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Mi Futura Casa
Tengo el sueño de vivir en otro país. Quiero hablar una idioma diferente al mío. Creo que sería una buena manera de aprender un nuevo idioma y una cultura nueva juntos con la gente que quien viven allí.
Podría viajar a un país donde se habla español y buscar para mi futura casa........mis futuros amigos..........un lugar para retirarme.0 votedJuly 9, 20130Una maleta guapa bonita
Hola a todos, dentro de poco nos vamos de vacaciones. Durante las últimas vacaciones se nos rompió una maleta, o más bien las ruedas, es lo que suele pasar, y no es de sorprenderse por la manera en que los empleados las manajan, las tiran por todas partes. Acabamos de comprar una nueva, creo que no vale la pena gastar mucho dinero, nuestra última era barata, y la usamos durante 3 o 4 años. Yo quería comprar una que fuera barata y que pesara poco, pero mi mujer quería comprar una que fuera bonita, ¡hombre estamos hablando de una maleta! ¿está loca mi mujer? ¿o es lo que hacen todas las mujeres? buscan una maleta que sea bonita.
Total que compramos una que era muy razonable, nos costó 18 libras, la que quería mi mujer nos habría costado 50 libras. Sin embargo ella no está contenta y me dijo que va a esperar a que haya una venta especial, ¡qué no haya ninguna rebaja! porque dudo que no bajen mucho el precio mucho.0 votedJuly 9, 20131- My school draft (a storytelling) A lucky man story On a hot day in summer, Charley, a man in his forties, was riding around the city in his old car. As soon as he realized that his car had almost run out of gas, he headed to the nearest gas station. While it was being pumped with gas he walked towards a store as he had a craving for chocolate. Just as he opened the door, however, his appetite disappeared so he ended up just browsing for anything. A flashy lottery ad caught his attention and he decided to buy one ticket. After getting into the car he put the ticket in the glove compartment. Three months later, Charley felt like it was time to sell his car; since he was a little hard up and needed some cash to survive. He searched badly for a buyer but it was difficult to find one. After a great effort he finally found a buyer whose most outstanding quality was his honesty. Before the deal was made, the new owner wanted to make sure everything was in order, so he checked every corner and detail of the car. Suddenly he spotted a shiny ticket among the papers stored within the glove compartment. It was the lottery ticket that Charley had forgotten there. Because the man was honest he got to meet Charley and handed back all the papers along with the lottery ticket. Just then Charley remembered that the day when the prize was being given was that day. So he went desperately to the same store he bought the lottery ticket from, bought the newspaper and looked for the winner’s names with uncontainable excitement. He found out that he was the winner. Charley showed up to the TV program where the winners receive their prize. During the program there were a lot of cheers and hoorays for the winner. Finally, Charley used the money he won to buy a champagne bottle and called his car buyer to meet up and celebrate together that odds were in their favor.July 8, 201300
- Traditions should be kept Our world is amazing and so are we. We, humans, are so similar and yet so different in the sense that we have many different ways of behaving, doing things, and, in general, different forms to live life. As researchers discover archaeological vestiges, lifestyles of ancient civilizations are revealed and we realize that since the beginning of humanity, we have had specific procedures when doing certain things. Those procedures involve certain fixed activities, artifacts, designated places and periods of time. We are so peculiar among other species, that we can affirm that traditions are intrinsic to humans. Traditions have evolved as time goes on, and some of them are the result of the combination of two or more traditions, as well as the result of subtle changes over time. There are people who act as puritans because they consider traditions to be valid as long as they don’t change. Changes are inevitable since we tend to explore new things. Modern traditions are the consequence of contributions that, little by little, have been accumulating features to finally culminate in our current ones. What would the world be like without all the richness that traditions provide? Without a doubt, it would be flat, dull and lame, in other words, worse. Traditions are like the soul of every nation, they give each country its respective identity. We need to recognize the importance of protecting our traditions, because they are what we have built over generations, something to be proud of. And what we inherit from former generations has to be treasured as a part of our cultural heritage. We are often surprised by the ample variety of traditions when we travel abroad and meet a culture different from ours. What is strange to us is completely normal to other communities and vice versa. If we want to have a wider perspective of the world, we need to be open to new people, along with all their differences, and also need to have a profound understanding of the origins of those traditions, that may appear totally foreign to us, but only by comprehending them we can set better conditions for coexistence. Above all the benefits that traditions give us, there is an important factor that in the immediate term that can help us improve our relationships, and that is the closeness traditions bring alongside their festive vibe. Traditions unite us in such a special manner that they can create stronger bonds between members of our own family.July 6, 201320
Los exámenes finales
Aunque esta es mi última semana en la uni, es posible que mis exámenes finales vayan a matarme antes de poder graduarme el próximo sábado. Hoy presentaré al departamento de psicología mis investigaciones y el experimento que llevé a cabo el año pasado. Mañana tengo un examen del 60% de mi calificación total de la clase (es otra clase de psicología que se trata sobre las investigaciones de memoria, amnesia, identidad y “el yo”). El miércoles tendré un examen de la historia de la lingüística española desde el latín (clásico y vulgar) al castellano de hoy en día. Finalmente, este jueves entregaré dos ensayos, uno de 15 páginas sobre mi experimento y otro de 7 páginas del cine vasco (temas populares, su historia, las pelís más destacadas, sus desafíos económicos/políticos, los directores principales, la intención a difundir al euskera a una audiencia más global, etc). 4 clases, 2 exámenes, 2 ensayos, 1 presentación. Faltan 5 días para graduarme :] todavía no lo creo.
Excelente escritura. Tu nivel es sumamente alto y totalmente natural el modo en el que escribes. Felicidades
0 votedJune 28, 20131First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Estoy aprendiendo español porque me gusta viajar y tener amigos que hablan oltra idiomas. Creyo que es divertido aprendar espanol tambian. Hablo inglés, y vivo en Estados Unidos. Me encanta la playa, viajar y hablar. Por los noches me gusta ir a los bares y las discotecas.
0 votedJune 27, 20130Enfermo
Hace dos semanas que estoy enfermo. La enfermedad empezó con tos, fiebre, y dolor de cabeza. Después de cuatro días, fui al ("a el" siempre se contrae en "al") médico. Me dijo que tenía bronquitis. Él me dio algunas recetas con antibióticos, jarabe para la tos, y esteroides. Afortunadamente las medicinas hicieron efecto rápidamente. La fiebre y el dolor de cabeza se fueron pero la tos continuó. Falté al trabajo por tres días. Odio faltar por causa de la enfermedad. Prefiero usar estos ("estos" lo usas para referirte al presente y "esos" para el pasado)días de vacaciones para algo entretenido. Espero que el buen tiempo ayude y yo (cuando se entiende que estás hablando de uno mismo, no es necesario escribir "yo") vuelva a tener buena salud.
0 votedJune 26, 20130Español
Donde yo vivo es muy tarde, pero no puedo dormir. Mañana me necesito levantar temprano para trabajar. Terminaré (Hay una acción encima de la e pero no se como usar)(se llaman acentos, creo que puedes copiar y pegar un acento en algún texto que ya exista: á é í ó ú) de trabajar en tres años entonces me uniré las fuerzas áereas. Si hiciera esto, pagarán mi universidad.
0 votedJune 26, 20130Primera vez
Hola, soy Chris. Soy un joven de Carolina del norte en los Estados Unidos, y nací aquí también(para decir que alguien nació, el verbo que se usa es solo "nacer": e.g. Yo nací en esta ciudad. ¿Dónde naciste?). Me encantan los idiomas (especialmente español), pero sólo tengo los conocimientos que he aprendido ("los conocimientos que se aprenden" transmite la misma idea y es correcto) en la clase de Español Tres en mi escuela sólo, y me gustaría aprenderla mejor. tengo la capaz para Soy capaz de (suena más natural)hablar con hablantes nativos y leer autores muy famosos (como Márquez) en la primera lenguaje. ("en la primera lengua" no estoy seguro de lo que te refieres con esto)
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Primera vez
Hola, soy Chris. Soy un joven de Carolina del norte en los Estados Unidos, y nací aquí también. Me encantan los idiomas (especialmente español), pero sólo tengo los conocimientos que he aprendido en la clase de Español tres en mi escuela, y me gustaría aprender mejor. Soy capaz de hablar con hablantes nativos y leer autores muy famosos (como Márquez) en mi primera lengua extranjera.
0 votedJune 26, 20132Hi, I found what you wrote really interesting. I'm not an english speaker. However, I spotted a few mistakes that I wanted to correct. If it serves take it, but anyway, wait for a native speaker's correction to get it right.
Writing about what's happening (in) Brazil
If you read the news about the world you probably know what's happening (in) Brazil. Last thursday, one million brazilians went out to the streets to manifest against the raise of the public transportation fares, not only here, but all over the world. The protest worked. The fares went back to the previous price, however, the indignation didn't cease because the major problem is not the 20 cents of the fare, the major problem is the corruption.
The World Cup in Brazil is a good excuse (for) the politicians (to) earn illegal money. It will be the most expensive world cup of all the time, $28 billions if I'm not wrong. If you ask brazilians if they want to see Brazil as a host (for) the next World Cup, almost everyone will tell you that they don't, not because they don't like soccer, brazilians love soccer, but because there a lot of things more important to invest money (in). I'd like to share a video about this topic: ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=ZApBgNQgKPU
The manifestations aren't over yet. Now, the citizens know that they have power to change the country and they won't stop until their lives get better.0 votedJune 25, 20130
