Portfolio Task 5

          The pie charts show a survey of economy and business class of an airline in 2002 about the most popular in-flight consideration. The numbers indicate the percentage of male and female passengers.

          For starters, the most popular consideration in the economy class is the space. For example the survey shows that 50% of males prefer space more than any other feature. As for the females the prefer service to movies, food and drinks or space. For instance, the survey shows that 45% of females prefer service and 9%, 21%, 23% prefer other feature respectively.

          Now let’s turn our attention to business class, where the most popular consideration is also space. To clarify, the survey showed that both male and female passengers like the space more than movies, food and drinks or service and it’s accounted for 45% and 44% respectively.

          All in all, in my opinion I think the most popular consideration is space because for you to relax and stretch you need more space.

Portfolio Task 4

            Many people can be influenced by the media either in a good or bad way. In this essay, I’m going to outline some of the arguments about the statement.

            For starters, many people agree that media has a big impact in their life. To illustrate, media provides entertainments for people who want to watch movies or listen to the world news. Another important reason is advertisements. For example, people advertise their products or ideas through the media because it’s the fast way to reach everybody.

            Now let’s turn our attention to some people who disagree that media does not have an influence in their life or ideas. One factor is that they can learn from experiences. For instance, form their experiences they can learn and have knowledge, either it’s good or bad which has a big impact in their habit or behavior. Another factor is that the people in their life may have a stronger influence than media. To clarify, parents, teachers and friends can have big influences regarding behavior, religion and culture.

            To sum up, in my opinion I think that both media and the people in your life can influence you either in positive or negative way.    

Portfolio Task 3

The graph and table shows the number of fishermen in millions for different regions between the years 1970, 1980 and 2000 and the world’s top ten exporters of fish in 2000. In this essay, I will outline the information in the graph and table.

The graph shows that there was a huge increase in the number of fishermen in Asia between 1970, 1980 and 2000. For example, there were about 11 million fishermen, 14 million fishermen and 26 million fishermen respectively. On the other hand, in Africa the number of fishermen fell rapidly from 1970 to2000. To explain more, in1970 there were about 12 million fishermen while in 2000 there were about 3 million fishermen. However, in South America the number of fishermen remained the same.

The table shows that the highest number of fish being exported is from Thailand in 2000. For instance, the highest number of fishermen comes from Asia and it’s about 26 million fishermen. Secondly comes Norway in the list of the world’s top ten exporters of fish in 2000. Finally, the lowest number of being exported in the year 2000 is from South Korea.

All in all, in my opinion I think the highest number of fishermen and fish being exported is from Asia.   

Portfolio task 1

The graphs shows the percentages of four kinds of films the US films, British films, Australian films and other films that shown in Britain and Australia by origin in the year 2000. It also describes the number of people who attended cinemas between 1980 and 2000.

Graph 1 show that almost 80% of the films shown in Britain come from the US. On the other hand, in Australia there were about 68%. Turning to movies shown in Britain, there were about 15% higher than movies shown in Australia. However in Australia the Australian films were 10% of the films shown whereas in Britain were zero%.

Graph 2 shows that cinema attendance in Britain fluctuated from 1980 to1988. For example, there were about 100 million people, 41 million, 80 million, 119 million, 80 million respectively. From 1988 to 2000, there was a rise. To clarify, in the year 2000 there were about 145 million people who attended cinema. With respect to Australia, there was a dip in 1982. To illustrate, there were about 20 million people who attended cinema that year. After that from 1984 to 1990 the attendances leveled out and rise up until the year 2000.

All in all, the most popular movies shown in Britain com from the US and the highest number of people who attended cinema were from Britain.  

Portfolio task 2

There are many people who move from one place to another seeking better opportunities. However those people will face some challenges in where they are staying. In this essay I will outline some of the difficulties and some solutions.

            There are some several challenges. One challenge in particular is the weather. For example, people who are used to cold weather can’t live in a climate which is very hot and humid and also for those who are used to hot weather can’t adjust in the cold weather. Another difficulty worth mentioning is the culture. For instance, people come from different culture regarding the behavior, lifestyle, food and dress.

            With respect to challenges let’s turn our attention to the solutions. One important solution to adapt to the weather is buying new cloths. To illustrate, if you are moving to a city where the climate is cold you should buy heavy clothes to keep you warm as for the hot climate you should buy light cloths. Another solution regarding the culture is to learn and ask other people. To clarify, if you decide to study abroad then you must learn about the culture by asking other people who have an experience about lifestyle, food and dress.

            All in all, in my opinion moving to other countries have many benefits. However, I think the most difficult challenges is the culture and religion because you should learn and find a lot of information about the country before you decide to live there.