Is it polite to ask a woman about her age and appearance if you never met before During English learning,I learned that it's impolite to ask a person's age,especially to women. But today I met a guy ,( more than one on italki),native speaker,he asked me about my age and my appearance. And Said it's ok to ask a person's age. Is it true ? Is it polite to ask a woman's age and appearance for the first time you meet .what do you think of him ,girls ,if a guy ask you about that?

Getting up to sing Lots of people are kinda tone deaf.They are shy about singing.As a matter of fact,singing are all about practicing and making smart choices.So here are some tricks for these people to get up to sing. First,choose a song that compliments your voice. Naturally we would choose a song that we like, but actually we should choose a song that compliments our voice . Second,record your voice and play it back.It will terrify you at first,but keep with it ,once you are confident,go for it.

Bonjour Today I learned some French sentence. Bonjour! -Bonjour, je suis ravi de faire votre connaissance(bonjour ,enchanté) je m'appelle Hélène ! -Je vis en France.

This left a bad taste in my mouth Today I learned a new American English idiom from "English in a minute". "This left a bad taste in my mouth".what does this phrase mean "a bad taste in my mouth?" If something leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth,you feel there is something wrong about the situation. It gives you an unpleasant feeling or memory. For example: A:how was your vocation? B: It was great. But we had all of our money stolen in the hotel room. A: oh.I'm sorry to hear that. B: I know,the whole thing really left a bad taste in my mouth. Of course,you can also eat something that literally leaves you a bad taste in your mouth. Either way,if something leaves a bad taste in your mouth.it's not good.

Do you need her father's permission if you wanna marry a Chinese girl?( Feel free to correct me) In ancient China, many people's marriage was arranged by parents‘ order and match-makers' words. It had rationality at that time. One reason is that great lady ,who was supposed to spend all their time on Four arts in their boudoir, didn't have much chance to meet guys .In contrast, parents bore the heavy burden of the family, They had a wide social network.This situation offered a great possibility to choose a ideal husband for their daughter.Another reason is parents have more life experience and are good at judging people.They will do everything for their children's good.so do marriage. However， this system had an extremly negative effect on marriage and women's right. It means there is no freedom to choose one's love. It also means women were not respected and had no rights to determine their own happiness. This has teared many young couples' heart , caused a lot of tragedies. After May 4th movement, young people were encouraged to love freely. Undoubtly, It took years for the parents to stop interfering their children's marriage. Nowadays, We don't need to ask our parents' permission on choosing the future company. We have the freedom to love someone. But some unspoken tradition about marriage in old times has passed on . Such as, if a male wants to marry a female, he needs to visit his fiancee's parents and asks them for permission( symbolically, not definitely) . He does this not because the decision is in parents-in-laws' hands, but for the sake of showing respect to them as well as making them happy. So if you want to marry a Chinese, it's not necessary to ask parents' permission, but it is better if you do so. For the record: THIS IS MY OWN OPINION.

How should I analy this sentence structure? Hello, everyone! Thanks for reading my question. Please help me figure it out. Thank you very much! I'm reading « Staring at the sun», a book written by Irvind. Yalom. This book is about death anxiety and how to confront it. Here is a context of it. "For other people,the anxiety is louder,unruly,tending to erupt at three in the morning,leaving them gasping at the specter of death. They are besieged by the thought that they,too, will soon be dead--as will everyone around them." This is my understanding: death anxiety erupts differently. Some people easily experience and recognize it . They may wake up at three in the morning, realized they were surrounded by the horror of death, knew that they will die sooner or later, people around them will be dead too .I think I get most of it,but I am confused by the structure of last sentence. "They are besieged by........" please help me to analyze it. Thanks!

Please help me with the meanig of "trick" Trick can used both as a verb and a noun.it has different meanings according to the context. I reckon the most common understanding of it might be an action or attempt or device that is cunning or deceitful as a noun and to deceive someone as a verb.but I saw a sentence like this" I have to take two tricks for work ". I don't know what trick means here,so I looked it up in a dictionary. Surprisingly I found it refers to a period of work or duty.So I guess it means work shift in this sentence.My question is that is it used frequently to refer to a work shift? Or Is it even correct to use it in this sentence ?Sorry every one,I forgot to add the context. My friend and I was discussing our plan for the rest of the day.He send me a sentence like this " I will do two tricks for my job" I don't know what "trick" means,so I looked it up in a dictionary. I found trick also refers to a period of work or duty.But I don't think it is frequently used

A letter to an old friend.(Please feel free to correct me) Dear Fang: How are you?We haven't been hearing from each other for years. I miss you very much and think of you from tim to time.I have been wondering how have you been doing?Are you happy?Do you get married?But I got no answer.I tried very hard to find you out.I asked every friend of yours "what happened to you?" A big no was all I hear.Then I realized something awful happened to you.you choose to run away from your friends,from this world,hidden in a secret place to heal yourself.I understand that ,but I also worried about you very very much. Years passed by. I strongly believe that you must recovered from your nightmares and find your own happiness.But who knows?I've heard God will hear you and send your pray to the people you praied for if you pray with sincerity .It's nonsense,right?But I kind of believe it.therefore,I pray for you.May heaven shower down blessings on you.May heaven will let me rejoice to hear from you! Sincerely yours,Elaine.

Please help me to correct my essay! Today's topic is body language.As we all kown, nonverbal communication plays an important role in a conversation.But different gestures mean different things in different countries.As for today's entry I'd like to introduce some unique body language in China to you. If you saw two girls walking hand in hand on the street or school or other place,don't be surprise.They are not lesibian,but good friends.They use 'hand in hand' to show how close they are.That's quite common in China,especially for teens.Speaking of this ,I've heard some foreingers are confused by the intimacy between two men because they put their hand in each other's shoulder.The truth is this gesture also means we are good friends. Stamp your foot probably means you're impatient in western countries.In china , it is a sign of anger or regret.Especially when girls are very angry,they have no choice but to stamp their foot, because they can't fight .Next time when you talk to a girl who is stamping her foot,please leave her alone. When Chinese are full they touch and pat their stomach gently.This is really a classic action. In my opinion one of the most important gestures in China is we use two hands to send or receive a gift or a red packet.It reprensents respect.My parents taught me this polite manner when I was a little girl and I will pass it down to my children in the future.