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Written 02 of night
Practice Sentences:
Today I studied until 8 o'clock, it was a good day. I had some very interesting classes at the university, I did some excellent exercises in Calculus II, vector geometry, and Statics and Dynamics, then I studied for exams in my Introducction to Economics, and Calculus II classes, and the on the way home I tried to read the text for my Theology class about Jesus and different interpretations but someone was playing a guitar in the subway and I couldn't concentrate.
Hola Gonzalo,
The above represents my understanding of your notebook entry. I hope I have seen it correctly.
Good luck with your studies!
Barry
Written day 01 (Practice for my English midterm)
My summer vacation
On my vacation I went to Valparaiso, specifically to a beach in Cartagena with my family, I remember that we went first to a place where they sold souvernirs and I bought a cap, the cap's color was black, but actually is gray. It's was cold, there were many clouds in the sky, however the landscape was beautiful. Then we went to a restaurant because we were very hungry, I had soup with fish, that was delicious but my mother had bad luck in that her dish had a rock in it, was a big rock and that was very strange and funny, my mother was very angry and we called the waiter to help us, we left that place inmediately. Later in the day we hit the beach, the sunset was beautiful. Then we returned to our car and went home.
It was a good vacation day.
Question:
Where did we go on our vacation?
answer: We went to a beach in Cartagena.
What happened when we went to a restauran?
answer: Gonzalo ate soup with fish and his mother had a rock in her soup.
Hola Gonzalo, espero que estas correcciones te ayuden
Verb patterns :D
I pretend to work tomorrow
That she was considering driving is a dangerous thing
We enjoy being with you
I try not to sing out of key
The TV doesn't start, try connecting it
they would like to go the party
Don't forget to bring the homework
I've forgotten to bring the homework
This makes me wonder
The rain has made me stay at home
She misses watching TV, bulglars have stolen it
I can´t stand being here anymore
Can't you bear watching TV all day?
Would you rather live in paris or london?
Please, keep moving
Hola Mauricio, espero que estos correcciones te ayundan.
I lost my phone
I am sad because today I was late to work so I forgot my phone in the bus, it was not an iphone or any of those nice phones, but I had personal information and photos in it. I hope anybody finding it responds and sends it back to me.
Hola Mario
"late to work" is ok, you could also say "late for work", or "late getting to work".
"so I forgot my phone in the bus" is understandable, you could also say "I accidentally left my phone on the bus". Saying "on the bus" probably sounds odd to you, but it works!
For "but I had personal information and photos" you could use "but it contained personal information and photos"
Es bueno Mario. Most of the corrections are not grammatical, they are more of style.
Barry
Large scale rumours: their danger
Maybe you know, Mexico City is a big city which has had a long record of earthquakes. During the last two years, approximately, we have had several seismic events with a short span between each event. In March 20, 2012 I personally suffered through what for me was thestrongest earthquake in my experience, with a seismic reading of 7.9 on the Ritcher scale.
During those days, I was living alone on the 5th floor of an old building. I was writing my bachelor's dissertation when, suddenly, I started to feel a little dizzy but I thought to myself "it is not dizziness, it is an earthquake". My building was located near the university, so alarm bells had started to ring confirming my suspicions.
I walked to a secure place but I was feeling a strange and vague sensation of calm mixed with anxiety while the time seemed eternal. I have to say that I imagined the worst picture. After that, I learned that many people had had the same sensations. So, now I can understand in the best way a lot of older people's earthquake experiences.
Recently, we have felt other earthquakes which did not have the same magnitude, but had enough power to alarm Mexico City's inhabitants. This fact has led to several kinds of rumours mainly related to a big earthquake with potential destructive effects. Of course, this information was without scientific basis, however, sometimes people draw dangerous conclusions when they listen to rumors or neglect the associated dangers.
Fortunately, the Geophysics Institute has done a couple of interviews to clarify some interesting points and to stop this dangerous practice.
Hola Mayra,
Wow, we went through a very similar earthquake in Seattle about 12 years ago. Until that time I had wanted to experience an earthquake. Now... No thanks!
I think that the similarity between "largo" and "large" causes people to think they are the same. But in English "large" = "grande", "long" = "largo". I'm sure you know this, sometimes I make similar mistakes when I'm trying to write a lot of text in Spanish.
We say "on" where in Spanish you say "in" in many situations. I experience the reverse problem trying to write Spanish and know whether to use "in" or "on". I'm hoping experience will solve the problem!
We say "I was dizzy", or "I experienced dizziness". You could also say "I experienced the state of dizziness", or "I experienced being dizzy", I'm sure all this will make you dizzy!
"During those days" is ok, you could also say "At that time".
For "I imagined the worst picture" you could also just say "I imagined the worst".
With respect to "Large scale rumours: their danger" you could also say "Large scale rumour: its danger". Did you know that the English version is "rumour" and the EEUU version is "rumor"? Be aware that some of my ways of saying things my be at odds with what an Englishman might say.
¡Muy bueno Mayra!
