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I do not have in my nearest plans to be a cockatoo.
Really. I am honest here. Why do I have to ?
But if I had to, then I would try to make the best of it
If I were a cockatoo, I would dance on the branches to make everyone’s day brighter,
If I were a cockatoo, I’d mimic the sounds and make everyone smile.
If I were a cockatoo, I would fly wherever I want in the jungle.
If I were a cockatoo, I’d be the loudest singer my favorite songs.
If I were a cockatoo, I would share very interesting stories of different places and their habitants.
If I were a cockatoo, I’d be a friend with some humans .
If I were a cockatoo, I would have eaten the exotic fruits every day.
But I am just a regular employee working 9-18 in a big comany and from my 18 years in Google I know that if you 've been asked on an interview "Which animal would you like to be and why?" you should answer the followinng :
I would like to be a giraffe-they are strong and see far away
Or I would like to be a dolphin -they are good teamplayers and always active and help each other
Or I would like to be squirrel- they plan ahead to be ready to meet winter, also the are good communicators
Do not say that you would like to be a lion or a wolf - it is long out of date and you will look like an ancient generation Y
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Heute bin ich lang ausgeschlafen, was sehr schön war. Um 11 Uhr habe ich Krafttraining gemacht. Ich möchte meine Musklen verstärken, deshalb trainiere ich wenigstens zweimal pro Woche. Dann habe ich geduscht und meine Haare glatt gemacht. Nachdem habe ich Mittagessen gemacht. Zum Mittagessen gab es Nudeln mit Sojasoße, Gemüse, und eine Eier. Als ich Mittagessen gegessen habe, habe ich Fernseh geschaut. Jetzt muss ich mich fertig machen, weil ich mit einer Freudin zu Happy Hour gehe. Nach der Happy Hour gehe ich zu eine Pasta und Wein Party. Ich freue mich darauf, sozialisieren zu können. Morgen gebe ich freiwillig Nachhilfe zu Zwie Kinder aus Sambia und gehe zu eine Gebürtstagfeier. Vor der Gebürtstagfeier muss ich leider arbeiten.
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I’ve started a new sport this year and I’m happier than I could expect!
I learnt to swim at school when I was about 10 years old, but my technique was pretty basic and I was not confident at all. For example, I didn’t put my head under the water, as I didn’t like it, but you can’t have an efficient swim by this way and you will be quickly exhausted.
However, I love swimming in pools or at the beach during holidays, or even just the pleasure of floating in the water. So I had that idea in my head for many years that one day I would take some lessons to improve my swimming skills.
On last September, I moved in a new house and by chance there is a public swimming pool at less than ten minutes by foot. So, no excuse anymore!
I subscribed the lessons for a year, one hour a week except during the school holidays when there are no lessons. However, I hadn’t imagined learning swimming would be so difficult at the very beginning!
I really struggled to manage my breathing. Nothing could be more logical than exhaling under the water and inhaling above it. Nevertheless, in practice my brain was overwhelmed by trying to do the right movement for every body part at the right time. As soon as I lost my concentration, the punishment was immediate : I swallowed water, I choked and I panicked!
Thanks to the coach’s exercices and support, I haven’t given up and I’ve even made such progress than I’m now able to do a swim lap — 25 metres — almost without a pause for 3 swimming styles — front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.
I’m eager to improve myself even more until I can glide over the water!
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Yesterday I went to a friend of mine's birthday party. We met last year at a language exchange event at the university in my city. I might have mentioned it in one of my texts here on Langcorrect.
Even though the room where the language exchange takes place was closed, my friend also invited some people that work at the organisation that manages this event, so we could party there.
When my friend invited me, she specified that the event was themed: everyone had to get dressed as something that starts with the same first letter as their name. Since my name is Pietro, my letter was "P".
Initially I thought of some unoriginal costumes (like "the pirate"), but then I had an idea: I'm going to dress up as a "problem"! I wrote a funny and meaningless math formula and I generated with ChatGPT a math frame. Then I did the same thing with the back of the image, where I wrote the solution: 42, a reference to the book “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”. I printed everything and hung these papers around my neck with some twine. I even bought some post-its where I wrote some funny sentences to "help" people solve the problem. I wrote sentences like "It seems easy, but it's not" or "We explained this in class".
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A few weeks ago, me and my family were having a splendid sunday evening: After attending an organ concert, we went to dine in an Italian restaurant I had found online several days before. It had thousands of excellent reviews and was located in the very heart of Moscow. At first, everything was just perfect: We had ordered our meals and were more than satisfied with both the prices and the food quality. It was rather cold outside, so we also got some fruit tea to warm us up. As I was finishing my third cup of this delicious beverage, I noticed some small glass fragments at the bottom of the cup. Yes, some glass fragments! In my third cup! I instantly felt my stomach growling and, becoming aghast, looked at the glass teapot and noticed that one part of it was missing. Now, I understand that the drink must have been so scalding that that part could just imperceptibly break and fall inside the teapot. The most terrifying fact was that I did not know the amount of glass I had consumed, if any. I can not describe that ineffable feeling of fear and apprehenshion one his covered with in such situations. Everything went well eventually, and I didn't have a single symptom of any intestinal problems. The whole story is so absurd and unprobable that I was not even sure about posting it here. I think I will never forget this evening.
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Paziente: Dottore, la mia ragazza è incinta, ma usiamo sempre protezioni e il preservativo non si è mai rotto. Com'è possibile?
Medico: Mi permetta di raccontarle una storia: "C'era una volta un cacciatore che portava sempre con sé un fucile ovunque andasse. Un giorno prende l'ombrello invece del fucile ed esce a caccia. Ad un certo punto, un leone salta fuori dai cespugli. Per spaventare il leone, il cacciatore punta l'ombrello come un fucile y spara al leone, che subito muore!
Paziente: Sciocchezze! Qualcun altro deve aver sparato al leone...
Medico: Bene! Lei ha capito la storia. Prossimo paziente, per favore...
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Quanto spesso notate dei cambiamenti in voi stessi? Ho notato un cambiamento spiacevole nella mia mente, avvenuto l'anno scorso. Ho capito che non riesco a godere del tempo libero quando non c'è niente da fare e da cui preoccuparmi. Qualche anno fa, ho lasciato il mio lavoro alla fine della primavera e ho deciso di riposarmi per tutta l’estate. È stata un'estate fantastica: ho fatto un sacco di cose: ho studiato l’italiano e il francese, ho letto numerosi libri e ho viaggiato nei dintorni della mia città. L'anno scorso la situazione si è ripetuta: ho lasciato il mio lavoro l'ultimo giorno di maggio e non vedevo l’ora di un'estate libera per riposarmi e divertirmi. Ma qualcosa non andava; ho scoperto che ormai avevo smesso di provare piacere nelle cose che una volta amavo. Avevo intenzione di passeggiare durante la notte, andare in campagna con il primo treno del mattino, leggere molti libri e giocare ai videogiochi preferiti, ma quando ho capito che ero assolutamente libero e non ero più obbligato ad andare al lavoro ogni mattina, non volevo più fare nulla. Non mi interessava niente, mi sedevo solo sul divano e cliccavo sui video su YouTube; non riuscivo a iniziare a fare niente. Mi sembra di aver smesso di apprezzare il mio tempo, perciò quando ho trovato un nuovo lavoro, ho iniziato a fare di nuovo tutte le cose che amo. Ora, nonostante lavoro ogni giorno e abbia solo tre o quattro ore libere ogni sera, studio le lingue, leggo i libri e gioco al computer molto più spesso di quando avevo intere settimane libere. Spero che questa non sia la spia di un problema mentale.
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I learned a lot from the feedback you guys provided on my videos.
I've never gotten that small and vividly detailed feedback from any other place, so I really want to continue this way.
However, after uploading today's video, I found a problem.
I had thought the topic of this video was too boring, and it might be a burden for you to correct my English speaking. Thus, I couldn't finish the video as well as before. I can even hear my hesitation in the video.
I'm seriously seeking your advice on my video topics.
Suggestions on any topic can be considered, except for political and personal matters. As long as I can make it and it won't disturb others.
P.S.
This is the video I thought was too boring: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hka7vdGI6qQ
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I had a salad bowl for lunch today.
This is my favorite on a working day. I can order it through my smartphone before visiting the shop, freely customize the ingredients, and also choose two types of dressings.
The only negative point is the cost. This salad bowl is a little bit too expensive for lunch.
That's why I get this as a small gift for myself on the day when I really work hard or face too many tasks.
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J'ai relu un livre récemment, mais en français pour la première fois. Il s'agit d'un jeune garçon qui est un orphelin.
Il habite avec sa tante, son oncle, et son cousin, mais sa famille ne l'aime pas. Ils ne l'aiment pas, parce qu'il est un sorcier et ses parents étaient sorciers aussi.
Lorsque le jeune garçon a onze ans, il reçoit une lettre que lui inviter à l'école de sorcier appelée Poudlard. Là, il apprend la magie et trouve des amies.
Mais, dans la monde magie, il y a un mauvais sorcier qui veut tuer le jeune garçon. Donc, lui et ses amies, doivent battre contre le mauvais sorcier.
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Je vais bien. Mais je me sentirai mieux après un café.
Allons dans ce café-ci, il a l'air mignon
Pourriez-vous me servir deux cappuccinos, s'il vous plaît ?
Oh, j'avais oublié, et un bretzel aussi. Pour consommer ici, s'il vous plaît.
C'est tout. Je paierai par carte, s'il vous plaît.
Peut-on manger à l'intérieur ?
Les tables-là, sont-elles libres ?
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Mein Traumberuf ist Historikerin. Ich recherchiere gerne in Bibliotheken und Archiven und es ist mir egal wenn ich alleine arbeite. Für meinen Job benutze ich mein Laptop und viele alten Bücher und Dokumente lese. Ich liebe meinen Beruf weil es mir spaß macht über Gesichte zu schreiben und anderen Menschen etwas über Gesichte beizubringen.
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Ho visto un emisione di televisione con il mio fratello e la mia sorella che si chiama Rivali. Sono gli studenti di terzo anno (primo di liceo, non dopo) e fanno molte cose stupide per essere rebelli contro la preside della scuola, signora Romagnoli. Non è molto interessante ma mi piace che posso guardarlo con il mio fratello minore e la mia sorella minore che hanno dodici e tredici anni. Io vivo in Canada allora è bene per imparare la lingua e cultura italiana. Era una scena divertente dove gli bambini italiani hanno parlato con gli bambini spagnoli. Non conosco la lingua spagnola ma non era difficile per capire tutta la scena.
Stasera guarderò un altro episodio. Spero che posso imparare più!
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Ohne Zögern schaue ich mir lieber Filme zuhause an! In den letzten Jahren ist das Kino unglaublich teuer geworden. Die Wahl an Filmen ist begrenzt — und viele von ihnen sind gar nicht gut). Außerdem gibt es oft Probleme mit ungebildeten Vollidioten, die in den Saalen unruhig und laut sind. Zuhause schaue ich mir an, was ich will, wenn ich will, und jeder Video-on-Demand-Film ist billiger als eine Kinokarte. Was respektloses Verhalten betrifft, muss ich nur auf den Katen aufpassen, der manchmal sich auf die Tastatur legt. In solchen Momenten verlangt er nach Liebkosungen oder er will einfach „hallo“ sagen... Wie könnte ich ihm verübeln?
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Im Urlaub reise ich mit meiner Familie. Ich fahre mit meiner Mutter, meiner Cousine, meinem Cousin und meiner Tante. Manchmal fahre ich allein ins Kaufhaus oder in den Park.
Nächsten Monat fahren wir nach Pagudpud. Ich werde andere Kleidung mitbringen, um den See zu genießen.
Wir fahren mit dem Auto oder selten mit dem Bus. Normalerweise reisen wir von Dezember bis Januar. Mein Cousin fährt, und wir reisen zusammen. Wir essen gerne bei Zwischenstopps.
Wir waren schon in Bolinao, Tagaytay und Rizal. Manchmal gehen wir gern essen und probieren Buffets.
Und du? Wie möchtest du deinen Urlaub verbringen? Was ist dein Lieblingsort von den Orten, die du besucht hast?
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Hace seis meses (desde julio) yo y mi novia dejémos nuestra casa y nuestro trabajo para ir de viaje para todo el mundo haciendo volontariado.
Fuimos en espana, svizzera, turchia, romania, irlanda y muchos mas paises. La idea es esta: trabajamos mas o menos cuatro o cinco oras por dia, por cinco dia a la semana, y nos dan una cama y comida. Usualmente las personas che hacen esto quieren tener uno scambio de cultura, hacer cosas juntos o algo asì, entonces la experienca es usualmente maravillosa.
En unos meses terminarémos de viajar por Europa y iremos probablemente en Medio oriente o Asia, no sé.
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Ich besuche einen B2-Kurs online. Wir machen oft viele Schreiben Übungen aber meine Lehrerin korregiert alles nicht. Ich möchte wissen, was ich in meiner Übung falsch gemacht habe, um sie zu korrigieren. Deswegen, schreibe ich sie hier.
Jetzt bin ich Stadtführerin in Köln. Ich mache zwei verschiedene Führungen auf English: eine allgemeine Köln Tour und eine Mittelalterliche Gesichts tour. Da ich allein und selbstständig arbeite, könnte ich meine eigene Arbeitszeiten und Schichten entscheiden. Normalerweise, würde ich vier oder fünf Tage pro Woche von 16:15 bis 21:00 Uhr arbeiten. Ich arbeite lieber im Woche aber manchmal arbeite am Samstag und Sonntag auch. Die Kunden sind meistens freundlich und nett. Meine Kollegen sind auch sehr nett und hilfreich. Ich mag mein Job da ich Menschen aus den ganzen Welt kennenlernen können und kann auch meine wissen über Geschichte weitergeben.