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I am an Australian who loves France and the French language. Although I travel regularly to France, I still cannot speak the language, and would like to change that. So, I am trying to learn French. Perhaps I can help someone on italki learn English, while I learn French.
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    My homework

    Tell us a recent news story in the newspaper or on television that was interesting to you.
    6 days ago, there was a horrible shipwreck happened in Hubei province. The ship called Star of East was hit by tornado at night. People on the ship ever didn’t mention that they were in danger. Only few minutes, the ship fell into water. Until now,396 people were dead, 46 people missed, and only 14 people survived. I feel really sad about this. I can’t image how they get through this who lost their family in the accident. I want to say, please value everything you have, and enjoy the moment. You never know what would happen in next moment.

     

    Six days ago, there was a terrible shipwreck in Hubei province. The ship, named the Star of the East, was hit by a tornado at night. The people on the ship did not report that they were in danger, and, after just a few minutes, the ship capsized. As of now, 396 people are feared dead, and another 46 are missing; only fourteen people have survived. I feel quite saddened by this. I can’t imagine how those who lost their family in this accident will get through it. I want to say to everyone to please value what you have, and enjoy every moment. One never knows what may be about to happen.

     

    A sentence should never be started with a numeral, such as 6. Always spell the number in full, six.

    …named the Star of the East: I would prefer to use the verb ‘named’ instead of ‘called’ when referring to a ship. Also, names of ships should be either enclosed in parentheses (inverted commas) such a “Star of the East” or italicised, such as Star of the East.

    The people…: Use the definite article ‘the’ to more clearly define to whom you are referring. The word ‘people’ is rather general, while ‘the people’ is more specific.

    ..and, after just a few minutes, : use commas to break the sentence up. The conjunction ‘and’ is used to link two important parts of the sentence – the fact that no report of danger was given, and that the ship capsized. The phrase ‘after just a few minutes’ emphasises the urgency of the drama.

    As of now…: You are describing the situation at a specific point in time, namely, ‘now’.

    One never knows: In English, you can use the impersonal pronoun ‘one’ when making a general statement, rather than using personal pronouns such as ‘we’ or ‘you’.

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    June 6, 2015
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    My cousin!

    Today, my cousin wentto join the Army. Early this morning, my sisters woke up and prepared breakfast. All the family members enjoyed that meal together. At 7:00AM, we took my cousin to the Commune People’s Committee. This year, he is the only one in my village my village  to join the Army. At first, we were very happy, and we had his photo taken with us. Later, the car came, the soldier went to the car and the driver drove him away to the district. We felt sad, because now he will in the army for 18 months. In others words, we can no longer see our cousin every day. In the army, there are many rules that must be followed, such as no phone, and much military practice. So, all he can do now is send letters to our family. We will miss him. ☺

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    March 6, 2015
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    The most important thing in your life

    My baby is sick these days. He has flowing nose and a cough. I look at his tiny body and my heart is full of pain because there is no more terrible thing for any mother as her child's illness.
    There is nothing more important like the health. I know it but forget about it too often. But I have a good teacher now. My baby. When Philipp was only a few days old my head was full of different silly things about my new scars, removing stretch marks, getting fit and etc. I wanted to come back to my before pregnancy life as soon as possible. But the life doted the i for me. I had a mastitis a week after delivering. My baby began to loose his weight, jaundice began. I was scary and I realized finally that I have to change my mind because I have new responsibility and because there is something more important than stretch marks in my life. It enforced me to prioritize the baby's and my health.
    I forgot about scars and other cosmetic issues. But only a few months later I began going crazy about early childhood education. I mean Glenn Doman's programs, Montessori methods and etc. I began showing flash-cards to my 4 months little one. I spent a lot of time home reading aloud articles, poetry and novels to Philipp instead of walking with him. But the vision test discovered that my son is going to early myopia because of my genes. I have very bad vision, actually I can call myself legally blind. So I came back to the main idea again. There is nothing more important thing in our lives like the health.
    Nowadays I try to walk with Philipp at least 2-3 hours per day, I want to continue breastfeeding till his 18 months at least, I don't enforce him to read or look at books and I hope he will not have such bad vision as I have. Today my only wish is to raise health man. Other things are not so important anymore for me.

     

    You have written this very well, and your article would certainly strike a chord with any parent. If I may make some small suggestions, I would perhaps reword some if it as follows:

    These days, my baby is sick with a running nose and a cough. I look at his tiny body, and my heart aches, because there is nothing more terrible for any mother than her child’s illness.

    There is nothing more important than health. I know it, but I forget it too often. But now I have a good teacher to remind me of it: my baby. When Philipp was only a few days old, my head was full of such silly thoughts as my new scars, getting rid of stretch marks, getting fit, and so on. I wanted to get back as soon as possible to my pre-pregnancy life. But life dotted the “i” for me and brought me to realise. A week after delivery, I had a mastitis infection, and my baby began to lose weight and became jaundiced. I was scared, and I realised finally that I had to make a change. This was because I now had a new responsibility, and because there is something more important in my life than stretch marks. I was forced to prioritise the baby’s health and mine.

    Please email if you would like me to clarify some of these points.

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    March 6, 2015
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