Word Unit 15 | Example sentence | Arabic |
Africa (n) | World Population Statistics. “How many people live in Africa? 13% | أفريقيا |
air (n) | The air on the planet is 79% per cent nitrogen and 21% per cent oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are increasing. p.70 | هواء |
American (adj) | In American English, you can say larger numbers in different ways too. two thousand four hundred or twenty-four hundred | أمريكي |
Argentinian (adj) | The country is Argentina. The Nationality is Argentinian. p.70 | أرجنتيني |
around (adv) | How long does it take for light from the sun to travel to Earth? - It takes around 8 minutes 18 seconds. p.75 | تقريباً حوالي |
Asia (n) | How many people live in Asia? - 60% p.120 | آسيا |
astronaut (n) | What’s your job, Robert Curbeam? What do you do (for a living), Robert Curbeam? I’m an astronaut. | رائد فضاء |
Australian (adj) | The country is Australia. The nationality is Australian. p.70 | استرالي |
Belgium (n) | Belgium - There are Belgian people in Belgium. p.70 | بلجيكا |
born (to be born) (v) | How many babies are born each second. p.71 | يولد |
Brazil (n) | The country is Brazil. The nationality is Brazilian. p.70 | برازيل |
Brazilian (adj) | The country is Brazil. The nationality is Brazilian. p.70 | برازيلي |
Canada (n) | This is Sylvie Beland and she’s from Canada. p.69 | كندا |
Canadian (adj) | Canada – There are Canadian people living in Canada. p.70 | كندي |
carbon dioxide (n) | The air on the planet is 79% per cent nitrogen and 21% per cent oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are increasing. p.70 | ثاني أكسيد الكربون |
Caribbean (adj) | How many people live in Latin America and the Caribbean? – 9% | كاريبي |
Chinese (adj) | Chinese is the world's top language. There are about six billion people in the world and eighteen per cent speak Chinese. p.71 | صيني |
clean (adj) | One coat is clean. The other is dirty. The opposite of clean is dirty. p.45 | نظيف |
country (n) | Which country are you from? What's your nationality? Which language(s) do you speak?p.70 | بلد |
countries (n pl) | How many countries are working on the International Space Station project?p.68 | بلدان |
covered (v) | 70% per cent of the earth is covered by water. p.70 | مغطّاة |
cycling (n) | She likes sports too, especially tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69 | ركوب الدراجة |
deliveries (n pl) | Are there any postal deliveries here on Friday? No, the mail doesn’t come on Fridays here in Saudi Arabia. p.207 Oxford Word Power | رسائل او طرود مثلا تسلّم بابريد |
Denmark (n) | The country is Denmark. The nationality is Danish. p.2072 Longman Contemporary English | الدنمارك |
diving (n) | When Takayoshi Nishikawa isn’t working, his hobbies are swimming, diving, running, and cycling. p.69 | الغطس |
Dutch (adj) | The Netherlands (or Holland) is the country. Dutch is the language and the nationality. p.70 | الهولندية |
earth (n) | 70% per cent of the earth is covered by water. p.70 | الأرض |
energy (n) | People in cities use three-quarters of the world’s energy. A quarter of the world’s energy is used for transport and cars use half of that.p.70 and p.124 | طاقة |
exactly (adv) | Work with a partner. Practise saying these numbers exactly and approximately. p.71 | تماماً بالضبط |
favourite (adj) | What’s his favourite football team? p.69 | مفضل |
feel (v) | I’m feeling sleepy. p.51 How are you feeling today? I feel sick. You’ll feel better tomorrow, I hope. p287 Oxford Word Power | أحس يحس إحساس |
female (adj) | How many people are male? 3,051,099,000 p.110 How many people are female? 3,005,616,000 (three billion, five million, six-hundred and sixteen thousand) p.71 | أنثى |
fifth (n) | ⅕ a fifth. p.70 | خُمس |
France (n) | France is a country. The country is France and the nationality or language is French. p.70 | فرنسا |
French (adj) | French is language & nationality. The country is France and the nationality or language is French. p.70 | الفرنسة |
gardening (n) | What are Sylvie's hobbies? -reading and gardening. p.69 | بستنة |
Germany (n) | Germany is a country. Germany is the country and German is the nationality. p.70 | المانيا |
grow (v) | the world's population is growing. p70 Cities cover 2% per cent of the world's land surface and the world's population is growing by 1.3% per cent a year. p.70 | ينمو |
half (n) | Listen to one half of a telephone call. What is it about? p.76 Saying fractions: ½ is (a) half. | نصف |
hardware (n) | Hardware & software is the contents of the computer. Tools and equipment that are used in the house or garden are called hardware. You can buy these tools in a hardware shop.p.361 Oxford Word Power | العتاد |
help (v) | Can you help me? Can you help me? – title of Unit 16 p.74 | يساعد |
hobby (n) | my hobby is swimming. Sylvie has two children and when she isn’t working, her hobbies are tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69 | هواية |
hope (v) | I hope you have a nice day. | امل بانل أرجو |
important (adj) | Is money important for happiness? It’s important that people should learn at least one foreign language. p.396 Oxford Word Power | مهم |
interesting (adj) | Which statistics are the most interesting? p.71 | ممتع |
International (adj) | English is the international language of science and technology. p.71 | عالمي |
Italian (adj) | Italian is the language & nationality.p.70 | ايطالي |
Italy (n) | Italy is a country. p.70 | ايطاليا |
Japan (n) | Japan is a country. p.70 | اليابان |
Japanese (adj) | Japanese is the language & nationality.p.70 | اليابانية |
jogging (n) | She likes sports too, especially tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69 | الركض |
Korean (adj) | Korean is the language & nationality. p.70 | الكورية |
land surface (n) | Cities cover 2% per cent of the world's land surface and the world's population is growing by 1.3% per cent a year. p.70 | سطح الارض |
language (n) | Which language(s) do you speak?p.70 | لغة |
Latin America (n) | How many people live in Latin America and the Caribbean? 9% p.71 | امريكا اللاتينية |
less (det) | It took less time than I thought. I’m too fat. I must eat less. p.449 Oxford Word Power | اقل . اقل كمية |
levels (n pl) | The air on the planet is 79% per cent nitrogen and 21% per cent oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are increasing. p.70 | مراحل |
live (v) | How many people live in Africa? – 13% p.71 | يعيش |
major (adj) | The world’s major languages are Chinese, English, Hindi/Urdu, Spanish, and Arabic. p.71 | اهم |
male (adj) | A male goat is called a billy, or billy-goat. p.474 Oxford Word Power | ذكر |
mechanical engineer (n) | Sylvie is a mechanical engineer. p.69 | مهندس ميكانيكي |
members (n pl) | Today sixteen countries are members of the International Space Station project: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. p.68 | عَضوُ ج اعضاء |
missing (adj) | Ask your partner for the missing statistics and write them down. Answer your partner's questions. Which statistics are the most interesting? p.71 | مفقود |
most (det) | Which statistics are the most interesting ? p.71 | اكثر |
Muslim (n) | How many people are Muslim? 22% p.71 | المسلم |
nationalities (n pl) | Dino is from Italy. He's Italian. What other nationalities are there in the team? p.68 | جنسيات جمع جنسية |
nickname (n) | Robert Curbeam’s nickname is Beamer. p.69 and p.111 | اسم مستعار |
nitrogen (n) | The air on the planet is 79% per cent nitrogen and 21% per cent oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are increasing. p.70 | نتروجين |
North America (n) | How many people live in North America? 5% p.71 | امريكا الشمالية |
older (adj) | My father’s older than my mother. p.535 Oxford Word Power | اقدم |
organize (v) | The school organizes trips to various places of interest. p.543 Oxford Word Power | تنظّم |
per cent (n) | Cities cover 2% per cent of the world's land surface and the world's population is growing by 1.3% per cent a year. p.70 | بالمئة % |
planet (n) | The air on the planet is 79% per cent nitrogen and 21% per cent oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are increasing. p.70 | الكوكب |
population (n) | Cities cover 2% per cent of the world's land surface and the world's population is growing by 1.3% per cent a year. p.70 | كثافة سكانية |
Portuguese (adj) | Portugal is a country. The Portuguese are the people living there. p.70 | برتغالي |
prospects (n) | Source: United Nations world population prospects 2000 p.71 | آفاق |
proud (adj) | “I feel proud of this work and proud of the team.” p.69 | فخور |
quarter (n) | Say these percentages as fractions. For example, “25% is a quarter.” p.71 | ربع |
recurring (adj) | 33.33% - 66.66% *We say the number is recurring. Example thirty-three point three three recurring p.71 | متكرر |
religious (adj) | How many people are not religious? 14% p.71 “My aunt’s a deeply religious person.” p.1471 Long-man's Dictionary of Contemporary English | ديني متدين |
research (n) | Market research has shown that many people now prefer coffee to tea.p.652 Oxford Word Power | بحث |
roughly (adv) | Roughly a quarter of the world’s population speaks some English.p.71 | تقريبا |
running (n) | Takayoshi Nishikawa’s hobbies are swimming, diving, running, and cycling. p.69 | الركض |
Russia (n) | Today sixteen countries are members of the International Space Station project: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. p.68 | روسيا |
science (n) | English is the international language of science and technology. p.71 | علم |
scientific experiments (n pl) | They have a station in space where people can live and work, and where they do research and scientific experiments. p.68 | تجربة ج تجربات علمية |
second (adj) | What's your first language? Can you speak more than one language? (If you can, what's your second language?) p.71 | الثاني الثانية |
sixteen (num) | April 16. What’s the date tomorrow? It’s April the sixteenth. What was the date last Thursday? It was April ninth. p.73 | ستة عشر |
space (n) | How many countries are working on the International Space Station project? p.68 | الفضاء |
Spain (n) | Today sixteen countries are members of the International Space Station project: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. p.68 | اسبانيا |
Spanish (adj) | People in Spain speak Spanish. p.70 | اسبانية اسباني |
speak (v) | I’m from Switzerland. I speak French, German, and Italian. p.70 | يتحدث |
sports (n pl) | She likes sports too, especially tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69 | الرياضة |
statistics (n pl) | Say these statistics. Which statistics are most interesting? p.71 | إحصائيات |
Sweden (n) | Sweden is the name of the country. Swedish is the nationality. p.70 | السويد |
Swedish (adj) | Sweden is the name of the country. Swedish is the nationality. p.70 | سويدي |
swimming (n) | Takayoshi Nishikawa’s hobbies are swimming, diving, running, and cycling. p.69 | سباحة |
Switzerland (n) | Today sixteen countries are members of the International Space Station project: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. p.68 | سويسرا |
teamwork (n) | ‘The scientific research is very important, but the teamwork is the most important thing.’ p.68 | فريق العمل |
technology (n) | English is the international language of science and technology.p.71 | تكنولوجيا |
tennis (n) | She likes sports too, especially tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69 | تنس |
tenth (num) | Saying fractions 9/10 nine tenths. p.70 | العاشر |
Thai (adj) | The country is called Thailand. The people there are Thai, and speak Thai.p.70 | تايلندي |
the Netherlands | The country is the Netherlands. The people there speak Dutch as their first language. p.70 | الهولنديين |
the United States | The country is called the United States. The people living there are American. p.70 | الولايات المتحدة |
third (n) | Saying fractions: 1/3 a third. p.70 | ثلث |
too (adj/adv) | She like sport too. p69 too(adv.)=also; She likes sports too, especially tennis, swimming, jogging, and cycling. p.69, In American English you can say larger numbers in different ways too. p.72 Too(adj/adv)=more than is good, possible; That’s too bad. p.72 | ايضا او اكثر من الممكن |
top (n) | Chinese is the world's top language. p71 | قمة |
tourist (n) | A person who visits a place for pleasure is called a tourist. p.815 Oxford Word Power | سائح |
trainer (n) | A person who teaches people or animals how to do a particular skill is called a trainer.p.817 Oxford Word Power | مدرب |
transport (n) | I travel to school by public transport.p819 Oxford Word Power | نقل |
water (n) | 71 per cent of the earth is covered by water. p70 | ماء |
weekends (n pl) | What does he do at weekends? p.68 | إجازات نهاية الاسبوع |
Western Europe | Famous cities like Paris, Rome, and Amsterdam are in Western Europe. Famous cities like St. Petersbourg, Moscow, and Prague are in Eastern Europe.p.865 Oxford Word Power | اوروبا الغربية |
wine (n) | Wine is an alcoholic drink that is made from grapes. p.873 | نبيذ |
world (n) | Chinese is the world's top language.p71 | عالم |
year (n) | Approximately one year. p75 | سنة |
younger (adj) | I am a year younger than her.p .885 Oxford Word Power | الاصغر سنّاً |
Useful phrases |
| جمل مركبة مفيدة |
a little | And millions more can speak a little English. p71 | القليل |
I’d prefer to be a tourist. | Would you like to live in India and become a Hindu? p.71 I’d prefer to be a tourist. | أفضل أن أكون سائحاً |
Where are you from? | Where are you from? I am from KSA. | أين تعيش؟ |