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our customs
I live in Iran. It is an Islamic country, so most of our customs have religious aspects. Even so, although we have some occasions that is belong to pure solely/purely Iranian. One example is the such as celebration of the longest night on the year, that is which coincides with 21 December 21st. One of the relevant habits tradition in on that nights is eating watermelon and pomegranate, and reading the poetry book of Hafez (one of the most famous poets of Iran). and Another one holiday that comes from our ancestors is the "Chaharshanbe Suri," that which is falls on the last Wednesday on of the year. It is remaining of our ancestors. On this night we make a fire and jump it over it. Our ancestors believed that we tack our unhealthy and give/leave our problems to/in the fire and to give receive it warmth and life. There are more another occasions, but a lot has have been already been forgotten. Iranian people like their traditions and they try to live them, but the government is does not agree with them. They have give a lot of (<em>or use</em> many) reasons like this such as the customs isn't according to contradict our beliefs. We have inherited our culture and we are responsible about that for continuing our traditions.
Overall, great writing! Some of the changes are grammatical, and some are to make the sentances sound more natural. Thanks for teaching us about your cultural traditions - they wound wonderful!
0 votedMay 24, 20140My cats
I have two cats. I food have had them for 6 years. <em>(have fed them/been feeding them sounds weird)</em> I give them name with named them after famous Chinese artists 's name. One is "Qibaishii" , One and the other is "Leekeran". I think it is right for their names fit them---black and white. "Qi is very smart and sensitive. She often worries about the things around her, It looks very tired in her life and it seems like a very tiring life. And "Lee" is very obtuse stupid <em>(or: not very smart)</em>. She often sleeping all the time sleeps all day, and she gets very happy when I play with her after she wakes up. play with me very happy when she wake up. She gets the great happiness out of life.
我有两只猫。我养她们6年了。我用中国著名画家的名字给她们命名。一只叫“齐白石”，一只叫“李可染”。我想这对他们是适合的，因为一只黑色一只白色。阿齐很聪明和敏感，她经常担心周围的事情，看起来活得很累；阿白很迟钝，成天睡觉，醒的时候就和我玩得很开心，她找到了幸福人生。Your cats sound wonderful, and seem to be very similar to my two cats! I have a smart one that worries about everything, and a dumb one that just loves to play and sleep all day! Also, I will use your Chinese sentences to practice with. Thanks!
0 votedMay 21, 20142- L I S T 1 - 第 一 组 单 词 大家好！ Hello everyone! Here is my first list of words / 第一组单词 : 第一 ... 第二 ... 第三 first, second, third, etc 哈哈 characters for laughing, haha 真棒 awesome, super, wonderful 朋友 friends 我 你 他 她 它 __们 I, you, him, her, it, plural 成为 become, turn into 觉得 feel, sense 会 can, be possible, be able to 很好 very good 的 of, possessive Ok, that is enough for this post. Time to get ready for work! Perhaps I will add another list sometime during the week, but these are the ones that I will focus on learning to write, pronounce, and use in sentences. Do you have any suggestions for future words or sentences to pick apart? I will gladly take them! Especially sentences that are common and properly ordered. Thanks for the input!May 20, 201420
Letter to Anne
The following letter is a tranining for my next English test
Dear Anne,
It's been a longtime since I've heard from you? How are you? I moved to Milan last week. The city is gorgeous but a litle bit chaotic. You know I love Italy so much. If I hadn't done that job interview with Mediaset, I'd never have had this oportunity to work here. I rented a flat in the suburbs <em>[or you can say "a suburb"]</em> of Milan, and I share it with two Italian boys <em>[you should probably say "guys" if you are talking about adults]</em>. I really get along with them. Tomorrow it will be my first day at work. I'm quite nervous and I hope everything will be ok. I have to commute to get to work because my office is rather far from my apartment, but it's ok I don't mind. By the way, how about you? Your sister called me two days ago and she told me you would move are moving to Liverpool for a new job next month.That's a fantastic news! I must definitely come to visit you in your new house. It's up to me when I take my holidays, so I think I'll came on August if this is alright with you.
Hugs, Gianluca<em>Great letter! Just a few questions corrections, and make sure you put a space after a period at the end of each sentence. Keep it up!</em>
0 votedMay 17, 20140- S T U D Y L I S T S So, I have decided to re-start learning Mandarin Chinese - and by that I mean start from the beginning and work my way up. I want to start by making vocabulary lists each week. The following week I will try to use the vocabulary from the previous week as much as possible (as well as any previous vocabulary!) before making a new list for the next week. I WILL POST MY VOCAB PRACTICE AND A NEW LIST EVERY MONDAY! I am hoping this method will help me to learn both written and spoken Chinese better, and with the help of my language exchange partner, I will be able to actually speak and ask questions every week. Follow along with my lists if you would like - I'd love to hear how your studies are going! WE'VE GOT THIS! OK - time to start figuring out my first list! -LaurenMay 17, 201400
