星期四 My Thursday 今天我去了海滩 海滩是很美。 Please let me know if this makes sense. Thank you!

今天 today 今天 我 去 yun 行了。today i went running. 然後,我傷害了我的腳. then, i hurt my foot. Is this right?

How do you say caught a fish? 一条鱼 I caught a fish. A halibut. It was big. 我钓到了一条鱼。一个大比目鱼。这是大 (Wǒ diào dàole yītiáo yú. Yīgè dà bǐmùyú. Zhè shì dà) Is this right? Not sure google is always correct.

今 天, today i went running 我 跑 了 五 公 里。 我 累 了。 How did I do? Just learning to type some characters with pinyin.

Fist lesson with Grace Introductory lesson, went very well. She can help me with specific conversation topics and she said my tones were understandable! woo hoo! Notes: xia ci jian -- see you next time wo shi dian nao gong cheng shi shen me pai zi - brand? ni zhu sai na ge cheng shi gong chang, factory da duo shu - most wo tan gui tar he da wang qiu ye he yuan - summer palace fen gong si, branch office zhi zhao xie, zuo zie - make shoes (xie de gong si) lai guo zhong guo ao men - macau chang cheng - great wall gu gong

First notebook entry: Introducing myself I'm learning English to help get around when I'm in China on business. I travel to China at least twice a year and have been using audio lessons for two years. It's difficult to learn without talking to other people.