(1) Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It has a population of just under a million people and is located on North Island. It is a very important seaport ميناء بحري for business and industry. it is also the most dynamic and multicultural متعدد الثقافات city in Zealand.

  (2) The history of the city goes back to 650 years when the Maoris settled in the area. European settlementالاستيطان الأوربي began in 1840 when the British arrived. New Zealand 's first governor, Captain William Hobson, made Auckland the capital. Later, the capital moved to Wellington, because it was more central. In 1985 , the New Zealand government made the whole country a nuclear free zone منطقة خالية من السلاح النووي and since then Auckland has been a centre for protest احتجاج against nuclear testing in the Pacific.المحيط الهادي .

  (3) Famous sights include تتضمن Mount Eden, Auckland Harbor Bridge and Parnell Village wherein you can visit some of the first European settlers' homes. If you went to the Auckland Museum, you would see Maoris perform their traditional dances there.

  (4) From wherever you are in the city, you can se the sea. Auckland's nickname is the city "the city of sails" because it has more boats than anywhere else in the world. It has a warm climate. The average temperatureمتوسط درجة الحرارة  in January (summer) is 23.4 ° C and in July (winter) it is 7.° C. It has some of  the best beaches in New Zealand  for doing water sports: swimming, diving, fishing, sailing and windsurfing.

  (5) It is easy to travel between Auckland and the rest of New Zealand. There are regular international flights رحلات طيران منتظمة , too. Flights from Europe take over تستغرق twenty-four hours and are expensive.

N.B: Read the first sentence of each paragraph. It is normally the most important one because it tells what the paragraph is about . It is called the topic sentence.

Paragraph number

Topic

2

the history of

5

3

4

1

Dear students,

do and make are each used in expressions about which there is no rule, such as make war , do a favor ; but very often one makes something that was not there before. يصنع شيئاً لم يكن أصلاً موجود من قبل :to make a cake/ a noise/ a fire; and one does an actionيؤدي عملاً :  to do the shopping/ the dishes. " What are you making ?" " A shirt" . "What are you doing?" " playing football".

a guess, homework, a phone call, a suggestion اقتراح , a prediction, a mistake, your bed, the shopping, an exam, a noise, very well at English, a cup of tea, friends, the dishes.

make

do

a guess

homework

1: INTRODUCTION / HISTORY

Hama

Located: Central part of Syria

general: picturesque location

population : over 500. 000 inhabitants.

2: THINGS TO SEE

places to visit: Um Al Hassan Park/ The National Museum of Hama

landscape: mountains / rivers

3 : THINGS TO DO

sports: football / handball

tourism: the Norias / the citadel

1 Mona is very lazy and always does badly at school. If she ..........(study) more, she...........(pass)  her exams.

2 There are some good courses on how to use the Internet. You ........... (learn) to use it quickly if you................(do)  one of these courses. will / do

3 I don't know how much time this weekend. But if I ............ ( be ) free. I ............(come) shopping with you.am / will

Unfortunately, we know that, if global warming .............. ( continue) , there ........... (be) flooding in many parts of the world. continues / will

I ............. ( send ) you an e- mail if you.............. (give) me your e-mail address.

I .............. ( panic) if I ............... ( see ) an alien. would / saw

virtual, cyber, space, genetic, computer, web, e- , science

site, reality, mail, programme, space, fiction, shuttle, engineering

space

cyber

shuttle

space

engineering

genetic

programme

computer

اعلم عزيزي الطالب أنه إذا سبقت الصفة بـ get أو become تصبح فعلاً.

get  angry يغضب get hungry يجوع

to receive , to become , to manage , to possess , to continue doing something , to contact , to have a good relationship , to improve

1 I used to get on well with her.

2 Get in touch before the weekend.

3 how are you getting on ?

4 Online shopping is getting much more common.

5 I think things are getting better next year.

6 I'd better get on with my homework.

7 In the future, we will get all our most of our entertainment from the Internet.

8 The city has got a large number of boats.

يكون على وفاق مع

to have a good relationship

1 get on well with

contact

2 get in touch

to manage

3 get on

to become

4 get common

to improve

5 get better

6

7

8