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I live in the Washington D.C. area, but I grew up in the south. I am a musician, I work in IT, and I am a lover of giant hounds. I love languages, and I find it difficult to focus on just one! I am studying Spanish right now. I'm looking to socialize on italki!
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    Big Sport for Young People

    Sport has Sports have a long history. All the time people like to watch how professional sportsmen compete to with each other.

     

    In our days, a lot of people do not want just watching for athletes, they are want becoming the athletes.

    These days, a lot of people do not want to just watch athletes; they want to be athletes.

    Today many do not want to watch athletes; they want to become athletes.

    In this day and age, it is not enough to simply watch athletes; people want to become athletes.

     

    That is why we have many young people in the gyms. There are several opinions about advantages and disadvantages of professional sport for young people.

    Firstly, young boys and girls can make their own successful professional career in the big sport.

    First, young boys and girls can become professional athletes on their own.  

    Nowadays many parents give send their children to the specialized sport schools. They hope what that their children will be able to reach the top of a professional sport, and sometimes it happens.

    Secondly, doing sport participating in a sport has a lot of positive effects on the athletes. They are look good and strong. It has the positive effect on the health and makes people more stronger to be able to resistant to illnesses. It also holds their minds in good conditions. Sports help maintain healthy minds. 

    In contrast, professional sport can brings a lot of problems for health. For example, athletes can get the injures injuries and even would be die. History knows many cases when young sportsmen take the serious injury and they loose lose everything: job, fame, time. The big sport is too dangerous and do not give up the mistakes does not leave room for mistakes.

    Furthermore, when young sportsmen trying try to reach the success, they would forget about other possibilities in life. They are becoming become more selfish and think about only their deals. They have to spend a big part of their life on nobody exept except themselves.

    All things considered, I can concluded conclude that reaching the famous fame and success in professional sport does not to be the sense of the whole is not everything life for young people. Parents should give the choice to their children –to make a good decision by following their own feelings.

     

    Great writing, Max! I feel that English articles and verbs are difficult for Russian speakers the way that Russian pronunciation is difficult for English speakers. As with any language, there are many different ways to communicate the same message. I hope my suggestions help!

     

    I recently learned that there is no word in Russian for "workout." Russians use words like "practice" or "lesson" when speaking about athletic training. I think those words send a better message.


    Have a good day!

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    August 3, 2015
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    Éxito No puedo tener éxito si no falla. No puedo fallar si no lo intentas.
    August 3, 2015
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    Desayuno Irlandés Esta mañana fui a Annapolis para una desayuno irlandés. Estaba delicioso. Annapolis es una hermos ciudad puerto con muchos caminos de ladrillo y edificios de rojiza. Puedo caminar por esta ciudad todo el día conocer gente nueva y ver los barcos en el puerto.
    July 12, 2015
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    Going to Harbin

    This weekend my boyfriend and I will go to Harbin, his hometown, for one or two weeks.
    Have you ever been to that city?
    I really like Harbin. The first time I went there it gave me so many surprises. It's a Chinese city, but I learned much about Orthodox, Catholic, Christian, and even Jewish religion there. As a common citizen who grew up in mainland China, I was such an idiot about religion before, but Harbin gave me the first lesson and helped me to know a new world.
    I feel lucky that my boyfriend grew up in this place, and I have many chances to come back here later in life, or even live here in the future.
    Wish me a good trip! I will keep on giving Chinese lessons there!

     

    I have never been to Harbin, but I do wish to visit China.

     

    I only changed a few things. You understand compound sentences better than most Americans! I added the word <em>religion</em> in a sentence to provide a noun for your proper adjectives. Alternatively, you could have used proper nouns and left out the word <em>religion</em>, i.e., Catholics, Christians, and Jews. Lastly, I removed <em>however</em> from the last sentence. If you were looking for a word that is used informal conversation, you might try <em>anyway </em>or <em>anyways. </em>It's pretty common when chatting regardless of whether or not the word actually adds anything of value to the conversation.


    Great work! I may look for you in the future so that I can take Chinese lessons from you!

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    July 9, 2015
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    Mi Hija Está Envejeciendo Mi hija va a tener 14 años de edad el diá Halloween. ¡No me lo puedo creer! Tengo que construir un negocio exitoso antes de que se gradúe de la escula secundaria. Quiero que entienda la diferencia entre tener un trabajo y ser dueño de un negocio. Ella es mi corazón, y estoy muy contento de que me decidí a ser parte de su vida hace tres añnos. Eso es todo.
    July 9, 2015
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    Bienes Raíces Esta noche voy a asistir un seminario de bienes raíces. La inversión inmobiliaria es un interés mío.
    July 8, 2015
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    Día Lluvioso Está lluvioso hoy. Me ecante días azules, pero me ecante días grises tambíen. Días grises son frioso.
    July 2, 2015
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    The philosophy here is that being rich is equal to being happy with the things that you have. If you are happy with having three children, then you are rich. If you are happy working in a factory, then you are rich. If you are content to walk on the beach, and you ARE walking on the beach, then you are rich. People often confuse being rich with being wealthy. If you have enough money to buy the beach, then you are wealthy. If you enjoy walking on your new beach, then you are rich. I hope that helps!
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    July 1, 2015
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    The Birth of My Little Daughter 

    Titles are capitalized in English according to the following rules:

    1. The first word is always capitalized

    2. Prepositions (of, in, at, etc.) with fewer than four letters are not capitalized.


    I'll tell the story about the birth of my little daughter.
    My wife was pregnant. She didn't want having to have a vaginal birth, because of the contractions, so she set a date to making a cesarian's surgery have a C-section. C-section is common enough in American English. 
    When the day came in, I and my wife spend When the day came, my wife and I spent all afternoon waiting anxiously for the time to go to the hospital. "When the day came" is an introductory phrase, which is often followed by a comma. When writing in first-person, "I" will always come last in a compound subject. For example, "Maria, James, the dog, and I went to the park."
    Fortunately, I could watch the birth. While the doctor was doing performing the surgery procedures, he asks asked me if I want wanted to see the moment when the baby's come baby came out. I said no, because didn't want see my wife's belly opened, her fluids and blood. While technically correct, you may consider adding a comma between fluids and blood. So after he cleaned him his body, I took a photo of him. You took a photo of the doctor? Did you mean, "So after he (the doctor) cleaned her (your daughter) body, I took a photo of her (your daughter)?" This is a case where avoiding pronouns may clarify the meaning of the sentence. 
    Later, my wife was took taken to room the ward, but I couldn't be with her. I be was sad, because she needed my care, and I'd have to watch out over her recovering recovery.
    I went home. As soon as the day arise broke, I went to the hospital, brought flowers to my wife, and took my little baby in my arms.

     

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    The Birth of My Little Daugther

     

    I'll tell the story about the birth of my little daughter. My wife was pregnant. She didn't want to have a vaginal birth because of the contractions, so she set a date for a C-section. When the day came, my wife and I spent all afternoon waiting anxiously to go to the hospital. Fortunately, I could watch the birth. While the doctor was performing the surgery, he asked if I wanted to see the moment when the baby came out. I said no because I didn't want to see my wife's belly opened, her fluids and blood. So after he cleaned her body I took a photo of her. Later my wife was taken to the ward, but I couldn't be with her. I was sad because she needed my care, and I'd have to watch over her recovery. I went home. As soon as the day broke, I went to the hospital, brought flowers to my wife, and took my little baby in my arms.

     

    Great job!

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    July 1, 2015
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    Las Conexiones a Idioma Español Hablábamos español en nuestra casa, pero era muy limitado. Después de 10 años de edad, sólo se hablaba Inglés. Recuerdo poco! Estoy dispuesto a aprender de nuevo.
    July 1, 2015
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