Speech – Development of Dubai

Speech-The Development of Dubai

 

In this speech I plan to give you an insight into the history of Dubai, how it has developed over the last 30 years and how it has affected the Middle East.

Dubai is located in the Middle East and is one of the seven Emirates of the UAE, United Arab Emirates, and has an approximate area less then the size of Wales. It currently stands as the Commercial Capital of the UAE.

During the 1990’s Dubai was little more then a village in the desert, only housing 380,00 people, but with surrounding oil reserves decreasing, Sheik Maktoum decided to set a new direction for the emirate. Moving it from an oil based economy to a commercial hub and a holiday destination that should in thirty years become self sufficient, economically.  One of Sheik Maktoums’ key strategies to attract major investment into the country was to make it a tax free Emirate.

One of Sheik Maktoums’ first personal major investments was the commissioning and building of the Burj Al Arab. This showed to the outside world that he was personally committed to the development of Dubai, by creating the first seven star hotel, at a cost of over 1 billion dollars. This acted as the first big tourist attraction, in Dubai.

This lead to many other investors seeing the benefits of a tax free investment in a holiday resort and this lead to buildings, such as:

The snow dome, in the Mall of the Emirates

The Palm, which is the largest man made island in the world, with 126 kilometres of beachfront.

The largest indoor shopping mall in the world, at over one million square feet.

Lastly, currently the tallest tower in the world, the Burj Khalifa

On the other hand, behind the breath-taking architecture, there is a side of Dubai that is rarely talked about.

Even though Dubai and Abu Dhabi share 83% of the UAE wealth, which is estimated in the trillions, 40 % of Dubai workers live on less then minimum wage, in compounds not seen by the common tourists.

Dubai is recognised as one of the major centres of the world for the sale of counterfeit goods, ranging car parts to designer labels handbags and clothes.

In 2008 Dubai was still growing, however there were massive borrowing from all the major banks. With the start of the recession, Dubai had to put over 260 major construction projects on hold before they went bust and embarrassingly the Maktoum tower had to be sold to Abu Dhabi and renamed Burj Khalifa after the Sheik Khalifa of Abu Dhabi. There was even talk of selling Emirates Airlines to fund there debt.

What does the future hold for Dubai?

 Trade and tourism is still growing at an alarming rate and Dubai is starting to become the city that Sheik Maktoum pictured a mere 30 years ago. Also,

It is now recognised as the trade gateway between Europe and Asia, however it is set to do more trade with its local Arab countries and less dependency on trading with the west.

Finally, the instability in the surrounding countries has meant that more money is getting invested into Dubai.

In conclusion

Dubai is a city that boasts world-class hotels, remarkable architecture and excellent infrastructure.

It has some of the best sporting and entertainment events in the world, the race to Dubai, the richest horse racing and tennis events.

It also pushes boundaries, by making some of the most iconic buildings in the world, such as:

The Burj Al Arab, which is the worlds only 7 star hotel.

The Palm, which is the largest man made island and

The Burj Khalifa, that stands at 800 metres high

These three buildings show off the unbelievable development that has taken place in Dubai over the last 30 years.

However, whilst Dubai will never reach the heights of the early 2000’s, Dubai still has a very bright future.

Thank You

Dubai Development

Development of Dubai: The Past 30 Years

 

In this essay I will be researching about the development of Dubai, I will do this by using the Internet, using the library and interviewing people directly involved with the development. I plan to give an insight into the development, why it happened? And what Dubai holds for the future? I will also be looking at why the development went a heads and if it was worth the money and time that people all round the world put into, to make it the city it is today.

 

Where is Dubai?

 

Dubai is situated in the Middle East and is one of the seven Emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and is also the largest populated city in the UAE, which was established on 2^nd December 1971. Dubai is situated on the northeast coast of the United Arab Emirates and shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the south, Sharjah in the northeast, and the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast. The UAE is made up of seven different emirates, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain, with Abu Dhabi the largest. Dubai is located in a desert climate and the cooler months from November to March. The temperatures can soar up to 40 degrees or more in the summer. The capital and the largest city is Abu Dhabi while Dubai is the commercial capital and the second largest city in the UAE. The UAE has the 7^th largest oil reserves and is one the most developed economies in West Asia.

 

How Dubai has changed economically?

During the 1990’s Dubai was little more then a village in the desert, but with surrounding oil reserves decreasing Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum made massive social adjustments, which created Dubai into the social hub that it is today.  Another major factor that alarmed lots of businesses and investors that there is no tax in Dubai. This has attracted lots of people and has changed form a city with just 380,00 people to a city with 2 million plus people. Another one of the sheiks aims was to change Dubai from an oil based economy to a bank and tourism based economy. This has proved very successful with oil only accounting for 6% of income to the country. However, not all is good, at the early parts of the new millennium prices of residence were booming, but in the last 4 years in some areas prices have dropped as much as 75%. Also, over the last couple of years around 261 projects have got to go on hold due to financial problems.

 

The other side of Dubai

 

Whilst Dubai has had an outstanding economic growth in the last 15 years, there still the other side of Dubai that doesn’t get advertised or get shown to the outside world. Even though Dubai and Abu Dhabi control 83.3% of the UAE’s money, however, they have 40% of people living on minimal wage. This is because there are two parts of Dubai, upmarket Dubai, where all the skyscrapers and huge development has happened, and downtown Dubai where the slums and black market is. The infamous, karama market, which is a market were you buy fake goods from any brand. This is the main way that the lower class gets their pay from.

 

What does Dubai hold for the future?

 

Trade and tourism and trade are set to grow at an alarming rate throughout the forth-coming years. These two industries helped Dubai achieve a 3.5% increase in economy in 2011. During the early part of the 2000s, Dubai largely looked to trade with the West and did so with huge success as now only 12% of the population are natives. However, now they are looking to raise their trade locally with fellow Arabs and Far East. In 2011 CB Richard Ellis stated that Dubai was ‘the trade gateway between Europe and the Asia’. They also ranked Dubai the 9^th most popular place to be doing business with. Stephen Pycroft, Executive Chairman of Mace, states that ‘Dubai will once again be restored, even though the coming years for Dubai are uncertain, primarily caused by the Arab spring in the surrounding countries, such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi has meant that these countries and the millionaires that live there have stopped investing in their own countries and there is a growing expectation shown by a small economic upturn in Dubai, that people in these countries are investing in Dubai once more. And whilst it will never return to the glory days of the early 2000’s there is a expectation will become a area of investment and economic growth’.

 

Conclusion

To conclude, Dubai has developed massively over the last 20 years as it has gone from a run down village in the middle of the desert to a city that has matched feats that nobody expected. However, where some risks as the sheiks put in millions of pounds to fund the build up of Dubai and if it did not pay off then they would lose their money. This is demonstrated from the Burj Khalifa, formally names the Burj Dubai. The Sheik of Dubai put in millions to fund the project however they faced many problems and eventually he became bankrupt. So he called for the Sheik of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa, for his help so he funded the rest of the project but in return he wanted it to be named after him, hence Burj Khalifa. I believe that Dubai has been a success in development, it shows that how a city can be constructed from nothing. It also helps inhabit millions of people that otherwise may have nowhere to live. It gives a common tourism attraction for many people in the west, because of the great buildings. Or example, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, the Emirates mall, the largest indoor skiing center and the Dubai mall, the largest mall in he world. So was Dubai a success? I believe, yes.

 

 

Bibliography

http://www.counsellingdubai.com/where-is-dubai-located.html – 15th February

https://blog.modernwealthmanagement.co.uk/dubai-is-the-sky-the-limit/ – 15^th February

 

 

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Q. How does Coleridge develop his narrative in ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner?’

A. In ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, Coleridge uses different types of literary devices to portray a vivid picture of the events of the mariner. He uses metaphors, similes and he also uses first person perspective to express his ideas.

Coleridge uses first person narrative to create the effect that the reader was there and experiencing the event, for example: ‘And I am next of kin’ this create a connection between the reader and the poet immediately.

In Part 1 the poet doesn’t use much imagery so that it portrays that the wedding guest is dull and boring, however in Part 2 he uses interesting imagery,’like God’s own head’, to engage the reader more and make it so that the mariner is an interesting character which also emphasises the emotions of mariner.

What I Have Learnt?

Throughout this year we have learnt lots of things in English. We have learnt to quote effectively, analysed Shakespeare, learnt about rhetorical devices and how they are used in speechs today and a great deal of vocabulary. However, I think that the most important thing that we have learnt this year is how to use the internet effectively in our studies and how to use google docs and Wordpress to analise our peers work.

Technology Today

Has technology taking over? In 10 years will there even be such things as books? will jobs be dominated by robots working ten times faster then normal people?  Every post on facebook, every tweet you publish, every hashtag that you use will be recorded in history that could be the difference between getting the job or not. I find all of these thoughts very worrying.

Macbeth Soliloquy

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMSWQGlnZAZXf7ocRwscxXqxDrQ2-mcFatEVO3RyBWA/edit

Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
November 19, 1863
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a “monumental act.” He said Lincoln was mistaken that “the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.” Rather, the Bostonian remarked, “The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech.”

Speech:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

5 Paragraph Essay

Technology is a force for good in society today

Intro:
In this essay I intend to discuss the impact technology has made on music and film, the riots and how it helps daily life.

Thesis 1: Music and film.
Sub thesis- Has it ruined the industry?
Sub thesis- It has made it more about being famous rather than making music.
Sub thesis- Everyone can do it, its also a good thing.

Thesis 2: Riots.
Sub thesis- Easier for communicating.
Sub thesis- Easier to warn people about hazardous places.
Sub thesis- Can tell police where there is violence.

Thesis 3: Life
Sub thesis- makes doing things easier
Sub thesis- creates unemployment
Sub thesis- lack of privacy

Conclusion:
Ultimately I think that technology is a good thing because it helps people so much however there are some negative factors that i have discussed that could balanced the argument and i would understand why some other people would think differently to me.

Binary Oppositions

Task 1: Create a list of binary oppositions from this extract:

*Press ‘file’ then ‘make a copy’ to get your own file.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

Best	Worst
Best of times	Worst of times
wisdom	foolishness
light	darkness
spring	winter
hope	despair
everything	nothing
heaven	the other way (hell)
good	evil

Spelling and Vocab

Thier-Their.

Genre-A type or category.

Antonyms-An opposite to something else.

Stately-Magnificent.

Obeisance-Bow.

Beguile-Fool.

Decorum-Good manners.

Ghastly-Horrifying.

Lore-Wisdom/Knowl.

Wrought-Shaped/Formed.

Surcease-A brief release from.

Lattice-A web.

Mien-Appearance/Expression.

Pallas-Greek God of wisdom and the arts.

…Only stock and store…-…Only thing he has got…

Dirges-Funeral song.

Melancholy-Sad and gloomy.

Censar-Ghost.

Tempter-The Devil.

Seraphim-Angels of the highest order.

…Balm of Gilead…-Medicine to relieve pain and suffering.

Narcissist-Someone who is obsessed with themselves.

Metaphysical-Anything that is out of the human realm e.g Santa, Tooth Fairy etc…

Cummunicate-Communicate.

Drasticaly-Drastically.

Then-Than.

Contray-Contrary.

Acsess-Access.

Ultimatly-Ultimately.

Traits-Characteristics of a person.

Conchiance-Conscience.

Narrative Poetry- Narrative poetry is a poem that is told from one perspective of a person.

Deterministic-(Fate) Life is predetermined.

Existentialism-Philosophy of existence/The belief that you are in charge of your existence.

Excistance-Existence.

Beutiful-Beautiful.

Handel-Handle

Anaphora-Repeat the start of a sentence various times.

Sabre-Sword.

Subvert-Turn on its head.

Caesura-A break in a line of poetry. E.g. full stop, comma or colon.

Enjambment-When a line rolls onto another line with no punctuation.

Aesthetically-How something looks.

Ultimately-To conclude an essay.

Thesis-An idea.

Antithesis-The opposite of your idea.

5 Part Paragraph Essay:

1. Introduction

2. Idea 1

3. Idea 2

4. Idea 3

5. Conclusion

Archaic- Old fashioned

Vivid-Clear

Auspicious – favorable; promising success; a good omen. A wedding is an example of an auspicious occasion.

Baseless – without a foundation; not based on fact. If you accuse someone of wrongdoing, make sure that you have support to back up your claim and it is not a baseless accusation.

Barefaced – shameless; without concealment or disguise. When someone tells a ‘barefaced lie’ it is not a very good one and you immediately know it is not true.

Castigate – to punish harshly. Sometimes celebrities and politicians are castigated in the press more harshly than ordinary citizens.

Clangor – a loud (clanging) sound. Ghosts are sometimes said to be followed by the loud clangor of chains.

Dexterously – skillful, especially in the use of one’s hands (or also one’s mind). A good carpenter can dexterously build a bookshelf very easily.

Dwindle – to get smaller; diminish. Often used to describe money. Many people’s savings dwindle after losing a job.

Multitudinous – a lot; a great number. You are in luck if you can say that you have a multitudinous amount of friends.

Sanctimonious – pretending to be very religious or righteous. Sometimes people who judge others harshly are sanctimonious.

Watchdog – a person or group that keeps close watch to discover wrong or illegal activity. A popular watchdog group is PETA, which exposes wrongful actions against animals.

Existential question-A question that is the philosophy of existence.

Existance-Existence.

Contempory- Contemporary

Contemporary-Up to date, for example if a house if contemporary then it would have the most modern technology.

Pessimistic-Somebody that thinks the worst of everything

These scenes establish the dramatic premise.

Masterfully expresses concepts through the use of symbols and imagery.

This skillful combination of intellectual content.

Embracing colloquial language.

Bring together two poetic genres that previously had been seen as mutually exclusive.

They emphasized human emotions.

The poet’s intense descriptions leave a lasting imprint on the reader.

The poem appear as integral parts of the natural world.

Read to understand the characteristics of this poetic genre.

On a superficial level, (title of poem) can be read as…

Hounded by disaster.

In developing his themes.

Much of the imagery is breathtaking,

Developed the poetic theory that underlies.

In place of an overwhelming emphasis.

And stressed the concept that.

Becomes nightmarish when contrasted with the realistic world.

Thane-Lord

Prophecy-A prediction of what will happen in the future

Soliloquy-A speech made by a character alone on stage, usually in Shakespeare’s play

…Employs vivid imagery to create a powerful effect on the reader…

For example “……” the effect of this is to create a sense of _____ and to indicate_____

In addition to this….

Furthermore….

Interiority-The inner workings of the mind.

Interior-Inside

Exterior-Outside

….uses the technique of soliloquy to express a sense of interiority…

Prose-Writing in the style of a story

Apparent-clear/easy to see

Discrepancy-an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

Manifest-clear or obvious to the eye or mind

Implicitly-in a way that is not directly expressed

Legacy-What he will be remembered by

Cacophony-Lots of shouting people at one time

Alcove-A small room adjacent to or opening out of a room

Propaganda-Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, institution, nation, etc.

Touting-to watch/spy on

Psychological-Things to do with the mind and how information is processed

Tormented-A person or thing that annoys you or you are scared by it

Inconvinience-Inconvenience

Zealous-To be eager or enthusiastic about a certain topic or action

Unprecedented-Unknown, never been done before or has never happened before

Purge-To get rid of anything that is impure or undesirable

Annihilates-To reduce anything to non-existence or to destroy something completely

Completly-Completely

Grotesque-Odd or unnatural in appearance

Disarray-In chaos

Tuberculosis-A disease of the body were tissue gets broken down

Convalescence-The eventual recovery of someone

Cryogenic-Getting frozen and getting back to life years later

Ubiquitous-Ever present, everywhere

Dystopian-A future world where everything has gone wrong

Utopia-A future world where everything has gone right

Orwellian-In the style of Orwell or something that he has invented

Homage-The formal public acknowledgement

Rightwards-Conservative party

Fashist-A person that sympathises with dictatorship

Buxom-Big breasted

Furtive-Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble

Notion-A concept or belief about a thing

Establish-To create something e.g establish an institution

Accentuate-make more noticeable or prominent

 

Level 7 phrases: 1984

1st Paragraph:

In this extract, the writer employs/utilises (uses) a range of devices to create a powerful impact on the reader such as… imagery/vivid imagery, metaphors and juxtaposition.

In the first page the writer portrays the fact that you are being observed at all times.

In this extract, the writer employs a range of devices to create a powerful impact on the reader such as vivid imagery, metaphors and juxtaposition. This extract interrogates the notion that there is no such thing as individual thought and that we are always under oppressive surveillance in modern society.

2nd Paragraph:

In terms of language, the writer makes a series of significant word choices to establish a powerful mood. The choice of word ‘_____’ is significant as it creates a sense of _____. Furthermore, the word _____ increases this sense of _____ and indicates that…

Better ways of saying ‘this increases…’:

-This increases the sense of…

-This emphasises the sense of…

-This accentuates the sense of…

3rd Paragraph:

Another technique/device to consider is the writer’s use of metaphorical language. (figurative language)

NEVER use ‘this creates tension’ rather say:

-This creates an overall atmosphere of fear/sadness etc.

-This metaphor forces the reader to consider what life was like in…

-This metaphor evokes a feeling of…

-This phrase engenders a sense of…

 

Ubiquitous-Everywhere.

Injunction-An order.

Byzantine-Excessively complicated.

Enviable-To be jealous of something e.g enviable football skills.

Insincerity-To be insincere or a lack of sincerity.

Instinctively-To do something by instinct

Convey-To put across a point

Artifice-Something that is made up to trick someone or put them off topic.

Supplanting-Replacing.

Innate-If something is innate it means that it is built into you.

Obfuscate-To make something obscure or to be blocked,

e.g. The writer uses obfuscatory language to confuse the reader.

Puritanical-In a fundamental way to be conservative.

Fundemental-Fundamental.

Infiltrated-To filter into or through.

Quotidian-Something that happens everyday.

Lacune-Unfilled spaces.

Authentic-To be real.

Pedantic-Fussy over language.

Paradox-A sentence that contradicts itself.

Declaration-To declare something.

Duped-Tricked.

Nostalgia-To look back on the past in a sentimental way.

Transient – Short time, not lasting

Ephemeral – Short time, not lasting

Sentiment – An opinion of something

Anonymity – The sense of unknowing

Cathartic – Adaptable, can fix itself

Benevolent – Caring, positive

Entity – Something that has a real existence

Duality – Something having two states

Ambiguous – Open to having different meanings

Transformative – To change in form