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I'm a British-born Chinese but am currently studying at Zhejiang University! I can speak a little Cantonese, studied French and Russian at university, and would like to learn German at some point. At the moment I'm focusing on learning Mandarin. In return, I would be more than willing to help you with English! Feel free to message me or chat!
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The final stage of my master's thesis
It is a delightful (this is fine, but it isn't very commonly used) day today, because my mentor/supervisor reviewed my draft thesis/thesis draft/the draft of my thesis and approved my research methods and final results. Although he did not compliment my work, I think no criticism is the big praise/no criticism is praise enough! Haha! He is an extremely strict, stubborn person and hardly ever/seldom/rarely praises us even when we do something good. What he normally says is "Well, make an effort to do it better". As a result, all the other fellow students of mine/all my classmates/coursemates have been scolded seriously because their work was not catering did not cater for his requirements/has not met his standards.
Actually I felt a bit nervious when I sent the thesis to him, since, after all, getting/receiving criticism is not comfortable/makes me feel uncomfortable/nobody likes to hear criticism/be criticised after all. So everything is going to be much easier and I just need to add some detailed information to my thesis, which can make it more reasonable (not sure what you mean here)/which will make it better/which will improve it!Great job! I know I've written a lot comments but they're just suggestion to make it sound more native and natural. You write very well!
Congratulations on your thesis draft meeting your supervisor's standards and good luck!
0 votedApril 8, 20162Lack of an Art (Artistic) Gene.
I envy those who can sing well. I was not born with (any) musical talents and it is difficult for me to sing in tune, although/even though I love music so much! I always treat music as the best way to express our emotions, especially when some rhythm can perfectly fit your mood. But as it is, I want to throw my phone away when I hear the recorded songs that I sing following the origionals/when I hear/listen back to the recordings of my own voice/the covers I sing. Haha, it does not have a special case up till now (what do you mean by this?). So, I think it would be better if I learn some singing skills, which could cover the lack of inherent talent to some extent.Well written! Your writing is almost perfect now! And don't worry, you have so many other skills, such as learning languages!
0 votedApril 3, 20162Are you busy everyday?
My roommate has been snoring for about 10 minutes ago (now). Sometimes I admire/envy his idle status idleness/lack of things to do and it seems that he does not have much work to do everyday. I just finished a project proposal, which is was only a draft one, and I have to make some detailed revisions/I have to edit it carefully in/over the next few days. How I wish I could had have enough time to do what I want, regardless of*/free from the daily grind. Tomorrow I have to go to the lad lab to process the test data again and then start to write the last chapter of my thesis. Hopefully I can finish it before May!*Regardless of = in spite of
Very well written! Haha, your roommate is so lucky. Good luck with your thesis!
0 votedMarch 29, 20162End of a relationship
When I woke up and turned on my phone this morning, I received a message from a female friend. She sent me some pictures of chatting history her chat history about between she her and her boyfriend. I browsed the pictures quickly and realized that there is was a big problem between them. Her boyfriend did not reply to her messages at all, even though she had sent dozens of texts, video calls and phone calls. She told me her boyfriend had been such heartless unresponsive and cold since a months ago for a few months now. Their current relationship/The current state of their relationship really surprised me.
Both she and her boyfriend are my good friends/good friends of mine and we have been knowing known each other for more than ten years. Six months ago, her boyfriend had been in American went to America to attend a one-year-PhD project. She actually worried about the long distance at first, but her boyfriend gave her a promise that he would never betray her! Now, it turns out that he has totally forgot what he promised and is going to end the relationship by using unresponsive tricks/being unresponsive/ignoring her/ghosting her*!
I think he has got the wrong idea and should has been acting as have acted like a real man to handle the problem. But now, he has become a coward and hurted the girl in an extreme way!/But as it is, I think he's a coward and he really hurt the girl!*There's a new term that's been floating around social media recently: 'ghosting'. It's when one person in the relationship just ignores the other and ends up 'disappearing'.
Well written! I notice you have been trying to make use of the present perfect continuous and the present perfect tenses! This site might be helpful to you: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html
I'm sorry to hear that about your friend, it really sucks. She deserves much better!
0 votedMarch 28, 20161
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