Hurricanes & tornadoes

This chart shows us information about dangerous winds, hurricanes and tornadoes. Both of these are dangerous but there are differences between them.

First, the minimum wind speed of hurricanes is 74 mph, whereas that of tornadoes is 40 mph. Next, the maximum wind speed of tornadoes is higher than hurricanes; while a tornado is 250-300 mph a hurricane is 155-200 mph. On the other hand, the tornado’s classification is on the Fujita F0-F5 but the hurricane classification is on the Saffir- Simpson C1-C5. However, a tornado only lasts a few minutes, some up to a few hours, while a hurricane can last up to a week. Hurricanes’ average width of storm is 300 miles but 100-600 meters and some up to 1.5 km wide for tornadoes. A hurricane can be predicted 2-3 days for a wide area but it can usually be predicted more exactly where a hurricane will hit 6-10 hours beforehand, whereas a tornado can be predicted only 20 minutes before or less. The tornadoes start usually over land, while hurricanes start usually over warm oceans.

All in all, hurricanes are more predictable, but they can’t reach as high a wind speed as tornadoes.

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Around The College

We are all students at Abu Dhabi Men’s College.

We have to be in the classroom on time
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Physics and chemistry lessons take place in a laboratory.

There are no healthy food outlets in our canteen/ cafeteria.

I read books and magazines and also do IELTS practice in our college library, which is large and well-stocked.

Student services organise activities for us.

The academic office performs many administrative tasks, such as issuing ID cards and arranging exam schedules.

There is a special learning centre in our library, called the Active Learning Zone, to provide students with extra help with their English.

Conferences and large meetings are often held in the college auditorium, which is also where we do our progress tests.

Colours

The red traffic light means stop.

All the local men wear white dishdashas.

Sheikh Zayed wanted to change the UAE from a desert to a green paradise.

In the fall/autumn all the leaves are brown.

He gave her a black look.

There were grey clouds in the sky and it looked like it was going to rain.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you.

Orang juice is full of vitamin C.

Egg yolks and lemons are yellow.

Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

She chose beige colored furniture.

She was wearing a purple dress.

Types Of Cars

This table shows us the specifications of four popular medium-sized saloon cars. In this essay I will analyse this information.

First of all, the Toyota Corolla is made in Japan and costs $15,550. The Corolla has a 1400cc engine and it does only 48 miles to the gallon. The second type is the Volkswagen Golf. It’s made in Germany, and costs $18,250. It has the biggest engine 1600cc and is the least economical. The third type is the Ford Focus. It’s made in the USA and it has the same engine as the Toyota Corolla but it costs more than the Corolla at $15,800, although it does more miles to the gallon than either of them. Finally, the Nissan Micra costs $15,500 and it is made in Japan. It is a little cheaper and the Micra does 52 miles per gallon.

The table illustrates the differences and the similarities between four cars. Also it shows that the VW has the biggest engine size although it does fewer miles to the gallon than the other cars.

Top Ten Date-Producing Countries,2001

Dates are sweet and many people eat them. There are many countries which produce the dates. In this essay I am going to tell you about the top ten date – producing countries in 2001.

The biggest producing country is Egypt, with around 1,100,000 tonnes. Iran came after Egypt and produced nearly 850,000 tonnes. Following them come Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Each country produced about 780,000 tonnes. Iraq and Pakistan rivalled other with about 630,000 tonnes each. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes and Oman around a quarter of a million. Finally, Sudan’s and Libya’s crops yielded under 0.2 million each.

In summary, there were six countries which produced over half a million tonnes a year, and Egypt was the leading producer.