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- try to retell the book Currently, I'm reading an interesting book called "The ocean at the end of the lane" by Neil Gaiman. I've been reading it for a month and I still haven't finished it. At the beginning of the story, the middle-aged man returns to his hometown to the funeral. He goes to his old house and then down the country lane of his childhood. At the end of the lane, he sees the farm and remembers it immediately, his friend a girl named Lettie Hempstock lived there. The man goes to the farm's pond, sits on the bench near it. While he was looking at the water he remembered everything. Now the story is the narrator's memories of his childhood. We see his seventh birthday with no friends. The boy is not happy, he loves to read books more than anything else. Then his parents start to allowing boarders to live in his former bedroom for extra cash. One of the boarders was an opal miner, who stole his father's car and committed suicide in the back seat of the car near the Hempstock's farm. Through this, the boy meets Lettie Hempstock who is a bit older than him, her mother Mrs. Hempstock and her grandmother old Mrs. Hempstoke. After opal miner's suicide strange things start to happen. Someone begins leaving money for people in weird ways. The narrator found himself choking on the shilling when he woke up the next morning. There is the start of the magic events in this story. The Hempstoks are mysterious persons, their farm isn't simple is a border between our world and the old world. Also, the pond at the end of the farm is an ancient ocean, The story is full of monsters and fairies and magic. There are some dark moments and a twist of tragedy. The end of the story remains open.November 10, 201920
- My favourite book It is really hard for me to choose one favourite book, so I decided to choose one from my childhood. When I was a child, my mother used to read to me before bed. We both loved funny stories and laughed a lot when she was reading them. Especially we loved a book about strange person, which lived on the roof and could fly all by himself. We read and reread it many times. It was so funny! Of course it was hard to fall asleep with this sort of book, but it was amasing. As I remember the story was about a little boy, who was lonely and wanted a dog. He was youngest in the family and in my language he was called just kid (or baby). Recently I read the fragment of this story in English and I knew the name of the boy. ) In the beginning of the story the boy had a bad day when everything went wrong. He was in his room, watching in the window. In that moment he saw a fat little man flying past the window. In book children weren’t surprised at queer things. The strange man said that his name is Karlson and that he lived on the roof. Our boy was glad to meet such interesting person. From the first time things go out of hand, the little man broke his steam engine and went to his house in the roof. The kid’s parents told the kid off, they didn’t believe his tales about Karlson. This went on entire book. Karlson loved to brag, do the wrong things, and eat a lot of sweets. Anyway the kid turned out to be a good friend, he loved Karlson no matter what. Karlson also became attached the boy. Their adventures was so hilarious and laughable! This book was written by Astrid Lindgren and it’s called "The Karlson on the roof». I love many of her books, but this one is my favourite.
November 2, 201900 - My neighbours. My new neighbours are good. They are an elderly couple. The husband is 70 years old, but he looks great. He is retired aircraft designer. He loves to walk with their little charming dog. He doesn’t talk much. The wife is a little younger than her husband. She is kind and fun, and a bit of chatterbox. Also she loves to cook. They grandchildren usually come to spend summer with them. My other neighbours lives in town and come once or twice a week to see they house. They got married recently. He is 50 years old, and is married for the second time. He looks happy. She is a young woman about 30 years old, very plain, kind and a keen gardener. Their house is a quite old building and requires a lot of repair works. However, he manages to fix it step by step. So my neighbours are really good, they are quiet, polite and cultural.October 31, 201930
- English is difficult language. Last year I decided to participate in language marathon. The marathon helps learn foreign language on it is own. I chose my favourite language (it is Spanish) and I managed to learn a lot of it. By the end of marathon I was really tired but contented with results. This year I decided to do it again with English. There was beginning of my failure. I have already passed half of marathon and it was a disaster. With English everything is hard for me. I listen a lot of podcasts and audiobooks everyday, so my listening skills are quite good. However movies and shows are difficult for me. Recently I read a lot of books such as young adult and children books, also I read blogs and articles. Therefore my reading skills are not bad. But it is hard to read the newspapers and serious books. Furthermore I cannot speak at all, even simple topics are difficult for me. Partly it is because of my introverted character, I never talk much in my native language, I prefer to listen. Patly it is because of difficulties with pronunciation and time system in English. Writing is very hard too. Especially it is difficult to write on a certain subject. Words disappear immediately, you do not remember grammar, thoughts jump from one things to another. In the end you don’t write anything. Despite the failure in the marathon, I have learn my weaknesses and how to work with them. I understood that even the failure can teach you.
October 30, 201920 - Me gusta escuchar en español El español es el idioma muy bonito. Por eso me gusta escuchar unos podcastes de español y unos audio libros españoles. Escucho los mientras voy a la oficina o hago limpieza o salgo con mi perra etc..
Hace poco tiempo escuché unos capítulos de Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal. Entendí casi 70%-75 %. (Ya escuché este libro en inglés.) Pero cuando leí estos capítulos casi cada cuarta o quinta palabra fue nueva para mí.
Creo que es importante escuchar y leer (lo que escucho) al mismo tiempo. También hay que escuchar lo mismo varias veces.
April 7, 201920 - Mis mascotas Tengo tres mascotas favoritas: dos gatas y una perra. La perra es muy bonita y inteligente, pero muy vieja. Las gatas también son bonitas y tiernas. Ellas son jóvenes y alegres. Les gusta mucho jugar, correr, comer y dormir. Pueden dormir todo el día y jugar toda la noche. A veses atrapan las ratones.
April 4, 201941 Новая книга
В понедельник я послал эссе о свободе выражения мнений и разжигании ненависти, а профессор ответил, что моё эссе – хорошое. Тогда сегодня я перезапустил приступил к написанию писать диссертации. Я написал четыре страницы. Вечером я купил новую книгу Assimil русскому языку в интернете.
После первой книги, которая утверждает, что если её всю пройти, то ты достигнешь уровня Б2, я буду изучать эту. Хотя я почти всю первую уже изучал, думаю, что у меня есть уровень Б1. На прошлой неделе я спросил партнера, какой уверен(уровень) она думает что у меня есть, ведь она преподаватель иностранного языка. И вот сюрприз! Она сказала, что думает, что мой уровень, где-то между Б1 и Б2. Ого! Это много. Я ещё помню, что два года назад учитель русского языка сказал мне, что если я каждый день буду изучать русский с учителем, то можеть-быть достигну уровня А1, а после двух лет, можно достичь уровня А2. А вместо этого, я изучал сам, всегда без учителя, и достигал уровня А2 через год, и(можно вместо союза и союз а поставить) Б1+ через два года. Новая книга утверждает, что если её всю пройти, то ты достигнешь уровня С1. Полиглоты говорят, что с Б2 до С1 – это самая трудная часть их всех. Наверное это так, потому что первая книга это - с А0 до Б2, то есть одна книга для четырех уровней, а вторая с Б2 до С1, значит одна книга только для одного уровня. Я готова работать как лошадь. В конце концов ещё сегодня в интернете я увидел много книг и видео на русском, которые я хочу понимать. Я решил, что за году хочу достичь уровня Б2/С1. Если в течение трех лет я достигну уровня Б2, или даже С1, будет потрясающе.0 votedFebruary 6, 20192

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