Morning Every morning I go to work. I wake up at 7.50, have breakfast with my parents and go. At 8.20, when I go out at the street it's dark now, because it's autumn and winter is coming. But the wind is still warm and bring strange smell. I go to the tram stop and wait for the tram of 15 route, some time i need to wait 30 minutes. (On the photo below you can see a tram station, the tram and people, wait for it. And the houses on the street). The way to work take about an hour every morning. I go through whole city. In the morning it looks beautiful and full of people. Everybody rush to work. I live in a big city with 1,35 million people. Most of them work in the offices. some people think, that many of russians work in the factories or in the army. It's not right. In the Soviet time the was many factories, near it grew towns and cities, but now most of them was stopped or sold. Cause of it now people in big cities work in the offices and in small town - in the school, hospital or smth like it. By the way, firstly i want to tell you, what I see, when I go to work. Three stops from my home there is a forest. It's a park honestly, but it's look like real forest. It's on the edge of a city and go for some kilometres. There is a lake in it and some wild animals like foxes. Someday I'll go there and make photos (good photos by good camera, not like this). The lake and the park name Shartash. I don't know what it mean cause this name was given by people, who lived here many hundred years ago.

Sadly no free time My dear friends! I'm so sorry, but I have no free time now and can't find a minute to speak with you. It's very sad! But next month I'll buy a tablet pc and will have free time (about 2 hours everyday), when i go to work and return at home by bus. I hope, we can converse there.

Snow! Yesterday there was snow. It started suddenly and was all day long. When I went home from a work I made the photo, which you can see below. It's in bad quality, sorry for it. As I sayed in a last post, I don't like autumn, but winter is not so awful for me. It's rather white and fluffy

Autumn I think, the biggest problem in the Russian architecture of 20th centure is grey color. Now I sit in my office, look at the window and what I see? Grey sky with heavy clouds, and many many many grey building (see it at the last photo, that cubes in the sky - reflection of lamps). And there is a center of the city. Some day my city looks good, but not today. I hate autumn, cause in the Ural it's not so pretty as on the pictures. It's not orange, it's grey.

First snow! Hi everybody, I'm here again! Last night there was snow. Not the first in this autumn, but it firstly lay down the ground and doesn't melt. I promised to some my friends, that in winter I'll make photos of the snow and post it here :) You can see first of it below. It's rather bad cause i made it by the phone and my yard is not the most pretty place in the world.

New Year Presents!

Hi, everyone!

New Year is not so far, and I have a great idea!

Is there anybody, who wants to send and receive a small present for the New Year?

We can tell each other adresses and what you want to receive. Also we can arrange about the cost of present (about a few $) or you can make it by yourself.

For example, if there will be many people, who wants to take a part, we can do it in that way: you'll send a present to a person, whose comment is before your (and the first will send to the last).

It won't cost much to you or take much time, I think, but it will be great to receive a small cute New Year present from far far away, don't you think so?

I need your help! Hi everyone! Today i ask your help in one very serious deal. I need to write an email in one serious international organisation. This organisation accreditate people as international translators. In the 2015 i'll get education in translation and i have two ways. On the original site of this organisation is this text "The minimum level of qualification held to consider accreditation at this level is a bachelor degree.Accreditation is awarded only in the languages specified on the qualification and/or academic transcripts.For this level of accreditation one of these languages must be English and accreditation is only awarded in one direction, that is into the ‘A’ language, in combination with English (even in situations where study may have been in both directions). " How do you think, does it mean, that if I have bachelor degree in IT and master in translating i can't be successful applicant? I think, i must ask it in email to the organisation, so i write it and could you look through it and correct the mistakes? What i want to write "Hello! Could you help me in on question? I'm interested in accreditation as a translator. I have the bachelor degree in IT and master degree in translating awarded by recognized overseas university. In master diploma the courses of translation consist of much more time, than minimal required number of hours, but it based on non translation speciality bachelor degree. Or I can get bachelor degree in translation in another university, which was authorised to award this qualification by the government , but not recognized overseas. In both ways I understand, that I must pass IELTS by 7. But in what way i have more chances to success? Thank you! Sincerely, Trapeznikova Daria." I will be happy if you will help me in it. especially i ask native English speakers. Thank you!

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What the difference between English in United Kingdom and in Australia? I mean, in active vocabulary, in pronunciation and so on.