First notebook entry: Introducing myself My name is Oliver Thomas, a name I give myself for communicating with other English speakers. I'm from a small city near Nanjing in China. I used to be an acco

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First notebook entry: Introducing myself My name is Oliver Thomas, a name I give myself for communicating with other English speakers. I'm from a small city near Nanjing in China. I used to be an accountant, and now I'm working as an electrician. But in the future I want to be an interpreter which would be my dream job if I could make it. I've been practicing my Mandarin for as long as I can remember. And my English grade is also good comparatively and I just passed PETS(Public English Test System) level 5, but my spoken English is nowhere near good. So in order to achieve my goal of being an interpreper, I should tackle my broken English first. That's why I dedicate more time to oral English right now. I guess it's not too late.

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I think in China maybe it's worth it to be an interpreter. Your written English is practically perfect. So your spoken can't be too bad. Anyway, here in Europe being an interpreter is often not worth it. You work only for a few days/weeks at a time. On some months maybe you don't work at all. How do you pay your rent on low-season time? Translating is even worse. But I think in China it's worth it. In Europe, the people with big houses with swimming pools, holidays when they want, a lot of work and a good lifestyle are.... electricians, plumbers, carpenters!!! Crazy, eh?

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

My name is Oliver Thomas, a name I gave myself to communicate with other English speakers. I'm from a small city near Nanjing in China. I used to be an accountant, and now I'm working as an electrician. But in the future I want to be an interpreter which would be my dream job if I could make it. I've been practicing my Mandarin for as long as I can remember. My English level is also comparatively good and I just passed PETS(Public English Test System) level 5, but my spoken English is nowhere near as good. So in order to achieve my goal of being an interpreter, I should tackle my broken English first. That's why I dedicate more time to oral English right now. I guess it's not too late.

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