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"La siesta"
Everybody think that in Spain all people make a nap after lunch, every days of year. I live in Catalonia and I don't know nobody who does "la siesta" in weekdays. But is possible that some people in some days on holidays or weekend, they doing. In others spots more hot, where is not possible go out from home during the day in summer while the sun is stronger, traditionally they do this short sleep. The "siesta" should last around thirty minutes to 1 hour. If your nap last longer time, is possible that later at night, you will have problems for shut-eye to sleep.
Aug. 24, 2022
Les typhons à Hong Kong
Cela ne fait que trois jours que je suis rentré à Hong Kong, et un typhon frappe déjà la ville. Je ne suis plus habitué à ça : alors que j’ai grandi à Hong Kong, je passe désormais le plus clair de mon temps en Angleterre, là où je vais à l’université. Le climat anglais ne fait pas rêver, certes, et se plaindre de la météo est presque devenu un sport national. Mais, là-bas, on est au moins à l’abri des gros orages et des ouragans.
Évidemment, on ne peut en dire autant de Hong Kong. La ville subit de multiples typhons chaque été en raison de son emplacement géographique, et le changement climatique ne fera qu’empirer les choses. Or, la fréquence de ces typhons a fait que la ville est plutôt bien préparée à les affronter. Le gouvernement a mis en place un système d’alerte qui prévient le public des orages, et de manière générale, les habitants savent réagir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. Résultat : la ville sort presque toujours indemne d’un typhon, et la vie finit invariablement par reprendre son cours normal, comme si de rien n’était.
Dans mon enfance, l’arrivée d’un typhon signifiait la fermeture des écoles pour la journée. Les jours de typhon, mes potes et moi avions donc de quoi nous réjouir ! En y repensant, je culpabilise d’avoir réagi ainsi, car on a beaucoup de chance ici à Hong Kong par rapport aux autres pays. Aux Philippines, par exemple, l’infrastructure est moins bien développée et les typhons y sont donc plus ravageurs.
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Dal virtuale alla realtà
In novembre, la prima città italiana che visitarò sarà Firenze. Non è una scelta molto originale, perché è una delle città più turistiche d'Italia. Ma perché Firenze? La prima volta que ho avuto visitare Firenze, giochavo a Assassin's Creed.
Per quelli che non conoscerebbero, Assassin's Creed è una licenza di videogiochi che sono ambientati a diverse epoche della storia, in diversi luoghi. Il primo gioco ricrea qualche città del Medio Oriente (come Gerusalemme e Damasco) nel tempo delle crociate, e il secondo si svolge in quatro città italiane nel tempo del Rinascimento, una grande epoca di fermento intellettuale e artistico, ma anche di disordini politici. Una di queste è Firenze, e si può andare liberamente in una ricostituzione della città come era nel XVI secolo, con qualche monumento come la catedrale Santa Maria del Fiore o l'Ospedale degli Innocenti.
Questa interazione viva con il passato mi ha incorragiato a impararne più sulla città. Quando giochavo a Assassin's Creed II, ero molto giovane, e solamente conoscevo Firenze come la "città dei Medici", ma poi, ho imparato molto sul suo ruolo essenziale nella creazione artistica di quello tempo. Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Botticelli... Tutti erano fiorentini, e le sue opere stupende sono indissociabili da Firenze.
Infatto, la lingua in cui sto scrivendo l'è anche, perché l'italiano moderno proviene da un dialetto toscano. Peraltro, visto che le lingue mi interesano molto, esplorare i diversi dialetti e lingue italiani è qualchosa che mi piacerebbe moltissimo. Certo, per questo, avrò bisogno di più di un viaggio... Nel frattempo, penso che sarò felice di visitare in realtà ciò che ho giusto visitato virtualmente!
Aug. 24, 2022
マンダブラのフード・パントリー「food pantry」
ある近くの教会、毎週の木曜日は午前8時から午後5時までふーど・パントリーになります。食べ物や料理のスパイスや家庭用品などを売っています。品物はどこからかと言うと、大きいスーパーからです。多分オーナーがたくさん買って、転売します。スーパーにあるものより安いです。妹は豆乳が好きなので、いくつかを買いました。1箱は1ドルぐらいでした。家に帰って、冷蔵庫に豆乳を置きながら、有効期限を見ました。「えー３ヶ月前に期限切れだ！」と気づきました。彼女はちょっとがっかりましたが、なぜ品物は安いのをやっとわかってきました。次回、ふーど・パントリーに行くなら、もっと気お付けます。
Aug. 24, 2022
Email to private school teacher
Dear Ms Li,
Hope you are doing well. My name is Joyce I am Ryan’s mom.
Thank you for giving us a wonderful school tour last time, we were so impressed with Mulgrave’s value and facilities. We are certain that Mulgrave will be a perfect fit for Ryan next year if all goes well.
Summer holiday went by so quickly, Ryan enjoyed going to his daycare everyday and he made a lot a of friends in the school. He also loves going to gymnastics class and soccer class after school. We noticed that he really likes music and dancing, beacuse when we accidentally join the Katie Brock Music session, Ryan was dancing and singing all along with Katie. We took him to Victoria during the holiday and he went fishing for the first time, he was so happy on the boat and saw us fishing, we had a great family time over there.
Regarding the application this year, since Ryan’s birthday is Dec 11th 2019, would you consider him as a PK 3 candidate this year?
Aug. 24, 2022
Zu neue wohnung umzuziehen
Leibe Aya,
ich schreibe dir deise E-Mail ,weil ich dir über meinem neuen wohnung erzälen möchte.
Wie du weisst,dass ich mich letztes Wochenende entschieden habe ,in eine andere wohnung zu ziehen, weil unsere Wohnung zu kein ist.
Die wohnung befindet sich im stadtzentrum neben einem park,wo veile Menschen sich frische luft holen.
Es gibt nicht nur drei holles schalfzimmer,sondern auch eine prakteshe küche.
Was mir sehr gefällt ist,dass Hausteirn in dieser wohnung erlaubt, so wir könnten einen kleinen Hund haben.
AuBerdem gibt es einen schönen balkon, um wir in früh morgen frisch luft zu atmen.
Wie wäre es, wenn du am Wochenende bei mir zur Wohnung kommest.
Hast du zeit?
Ich freue mich auf deine baldig Antwort.
Liebe GrüBe
Maya
Aug. 24, 2022
My opinion of fashion industry
I think fashion industry doesn’t bother about problems and illnesses like anorexia or bulimia. It designs very small clothes and it promotes to be very slim, very skinny. People want to be like supermodels and I think it is very dangerous because many people obsess about losing weight so they leave to eat and this is a big problem. Since some years, there are people that are working in change minds about fashion and promote to have models with different bodies on the catwalks. Models with all types of bodies not only slim models. I think it’s good for everybody to see into the fashion industry supermodels with fat bodies and this should be a normal thing.
Aug. 24, 2022
Why There Are Fewer People Speak English In China
English has been a universal language for more than several decades and, of course, everyone knows its importance for cross-cultural communication, but there is indeed a smaller percentage of the Chinese population who can speak English than that of the majority of other countries in the world.
In this article, I will explain the reasons behind it, and will give according suggestions for improving overall English speaking skills for individuals in future articles.
All the following opinions are personal thoughts, and I didn't do much research regarding this topic, so any different standpoints and diverse comments are welcomed.
English education is not good enough in China
Although China is a rising country with long history and was an empire in ancient times, it has a relatively more rigid and inappropriate education system which is not suitable for active and interest-oriented learning but strangely helpful for students to get a satisfactory score in order to please their parents and accomplish their teachers’ job.
Why do I call it rigid? You may not know that, in China, even the open-ended questions like those in a Chinese test have a standard answer, again, in Chinese language tests and not even in maths exams, so if students can’t cover the points they will probably get a very low score.
Although I am not criticizing this system nor dare I to, however, let me give you some examples to elaborate on.
I remember when I started to learn English in junior high school, my English teacher was not able to pronounce considerable words in a correct way that I doubt she was not even trained in teaching English but rather like a substitute getting pushed up to this position, and what I don’t like more was her ways to teach words spelling, she literally only asked us to memorize spelling without any tips and then exams for dictation were imposed regularly. The terrible thing didn’t end here, “If anyone spelled words incorrectly, go spell these words dozens of times until you make them right!”, she said sternly.
As we know forcing oneself to memorize words doesn’t work, because English native speakers don’t force themselves to learn new words but, surprisingly, they can understand and use a massive amount of words by natural acquisition.
Another unbalanced trait in English teaching in China is to focus too much on grammar since grammar had been an easily examinable point to test students’ skills, though in recent years by far as I know, Gaokao, a decisive exam for pre-college students has the grammar part removed and added reading part.
English Speaking skills have also been largely neglected because for most students there is practically nowhere to speak English and they fear speaking practice in class only for not losing face if they spoke in a typical Chinese way or made mistakes, so teachers don’t think any value is in teaching oral English. I didn’t even practice speaking until several years ago when I thought speaking is primary for learning a new language and I had taken this ability underestimated before senior high.
It’s obvious that these abnormal teaching methods, pro-grammar tests, and speaking-neglected classes have reinforced this ideology – we learn English only for getting a higher score. Thus, students are less well-educated in English and soon lost interest after leaving school.
Society is not supportive of English learning
China is not an inclusive immigrant country, where most foreigners can travel to without a visa, so therefore there are fewer foreigners in China except that big cities hold more of them. Due to its comparatively low demand for speaking English with foreigners, only a small amount of people can speak English fluently, and those people tend to live in big cities. If you decide to have a trip to China, you’d better learn some basic Chinese beforehand as my number-one suggestion.
Based on historical recordings, China didn’t open her door to the outside of the world until 1978. This solitary country attracted no outlanders so there was even less chance to use English for doing international business and cooperation, though it is said that schools did teach English even before that time. The relatively late time to connect with the world made Chinese citizens think English barely has any practical use and it slowed down English education.
Another thing worth mentioning though it sounds a little stupid is some Chinese people start to diminish the importance of English as a subject as they point out that the majority of students won’t use English for their future jobs. Not long before, there were strong voices advocating pro-Chinese and anti-English online and, under this pressure, the government may consider reducing the full score of English in Gaokao.
Language difference is relatively bigger
As Chinese learners complain that Chinese is too hard to learn, Chinese is truly so much so different from western languages. When Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family and English belongs to the Indo-European family, fewer language similarities between these two may cause Chinese speakers to have more difficulties to learn English.
Chinese tend to cut out the subject in a sentence, if not so only when the meaning can be misunderstood, but in English I feel like there are fewer ellipses used commonly. Chinese is a tonal language while English has stressed parts in certain words and among a sentence. However, the overall intonation of a sentence in Chinese is more flat, which probably brings Chinese English learners a less emotional or even numb tone when speaking English. Moreover, when a question is being asked in English, be it an open question or yes-or-no question, the order of a sentence must be changed but in Chinese it’s not.
In this closely-connecting world, younger Chinese generations can’t avoid to some degree having to use English and the overall English level among individuals is increasing. However, there are still much more people who can’t understand English in China, let alone speak it, and I truly hope more actions would be taken for improving the status quo.
Aug. 24, 2022
Sentences with phrasal verbs
1) The prices are going up every day.
2) Please go on with your explanation.
3) These boots don’t go with this dress.
4) I went for that TV because it was very cheap.
5) I had to go back to my house, because I forgot my smartphone.
6) This file has several mistakes. Please go over it.
7) Go ahead through the hallway and you’ll find the bathrooms.
8) Please, stand up and introduce yourself.
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여름을 싫어합니다.
여름은 덥다. 겨울은 춥다. 덥고 땀범벅이 되는 것보다 추운 것이 더 좋다고 생각하지 않습니까? 적어도 저는 그렇게 생각하고 있습니다. 여름휴가는 매우 좋아하지만, 여름의 더위는 견디기 어려운 것이 있습니다. 그리고 겨울에는 벌레가 없습니다. 여름이 되면 꼭 벌레를 볼 수 있습니다. 벌레는 싫습니다. 이것도 여름을 싫어하는 이유입니다.
Aug. 24, 2022
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Qu'est-ce que tu es prêt de sacrifier
Dans notre vie il arriva des moments où on doit faire une grande decision que pourrait changer notre vie pour tout le temps. Parfois on remarque ces moments quand ils arrivont et parfois on ne remarque pas ce n'est que lorsqu'ils sont déjà passés. Par exemple disons que tu as trouvé ta passion et tu veux t'ameliorer mais à cause de ça tu remarques que ta relation avec tes "amis" s'aggravent. C'est à toi de decider est-ce que tu te concentres sur ta passion ou tu passes moins de temps avec tes amis. C'était seulement une exemple bien sur il y a plein de cas ou tu peux t'ameliorer sans laisser tes amis "tomber" mais malheureusement quelques gens sont dans cette situation.
Aug. 24, 2022
The Office (dorama)
I started watching dorama called " The Office " produced by BBC.
When I was looking for drama with English subtitle, I found it. I watched the first episode, then I am stucked on it. The branch office manager played
by Ricky Dene Gervais seems like a real manager. That role is a fucked up piece of shit. I can't wait to see the lest of the story.
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lista de pendientes
Tengo a mí lado una pila de papeles y cosas que tengo que chequiar o organizar...pero a cada día esa pila solamente crece y yo no encuentro mucho tiempo para mirar a todos eses papeles. Pienso que hasta el fin del año sea posible jaja
Tienes alguna "tip" para ayudarme a finalizar con eses pendientes?
Aug. 23, 2022
Chapter 9: Granpa Joe Takes a Gamble
As the title says, Granpa Joe risked everyting he had to gave Charlie another chance. Previously, Charlie was unsuccessful looking for the Golden ticket. Therefore, Granpa Joe was as sad as Charlie because of that, and he wanted to tried one more time risking all the money he had. He jus wanted to bring hope to Charlie. At the end, they both failed looking for that ticket again.
Aug. 23, 2022
Самое счастливое воспоминание этого лета
Несомненно, мое самое счастливое воспоминание этого лета — мое путешествие в северную Францию и Бельгию.
Я посетил прекрасные городы, такие как Брюгге, Бруссел, Кале или Лиль (я не уверен о транслитеррации этих названий в кириллицу!), я встретил с очень симпатичными людми и встретился с приятелями, с которыми я познакомился в Интернете, а не мог видеть вживую, по расстоянию. Я попробовали новые вкусы, погрузился в новые атсмоферы, и они мне очень новравились!
Я думаю, что я всегда буду сохранить отличное воспоминание этой маленькой однонедельной "авантюры" в одничку, и ещё потому что она мне доказала, что я могу ходить более чем 10 километров, в день. Я так спортивен как... слон, поэтому, это благоприятно для моей личной гордости!
Aug. 23, 2022
I would like to be a writer
Almost three years ago I watched a movie called "Your Name" from Makoto Shinkai. "Your Name" made me cry like any other movie in my life. I've started watching films of Makoto Shinkai when I discovered another movie that made me cry, "Five Centimeters Per Second", is about a boy who is still in love with a girl who met in his childhood, but now the girl is in love with someone else because life separated them. The end is very realistic because they don't end together, and the lesson is: Nothing last forever but we must keep moving forward . Stories about separation, growing up, adolescense and love have captivated my attention and my heart. I would like to write stories that will be able to make people feel identified and understood like Makoto Shinkai's movies made me feel. But first of all to show my love for nature. I really like to finish my posts with haikus, so here they are:
Spring clouds keep moving.
Now we should separate and....
Start moving too.
The jacaranda tree
Where we used to lunch together
Is in bloom but lonely.
Aug. 23, 2022
Kara Para Aşk - Bölüm 3
Üçüncü bölümünde, Ömer onun nişanlısı ve Elif'in babası birlikte öldürülmemüşler olduğunu düşünüyormuş.
Daha önce onun nişanlısı öldürülmüş, sonra Elif'in babasının arabasında taşındığını düşünüyormüş.
Aslında, nişanlısının öldüğü yeri gizlice bulmuş, ama bulduğu zamanında, bir kişi ona vurmuş, sonra kanıtı yakmış.
Ömer'in yöneticisi bunu örendiğinde, Ömer'i çok kızgin, ve davayı bıraktığnı emretmiş.
Aynı zamanında, misafirin yöneticisi Elif'i ve Elif'in kız kardeşini birlikte kaçırmış.
Elif'i bırakmış ama Elif'in kız kardeşini kalmış.
Elif elmasları bulmazsa, kız kardeşini öldüreceğini tekrar tehdit etmişler.
Elif geri döndükten sonra, Ömer ona görmüş.
Ömer Elif'in babasının arabasında elması bulmuş.
Daha önce Ömer Elif'i görmüş, ve şu anda elması Elif'e göstermiş.
Elif çok korkunçmuş, ve tam şu anda kaçıran ona izliyormuş, hemen ona telefon etmiş ve Ömer'in kim adam olduğunu sormuş.
Elif kaçırane Ömer'in erkek kardeşi olduğunu söylemiş.
Sonunda Elif'in amcası misafirin yöneticisinin (Adı Metin) yöneticisi olduğunu öğreniyoruz.
Aug. 23, 2022
Quantity or quality?
*Using this website for the first time so I am not sure how to use it properly, but would be very grateful for the correction.
There was a curious experiment in a book that I am reading now. The professor of photography at the university divided his students into two groups: “quantity group” and quality one. He was going to grade them in two different ways. “Quantity” group would be graded on the amount of photos they produced. “A” could get students who made one hundred photos. The second group would need to produce only one photo and to get an “A” it had to be nearly perfect. At the end of the term he was surprised that the best photos were in “quantity” group, because they are practicing a lot, working with light, etc. They honed their skills by practicing.
I think smth similar we can see in everyday life: some people are focusing on taking action and some are just planning. For most time of my life, I was in a “quality” group. I didn’t want to create something mediocre and relentlessly I created plans. Lots of them. But more often than not plans stayed plans.
I am a teacher of Russian as a foreign language and 3 years ago one of my colleagues suggested me to create some course together. Sometimes I think that was a turning point. One year we were in the “quantity” group and wanted to create something outstanding. So… everything that we had created and what was outstanding was the plan… with zero results. While we are planning we are starting to see many obstacles which cause fears, feeling like an impostor… but when you are in a “quantity” group you center on actions. For the last year we have made 3 courses. We weren’t thinking so much but the result was far beyond our expectations and many ideas came to mind exactly during the process.
So one of the key takeaway from that book: the most effective form of learning is practice, not planning and small steps are also counted in, even if I can’t see results immediately.
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