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Legend
There was a young nymph. She liked to go down from the heavens to swim in the warm ocean. Once she saw a handsome young guy at the bank. He was fishing whis in his old boat. She wanted to see him again after some days. The Curious nymph went closer to him and asked: "Why do you fish every day?" The young guy told her that his mother was ill and he needed the money to buy a medicine. He sold fish at the fair
The Nymph wanted to help the sailor and she sent him a lot of fish. The guy bought the expensive medicine. He told his mother about the young girl. His mother sent him to marry the nymph. The young nymph was in love with the guy so she said "yes".
They had a son and the sailor's family was happy. Heavens king heard that history and said to return nymph to the heavens and to close her in the tower. Tears of the nymph fell down at the ocean in open shells and turned into pearls.
The sailor came to the place where he first met his beloved. He jumped into the ocean and saw a beautiful view. There were thousands of pearls on the ocean floor. He heard his nymph's voice "My love, I can't come back to you. This sparkling pearls are my tears. Take them and they will help you to care about for our son". Love has no boundaries.0 votedJuly 4, 20131Why is so difficult to find someone to practice?
Since I joined this site I´ve been trying to find someone who to practice my english with, however I´ve not found anybody and that´s makes me feel bad. I was working in a Call Center is here is Costa Rica but most of the time I used to be on chats so my speaking skills are not pretty good and anytime I go to an interview or something they tell me I can not work because of my speech and I really need to find a job..
Here there are not many places where you can go to have conversations with foreigners and there´s a couple of places but you have to pay and you go just for an hour per week and with that nobody can improve.
I am looking for someone from USA, CANADA, ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA or any place that lives in COSTA RICA so maybe we can meet and practice...0 votedJuly 4, 20130Today is my Birthday :)
Hi italki friends!
Today is my Birthday and I want all of you to wish me as well as remember me in your prayers.
For me this is the beginning of new life. I am feeling like I am born again today. I want to make some changes for the bright future so wish me best of luck. I am always counting my blessings. On my birthday, what I want from God is happiness for everyone who is part of this world. May God make everyone feel fearless including me and embody all charm, beauty, grace, good health, wealth, auspiciousness, purity, generosity as well as prosperity.
Lord, give us the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed and the wisdom to know the difference.
Take care all.0 votedJuly 3, 20131Bad experience but still I have hope
Well, I started to use I talki one a month and a half ago , and the beginning was difficult because some guys that were supposed to be partners asked me for my Skype and were a group of perverts, I already deleted them , so I want partners that really want to practice English by Skype with me don't be afraid to contact me (girl or boy ) but if i see something rare, I will report you....
So now that everything is clear lets continue !!!!
I really need to improve my English, in three month I will go abroad to study a master, so I need help.. thanksPS. Don't give up! There are loads of kind people on this website ready to help you :)
0 votedJuly 3, 20131The first book that I read in English
Hi folks!
Finally I finished reading The Hobbit. The first book that I read totally in English.
Although The Hobbit is much less detailed than The Lord Of The Rings (these ones I've read in my mother language, Portuguese), for me it was difficult to read some chapters, especially the ones in which Tolkien described many places and creatures. I didn't know many of the adjectives that he used. I can say that I knew 85% of the words in the book. For a good reading, I'd recommend a book that you know more than 90% of the words in it. Therefore, I can say that The Hobbit is a book for readers with a better English level.
The next book that I will read is The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I think this book will be a little bit more easier than The Hobbit.0 votedJuly 3, 20130Long time no Log In italki
Well, I haven't been here since in a very long time.
I actually can't remember how the site was or how it looked like, I think there's a lot of new options and abilities on the new italki.
All these things are good signs, hope I can use it in a good way and gain many much from it.
Thanks everyone.0 votedJuly 3, 20131Trying to learn english
This is my first note, I've just signed up on to italki and I noticed that people take this seriously what which is very nice. I've studied english for 9 years, but I started when I was a tennager just because my father forced me so I didn't have much many improvements despite this long time that I have been reciving english classes. I think I have started to dedicate myself really to learning english about 3 years ago but in this period I passed one year and a half without studying. 3 years ago I lived in a small city were I got my graduation and I had an excellent teacher there, he was very funny and the classes were great. However I had to move to a big city, a metropolis, to get my master degree and I still live here. However, I didn't adapted to the pace of a big city, I'm too lazy to do things outside the home so I decided myself to studying english at home with online courses. I hope I can improve my english studying by myself.
0 votedJuly 3, 20130Spoken versus written language
While both written and spoken language use a similar vocabulary and structure, they are different in many ways. The spoken language is more natural to the human being, as babies we learn to speak by ourselves after about two years of exposure to the language. In contrast, the written language have has to be taught, and we spend a great deal of academic time trying to master the writing. It happens first because it's not intuitive to learn the symbols, and secondly because the written language is more sophisticated. When writing we tend to employ a richer vocabulary, tolerate less repetition and have no context other than the text itself. In the spoken language usually we have the immediate feedback from our interlocutor and can correct ourselves in the course of dialogue. We also have in at our disposal a great deal of tools of expression like gestures, volume, rhythm etc which are not available in writing. In On the other hand, the written language gives us the ability to make drafts and think carefully before expressing our thoughts. It's also by nature more permanent than the spoken language as a text can be read even after the author has passed way. The advance of technology has narrowed the distance between the spoken and written language as seen in chat rooms, YouTube videos, newspapers etc. but both forms of expression have it's their strengths. They tend to evolve to complement each other, and even with the multimedia boom we are experiencing today the written language will keep it's its place, perhaps in a different form.
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