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    宇宙是活生生的 [I think 宇宙是有生命的 is better here]

    我始终相信,人们之所以有了各种宗教信仰,是因为他们需要相信自己的生命是有意义的。人们不喜欢靠命运,因为命运的安排(在)大多数情况(下)是不合理的。 [ In most of the situations, 在 ..... 下 ......。 otherwise the sentence means "情况是不合理的". Considering the context, I think here it means "安排是不合理的"]

    而上帝是有智慧的,它的行为有逻辑。除此之外,人们总喜欢被保护着的感觉,我们都需要安慰,所以愿意去相信一种无边善良的力量,一种能够给他们安全感的力量。 

    我更愿意相信我们(的)宇宙是活生生的,这是一条个实实在在的生命,能够听到每个人心声的生命。[the counter for 生命 is 个.  For 命 is 条]

    我们所得能做到的,只是停止投诉抱怨与哭泣,尽量向往好的东西。[抱怨 means complain. 投诉 is a term only used in law, business.]

    这两样宇宙才会帮助我们实现自己的理想。
    在我姥姥的身上发生过一个与愿望相关的故事,一个十分神奇的故事。
    姥姥和姥爷结婚不到两年,姥爷就去打战仗[or 参战, is more formal]了,在队伍里遭遇了爆炸(袭击),因此失眠明了。虽然活着回家了,但是变成了个残疾人,生活不能自立理。[Considering the context, 自理 seems better here. 自立 independent. 自理 manange one's own life]

    他的情绪非常糟糕,天天窄呆在家里喝酒,考虑(过)各种自杀的方法。[did you want to use 天天宅在家里?, 宅 is too modern to put here : D]

    在他的理解当中,他只不过是个巨大的包袱,一点用也没有。
    但是姥姥一如既往地爱着姥爷。为了帮助他恢复视力,她每天去教堂祈祷,在教堂里买蜡烛。她把一根一根的一根一根地把蜡烛放在家里,希望姥爷能够看到火,能够从黑暗里走出来。 [I think you want to emphazise work of your grandma, then the order should be 她一根一根地把蜡烛.  If you say 她把一根一根的蜡烛 sounds weird :P]
    也许是因为姥姥的愿望太强了,姥爷的视力真的漫漫地恢复了健康。[No need to use 健康 here. 健康 is a general word. 视力恢复了 is fine]


    写得很好呀! 很好的故事!

    我觉得在最后还可以再做一个小小的总结,这样就可以更加完整了。 :)

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    August 16, 2013
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    圣诞节。。。

    这四年来,(我)只有一次在英国过传统的圣诞节。[it is better to add a subject]

    我很想今年回一趟英国,跟家庭家人过这段个又快乐又好玩的节日。

    1)To use <em>family</em> in Chinese, if you want to specifiy the people, it is better to use 家人.

    2)Counter problem. 一个节日,一段日子。In Chinese, 节日 usually means a particular day, not a period.

    但是,我已经知道今年回不了去了。真可惜![I think it is better to avoid using two 了 in wrriten Chinese :)]

    菲律宾的人们大体上是信教的,当然也过圣诞节。

    其实在马尼拉的街上,、商店里,都在这段时间都向像英国的一样。

    -街上,商店里,都被装饰得很好看[it is necessary to describe the decoration here, otherwise the sentence seems imcomplete],都挂着五颜六色的fairy灯(彩灯)。[I do not know what is a fairy灯. In Chinese, we usually just say 彩灯, light with different colours. : )]

    可是,我还不感觉Christmassy(我还是无法感觉到圣诞的味道)[This literally means<em> I still cannot feel the taste of the Christmas</em>. In Chinese, you can say <em>feel the taste of Christmas</em> to express <em>Christmassy</em>. In modern Chinese, noun is sometimes used as adjective. In this way, you can say 我并不觉得很圣诞。However, it is hard to people to catch you without context.]

    为什么?[Christmas without family is not a Christmas :D]


    I want to go skiing this Christmas :D

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    August 15, 2013
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  • Answered
    Chinese is different compare to like English. The characters are not based on Pinyin. You have to memorize the characters to be able to read and write Chinese.
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    August 14, 2013
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    Almost same as the first answer. 发挥 emphasizes on "to show sth. which the subject already has" i.e. A medicine can cure your illness. If it works, you can say 药物发挥作用 ( the medicine works). 实现 equals "to realize sth, to make sth. happen" The subject does not know if he is capable of doing that. i.e. 实现梦想 (makes dream come true) : )
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    August 14, 2013
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    关于时间的一些感慨

    不知为何,总觉得今年度假的时间过得特别慢,在漫长的日子里我既迷茫又无助,只能盼望夏天早点结束。时间像口香糖一样,拉得很长很长,完全看不到结尾。我这么难受,是因为在家里完全没事可以做,只能写一些简单的随笔,缓解自己的无聊心情。
    在俄语当中有好多动词与时间有着密切的关系。我们喜欢"崔"(催)时间,偶尔用一些手段"杀"时间,无聊时喜欢"打发"时间。可怜的时间被我们崔催,打,甚至杀...会不会有一天,时间会来报仇? 人们会不会完全失去所拥有的时间?

     

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    写得非常好啊!我觉得你写的随笔都比我好了 :D 只有一个错别字

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    August 14, 2013
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    山西〜太原

    太原(市)位于山西(省)的中心。[to mention one is a city and the other is a province.]

    这座城市比较小,最低海拔是七百六十米。or 这座小城市的最低海拔是七百六十米。

    太原三面环山[this is a common way to say this, exp: "四面环海", surrounded by sea]。

    由于太原在位于山谷之间,到了冬天每天雾气蒙蒙。

    实际上,我怀疑这个现象不是自然的雾气造成的,而是污染。[the original meaning of the sentence was "the phenomenon is not natural fog", according to the context, I think it should be "the phonomenon is not caused by natural fog"]

    山西是一个煤省-这个地方最主要的商业活动是开矿,所以,果然天空挺脏。 [In Chinese, we don't say "the sky  is dirty", you can just say "the air pollution is heavy" - 空气污染很严重]
    不过,临近春节尘雾逐渐消失了,花也逐渐盛开,环境就越来越好。[I'm not sure what you really want to express here. Literally, the origin sentence in Chinese means "When the Spring Festival comes, the fog disappear quickly and the flowers blossoms quickly". Now I rephrase it like "With the approaching of the Spring Festival, the fog are going away graduately, and the flower are starting to blossom."]

    春夏,这两个季节,间我常常去公园散着步,享受好天气。
    太原有几个外国人喜欢去聚会的地方。我还在太原的时候,外国人很喜欢去玛雅咖啡厅。这个咖啡厅像西方的咖啡厅差不多一样。,墙上挂着很多油画,也挂着当地摄影家拍的照片。厅里也放着爵士乐或布鲁斯乐。关于说到氛围,灯开得不太亮,所以能令人感到轻松。
    太原有几个[if you want to mean "some", “一些” is better here. "几个" implies "not much", lol]名胜古迹。最有名的是双塔寺\永祚寺。这对[counter]双塔是中国最高的。还有太原南边的jinci晋祠.
    作为总结〜太原〜冬天又脏又污染的污染又严重。春节之后一天比一天好。玛雅咖啡厅好玩儿。等等

     

    Generally, I have no problem to understand what you want to say. There is some minor things that in Chinese we say it in a different way compare to western culture. I think this can be improved by reading more together writing training&correction : )

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    August 14, 2013
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    I think they are almost the same. 老家 is rather informal. It only exist in spoken Chinese. Similar example will be: 父亲(formal - father), 老爸(informal - dad). There is still slight difference between 故乡 and 家乡. You can always split Chinese words into characters to analyze them. 故乡. 故 means "old". 故乡 emphasizes the place WAS your home. You had good memories there. But now, you do not live there anymore. 家乡. 家 means "home". 家乡 emphasizes the home. The place is still your home. Your parents might still live there. When you go back, you still feel home. It could be the situation that you are working in another province. But you still plan to go back to your 家乡 after you finish this work.
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    August 13, 2013
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    "登陆": landing. For example : Normandy landing. 台风登陆, a typhon is coming. However, it is not used for the airplane landing. for airplane landing, it is "降落“. ”登入“ to enter, login in something. "登录" to login in/on. 登录 and 登入 are almost the same on the internet. It's like login in and login on. literally, ”登" means to climb, the status before you entering something. "陆“ means land. "入" means enter. "录” means register.
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    August 12, 2013
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    Can anyone help me correct and maybe some opinions about this? Can anyone help me correct and maybe some opinions about this? It is the acknowledgement part of my report It is my first time writing acknowledgement, It would be really nice if you can give me some suggestions! Many thanks!! : ) Acknowledgement First of all, many thanks to my mother’s support through the whole year. Thanks for keeping help me whenever I have problems. Thanks for Msc.ARR help during the whole project. Without your help I cannot fulfil so much. Not only for the academic part, you also help me to adapted better as an international student here. Thanks for the guide and suggestions from Dr. NB. When the project met a bottle neck, it is you gives us precious opinions to help us move forward. And thanks for your trust and confidence in me. Your kindness and warm words can always cheer me up. Thanks for RH's experience helping us to solve so many problems. Thanks for TV, NS and HSC’s accompany in the students’ room. I really enjoy the time with you guys. Thanks for all the people from the group and best wishes for you. I would like to express my special thanks to NH. Thanks for your generosity of supporting us with liquid nitrogen. May you rest in peace. Last but not least, I would like to express my thankfulness to the God (if there is one). I do not know who you are and I do not know where you come from. But I start to realize you are there. Thanks for helping me go through all these things and leading me to truth.
    August 12, 2013
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    长介绍(long introduction)[I think in wrriten Chinese, "介绍" is fine here. We have "detailed introduction", "详细介绍"]

    我这十年来住在外国((我)原来住在一个较大的镇子里,(镇子)离伦敦不远,只有四十公里。如果坐火车,半个小时就能到达伦敦的中心)。之后[for connection],我先去了山西太原住了三年,然后来了马尼拉。我在中国的时候,我自学了汉语。有两个原因导致我没有上汉语课:第一;一到中国就上班,所以我当时没有时间上课。第二; 第二年有(了)时间上课,但是没有合适的班级。虽然在中国经常和中国人聊天,但是来了马尼拉之后就没有机会练习,所以我的汉语水平越来越差。我希望你们能学好汉语!有关于英文的问题,尽管来找我。。。 Excuse the many mistakes, it's my first practice in a long time!

     

    我觉得你的汉语已经很好了,多加练习!Good Luck : )

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    August 12, 2013
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