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I miss my foreign teacher - Elizabeth
I miss Elizabeth so much. She is an amiable woman, from Chicago. Living in Yáng ling for years, she enjoys the/her life here, and being a teacher here (the two things - life, teacher - are they connected? there is a little ambiguity in my mind. Are they both 'here'? if so put the 'here' ate the end). She is very experienced. She requests encourages us to express our ideas that in a way must be well informed and supported by corresponding evidences. (singular - no plural form) “Don’t just talk about something over your head(?), something superficial”, she said. So we discussed the death of Socrates, Yáng Lán’s speech on TED.com, a case study about the Bolivian water rights movement; we made a poster (based on a scientific paper from the best journal of our major) to show the her our idea of cutting edge knowledge to her. Meanwhile, she spoke of healthcare (show that it is the abstract topic healthcare, not the actual practice) and introduced some good medicinal/medical websites in the USA to us, like such as Merck.com and Mayoclinic.com. At the last class, (it was on December 23) we played acted/acted out a drama deriving from/based on many true stories of our own families. It was really hilarious. And At the end finish of the class, Elizabeth sang a traditional song, called “Silent Night”, (or brackets) for us as a tradition and as in return we sang a Chinese song “Friends”(péng yóu) to/for her. We also took some pictures photos as eternal memory. After I stepped out of her class, I suddenly felt at a great loss/a great sense of loss, and was eager to tell her how much I had liked her classes/liked her. I wanted to communicate with to her more about my feeling to towards her, and suggestions for her class, but However, I was too shy to just walk up and say these words to her. The most important was that I was not able to convey my idea well when I was in her face presence/face to face with her, because my mind was cluttered with thoughts and I didn’t know how to organize the words. What’s more, I was a little nervous then so that I couldn’t just speak out the words in my mind. It is a real/was a great pity.
http://birdgei.com/2011/08/29/words-with-no-plural-forms/
I miss my foreign teacher, Elizabeth.
I miss Elizabeth so much. She is an amiable woman, from Chicago. ("amiable" is a perfectly fine word here, but just keep in mind that most English speakers do not use this word very often, if at all, and many people probably don't even know what it means!)
Living in Yáng ling for years, she enjoys the life here and being a teacher. She is very experienced. She requests us to express our ideas that must be well informed and supported by corresponding evidences. She requests ("insists" would be better than requests) that we express our ideas in a well-informed manner, supported by corresponding evidence.
“Don’t just talk about something over your head, something superficial,” she said, so we discussed the death of Socrates, Yáng Lán’s speech on ted.com, and a case study about the Bolivian water rights movement, and made a poster based on a scientific paper from the best leading journal of our major to show the cutting edge knowledge to her. Meanwhile, she spoke of health care and introduced some good medicinal medical websites in the USA to us, like merck.com and mayoclinic.com. ("medicinal" is a very specialized word that only has a very small number of uses. We usually say a "medicinal plant", for example, but otherwise it is not commonly used. I think it implies that the noun it modifies is a medicine, so if you say "medicinal website", it implies that the website is a medication!)
At the last class, it was The last class was on December 23. We played acted out a drama deriving from inspired by many true stories of our own families. It was really hilarious. And At the end of the class, Elizabeth sang a traditional song called “Silent Night” for us as a tradition and as in return we sang a Chinese song “Friends” (péng yóu) to her. We also took some pictures as eternal to preserve/capture the memory of that day. After I stepped out of her class, I suddenly felt at a great loss and eager to tell her how much I liked (liked what??? her? or her class?). I want to communicate with her more about my feelings to for her and suggestions for her class. (Just a warning: if you say that you want to communicate your feelings for somebody, it usually implies that you have a romantic interest in them! I would instead say, "I want to share my feelings with her, as well as suggestions for her class.")
However, I was too shy to just walk up and say these words to her. The most important was that Most importantly (I would recommend "Unfortunately" instead), I was not able to convey my ideas well when I was in her face face-to-face with her, because my mind was cluttered with thoughts and I didn’t know how to organize my words. What’s more, I was a little nervous then so that I couldn’t just speak out the words in my mind. It is a real pity.
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