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From The News
There is a superstition in Mumbai of India that honking makes the red light of the traffic signal change to the green light fast. Drivers have to wait 90 seconds for the green. There is a second clock by the signal and the time shows in countdown style like 89, 88, 87 towards 0. The drivers can see how many seconds they will wait, yet they start to honk all at once when the singnal turns red.
The police attached a noise level meter under the second clock to improve this large noise. While the clock was showing the time in countdown, when the noise level reached 85 decibel, the time went back to 90 seconds as the initial value. And the countdown started again. Many drivers got angry and the police officers were doing a high five with each other.
It was so hilarious that I thought it was a comedy. But I figured out that it had been difficult to improve it so far as to do such a thing. I thought the police came up with a good idea.
Feb. 23, 2020
What I Get Through My Experience
I don’t want to do anything.
I want nothing.
I just want to become like sand and want to be blown away by the wind to disappear from this world.
Have you ever thought this way?
I have.
These thoughts had controlled my mind for over half a year.
Thanks to my supportive family, I’m getting through it.
Today, I went shopping with my mother to get some stuffs that I’d wanted, and I noticed that I was getting back myself.
Now I tend to be happy so easily because of my hard experience.
Delicious food, cute animals on TV, sunny days, funny story with my son.
These small things are so bright and lovely to me.
Still there are not good days in our lives, but I’ll keep on noticing good sides. :)
Feb. 23, 2020
Today
Writing is a daily struggle. I never know what to jot down, especially when it comes to IELTS or some formal stuff. For this reason, I try to read absolutely anything that I'll probably write an entry about. I've never passed the IELTS exam. Nonetheless, I'd like to pass it. Well, I downloaded one app about IELTS, then wrote my first essay. As a result, it turned out dreadful and weird, even though it's just an introduction and half of the first paragraph. Additionally, I mixed up informal and formal styles together. The topic was about crime if you're interested. I suppose I'll find out loads of useful tips to try and get a high score on the exam or at least a score that is enough to pass. In spite of an hour of writing the essay and racking my brain, I didn't lose the motivation to keep on improving. Still, I sometimes procrastinate due to a lack of ideas on how to answer the IELTS essay question.
Feb. 23, 2020
Could you check my English?
I have heard many times this song on the radio before.
So I have tried to translate.
You gave me butterflies in my stomach when I saw you first time
I longed for the adult wistful love when I was 21 years old
I felt that my makeup don't good on me because I was overdoing
The beginning of love
I can't help it because I like you a lot
give me a big hug
Sometimes, I would say selfish
Because I want to you hold hands all the time.
I love to burst into laughter
He always strong but I feel so happy when you sleep in my arms
I need you
I feel like that makes us stronger when protect something
The beginning of love
I can't help it because I like you a lot
But my heart aches a bit
The time that can't meet is the magic of bringing nice love
My heart is always looking for you
I can't help it because I like you a lot
I've never felt like this before
I want to still be by your side, please
Expressing my honest feelings is hard
Feb. 23, 2020
문구점에서 돈 날리기
문구점이 나에게 위험한 곳이다. 문구점에 들어갈 때마다 나는 무의식적으로 당장 필요없는 것들을 보게 되고 원래 사러 거기에 들어간 것에다가 이것저것을 추가로 사게 된다. 종이, 볼펜, 형광펜, 스티커... 유용하거나 귀여운 것을 보면 참기가 어렵다.
오늘도 문구점에 가게 되었다. 남편이 오늘 아침 인터넷으로 나에게 특별한 공책을 사줬는데 그 공책을 사용할 때 정해진 펜만을 사용해야 되니까 그 펜을 찾으러 문구점에 갔다. 쓸데 없는 것을 피할 수 있었는데 필요한 펜 브랜드를 너무 많이 사서 그래도 돈을 예상보다 많이 쓰게 되었다. 역시... 문구점이 위험하다.
Feb. 23, 2020
Pratique de grammaire du français
1. La voiture dont je rêve est très chère.
2. L’homme dont tu parles, portait-il une chemise blanche et un jeans bleu foncé ?
3. Ne mentionne pas la guerre en sa présence, il n’aime pas en parler.
4. Ce qui m’a choqué le plus, c’est leur manière de vie.
5. Mon frère a un enfant et moi, j’en ai trois.
6. – Pourquoi tu n’as pas acheté des pains aux raisins ? – Il n’en y avait plus à la boulangerie.
7. – Tu es sûr que c’était lui à l’arrête de bus ? – Je n’en doute pas.
8. Je acheté ce pull à la boutique à côté de laquelle j’habite.
9. La vase est tombée de la table et s’est brisée en petits morceaux.
10. – Est-ce que vous croyez aux fantômes ? – Oui, j’y crois.
Feb. 23, 2020
Feb. 23, 2020
Feb. 23, 2020
2020.02.22(土)
ついに、今週2回ジムで運動したことができた！その上に、私は怠くしていなくて、努力していた。
それより、明日はジャパンボウルという日本語と日本文化の知識を競う大会に行く。でも、私は参加者じゃなくて、もう去年の行われた大会で参加していた。私のチームは勝ったので、また参加してはいけない。それで、今年、私の勝ったチームは今年のジャパンボウルに参加する興味がある生徒たちを少し手伝うボランティアをしてた。だから、明日、この大会を見に行く。楽しみにしてる！
去年勝ったから、外務省から私たちを一週間日本に送ってもった。提供された資金で、全部が無料だった！だけど、自由に出歩くことができなくて、日本にいても、日本語で話す機会があまりなかった。😅 でも卒業旅行で行く予定がある！もっと喋るといいなー。スピーキングがとても下手だから、日本で流暢話せるように頑張ります！
Feb. 23, 2020
Feb. 23, 2020
Les pommes et les cerises
Les fruits au fil des ans ont été une partie importante de notre alimentation, comme ils ne nécessitent aucune préparation et sont facile de cultiver. Alors, d'où viennent les fruits? Tout le monde connaît les pommes, mais saviez-vous qu'elles sont venu d'Asie Centrale? Les pays par exemple La Chine et La Kazakhstan sont où les pommes ont été mangés pour la première fois, et elles sont l'un de mes préférées. Je les aime dans les tartes, que je crois est la meillure façon de les déguster.
Qu'en est-il les cerises? Franchement, je ne les aime pas vraiment. Mais elles viennent en fait de La Turquie, qui est toujours le premier producteur des cerises après toutes ces années.
Quels sont vos fruits préférés?
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Catching Up The Updates
It has been long time to browse LangCorrect and write. There was a lot of differences since the last time I had looked up. But, there was no new Turkish entries. If I tell the truth, It is kind of dissapointed. Also, I noticed the level of proficiency was added which I can't decide what is my proficiency level.
Summarising the view of proficiency where I ground, A2 seems like "I am learning the English from years, I want to be better", B1 seems "maybe, but still a lot of things off.", B2 seems like a "I wish, but don't be ridiculous. "
I had been at Greece with my sister and my friends around 5 days for vacation, it was good but reminded me why I love to travel by myself. The conversation part was mostly up to me and my sister and that was hard. I had been thinking all the day like that, how should address things, is it accurate? Some of the people we had encountered spoke so fast and I couldn't catch. Sometimes, I don't I understand what they meant.
I mean, there is a lot of way I need to go.
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Learning effectively
I used to be a voracious reader. Sometimes I finished a book in one day. I aspired to become a well-rounded person that can hold a conversation on a wide variety of topics ranging from the theory of evolution to baseball offensive strategy. I thought the more I read the faster I would get there. But to my great disappointment, reality, once again, proved to be different from my naive expectations. I forgot most of what I read in a few weeks’ time and what I was left with was only superficial knowledge, just enough to create an illusion of competence. An illusion that didn’t hold up to scrutiny. Every time I tried explaining my newly acquired ideas to others, I failed miserably. I couldn’t find the right words or piece them together in a coherent way and usually after struggling for a few minutes I would give up and change a subject.
And truth be told, for a long time it didn’t bother me that much. Well, at least not enough to make me look for solutions. Most of the stuff I was trying to learn about was not something that would drastically change my life for better or would help me improve my career perspectives. But since I started learning foreign languages I have been on the hunt for the most effective studying methods. I’m yet to discover them (spoiler, they don’t exist) but at least I got an understanding of how I could get more out of reading.
Now I’ll briefly talk about a few learning techniques that I use. If you’re interested in learning more about them, there is tons of information on the Internet. Most likely though, you’ve already come across them a dozen of times.
1. Mnemonics
Something, e.g. an image or a word, that helps to recall information when you need it.
You can use them only to get information quickly to your short-term memory; in order to commit it to your long-term memory you still need to implement one of the techniques described below.
2. Recall.
After you’ve finished, for example, a chapter of a book, put it aside and try to recall as much of what you’ve just read as you can.
3. Spaced repetition.
Review information at gradually increasing intervals.
3. The Feynman technique.
Take something you want to understand and write down an explanation of it as if you were teaching someone else. If you get stuck – get back to the source material. You have to repeat the circle until you no longer need to use the source material to write an explanation.
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Müdigkeit
Heute fühle ich mich ein bisschen müde, da meine Frau und ich ein paar Freunden einige Möbel von Ikea zusammenzubauen geholfen haben.
Nach wir die Möbel zusammengebaut haben, sind wir alle zusammen in ein angenehmes italienisches Restaurant in der Nähe gegangen und dort haben wir Pizza und Pasta gegessen. Das Restaurant war sehr toll und ich möchte es bald wieder besuchen.
Feb. 22, 2020
The Black Square
Kazimir Malevich is an artist who's famous for his painting "The Black Square". Malevich created it in 1915, and then he made other three versions in the following ten years. He called his new abstract approach to the art "suprematism", which is the supremacy of colours and simple geometric shapes. "The Black Square" is considered as one of the most important paintings of the 20th century. It's one of the most controversial paintings as well. If you look carefully, you'll see the square doesn't look perfect and it was measured neither by a ruler nor by any other instrument. Experts say that this is not the thing Kazimir wanted to create initially, because there are other two pictures underneath the layer of black colour. What do you think about it? Do you find it special?
Feb. 22, 2020
Tan
Until the twentieth century, sunburnt skin was a sign of poverty, since people with skin like that worked outdoors for a living. Nonetheless, nowadays it has become a sign of wealth. People with higher income can afford to travel more and get a suntan. Tawny skin can also look attractive and healthy. In reality, tan is a response to skin damage, but not a sign of health. Too much exposure to sun rays may be dangerous, or even lethal. But that doesn't mean we have to hide indoors all summer. Just wear lots of sunscreen before sunbathing. And keep in mind to wear sunglasses with one hundred per cent protection from UV radiation.
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
My Weird Dream Last Night
I gave birth a baby girl in my dream last night.
It seemed I hadn’t known the baby was girl until she was born, so I was thinking her name so seriously during I was feeding her.
I wanted to use the kanji “桜 (cherry blossom).”
It’s pronounced “sakura” and “ou.”
I wanted to give her name like “○桜” or “桜○,” but I had no idea what another kanji to put in.
I was saying “sakura... ou...” so many times.
Then I woke up.
I wonder why I wanted to use the kanji “桜” so much though I’ve never thought of it.
It’s only true that I’ve been wanting a baby girl!
Feb. 22, 2020
2020.02.21(金)
これはメッセージでこの文章を返信しました：
私は言語に興味があって、特に日本語に気になってきました。子供頃(ということだけど今までまだ子供みたいですよね？)から言語に興味があって、フランス語を勉強してみたかったです。そして、中学の時から日本について少し学んだら、興味が湧いてきました。日本語が面白いし、日本の文化が豊かだし、自習をしてみるのは楽しくなるじゃないと思っていました。それで、そのきっかけで、高校生にならないうちに、少し日本語を学び始めてみました。以降、時々楽しく学びます。でも今年だんだん真面目に勉強しようとしています。将来、日本で留学生として勉強する機会ができれば、嬉しいです😃 翻訳家のような人なりたいと思うけど、大学に入学してからもっと明確な案が出します。一応言語学を専門する予定があります！でも自分で日本語の勉強を続けます！ちょっと長い話をしてごめんなさい！笑笑
Feb. 22, 2020
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