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I was born in Dublin and have lived in Rome, London, Shanghai, Turkey and Bulgaria. I studied history in university and now work as a data scientist in the US.
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Amy Lin
Chinese (Mandarin)
Apr 13, 2014
是啊!!! (^___^)
Peggy
Chinese (Mandarin)
Mar 2, 2014
You have good vocabularies, and what you need to do is to activate them through a lot of practice. Thanks for being an active participant in the first session. :)
Amy Lin
Chinese (Mandarin)
Feb 20, 2014
Bear (my dog) interrupted our session a few times, but jksokay was extremely kind and patient. It is truly a privilege to work with jksokay. On the academic note, jksokay is doing great with Chinese Mandarin. 加油! :D
Amy Lin
Chinese (Mandarin)
Feb 12, 2014
You are doing great even after a short break! :D 加油!
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  • Posted
    New Project: 每天一句 第一天:我想每天寫一句中文。今天,我必須寫一句。明天要寫兩句。接著,後再寫另外。
    March 24, 2016
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  • Answered
    The preposition depends on the meaning. You could say 'I like to rest on the weekend' or 'I will do my homework over the weekend.' Often it needs a 'the' but not always; 'I ride my bike every weekend.' 'I will clean my room this weekend.' Prepositions and articles in English (and most European languages) are difficult. It really depends on the sentence. Let me know what you want to say and I can tell you what's best.
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    December 22, 2015
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  • Commented

    Good article. Do you have any script/tv show recommendations? Thanks

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    October 2, 2014
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  • Posted
    用中文,如果你知一个动物是男是女,你用他,她,还是它?
    August 15, 2014
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  • Corrected

    The Silk Road

    The Silk Road, which is famous around the world, was a series of routes connecting western countries and eastern countries. Otherwise The silk road extended over more than 6000 kilometers and is known for (an alternative: so called because of) the trade in silks from ancient China. Besides the trade in the silk, the Silk Road played an important role in the development of culture in China, South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Through the silk road, four inventions including papermaking, gunpowder, printing, and compass, which were invented in China, were spread around the world. At the same time, Chinese silks, teas, and porcelains were also spread (introduced) to the whole world. Actually, the meeting of cultures (collision is pejorative: it means something bad happened) was a two-way process, because some countries in Europe exported their many commodities and crops to China, satisfying the local market/local demand.

     

    非常好了!

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    June 3, 2014
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  • Answered
    谢谢你们。
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    May 22, 2014
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  • Posted
    什麼是汽車與坐車之間的差?
    May 21, 2014
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  • Corrected

    New trip on Italki

    I came here by somebody force, but I started thinking it's a great place when I looked through the page.

     

    Somebody forced me come here. / Somebody made me come here. 

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    April 9, 2014
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  • Posted
    什麼你們最喜歡的英文單詞?為什麼?
    February 28, 2014
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  • Corrected

    Fortress Besieged

    I just finished reading a famous book called Fortress Besieged written by ZhongShu Qian. So I want to talk about something about this book. Firstly, I want to explain (the reason < not necessary) why I choose to read this book. I have heard about this book for a long time, but I hadn't read it before. Recently, many professional teachers have mentioned its name in our classes, so I felt more interested and curious about it. It was the curiosity that pushed me into its wonderful and funny world. The famous sentence in this book, which I believe most of Chinese people must know, is <(you need a main verb) "the people wondering out of the castle want to step into the castle, while the people living in it hope to go out." Those words can be used to portray the situations either in marriage or in enterprise. Here, I want to talk about the phenomenon (maybe idea is a better word than phenomenon) of the castle in marriage. This is a common saying (it's not common in English) just like saying that to marriage is like to get into the tomb (being entombed? being buried?): no passion ,no caring , no romance. I agreed with it before, and fell into a very strange circle (not the right word - maybe state of mind? When you fall into a circle it means you joined a group of people), in this state of mind, I doubt whether a man can really fall in love, here, I emphasize love with a woman forever. No matter whether it is before a marriage or after. Those romantic and sweet words of love play some role in our love stories. If we can believe we are the only one in the very heart of your lover, then the question is: if I suddenly find that your husband seems to turn into another person, who doesn't love you more than before, what should I do, take it or leave it? I mean I considered these ideas before. I have to say, I changed my mind after I read about those moving love stories between Celine Dion and Rene, between Echo and Jose. I believe there still exists lots of pure and eternal love between a man and a woman, just like the lyrics, "I am your lady, you are my man, this is the power of love." All in all, what I want to say is that, if we are so lucky enough to find the our true love, our marriage will be wonderful heaven and not a tomb. No one can take us out of our castle. I mean so lucky here (I am so lucky). But I still believe that most of the people are not so lucky, so there exists a phenomenon of castle around their lives.


    Wow - very good. The main problem in the essay is punctuation and spacing.

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    January 18, 2014
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