I think comprehensible input (and a lot of it). This means, listening to words and phrases that you already know. Reading words is different from hearing and understanding them. This is what most polyglots say and I think I agree. If you know enough words this may include watching TV or listening to the radio.

Yes, they are referring to actual physical pyramids.

You can still say "was" implying that it was a movie that you watched in the past. It does not necessarily mean that it "is no longer awesome". Using "is" works as well. Nobody would question your meaning here with either choices.

“Such is human nature" would mean "That is the way human nature is" but it is a little more eloquent. You could also say "it is human nature" and it would not be incorrect.

我觉得你应该学一点儿。我现在学中文。我看书也我看电视。我也用电脑。现在我尝试写也聊在 italki.com. 我可以尝试帮助你。可是我说的不好。

A pet peeve is a minor annoyance. Often a pet peeve is something that you might find annoying but someone else may not care about. Something that is annoying is generally bigger.

I am Canadian and I feel that it is mostly the same. We do have a little more British influence so our spelling is sometimes different. There are a few uniquely Canadian words but 99% is the same. It mostly comes down to accents. Although most of the US and Canada would be very similar, people from Eastern Canada have a thick accent (that even other Canadians find funny). Similarly, the US has different regions with different accents (eg. Boston vs L.A. vs Texas).

My 2014 Chapter two

My baby's birthday is November 10,2014.
I had been waiting for her for ten months [just as a note, most American and Canadian people would find this a little odd because we count gestational age differently.  Women are said to be pregnant for 9 months here]. She was so gorgeous when I saw her for the first time [using the word "seemed" implies that she looked gorgeous at first but turned out not to be].  Something had changed when I first saw her. I felt an extremely strong feeling from deep within. In fact, she warms me [I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say here, sorry]. Now I feel so happy everyday.

 

She is a naughty girl who needs company every minute. She has a bad temper but she is easy to please. All I need to do is make a funny face [I think this is what you are trying to say here]. Her laugh is so beautiful. I love her so much,she is my angel.

Labour was hard for my wife. It was 36 hours, which was my longest 36 hours. I was very nervous.
I didn't know the gender of my baby before she was born. I named her Maya.

In order to protect female Chinese baby from abortion ,it is illegal for a doctor to tell anybody the gender of the baby before it is born.

Later, I will write an article to tell you something about Chinese Family Plan, a Chinese population policy.
If there is anything you want to know about China, leave me a message or contact me.

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Can't wait to meet you.