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About my learning language
I would like to learn English as native person, but there are few opportunities around me. I know four keys can help you to learn English fluently, Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. Sometimes I speak English as a beginner but when I proceed I feel lonely. I can't continue because the population around me mostly speaks Somali. There are few people who speak English when I am at work.
How can I enhance my learning?
How can I get vocabulary words?
I need your help.(I know what you mean by "as native person," but it doesn't work. Try "I would like to learn English to the level of a native speaker," or "I would like to speak English like a native.")
(I know what you mean about feeling lonely! There are not many Irish speakers near me so it's hard to practice. Can you watch English-language TV?
0 votedFebruary 23, 20150Can you please correct these sentences. Thanks. №33
He wears glasses, brown shoes and a suit with a waistcoat which cost as much as $3000.
He finished his work, sat on the nearest bench, and ate a chocolate bar. His eyes still hurt and he saw world around a little bit blurring (the world around him was a little bit blurry/the world around him looked a little bit blurry/his vision was a little bit blurred).
The heads of the competition didn’t know where the winner lived, but a half of year half a year later they finally sent him a prize. This way award has found its champion although a little bit later.
(Not sure the best way to say this, but maybe "The award found its champion -- a little late.")He can’t endure these gossips, these lies come from everywhere. If only he had enough power and reliable friends to help him, he would change everything.
He felt bad that his friends had betrayed him, not because he found himself in such a difficult situation, nor because he had lost them as friends, but because he realized once again that he just couldn’t choose good friends.
I can’t say that she hate chores like most of us. Somehow she found it pleasant. She said that it gave her harmony and serenity. It was her mother who had taught her to think this way about routine work.
He is far smarter than his teachers think of him. Maybe he doesn’t answer their questions during lessons, but only because he is too shy and afraid of giving the wrong answer.
It took much more time to come up with the exact words to express her emotions than to type it. But the thing that took as much as 3 hours to do was to press the “send” button.
“Another mug of coffee and I will be ready to go home. I haven’t warned up yet,” she said, and took a gulp of flavored coffee. [You mean coffee with vanilla or hazelnut flavor? Or do you mean the coffee is flavorful itself?][Watch out for verb tenses. Within one paragraph, unless you know exactly what you're doing, the tenses should agree if things all take place in the same general time period. And if you are already in past tense and want to describe things that happened before, you have to use the past perfect, e.g. "his friends had betrayed him."
0 votedFebruary 23, 20150What to write?
Hi,
This is my second notebook entry and I'd like to talk about my day.
Today's been a really stressful day. This morning I did (had/took) an economics test which I didn't know how to do (I don't like economics; or rather, I don't like my economics teacher: he has a strange way of explaining things that I will never understand) and I've been studying for hours because tomorrow I have another test, a french test, and a lot of oral exams to do.
[I don't know what 'interrogazioni' means, but if you are asking if there is a better term than oral exams, then here is my answer: Based on my own school experience, an oral exam would be a fairly important test, the kind you take at the end of a school term. An oral quiz would be a minor test, the kind you do once a week. Other school systems might be different. But "oral exams" sounds fine to me.]0 votedFebruary 23, 20153My travel to USA
I was living in the USA from June till September in 2005. At first time I lived in Maryland, on the Atlantic coast. For me it was the first time when I saw the ocean. Later I moved to Kansas City, MO. In KC I worked as an ice cream man. That was funny: I had a truck, a fridge and a bell. Every day from morning to evening I was driving though the neighborhoods and meeting various American people. Missouri is very similar to my home Russian state, called Voronezh. It's a flat plain, without woods and mountains. We often have such hot and dry summers as in Kansas City. I wasn't alone there, we worked and lived together with three Russians and two guys from Lithuania. In KC we rode the @Black Mamba@ - a 60 m rollercoaster. This was a really strong feeling and took my breath away. I liked America very much.
0 votedFebruary 23, 20150- Freiwillige Arbeit NB: Ich weiss, wie man das Eszett und den Umlaut benutzen sollte, aber es dauert so lange, auf diesem Computer diese Zeichen zu machen, dass ich sie hier nicht verwendet habe. Freiwillige Arbeit ist ein grosser Teil meines Lebens. Ich verbringe ungefaehr zehn Stunden in der Woche bei zwei Gemeinschaften: The Community Alliance of Tenants und Bus Riders Unite. Ich bin Vorstandsmitglied bei CAT und eine freiwillige Leiterin von BRU. BRU kaempft um sogennante "Transit Justice," d.h. die Gerechtigkeit auf oeffentlichen Verkehr. Der Verkehrsdienst im Stadtszentrum ist sehr gut, aber in den Stadtvierteln mit geringerem Einkommen und mehreren "people of color" gibt es weniger Buslinien, die nicht so haeufig kommen. Diese Vierteln sind auch sehr heftig kontrolliert im Vergleich mit wohlhabendern Bezirken. Wir glauben, dass unserer Verkehrsbetrieb in Diensten und Hilfe fuer arme Benutzer mehr Geld investieren sollte, und dass die Kontrolleure besser trainiert werden sollten, damit sie kein Rassismus oder andere Vorurteile zeigen.February 23, 201530
- The phrase "today's people" sounds strange out of context. I can imagine a context where it wouldn't sound strange, but I think in most cases you would want to phrase it differently. Suggested change: "People today". Kyle's suggestion also works. Our suggestions are grammatically different from each other, but they have the same basic meaning.0 votedFebruary 16, 20150
Work from home
Computers and modems have made it possible for office workers to do much of their work from home instead of working in offices every day. Working from home should be encouraged as it is good for workers and employers.
Today in our fast-paced world, the development of technology is dramatically affecting business relationships between human beings, and more and more people prefer to work from home. There are several controversial points of view on this issue. In this essay, I will outline the benefits and disadvantages of working at home via internet and will draw some conclusions. (or make some concluding remarks)
First of all, I should mention that staying at home helps employees to spend their time more wisely and find individual approaches to organizing their schedule according to natural biorhythms. Furthermore, an obvious advantage is that working from home saves you time by avoiding the traffic jams going to and returning from work, waiting for the late bus, and distractions from your coworkers. (Comma isn't strictly necessary but in this sentence it adds clarity.)
Moreover, an opportunity to work at home via Internet is beneficial for individuals with restricted working capacity such as pregnant women, elderly people and disabled persons to help them stay mentally capable and socially active. For example, my friend Kate during her maternity leave used to work via Skype, which allowed her to establish business relationships.
On the other hand, there are some drawbacks to working from home. For example, I should mention that spending time on the Internet even for work is one of the main causes of gaining weight of an average individual and it could be dangerous for their health. Moreover, sometimes freelancers feel very lonely because working from home can affect their social skills and self-esteem.
To conclude, I am inclined to believe that it is reasonable to provide people opportunities to work from home, but it certainly should be considered in regard to their choice. (Not sure what this means?)0 votedFebruary 15, 20151Please correct this. HVAC with renewable energy
The price of energy has risen markedly during the economic crisis years, and it will continue rising as the fossil fuel stock runs lower.
For that reason, it is very important to find a new way to use energy; it is necessary to find a more efficient way.
I’m talking here about one of the processes that take more primary energy consumption for people, HVAC and production of DHW.
HVAC means Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, and it is used to keep a building in a comfortable temperature.
DHW means Domestic Hot Water and it is a thermodynamic process that uses an energy source to heat water above in order to make it useful for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and so on. And apart from that, in industry, hot water and water heated to steam have many uses.
In domestic buildings, the most common source used for heating is natural gas, a fossil fuel. The performance of this source is not very efficient, and I will talk here about a much more efficient performance. That is geothermal energy performance by a geothermal heat pump.
A heat pump allows us, by power consumption, heating the hot point cooling the cold point.
As we are talking about heating and DHW, the GHP is used to transfer heat from the ground; and it can be also used for cooling, transferring heat from the building to the ground.
In Madrid, where the ground has an average temperature of 17ºC, a GHP can work with a Coefficient of Performance up to 5. That means it permits the transfer of 5 units of thermal energy per one unit of electrical energy.
Using the ground resource instead of natural gas, it is possible to avoid CO2 emissions and reduce by 30% the cost of energy in HVAC and DHW.
Apart from the high efficiency provided by the Geothermal Heat Pump, there are other strong points, as this engine permits one to get heating, cooling and Domestic Hot Water from the same engine. You only need one system to keep your building comfortable.
Thanks for your collaboration!0 votedFebruary 15, 20155
