≠ criticism]
Praise (n)
كارثة / مصيبة
a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction, suffering, or death [= disaster]
Catastrophe (n)
شبح يؤرق
a very frightening dream
Nightmarish (n)
عجز / عدم الأهلية
lack of the ability or skill to do a job properly [≠ competence]
Incompetence (n)
تمييزي
treating a person or a group of people differently from other people, in an unfair way
Discriminatory (adj)
منحاز / مجحف / متحامل
having an unreasonable dislike of someone or something, especially a dislike of a group of people who belong to a different race, sex, or religion - used to show disapproval
Prejudiced (adj)
رحمة
if someone shows mercy, they choose to forgive or to be kind to someone who they have the power to hurt or punish
Mercy (n)
حيوان مفترس
someone who tries to use another person's weakness to get advantages
Predator (n)
موطئ قدم
the conditions or arrangements on which something is based (put/place something on a ... footing)
Footing (n)
رفاهية / رخاء / سراء
someone's welfare is their health and happiness
Welfare (n)
يسد / يملئ
to block something or become blocked
Clog up (v)
بشكل خطير
in a way that is dangerous and likely to result in something bad soon [= dangerously]
Perilously (adv)
انهيار / سقوط
[singular, uncountable] a sudden failure in the way something works, so that it cannot continue
Collapse (v/n)
لائق / مؤدب
of a good enough standard or quality
Decent (adj)
عنصري
someone who believes that people of their own race are better than others, and who treats people from other races unfairly and sometimes violently - used to show disapproval
Racist (adj)
يعلن / يصرح
to state officially and publicly that a particular situation exists or that something is true
Declare (v)
إخضاع / هدم
to get control of a country by fighting
Conquering (n)
يكلف
if someone in authority imposes a rule, punishment, tax etc, they force people to accept it
Impose (v)
أبوي
when people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility
Paternalistic (adj)
يغزو / يغير
to enter a country, town, or area using military force, in order to take control of it
Invading (v)
واقع / حاصل
Something happened
Occurring (adj)
ملغي / مفسوخ / منقوض
to officially say that a legal judgment or decision is no longer acceptable or correct [= overturn]
Quashed (adj)
كراهية / بغض
an angry feeling of extreme dislike for someone or something [≠ love]
Hatred (n)
قمع / كبت / إخماد
happening one after the other without anything different happening in between
succession (n)
إبادة / إهلاك / إلغاء
to destroy something or someone completely
Annihilation (n)