My new computer

My dear aunt bought me a new Thinkpad last week.

I feel very happy,it helps my work a lot.

But I have to say it is a little difficult for me to use the Windows 8,it almost took me two days to learn how to use it,maybe because I am not the person who loves gadgets.

--Guy refers to a male gender or a fellow being. 

--Hence is not really suitable to call yourself one. >_<

--Or you may write as: 

--I do not love gadgets that much.

--Trivia: a person who loves technology is called: technophile 

Well,in nowadays,I think I have to learn something more about these electronic products (14 words).

--Or you may say: Now I have to keep abreast of these electronic products (10 words).

--Keeping brief would help people understand you faster :)

--Abreast: to keep up to date. Is there a Mandarin equivalent to it?

--JK

Bad day

Today is a bad day. I had a nightmare last night and woke up in tears:(

--Dreams normally occur at night when we are sleeping.

--So you may delete off the "last night"

horror dream can be replaced as "nightmare" into one word. The less words. The better. ;)

Then I have a nap and ended/turn turn up in sleeping.

--Nape is the area back of the neck.

--Nap means to have a quick rest.

When my parents turn up music, that's when I woke up.

--When you wrote when I woke up, and my parents turrn on the music represents two different events that are not linked. 

--So if you were to write, in the manner of cause and effect. Then this would be easy for the reader to follow.

Eg: I eat a lot, so, I get fat.

Eg: [Cause], so, [effect]

Eg: My parents blast the music, so, that's when I woke up.

Now I'm having a bad feeling and I don't want to do anything, nor do I want talking about something .All I want, is only silence, nothing else.

--The last sentence, has to be from getting use to how other native speaker, speaks. This can be learned from watching dramas or reading. :)

Good try!

You will improve.

--JK

Shanghai

Last month, I went for a business trip to Shanghai.
The night view was very beautiful.
I can't speak English and Chinese very well.

-- If you written you can't speak, that means you really cannot speak a single word!

But you can! So you may add "very well" to express your level of expression.

Don't worry, you'll get there!

It was very hard to speak.

--"I was very hard" means that you are made from something hard like stone?

--It was very hard to speak is to make the sentence complete.

--It I were to write, "It was very hard", the sentence would not be complete.

--And by adding to speak allows other to understand what was the "hard" about!

I think, I will study English.

--When you mention I will study English, you are already thinking about it. :)

--So the word "I think" is not necessary.

A kind friend told me the italki.

--Is that one friend? You may add a  infront.

--gentle in this context means lady like I guess? Very feminine.

--But I guess you meant "a kind friend" instead.

--Because a kind friend who is the type of person who would help others.

--A gentle friend acts in the way of mannerism. That maybe she is gentle when she speaks/acts to other (very politely).

I think I appreciate her, and trying to learn English.

Yes you can. You can do it. Let's learn English!

You can express at least the main idea out, you just need to polish it and then it will be perfect. 

--JK

Why learning languages is so hard?!

--The question mark comes first, followed by the exclamation mark.

As this is to emphasis on the anger and frustration when it comes to expressing  yourself.

Like most Chinese children, I began to learn English in my primary school. At that time,I thought learning English is a task, because we had to pass English exams to enter junior schools or high schools.

--Break down the sentences, too much words being clumped together makes it hard to follow the meaning behind the sentence. Keeping each paragraph to 3-5 sentences. It makes the sentences more readable :)

Learning English is memorizing English words and grammar rules. Later, when I entered university, English is my major, I have to memorize more words, and read a lot, but I still can't understand some English novels, stories and some news. I get very disappointed, I wonder if I'm wasting my time.

--Don't worry about it, most of us in life never achieved Shakespeare or English Professor level. I still cannot understand Pride and Prejudice from Jane Austeen. It's too high leveled for me. But then again, I think most people cannot understand that level of English and what should be focus on its the ability to understand communicate with others.

--As life is so short, do spend more time enjoying the process of learning English. You may not understand some of the words now, but, in time and determination you will, and when that time comes, all those anger and frustration of learning English would just wash away. And suddenly English becomes so easy.

--P.S. Your command of English is actually impressive, so rest assured you are on the right track.

Now, I'm still learning English, but I can't see any improvement.
I began to learn French in my second semester as a sophomore.French is compulsory course for us. At the beginning, I thought maybe French isn't very very hard to learn because French shares the same alphabet with English, but, later on, the more I learn in the class the harder I feel. The conjugation is really hard to memorize.
And there' re some same words in French and English, but the pronunciation are different, that's drive me to crazy.

--Less is more, I canceled out the words, as the meaning of the sentence remains. There's beauty in simplicity. 

-Just some minor spelling error in red. 

-The word "drive" is the direction, there's no need to say "to" anymore. So hence I shorten the sentence.

Why learning languages is so hard? Can you give me some advices?

--All languages are hard to be honest. Even though I am Chinese by blood. I have not learned Mandarin my entire life. I too found Chinese to be not so easy, but I am undaunted, as I am more determined to learn Mandarin, as the reward of making friends globally is an immense reward and satisfaction. 

However, whether learning language is hard the child who learned it since young, does not find learning language to be hard. Because they have been accustomed since young. Whether the child is a French, British or Chinese. But learning something out of routine makes it a challenge at first, but, this can be overcomed by making it fun to learn.

Focus on English first, is my best advice, a mind split to two task is not an effective one. French may seem exotic and elegant, but, resist the temptation to learn French. Focus on English on first and when you are ready.

Then you will be able to master other language at ease.

There's a Chinese saying, a thousand journey begins with one step. You have made the first step, congratulations. Don't stop, keep going, you will reach your destination. You will get there Lynn. I believe you can. 

Bonne chance!

--JK