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Writing 2 (Page 7-8)
I go on translating the book:
"I remembered our arrival like that. As soon as I want to find the far memory of that first evening waiting in our yard de Sainte-Agathe, I remember others waits. And if I try to imagine the first night I had to spend in my loft, I remember others nights. I was not alone in that room anymore because there was a big shadow which went through the wall and went for a walk in my room. All that peaceful landscape (the school, the Father Martin’s countryside, with its three trees in the middle, the garden which was full of visiting women four hours a day) was in my memory forever, transformed by the one who disturbed all our adolescence and whose disappearance didn’t let us rest.
We had been living in that country for ten years when Meulnes arrived. I was fifteen years old. It was a cold Sunday of November, the first day of autumn which made us think about winter. After the mass that lasted ten hours, we get into the house and I realised that something had happened. The small gate was open and it was a woman in the yard, with grey hair and a thin face in worriment. She seemed to look for someone".
Thank you for reading! :)
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Déjà
Quel fonction a "déjà" dans ces phrases? Je ne comprends pas.
"Car aussitôt que je veux retrouver le lointain souvenir de cete première soirée d'attente dans notre cour de Sainte-Agathe, déjà ce sont d'autres attentes que je me rapelle."
"Et si j'essaie d'imaginer la première nuit que je dus passer dans ma mansarde, déjà ce sont d'autres nuits que je me rapelle".
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Writing 1 (page 6)
I've tried to translate something. I'm sure there are a lot of mistakes, but I hope someone can help me to correct them.
"He arrived in our house on one Sunday of November 1980. I kept saying "our house", although the house did not belong to us anymore. We had left the country almost fifteen years ago and we would not never return.
We lived in a boardschool in a small town called Sainte-Agathe. My father, who was called M. Seurel by me as the others students did, led it.
It was a huge red house, with five doors and an enormous yard. There was a way towards La Gare on the north side of the house, three kilometres away. On the south and behind the house, there were gardens, countryside and grass. That house where I spent my most painful days of my life was like that.
At the end of the holidays (it was a long time ago), a citizen gave us a lift to the main entrance. My mother, whom we called Millie and who was the most tidy house manager I've ever known, had got into the dusty rooms in no time, and she had quickly found out hopeless that our furniture would not be in a house so bad built. As for me, I had remained there, at the entrance of that strange house, with my hands on the railings."
Thank you very much for reading!
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Une phrase que je ne comprends
Est-ce qu'il y a quelq'un que peux m'aider avec cette phrase, s'il vous plaît? Je ne comprends pas ce que "depuis bientôt" signifie ici. Merci! :) (Desolée si je n'ai pas écrit correctement)
"Nous avons quitté le pays depuis bientôt quinze ans"
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Il y a longtemps
Il y a longtemps je n'écris pas en français parce que j'ai étudié l'anglais pour trois mois intensivement. Je suis sûre, je committrai beaucoup d'erreurs mais j'éspere que quelqu'un peux m'aider. :)
Je veux étudier le niveau C1 d'anglais le prochaine année et si je peux le B2 de français donc je dois étudier beaucoup (et me souvenir de ce que j'ai appris quand j'étais à l'école).
Je dois le faire peu à peu, mais je serai très ravi si quelqu'un peux m'aider avec mes textes et je l'aiderai avec l'espagnol aussi si il/elle veut. :)
Merci beaucoup!
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My final project
Next year will be my last year at university and I will have to write a final project (I don't know how native speakers say "Trabajo de Fin de Grado" in English). However, I don't know what I can write about yet. I study some subjects related to the environment, society, agriculture and even politics and economy. That's why I have a huge range of topics to write about and as a result I'm a bit lost.
Once, I write a document whose titre was: "The access to water as a human right. The fight for social equality and the preservation of the environment". I learnt a lot writing that and I want to find a topic even more interesting.
I would like to work for an organisation which helps the environment to improve as much as the poor people. In Spain, we call it "ONG". How do you say that kind of organisation in English? I think trying to get this job is a wonderful goal to fight for.
Thank you for reading!
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The Portrait of a Lady
I have just finished to read this book. I’ve read it in English, however it was not the whole book, but a special version for people who are studying English. That’s why I think it seemed too short to me, although it was very useful to be able to read fluently.
This book reflect the hard society from the XIX century, mostly related to women. It seems that a woman can’t choose a man on her own, that means that the whole family of hers has to approve him.
The protagonist is rich and as a result she has a lot of suitors. She has to choose one but she is not sure because once she goes ahead with one of them, she can’t back out, so she must think of it carefully.
I would have liked to read the complete version so that I could read more about the characters, their feelings and personalities, but that will be later, when I will be able to read more complicated writings.
Thank you for reading! :)
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Having a lot of Money
Being rich is not as good as we usually think. I have always thought about people who have a lot of money. In fact, I don't dislike them, but many people told me I behave to them too strict before I know them. These kind of people usually spend too much in things that are unnecessary and they think they're happy because of that but I don't think so.
I had an experience with a boy I met at the university. He often told me about his wonderful trips and how he had fun. However, I think he only enjoyed talking about his trips and not taking them. He was very often bored and he missed a lot of lesson because meanwhile, he was taking a trip.
I don't know if I'm right, but I think it's not necessary to spend a lot of money to be happy. When you don't have a lot of money (I mean you can eat and sleep in a house, but you can't afford luxurious things like a trip, a car, an Iphone...), you think your things are really worth it. You think that a weekend trip is the best thing you have ever done. However, if you take a weekend trip every weekend you think it's a very boring thing to do.
That's why when that boy from the university told me about his marvellous trips I've never envied him, because if he went on taking a trip so often, he never would feel the happiness I would feel if I did.
Thank you very much for reading!!
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Formal Letter (example)
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am writing to inform you that I have bought a camera from your online store and it does not work. It was delivered to me two days ago and I have brought it to a camera shop in order to know whether there was something wrong with it. They said to me that the camera have something gone.
It would be proper that I am able to return my camera and to receive a new one. That is the first time I have a problem with your shop, so I hope you immediately solve it.
I look forward to hearing from you
Yours faithfully
María
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How can I learn two languages at the same time?
I would like to study English and French simultaneously, but I'm afraid of forgetting words and being confused when I speak.
Have you ever studied several languages at the same time? How did you feel and what did you do? I need some advice. Thank you very much in advance!
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