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Hi there! My wife and I live in Southern California, USA and I'm really excited to finally become fluent in another language besides english. I'm currently looking to become fluent in spanish. (But I'm also interested in Japanese and Irish). I've grown up and lived all around Southern California (Los Angeles, San Diego, and Riverside counties). I'm an artist, musician, calligrapher, landscaper, and book lover. I currently work outside in the hot California sun as a landscaper. I'm am learning spanish because there are so many spanish speakers in Southern California and to not learn spanish would be passing up a huge opportunity to talk with other people. I studied spanish in high school, learned some basics, spent probably hundreds of hours memorizing vocabulary, but still was never able to have a conversation in spanish. Now I'm getting serious. ¡Sí se puede!
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    Practice for my English test

     

    I agree with the statement that children should help with the housework ever since they are able to perform housework duties such as washing dishes, loading and unloading laundry into washing machine, dusting, making the bed and so on, without neglecting their school assignments ("homework" would work too) obviously.

    The question I have is: what is the statement you are agreeing with?  Is it "Children should help with the housework?" or is it the entire sentence.  It is unclear what exactly you are agreeing with.  To clear things up, you could say, "I agree with the statement that, 'Children should help with housework from the time that are able to perform average household duties.'"  I would go on to include what duties you think those are. You could say, "Appropriate duties would include..." or "Age-worthy chores would be" or "As long as they don't neglect their school assignments they can..."

     


    In my opinion, assigning housework duties to children teaches them how to be responsible and disciplined, whereas not assigning any housework duties (to not be redundant/repetitious, you could use the word, "chores") to children (same thing, we already know who are getting the chores assigned to) makes them unconcerned about the importance of keeping the house clean, and this attitude will be likely to be ingrained in them until they are adults. People who have been used to doing the housework since they are children often keep their houses clean and tidy, and they are usually better roommates than those who were never assigned household tasks at their homes. (or you could say, "...were never assigned household tasks growing up")

    Just a quick tip: you do not need to include the phrase, "In my opinion."  It is apparenent that what you are writing is your oppinion already.  In American colleges, professors will constantly tell you to never say, "I think...", "I feel...", or "In my oppinion..."  Because it is obvious that that is your oppinion by the fact that you are writing about something. If you really wanted to, you could say, "It has been my experience that..."  

    You are making a case for why you think children should do housework and are proving it by your examples.  If those examples are something you have witnesses in your past, then you can say, "It has been my experience that..." That would at least preface why you are saying, "I think, I feel, I know that, etc." Otherwise, you can just make your case without saying, "In my oppinion."

    But at the same time, when you do not use those phrases, you will have to have good arguements to support your claims.

     


    In summary, I think that children must help with the housework duties, because this will teach them a valuable lesson for a lifetime about how to run a family’s home. ("to run a household" will sound better) Therefore, children must be assigned housework duties depending on their age. For instance, an 8-year-old (or write out, "an eight year old" with no hyphens "-") child should not be asked to cook or iron because it could be injurious (good word, but "dangerous" sounds better) for him or her. Finally, I believe that not teaching children how to do the housework is harmful for their adult lives.

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    August 18, 2014
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    Methods of for learning a new language

    I have been studying English for one years and during this process of learning, I met (Instead of, "met" it is better to say, "I have come accross methods," or "I have learned many methods.") a lot of methods and ways that could help the people learning English faster. (It is better to say, "...could help people learn english faster," or "...could help people to learn english faster.")

    I had the opportunity of to test (Either "I had the opportunity to test" or "I had the opportunity of testing") some methods such as movies, books, podcasts and newspapers. 


    In the past, I made class at school But I disliked of the methods and started studying alone. (I think you are meaning to say, "In the past, I received good grades in school, but I disliked the methods they taught for learning languages so I started studying in my own way.") I created my own method where I could improve my skills I like by talking with native speakers, and make have a language exchange with them, and have my own class with an English teacher through on Skype. I believe that If you have are disciplined in your studies, for studying you can improveing their your skills faster and will learn confidently.

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    August 17, 2014
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    Chawanmushi

     

    I made today Chawanmushi. (それは、「Today, I made Chawanmushi.」 と, 「I made Chawanmushi today.」 と言う方が正確である。

    I was able to make it tasty.

    Chawanmushi is a Japanese egg dish.

    It is was very tasty. I liked it. (代わりに二度「tasty」と言ってするのではなく、「delicious」、と言うことができます

    and. After eating, my mother and I went shopping.

    My mother bought TabletPC of NEC.

    The I am very envious.

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    August 17, 2014
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    Objecto: Describe la última vez que se conmovió las lágrimas por algo hermoso. Este pasado domingo, he visto la película, Forrest Gump. Yo pensé que era un portrayal hermoso del amor incondicional que Forrest mostró a Jenny. Sin tener en cuenta cómo Jenny trató Forrest, siempre hizo todo lo posible para proteger y tener cuidado de ella. Sé que la película es una tontería, pero resonó conmigo y lloré unas veces. Espero poder mostrar ese tipo de devoción a mi esposa. Gracias a leer.
    August 17, 2014
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    Either one would work. I would probably say in english, "Today, I'm supposed to write about..."
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    August 11, 2014
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    Ah claro. Comprendo. Bien, usaré la frase, "hoy tengo que escribir acerca de." Muchas Gracias Alejandro.
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    August 11, 2014
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    ¿Cómo se dice, "Today, I am to write about..." (History, the last time I cried, etc.) en español? ¡Hola Amigos Hispanohablantes! I'm trying to start a notebook post by saying, "Today, I am to write about such-and-such." ¿Cómo se dice en español? Hoy, debo escribir sobre... o Hoy, me siento a escribir sobre... Thank you!
    August 11, 2014
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    Although I grew up eating Chicken Stars from Carl's Jr., Happy Meals from Mickey D's (McDonalds), and Kentucky Fried Chicken legs, ever since learning about what is in that type of food I can't go back.  In researching the Paleo Diet, it was interesting to discover the evolution of my society's diet.  We started out gathering things like fruits, nuts, and berries in the stone age.  We also killed game for extra protein.  Then we moved onto grains once we transitioned into the agricultural age where farming was able.  Grains and rice became staples of many of our nations and cultures.  Nowadays we can get almost anything out of a box!  Take a look at the ingrediants in your most consumed snack food and there will probably be stuff you don't recognize.  Those things were put into that snack on purpose to make it last longer, taste better, and not necesarily to be good for you.  Yes, fast food is convinient and, well, fast!  But to be eaten everyday?  I say no way!  Also, <em>Supersize Me,</em> was an interesting documentary you could watch about a guy who tries to eat McDonalds for a month.  

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    August 10, 2014
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    The rain is cooling down the air.

    It is raining today.
    Japan is in summer (Better to say, "It is summertime in Japan") and everyday we say " It is too hot, isn't it?" to each other.
    But today we said, "Thanks to the rain, it is cool today!"
    The rain cooled down the air.
    Now, the thermometer which in my room is showing 27.5°（82℉).
    How do you feel it? (You could say, "How's the weather on your end?" to sound informal, or "What's the temperature like where you live?") Hot, cool or proper ("normal" or, "normal as usualy" sounds better than "proper")?
    Maybe the answer depends on your country's season.

    The weather news says, "Maybe tomorrow, typhoon will come to Japan.(You could say, "The typhoon might come by Japan tomorrow." Or, "The typhoon might hit Japan tomorrow.") Be careful!"
    I hope we can escape damage from it. (Another phrase you could use is, "I hope nobody gets hurt from it." Or, "Hopefully it doesn't do any damage."

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    August 8, 2014
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    August 8, 2014
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