Master's application note My bachelor programme was set to be a four-year programme and I finished it within five years was due to the fact that I spent an extra year studying intensive German courses, as displayed in the grades of the fourth year on transcript. * Could anyone help to make it natural and formal?Thanks!

Restart my English study I’ve kind of restarted my English study recently due to some reason. One of the reason is that I’m going to take IELTS exam near soon. And when I was checking some phrases on the Internet, I bumped into a website that I used 10 years ago for English study… It makes me feel…….. But still I’m happy that after some training like speaking English to myself, watching Youtube in all English, I find back some feeling that I had when I studied English in college.

Is it possible to be busy during the break? It's absolutely possible to be very busy during the break because if one is doing something very urgent, she/he has to spend time working on it during the break. Then she/he will be very busy. But usually I prefer studying non-stop for like two hours and have a little break. I believe just like muscles needs a break after an intense exercise, the brain also needs to take a rest. I prefer a long break more than multiple short breaks througout a day, because I'm used to concentrating on one task at one time and I don't want to be disturbed by those short breaks or any other things. Have you ever studied science? I have studied science in college. We had courses of Advanced Maths, College Physics, etc. I love science because it's a good combination of natural regulation and logical analysis.

Laugh/smile I like making people laugh because it helps to provide a friendly atmosphere and it can cheer people up. Then it's easiter to make the talk or actvity go on. Making other laugh is also a good way to break ice. I also enjoy watching TV shows that make me laugh. Because life is hard and those funny showsm, escpecially sitcoms and fuuny talk shows are good ways to reduce stress (are excellent stress-reliever) Last time I laughed out loud was when I watched the TV show "How I Met Your Mother". In the show Lily and Marchal is such a cute couple that have done many hilarious things.

History I've been to Shanghai museum and there's an exhibition about history of Bronze. I really enjoy it because it showed the way Bronze developed and evolved, getting more and more exquisite in ancient times. I have also read a book about history of five empires in Chinese history. I've learnt quite a lot from it because what happened in the past can always appy to the present. I also enjoys watching documentaries, because unlike movies, documentaires are what's happening in reality. It can expand my horizons and help me better understand the society.