On Tuesday I have watched a programme called Faking It. The episode I saw was about a girl called Eliza Dolittle from Yorkshire when she agreed to leave her job in a local shop and join to group of posh society. Eliza had a month to try and convince the group that she is a posh. The general behaviour, when she in her home was really good because she was being herself   and social well with people in pub. However, when she got into the posh group she was more quite and must talk about one topic. The accent of the girl wasn’t that clear for me as I couldn’t understand most of what she was saying, but when she was taught by Benny Dyer the accent has been clear. Her appearance was quite ok when she was in her town, but being posh he had to take care of her look, walking and changes her attitude.

Tim walker was Eliza guide to London scene.

Benny dyer was Eliza voice coach.

Jane broke smith was Eliza posture tutor.

 http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/4oD#2922253

The meaning of the word POSH is elegant, swanky, rich. It is sometimes said to be an acronym of the phrase ‘port out, starboard home’.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/port%20out%20starboard%20home.html

Crimes and Punishment.

 It may be argued that people who commit a terrorism crime deserve to die because committing this type of crime means killing peaceful, innocent people. Prisons should be for punishment and rehabilitation: punishment for people who commit many crimes without showing any kind of regret, rehabilitation for whom under-age in order to discipline them.

It is not right when political activists break the Law because as it was founded for a reason; anyone breaking the Law should face the consequences accordingly to the crime committed. The Law should be very strict on drinking and driving because accidents happen suddenly and the violation of those rules is causing many victims nowadays.

Smoking cannabis shouldn’t be a criminal offence but should be discouraged like cigarettes for hygienic reason and health. The law should help homeless people to find a house or putting them in acceptable places for a living. It may be stated that the police must have the right to search anyone that could be in position of doubt for serious crimes or for some terroristic activities.

http://criminal.lawyers.com/Criminal-Law-Basics/Punishment-of-Crime.html

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_rights/legal_system/police_powers.htm

Sports in the UK: Wimbledon

  

Wimbledon is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, started in 1877.

It is one of the most popular tournaments, attracting many spectators from the UK and around the world.  The competition is held annually for two weeks, commencing towards the end of June, at the All England Club in Wimbledon, a London suburb.

Famous players have included Pete Sampras and Venus Williams, both from USA, but British winners include Fred Perry (1936) and Virginia Wade (1977).

There is a strict dress code for players at the Club, requiring them to wear white.

This year’s championship started on 20 June and lasts until 3 July 2011.

http://aeltc2011.wimbledon.com/125th-championships/history/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis

Sports in the UK.

In the UK there are a large number of sporting events held in various locations around the country.

Some of the most important venues include tennis, at Wimbledon, golf at St Andrew's in Scotland, rugby at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, while Wembley, London and Old Trafford, Manchester are famous football grounds.

Horse racing is also popular, and some of the classic races include the Grand National, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool. This race has been held annually since 1839. Royal Ascot dates back to 1711, and is a major event in the racing calendar, while another prestigious race, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, was first held in 1819.

http://www.standrews.org.uk/
http://www.wembleystadium.com/
http://www.millenniumstadium.com/home.php
http://www.lccc.co.uk/

NHS

Aneurin Bevan

This extract will describe the National Health Services (NHS).

National Health Service 

It was started in 1948 by the Health Secretary, Aneurin Bevan. His ambition was to provide health services to all people, irrespective of their standing or financial status. The NHS is funded by general taxation, so that the contributions made by tax payers are commensurate with their incomes.  There are many services which are provided by the NHS: emergency and urgent care, hospital services, pharmacies, GP, dental and ophthalmic services. Problems that have dogged the NHS for a number of years include lack of funding and staff shortages. Both these have resulted in long waiting lists for various services.








http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Pages/NHSServices.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/nhshistory/Pages/NHShistory1948.aspx

welfare

The social security is run by the Department of Work and Pensions Agencies, and it’s the most single expensive programme. The government finances it from taxation, contributions by employers and workers over 16 to the national insurance fund. The official age of retirement in United Kingdom is 65 for men and 60 for women, but it will change to 68 for men by 2024 and 66 for women by 2020. Groups of people who can benefit from the social security system include pregnant women they can get maternity benefits, it is paid for pregnant working women, unemployed people can get benefit called job seeker’s allowance, people over 65 get pensions  and the young unemployed  people between the age of 16-18 can now be eligible for benefits. It is estimated that quarter of the population is in poverty (including 4.5million children). The future problems for state and private can be solved by reducing benefits, attacking fraud, increasing taxation and targeting those people with the greatest needs. However, in U.A.E. the retirement age for men 60 and women 55. There are many benefits people in the U.A.E. can get from the state such as Widows benefits, Divorcees benefits, Disabled benefits, Elderly benefits, Married students benefits, Families of prisoners benefits, Abandoned women benefits. The benefits system is run by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

http://www.abudhabi.ae/egovPoolPortal_WAR/appmanager/ADeGP/Citizen?

_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=p20172&lang=en

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DisabilityLivingAllowance/index.htm

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Employedorlookingforwork/DG_10014402

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Expectingorbringingupchildren/DG_10018869

http://www.prudentminds.com/state-pension.html

Media /TV

UK channels 

Dubai channels

The TV has become one the essential things in our lives, but of course there plenty of differences in what is being broadcast to the public. Here are some differences between British and the U.A.E. broadcasting. Firstly the British broadcasts are famous. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is well known as non commercial broadcaster and it gets funded by the TV licenses, while in U.A.E. broadcasts are funded by commercials as well as by the government. The BBC has freedom of speech; in U.A.E. broadcasters has some freedom of speech, but not as much the BBC. The most famous soaps in the UK are EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, and  they are being broadcast for many years now .However, in the U.A.E. broadcasts  there are no soaps, but they have  series which have maximum 30 episodes . Both countries show some types of programmes such as international and local news, sports programmes and events.  Both countries broadcast for twenty four hours a day and have channels
which only broadcast news and sport.


http://www.freeview.co.uk/Channels
http://www.dmi.ae/default.asp?lang=en