Some Libyan cities

Tripoli

a cafe in Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital of Libya. It's famous for it's beach, nice streets, airport and port. The people of Libya are mixed because people are collected from other countries in Tripoli. It has old buildings and new buildings. It is famous for good cafes and seafood restaurants. 






Mesllata

olives

Mesllata city is 120 km west of Tripoli. It's famous for farming olives and making olive oil. It has nice weather and landscapes. I want to go to Mesllata and enjoy the simple life.

Moammer Albedwi
Elementary

What can you do?

I can help you in cooking.
He can speak French.
I can't drink milk.
I sometimes wear shoes in the morning.
Can you service the car?
Yes, I can.

Emhamad S. Barouni
Starter 1

I can't play the piano, but I can drive a car. My car is grey.
I love listening to Fairouz, but I hate listening to rap music.

Hana Ali Abuaish
Starter 1

Can he ski?
No he can't.
Can I go home at 9:10?
No, you can't.
Can we play basketball?
Yes, we can.
Can they cook?
Yes, they can.

Mawadda Elhadi
Starter 1

1. Can you cook fish?
Yes, I can.

2. Can she play football?
No, she can't.

3. Can he cook pizza?
No, he can't.

4. Can she speak Spanish?
Yes, she can.

5. Can he play tennis?
Yes, he can.

Rawia Gargab
Starter 1

Can she swim? No, she can't.
I can't drink milk.
Can you play the piano? Yes, I can.
Can he speak German? No, he can't.
Can he cook some pasta? Yes, he can.

Mahmoud  M. Abirid
Starter 1

I can swim. 
I can't play basketball.
Can you cook?
Can she play guitar?
They can't dance in the street.

Nawal Omer
Starter 1

Can you eat a croissant in the evening? Yes, I can.
Can you drive your car at night? No, I can't.
Can you watch TV in the morning? Yes, I can.
Can you cook pasta? Yes, I can.
Can you play football very well? No,I can't play football very well.

Faraj Ahmed
Starter 1

Country Profile >>> Libya

Country >>> Libya

Libya is part of Africa in the north. It has a long and beautiful beach and oil and gas industries and it's famous for it's friendly people. There are two languages in Libya; Arabic and Amazigh.







Places to visit and things to do >>>

Tripoli Museum

Tripoli is the capital city of Libya. It's busy, traditional and it has old buildings and a great museum called 'Al Saraya Alhamra'. Alshahada Square is in the centre of the city.







The Great Sahara >>>

an oasis in the Sahara Desert

It's a beautiful place to visit, you can do some desert activities and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Majdi Ali Alhuti
Elementary

When we were 10

Grandizer - cartoon

My favourite band was White Bird.
My favourite food were oranges.
My favourite TV progamme was Grandizer.
My favourite film was The Message.
I was never late for class.
My brothers were nice to me.

Mohamad Errishi
Starter 2

Om Kalthom - Arabic singer

My favourite singer was Om Kalthom.
My favourite food was pasta salsa.
My favourite actor was Jean-Claude Van Damme.
My favourite TV programme was Children's World.

Adel Ziani
Starter 2

My favourite food was fish.
My favourite colour was black.
My favourite film was Superman.
My favourite team was Itihad.
My favourite cartoon was Tom and Jerry.
My favourite car was Mazda.

Abdulbaset Muhesn
Starter 2

Batman

• When I was ten, my favourite sport was football.
• When I was ten, my favourite fruit was an apple.
• When I was ten, my favourite animal was a horse.
• When I was ten, my favourite colour was blue.
• When I was ten, my favourite cartoon was Takia.
• When I was ten, my favourite film was Batman.

Mufta Ahmed Burki
Starter 2

Ronaldo

My favourite footballer was Ronaldo.
My favourite cartoon was Tom and Jerry.
My favoutire bike was BMX.
My favourite band was Pink Floyd.
My favourite car was Honda.
My favourite school was Ali Boser.

Abdauroof Alkhimri
Starter 2

Superman 

When I was ten.....

• My favourite singer was Nabil Sheel.
• When I was ten my favourite food was rice.
• My favourite film was Superman.
• I was unhappy at school.
• I wasn't good at sports.
• I was usually late for class.

Taha Jadi
Starter 2

The clothes we wear

trainers

I never wear a suit on Friday.
I always wear a t-shirt in summer.
I sometimes wear trainers to work.
I wear a jumper in the winter.
I always wear shoes with a suit.

Faraj Ahmed
Starter 1

a checkered shirt and tie

I wear a black suit every week.
I always wear a checkered shirt.
I never wear jeans in summer.
I usually wear a t-shirt in winter.
I like ice-cream in summer.

Mahmud Abirid
Starter 1

black boots

I never wear a dress at the office.
I always wear jeans on Friday.
I usually wear a red jacket.
I always wear jeans.
I usually wear black boots.

Rawja Gergab
Starter 1

a black shirt and tie

• I wear a red suit everyday.
• I always wear a black shirt and a tie.
• I usually wear a t-shirt and jeans.
• I never wear a blue shirt.
• I sometimes wear trainers.

Emhamed S. Barouni

Starter 1

a red scarf

I'm wearing a red scarf today. I like the colour. I always wear black shoes, but I never wear boots and I sometimes wear a jacket.

Hajer Ali Altriki

Starter 1

a jacket and a skirt

I'm wearing a black dress.

I wear a coat everyday.

I never wear a jacket with a skirt.

I sometimes wear trainers on Friday.

I never wear a tie.

Nawal Omer

Starter 1

a suit

I wear a suit everyday.

I always wear a shirt and tie.

My favourite colour is black.

Anwar Aladrisi

Starter 1

sweats

I always wear a scarf, but I never wear a dress at work. I sometimes wear a skirt and I always wear sweats at home, but I never wear a hat.

Hanan Ali Abuaish

Starter 1

a t-shirt

I wear a t-shirt.

I go to school.

I work at Libyana Company.

I have a pen.

I like chicken.

Abduroof Khweter

Starter 1

Too, Too Much, Enough, and A Lot!

I don't have too much work to do.
I watch too much TV.
I didn't get enough pizza.
My brother eats too much unhealthy food.
I don't like to spend too much money.
I write too many books.
Ibrahim Hussein Asader
Pre-Intermediate

My flat is big enough.
I spend too much time with my family.
I've got too many friends.
I spend too much time at work.
I don't like to visit my friends too late.
I don't play with my nephew because I don't have enough time.

Ibrahim Soliman Mady
Pre-Intermediate

My brother watches too much TV.
One cup of tea is not enough for me.
When I get married I want a lot of children.
Thirty years old isn't too old to have a child.
My house isn't big enough for Libya.
I'm not going to visit my friends because I don't have enough time.
 
Ibrahem Ghreba
Pre-Intermediate

My house isn't big enough for the whole family.
Children have too many toys.
I spend too much money on my family.
The room is too dark to see.
I work too many hours in the week.
Children are too annoying so they make me fed up.
 
Adel Alazobi
Pre-Intermediate

I don't go back to my house too late becuase it's too dangerous.
I'm tired because I don't have too much free time.
I don't go to bed early when I have too many problems.
When I travel out of Libya I spend too much money for presents.
When I don't sleep early I go to work too late.
I'm happy when I can play with a lot of children.

Hatem Aljrrah
Pre-Intermediate

I don't have enough free time to go out with my friends.
My house is too big.
I have got too many children.
I use the internet too much every day.
I sometimes have too much work to do.
You should have a lot of vocabulary to learn English.

Ali
Pre-Intermediate

I've got too many lessons today.
I spend too many hours with my family.
I don't watch too much TV.
I spend enough time with their children.
 
Ahmed Zahmoul
Pre-Intermediate

THE BAD STUDENTS

Once there were four university students (friends).  They went to a party together at one of their friend's farm.  They enjoyed the party so much that they spent the night at the farm.

The next morning when they woke up, one of them screamed "The exam is today!"   They started thinking of ways to get their Doctor at the university to postpone their exam until the next day.  One of them called their Doctor and told him that they were driving to school and suddenly their tire burst and they didn't have a spare.  Their situation was difficult and they couldn't make it to the university for the exam.  The Doctor agreed to postpone the test for them until the next day.  They were very happy.

The next day, the day set for their exam, their doctor asked each one of them to sit in a different corner of the big exam room.  He distributed to each one of them a test paper.  This is what was on the exam:

1. Which of the four tires was it that burst on the car?
2. Who was driving the car?
3. What was the sitting arrangement inside the car?
4. What time did the incident happen?

The Doctor told them that if all of their answers were similar, they would pass the exam but if their answers were different, they would fail.

Of course they failed.

Adel Alazzabi
Pre-Intermediate

THE WINNERS

This story is about my friend.  His name is Emad.  

Last year, my friend Emad was working in a café when he met her for the first time.  He in fell  in love with her but she was engaged and she didn't tell him. He thought that she loved him too. Later, she asked him if he wanted to work with her and he said yes.

He discovered that she went to the café a lot because she was looking for someone to work for her.  Emad left the café and began working in an office. Later, the girl got married.
 

In the end, she won a husband and he won a new job.

Adel Alazzabi
Pre-Intermediate

NELSON MANDELA

Nelson Mandela was born in 1918.  He was a South African revolutionary politician.  In 1962 he was arrested and convicted o conspiracy to overthrow the State.  He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Mandela served over 27 years in prison.  He was a popular figure with great status among black South Africans.  He served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

He was the first black South African to hold the office and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.  He also received international acclaim.   He received the Nobel Peace Prize. Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013. 

Hassan Hamza
Pre-Intermediate

ALI'S STORY

This is my story.  It happened three years ago in Tunisia.

I went to Tunisia with two friends to buy gasoline and have fun.  We went to Soussa to have a picnic and go swimming in the sea.  When we entered the sea to swim, it was rough.  While we were swimming, the sea became rougher.   We swam for a long time that day and when we decided to swim to shore, I suddenly got a muscle spasm in my leg.
 
My friends reached the shore but I couldn't swim with my leg so I began to go under the water.  I was scared and I thought I was going to drown.  I struggled  in the water for twenty minutes and the sea got rougher and the cramps in my legs got worse.  I felt myself drowning and going under the water. Then, I felt my feet touch a large stone at the bottom and I stoop up on the stone with my face above the water.  I stayed there for a time to let my legs rest before I tried to swim ashore again.

Finally, I managed to swim to the shore and pulled myself out of the water.  God saved me from drowning and guided me to the stone.  That was the worst day of my life.
 
 Ali Abdulbasit
Pre-Intermediate  

A TRUE STORY

My friend, his name is Ibrahim Ghreeba, is a shy, kind and handsome young man. During the last English course, while he was driving to school in his car, he saw a beautiful girl driving her car.  He immediately fell in love with her and decided to try to get her telephone number. 

He thought of a good plan to do this.  He would have a car accident with her so she would be forced to give him her number.  He put his plan into action and slammed his car into hers.  Ibrahim's car was damaged but the girl's car was only a bit scratched.

Ibrahim asked the girl for her number so they could settle the damage but she said her car was OK and refused to give her number to him.  Since that day, Ibrahim has been sad because he lost his car and his love.
I hope he has better luck with the next car accident.

Hatem Al-grrah
Pre-Intermediate

Solving childhood obesity

Children these days are suffering from obesity. The first cause of obesity is junk food. Mostly children eat burgers, pizzas and noodles. These types of food are easily available to them in school. Children love to buy chips, chocolate and ice cream for lunch. Moreover, parents are working and don't have time to cook at home. Parents often buy dinner for their children instead of cooking food at home. This problem can be solved by teaching children to cook healthy food for themselves and banning junk food from schools.

 

The second cause of obesity is technology. Children spend most of their time watching television or playing video games on computer. This technology makes them lazy. Parents can take their children to parks for playing with friends. Furthermore, schools can add sports in their courses.

 

Finally, the main causes of obesity are unhealthy eating and not enough physical activities.

Hanan Ibrahim Rhoma
Intermediate

 

Language learners

For the vast majority of language learners, myself included, we learn another language so that we can speak it. As I see it, we are not learning it so we can read the newspapers, we are not learning so that we can write letters to people. I'm absolutely convinces that we may do bot of these, and enjoy them as activities; but I've no doubt that they are some of the reasons for our learning. As well as we want to speak; I've always felt that we want to be in conversations in which we both understand and are understood.
 
To me, young children will easily learn a foreign language better compared to adolescents. Furthermore, it could be easy for them to practice and enhance the usage when they become older.

Sondes Sleman Zarra
Intermediate

Do you like to draw?

Paint is a program used to draw, colour, and edit pictures and to open it you will need to click the start menu, click all programs, click accessories, and then click Paint.

When you start paint, you'll see a blank window with a few tools and the following instructions will help you to draw a line, for example:

1. Remember that the toolbox is the box which is on your left. Click the line tool ( \ ).
2. In the colour box, click the colour you want to use.
3. To draw, drag the pointer across the drawing area, only try to avoid clicking on the other tools.
4. Make sure you don't lose your work and to do that, on the file menu, click save. In the save as type select the file format you want. In the file name box type the name and finally, click save.
5. Don't forget to shut down your computer if you complete your work.

Sondes Sleman Zarra
Intermediate

Learning a Language

I'm absolutely convinced that learning a language takes time and dedication.

I have no doubt that there are many good reasons for learning a language, I'm positive that emigration is one of them, like when you move to a different country or region. Learning the local language will help you to communicate and integrate with the local community. 

As I see it, work is the most important reason. If your work involves regular contact with speakers of a foreign language, being able to talk to them in their own language will help you to communicate with them.

Knowledge of foreign languages may also increase your chances of finding a new job, getting a promotion or transfer overseas, or of going on foreign business trips. I have always felt that I need to learn a language to spread our religion and give a good view to other people about it.

I strongly believe that learning any language will improve our minds; I've always felt that multiple language speakers are better at remembering lists or sequences, so hopefully I want to be one of them.

Sana Sleman Zaraa
Intermediate

Moving in

First, I'm sorry for not being there while you are moving in. I hope that you like the place. I have prepared lunch for you, you'll find it in the fridge. If you want to go out today you will need to follow these instructions.

1.  First, don't forget to take your money with you, and make sure you bring your keys with you and you close the door. 
2. To get tot he nearest bus station, go straight down this street, turn left at the traffic light. When you get to the restaurant turn right. The bus station is on your left.
3. Whatever yo do try to come home early.
4. remember that the bread is not enough for tomorrow.

Have a nice time!

Sana Sleman Zaraa
Intermediate

Health Problems

Bad health services are the most obvious problem in Libya. The Libyan people have complained for ages from bad health services at the level of hospitals, polyclinics and even private clinics. These places are suffering from reduced perfect health care that patients need, in addition to absences of health monitoring systems.

Although we have a lot of professional doctors, many of them have gone outside for learning. However, a few of them have returned back and they haven't found the personal, government or even financial support which makes them prefer to stay abroad. Patients can't find what they need because there are deficits in medicine, investigations, equipment, nursing and even emotional support. All of that encourages most Libyan patients to go abroad for all kinds of medical care. 

We have a lot of options that allow health services to improve the level that satisfies Libyan patients:

Firstly, the government or especially the Ministry of Public Health should make serious decisions to change hospitals and polyclinics' managers and employees, because I think that is the biggest problem of bad health services in Libya. Additionally,  managers should take intensive courses on how to organize and rebuild the people's confidence about the public health services. Also, arrangements with external perfect health companies that will help in the organization of health services. Furthermore, the law should take place in our hospitals to punish everyone who consciously allows him to play with patients souls.

Finally, Libyan people should cooperate with each other, and we hope to find a listening ear for that.

Ezdehar Hussien Elmhabbes

Intermediate

Things you need to know

Hi Susi,

I am on holiday and I want to give you some instructions that you will need to know.

• First, take the room's key from the reception.

• Then open the windows and allow the air to get inside.

• Next, close the windows and switch on the right button of the air conditioner. Whatever you do, don't press the left button because it's connected to the generator.

• If you want to eat, there is food in the refrigerator. You will need to heat it in the microwave beside the cooker. Don't forget to switch off the microwave after you finish.

• Try to avoid using the sink in the corner because it's out of order.

• Remember that the rubbish is collected early in the mornings. You will need to put the bin outside at night.

• Finally, make sure you lock the doors and windows before you go to sleep, and don't forget to switch off the gas bottle and remove the plugs from the electricity.

See you soon. Call me if there are any problems.

Ezdehar Hussien
Intermediate

Thoughts

I followed the program Thoughts on TV last month and I liked the episode about car parking. I live in Tripoli, and as it's the capital of Libya, there aren't many parking areas for parking cars.

Moreover, I work at Tripoli Medical Centre and sometimes I can't find a place to park my car even though there are special areas for employees.  In addition, sometimes you have to wait for hours because someone puts his car in front of your car or even worse you have to park your car on the pavement in case there is no parking space.

The Libyan Ministry of Transport must take the necessary steps to provide convenient and fast public transportation and underground parking lots. This will probably take some time, but it will definitely solve the problem. 

By taking these steps the use of cars would be reduced, crowding at parking areas would be avoided and all people will reach their places on time and be more comfortable.

Mona Hafid Ahmed
Intermediate

I forgot to tell you something!

Hi Jamila,

Here are some instructions I forgot to tell you about:

• First of all, before you go to bed, make sure you close all the doors and windows.

• Next, whatever you do, don't open the main door after 8pm unless you know who is coming. Be sure to use the door's lens, it's safer.

• You will need to boil the cow's milk in the fridge before you drink it.

• Finally, remember that the plants on the balcony need irrigation from time to time.

.... Call me if there are any problems.

Khawla Al-Zahra
Intermediate