Mass media

Nowadays, the mass media like the TV, radio, and newspapers have a huge influence on people’s ideas and behavior. I agree with this point and it can affect the societies with bad habits.

First of all, there is some advantage of mass media. Firstly we can learn from the TV if we use it in the right way like Islamic channels and useful programs. The radio is very useful for example in my country there is a program at 7 clock in the morning discussing the situation of the people; also in the newspaper every day we can read about other countries and what is happening there. We have this method we can use it in the right way to be useful for us but we live in an educated society and we can choose which is the right and the wrong.

On the other hand the disadvantage is too much in my opinion. Firstly, the mass media affect all people especially the teenagers and the children. The teenagers will learn from another culture and will grow with them and it will affect the society; for example in China the government controls everything even, the internet; they are showing only their programs and movies.

To sum up, the mass media are very useful and if we use  them in the right way we can learn from other countries. We also can see and know about other cultures in the world but we should not forget our country and our culture.

modern technology

The table and the two bar charts show the number of people using the modern technology in the world in 1999 and 2000

The highest number of PCs was 141M in the USA; it was in Dec 1999 with the highest number in internet hosts and internet users which is 65.9 M for hosts and 154 M for the internet users. The fifteen Europe countries got the highest number of mobiles phone which is 147 M in Dec 1999. The European countries have a big number of people using personal computers but Sweden was at the top with 67% in 1999. Also the number of people using the internet was led by Sweden at 55 %.

To sum up, the table shows that the USA has the highest number of PCs, internet hosts and internet users. The two bar charts show that  Sweden has the biggest number using the personal computer and people using the internet in the Scandinavian countries.

education

Nowadays, in many countries around the world the number of people continuing their education after the school has increased. Also the range of courses has also increased in the colleges and universities and some courses are delivered online or by distance. Generally speaking these are positive developments.

First of all, there are some negative aspects of these education developments especially for the countries which have huge developed systems of higher and further education. Firstly, the number of the students in the universities will start increasing which means in the future there will be no space for new students. Secondly, if most people have a degree it will affect the society because there will not be enough jobs for the people.

On the other hand, in the developing countries the expansion of higher education is a very positive development and the UAE is the best example of this. Firstly, the higher education will be very useful for the economy and for the country itself. In the last 25 years the education has seen the starting up of many colleges and universities. In the future the education will produce good people with perfect knowledge for society and it will be linked with economic development.

To sum up, there are some negative points but the positives outweigh them. In my opinion the educational developments are like an investment and you will always make a profit.

airline survey

The pie charts show the results of an airline survey in 2002 of economy class and business class travellers. The chart shows the percentage of male or female passengers who rated particular features.

The most popular flight features with females at 45 % is service and the second feature is the space in the plan. The food and drink is a good feature for females at 21 % but the movies was only 9%. The most popular flight features for males is the space which rated 49 % and the second feature is service which is 25 %. In the business class the most popular feature for males and females is the space which is 45 % for males and 41 % for females.

To sum up, the features in the economy class are different between males and females but in the business class they are very similar in all featuers. 

Fisherman and exporters

Fisherman and exporters

The graph shows the number of fisherman in millions for different regions in 1970, 1980 and 2000 and the table shows the top ten exporters of fish in the world in 2000.

First of all the highest number of fisherman was in Asia in 2000 and it was around 25 M fishermen and the lowest number was in Africa which is approximately 3M. But in 1970 Africa started with the highest number in the world which was nearly 12M fisherman and North America had the lowest number which was 5M fisherman only. The top country in the world exporters of fish was Thailand and the last country South Korea and  five countries from Asia were in the top ten.

To sum up Asia has the biggest number of fisherman in 2000 and the leading fish exporters in the same year was Asian Thailand.

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Portolio Task 2

Portolio Task 2

Nowadays many people move to new cities more than ever before. The method of transport is easier than before. In this essay I will explain the challenges facing these people and the strategies to meet with these challenges.

Many people who move from their country to another country are facing a lot of challenges. The major challenge is the culture because it will be a completely different culture from their culture. Secondly if you move to another country to study or work you will be away from your family and I think this is a very bad thing. Also they are living in a society with a different mother language.

There are a lot of strategies to meet these challenges. First of all the culture problem is a very big problem but there is a solution. You can make a research for all cultures and it will be very useful for our knowledge. Secondly in this century the companies have developed the smart phone and they create new programs like SKYPE so when we are away from our families we can use these methods to contact with them daily. Learn a new language is very good but also improve your English which is the world language.

To sum up, these are some of the challenges facing the people who travel for work or study and the best strategies. In my opinion there are the best strategies but there are different opinions between the people. 

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Portfolio Task 1

The first bar chart shows the films shown in Britain and Australia by origin in 2000. In the second, the graph shows the cinema attendance in Britain and Australia 1980 to 2000.

The US films shows the highest number shown in Britain and Australia which is 75% in UK and approximately 68% in Australia. The second largest % is British films which is only 20% shown in UK and just under 5 % in Australia. The films which were made in Australia only show in Australia which record only 11%. The attendance in Britain cinemas in 1980 was 100M but from 1982 till 1986 it increased till it reached nearly 120M people then it started to decline to 80 millions. In the next 12 years the attendance jumped up till it reached 150M people in 2000. In Australia the attendance was only 40M people in 1980 but in the next two years it fell to 20M people. In the next 18 years the attendances started increasing and stood at 90M people in 2000.

To sum up, Britain had bigger cinema attendances than Australia.

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Unemployment Levels

The line graph shows the USA and EEC unemployment levels from 1972 till 1981 for men and women, it  also shows for men only in the EEC and USA.

The number of the unemployment men and women in the USA in 1973 was nearly 4.5 million. In 1975 the figure was just under 8 million in the USA. The line for USA man and EEC man are quite slimmer because there was a drop in 1973 and followed by an increase in both levels. In 1978 the number for the European Economic Community stood at just over six million. But in the next year the figure of unemployed people remained at about six and a quarter million. In the next two years the figure went up to nearly nine million.

                                       

To sum up, the unemployment levels increased for both the European Economic Community and the USA over the nine years.

Account Words: 151