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the difficult journey
This afternoon, 2 of my friends and I went go around the city by bus. There're were some experiences which are very humorous hurmor and I want to share them with for you.
At first, we went go to the Bitexco Financial towel in 1 District. If you care, you can find it on the internet. Bitexco is one of the Highest Financial Towers Towel in VietNam. Bitexco has the a shape of a flower which is a symbol of Vietnamese Culture.
Then, we went go to the 23/9 Park. There're lots of Foreigners. So we meant to go there to talk them. But, we are so too hesitant hesitate that we can't start a conversation with them. @-@. It's so disapointed of us. We can write and speak confluently but we can't talk to foreigners directly. I was told said that Foreingers in Vietnam sometimes like talking with Vietnamese as us. Because, they're traveling alone when they come came to VietNam. When we saw a walking foreigner, we thought that we shouldn't bother mind them from for walking, but rather we should find a sitting foreinger. Then, we saw sitting foreingers, but they were not alone, but rather they're a couple. How we can bother mind a couple? Therefore, because of our embarrassment embarrassed and because we were afraid to bother mind foreingers (maybe, if we do that, they could can think badly about the Vietnamese. Maybe they think the Vietnamese are like curious and stick their noses in on other's business). So, we weren't able to can't comunicate with any foreigners all afternoon long.
After we left leaf the park, we went go to the Walking Street "Nguyen Hue". We call called it Walking Street because it was made for to walking, not riding. We felt there were a lot of beautiful views. So, we took lots of photos of them.
Of course, this is a fun Journey, but it this made make us we so tired. We walked a long way and our feet foots hurt. We came back home lately.
Hi Du! Great entry! I really enjoyed reading your story! Your English is very easy to understand and use a lot of phrases that native speakers use : ) All of the corrections I made are only small details.
Remember to use the past tense when talking about the past. Sometimes native speakers use the present tense to describe the past, but usually only for a few sentences at a time, and only in speaking, not in writing. It's safer to use the past tense (e.g. "went/was/left/took").
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!
I hope you have the courage to talk to some foreigners next time. Every person is different, but most people would probably be very happy to talk to you and your friends. Here are some phrases you could use to approach people and be polite:'
"Hello. Excuse me. Do you speak English? Can I speak to you for a minute? I am learning English and would like to practice a little. I am Vietnamese. Maybe I can tell you a few things about my country. Do you have any questions about Vietnam?"
If they say no, you can just say "No problem. Sorry for bothering you. Have a nice day."
Good luck! Be brave! :)
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