Saturday, March 20, 2010

Traffic congestion and parking issues

Nowadays, Abu Dhabi is suffering from traffic congestion and parking problems. The government wants to solve this problem. In this essay I will show you causes of this problem and give you some solution for it.

There are many causes that affect traffic congestion and parking issues. First of all, we know that Abu Dhabi is a small island and the place is crowded. Another thing is that the population is increasing which leads to more cars for each person. Also, the industry and commerce in Abu Dhabi is increasing rapidly which leads to more trucks and vans to transfer the products that they produce. Furthermore, the tourism in Abu Dhabi is increasing year by year because of new buildings, great places, beaches and hotels which lead to more taxis. This affects traffic. Also more traffic leads to more stress on the drivers and that makes more accidents.

There are some solutions that may help to overcome the traffic congestion and the parking problems. First of all the government is trying to build a metro which will make the travel easy for some people and may decrease the amount of cars. Another solutions is that the government forcing the companies that build new buildings to have underground parking. It helps to solve the parking issue. Also, the government is trying to change the construction of the streets to make bridges, overpasses and underpasses and this makes less traffic congestion.

In conclusion, I think that the metro will help to decrease the amount of cars, but it’s expensive. Also the underground parking will help to solve parking issues. This makes the streets less crowded

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Jobs

An architect designs buildings.

A civil servant is a government employee.

A doctor/nurse treats patients in a hospital or clinic.

The students in CJC are all chemical engineers. In Doha, Hedley used to teach chemical, electrical, mechanical and process engineers.

A farmer grows crops and raises animals.

A journalist writes articles for a newspaper.

Lawyers prosecute and defend people on trial in court.

A mechanic repairs vehicles in a garage.

A shop assistant gives you help and advice in a store.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Age of marriage

The bar chart and the table give us some information about the age of marriage. The bar chart shows us the decline in the percentage of women aged 15 to 19 who are married in some Arab countries. The table shows us the age of first marriage between men and women in 14 countries.
The bar chart shows that in all 6 countries the percentage of 15-19 years old brides has fallen over the past 3-4 decades. The bar chart shows that the percent has declined dramatically in UAE from 57% to 8%. The falls in Libya and Kuwait are also striking. But the fall in Palestine did not change dramatically.

The table shows that in all countries the age of first marriage in men is between med twenties to late twenties. On the other hand, for the women is between early twenties to med twenties.

In conclusion the age of marriage is changing dramatically in Arab countries. Women get married in their early twenties. On the other hand men get married in their late twenties.