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Name : Siti Khoerunnisa
Class : A
NPM : 212122012
Most comprehensive sharing is Unit 3 (Rezky, Fikri, Rizqy, Dzikran, Firda). it’s
because they explain the text really well, they are talking about the detail in short and
the explanation is very clear. So I can understand it well
Less comprehensive sharing is Unit 2 (Deti, Shasita,Nabila, Anandhieta, siska).
Because I think they are too text book, they are focusing on the text so the explanation
its not look like natural. and its be better to understand the text so that when
predenting it is not too text book.
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1 The UK education The education systems in Wales, - Core
system Northern Ireland, and England are - Varying
similar, whereas the education - Whereas
system in Scotland differs in a - Refer
number of ways. Most children in
England go to primary school from
the age of 5 to 11. At the age of 11
students move to a secondary
school.
2 Promising results from Ten of these patients were in the - Disease
cancer study early stages and thirty-three in the - Encouraging
advanced stages of the disease. In - Dissapeared
three of the patients in the advanced - Harmful
stages of cancer, the disease
disappeared and in the others, it did
not spread for five to twenty-four
months. However, no great
difference was seen in the patients
in the early stages of the illness and
and researchers say getting
vaccines that are effective against
cancer, this vaccine working as the
patient’s own immune system.
3 A new capital Finally, the site north of - Advantages
Rawalpindi was chosen and on the - Drawback
24th February 1960, the new capital - Site
was given the name of 'Islamabad' - Divided
and a master plan was drawn up. In
1959, a commission was
established to investigate the
possible locations of this new city.
E This article describes the
background to the choice and
development of Islamabad as the
modern capital of Pakistan.
However, it was difficult for
Karachi to remain in this role due
to a number of drawbacks such as
the climate and the state of the
existing buildings.
4 Providing water for This time global demand for water - Adequate
the world is increasing as many countries are - Involves
experiencing large population - Whereby
growth. for solution is desalination - Leakages
the proces by which This involves - Encouraged
the removal of salt compounds and
other chemicals from the salt water
is converted into drinkable fresh
water. This involves the removal of
salt compounds and other
chemicals from the salt water, a
process which has traditionally
been carried out by heating the
water. As the demand for fresh
water has grown, so has the
importance of desalination. The
demand for water will increase
throughout this century, and
consequently more countries will
turn to desalination as the solution
to their decreasing water supplies.
5 Globalization: is it a One simple definition is that it is - Argued
force for good or for the rapid increase in international - Enormously
bad? free trade, investment, and - Wealthier
technological exchange. It is argued
that this international trade has
been one of the main causes of
world economic growth over the
past half century. An argument in
favour of globalization is that the
benefits of increased international
trade are shared among everyone in
the country. An example of this is
China, where per capita income
rose from about $1400 in 1980 to
over $4000 by 2000.
6 Acient China’s One of the greatest archaeological - Emperor
Terracotta Army finds of all time is the Terracotta - Buried
Army of ancient China. After - Assembled
becoming emperor of the state of - Armour
Qin at the age of 13, he conquered
six other states over the next 25
years, and became the first emperor
of a united China. One of his
greatest achievements was the
building of the first Great Wall of
China to protect China from its
enemies. Emperor Qin was no
different he started the building of
his own mausoleum, or burial
place, in about 246 BCE.
7 Skylab Skylab was the first space station - Spacewalk
launched into orbit around the - Effectively
Earth. It was first launched on 14
May 1973, but during the launch it
sustained severe damage. For The
whole there were three Skylab
missions between 1973 and 1975,
during which time many scientific
studies were carried out. These
included medical experiments,
investigations into gravitational
effects, and solar observations.
Then, In 1975 Skylab was
abandoned and left to orbit the
Earth but atmospheric changes
pulled it back to Earth.
8 The world cup One of the most popular events in - Countries
the world, the first competition took - Widely
place in 1930 in Uruguay. The
World Cup was first broadcast on
television in 1954 and is now the
most popular televised sporting
event in the world. In the world,
only 7 countries have won the
World Cup especially Brazil the
most successful in years wins 5
times. The audience of the 2006
World Cup held in Germany was
estimated to be almost 30 billion.
9 Work trends In fact, in only ten years major - Largest
changes have been seen in the - Textiles
percentage of the workforce - Rapidly
employed in various sectors. Figure
1 shows the overall distribution of
jobs in the three major sectors in
2005: agriculture, industry, and
services. The number of jobs in IT
as a percentage of all jobs in the
service sector is represented in
Figure 3.
10 Minimum You must also have total mastery in - Interpreting
requirements your own language of the subject - Foreign
you wish to work in, [Link], - Preferable
technology. You must also have a
thorough knowledge of that
country's institutions, culture,
attitudes, and practices. You should
also have a broad general
knowledge, and be prepared to keep
up to date with news and events
around the world.