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Smartphones
I think technology isn't as bad as many people believe.
Technology gives us much many more possibilities than we had before it. For example, we know what happens in the rest of the world in at the moment it's happening.
Besides In addition we can talk with friends who live far away from us. We can also look at them!
Furthermore, if we need an information, we'll find it quickly on our smartphones. We can also read about every subject or curiosity.
But I do think that people use it technology in the wrong way. It should be a secondary aspect of people's lives, . Still it doesn't. but it seems to be have become the central core of our lives.
Sometimes it happens to me to walk around my city with no purpose , when I wanter around my city, and see I am surprised by how many people have no idea about the world around them because they are looking at their smartphones or computers. Even worse, it happens to me to I sometimes see two people side by side who talk each other by posting comments on facebook. They also don't enjoy a sunset to sometimes concentrate on taking a picture of a sunset to post on Instagram instead of enjoing it., for example.
I think people are attracted by the idea of being visible to others because they feel lonely inside. In other words, people wants to be connected to others but the result is being even more lonely.
My advise advice is too look around ourselves to find out and discover that the real life is waiting for us outside our room, and far away from our computers and smartphones.0 votedMay 8, 20150Help me Guys!
Hey Guys!I'm looking for at least one current book in BRITISH English, maybe with real conversations(SLANG,IDIOMS). PLEASE recommend me one of this these books.
Difficult as there are so many to choose from and slang varies a great deal between different parts of the country and with age groups. Almost every novel set in modern-day Britain and written by a living British author is likely to be chock-full of British idiom and some slang, particularly if it is light-hearted. You might try novels from Nick Hornby or Andy McNab.
0 votedApril 28, 20150"About a Boy"
“About a Boy” is a novel written by Nick Hornby set in London. It is the story of a young teenager, named Marcus and the thirty-six-years 36-year-old Will, which who is a single, fascinating, child-free, maintained, and immature man. Their meeting will changed each other's lives opening new, and unexpected perspectives.
It would be good for you to read about the use of the hyphen to link compound modifers and how to use listing commas correctly.
Marcus is a sensible guy who has recently moved to London from Cambridge, with his mother Fiona.Marcus is a sensible boy who has recently moved, with his mother Fiona, from London to Cambridge.
Marcus is a schoolboy and a guy conveys the meaning of someone older. I moved the interection about his mother to the middle of the sentence because it removes any potential ambiguity. There is nothing techincally wrong with to … from … but you more often read from A to B.
He has a very bad time at school because his classmates make fun of him for his peculiar way to be behaviour. He doesn’t follow fashion, and has never owned a pair of trainers. Sometimes he’s so absent-minded that he sings in the classroom without realizing it. He likes Joni Mitchell and Mozart and looks is like a fish out of the water. (This is an Italian way to say that it doesn’t suite well with the rest of the world. Do you have in English too?) English uses exactly the same idiom but we tend to say is like.
0 votedApril 27, 20153Review
Hi everyone! I am trying to write a review about an entertaining novel I’ve just finished to reading, entitled "About a Boy".
I read it in English, so I couldn’t understand many words but I could, at least, follow the general meaning. (Excellent.)I decided to underscore the words I don’t didn't know to and look for them up little by little one by one (it will take me a lifetime!!). I have chosen chose this book because I know the story as I’ve already seen the nice movie played by starring Hugh Grant and Toni Collette. Now that I've read the book, I think that the movie has really kept the “soul” of the novel. I hope, with this brief review, to make you want to read it, if you didn’t do it yet haven't already!
0 votedApril 27, 20151What to visit in Italy
Dear Les,
I'm very glad to hear you are going to spend your summer holidays in Italy. You can visit interesting cities all over the country, most of them full of culture and art like Rome, Florence, Mantova, Ferrara and others; I highly recommend you to spend part of your holiday to go and going to see these cities.
Anyway, if you prefer to watch wildlife, I suggest you to go in the north of Italy and spend you time in Trentino or Valle d'Aosta. These regions have fantastic game reserves and spectacular views.
You could tray try a mountain trek:, the Alps are extraordinary and you could might encounter some wild animals like marmots, steinbocks, hawks, bears and foxes, or enjoy the relaxing landscape.
Remember to take with you comfortable hiking boots with you to walk safer more safely along the paths and a raincoat because the weather suddenly changes in the mountains and we can have rain even in summer.
I hope you enjoy your holidays and have a good weather.
Best regards,Stefano
0 votedApril 20, 20151I want to use italki's opportunity better than before
How abou this for being super picky. ;) italki have gone out of their way to use a lower case letter i for their tradename, presumably for some stylistic purpose like Apple did with products like iPod and iPhone. The capitalisation on these trademarks should always be carefully respected.
In italki I can write notes that it will be corrected by native English speakers. This is a great opportunity that I exploited badly haven't made the most of up until now.
Nothing really wrong with "exploited badly" it is just a little negative and there is no need to be so hard on yourself. It is like the public equivalent of wearing a hair shirt. :-)
I previously chose some difficult topics for my English level and I think I created problems to for those who has tried to help me. I apologise.Again no need to apologise. I know that having your text publicly ripped to shreds is uncomfortable but few would make any judgement about you. Learning from your mistakes is the whole point of this notebook feature.
I like English and I need to learn this foreign language.
In this way I've created damage to made life hard for myself. (This sentence should appear before "I like English …" because it relates to the sentences before that one.)
A friend of mine gave me a piece of advice. He suggested me to that I write shorter texts more shorter than the ones I've written so far. (or I wrote so far)
Furthermore, he added further that, if I will write to and complicated arguments that are too complex and difficult, it would be better to divide them into small pieces so that the members of italki's community will be able encouraged to correct them with calm in theirs free time because it will take less time.Well that last sentence is a perfect example of how long ones can lead to trouble. :-D Here's a version with shorter sentences that express the same thing.
Furthermore, he said it would be better to divide long, complex posts into smaller pieces. These small pieces would take less time to correct. italki members would then be more encouraged to offer corrections.
My friend is right! I'm studying English now and I will had to must write a lot of things which can help to help improve my grammar and the building the correct sentence construction. So, I might hope I will better understand better the important aspects of English.
When I will become good better at English than I am now, in English I will be able to write to use it to write my personal metaphor. (Maybe "… about my personal philosophy?")
I have got a lot of things that moving around inside my brain head. (Nothing technically wrong with the word brain but head is more idiomatic.)
I'm very motivated!
Good morning to all people are everyone who is awake like me, ...good night goodnight to who those sleeping now and good afternoon or evening in every other part of the world.Well that's much better. Particularly when you shortened your sentences. ;)
0 votedApril 16, 20150
