I would love to explore the southern cone of South America; Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Such an incredible diversity of landscapes, a (from what I understand) very friendly culture towards backpackers, and an opportunity to practice Spanish!

I'm also very interested in the history of the Red Sea region, particularly northeast Africa. I would love to explore up the Nile River, starting in Alexandria and passing through Egypt's major cities and Khartoum in Northern Sudan, before following the Blue Nile tributary into Ethiopia. Though for that trip, I'll need to learn Arabic and Amharic.

Honestly, I need to explore more in my own country. The United States is huge; I've never been to the Grand Canyon, nor explored the Rocky or Sierra Nevada mountains, nor seen the great Redwood forests of the pacific northwest. I'd love to take a road trip out west.

<em>Red Mars </em>by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Minimum wage

What is the minimum wage in your country? In my country, it is 115 NTD(3.7 USD) at the moment. It is so much better now than it used to be.
I’m a college student who majors in Italian. Today, I saw a post on FACEBOOK posted by the chief of my department at school. He said that he got us the opportunity to work for an art company for three months under the name of internship [1]. When I looked at the job description, I was really drawn by it until I saw that they would only pay 90 NTD(2.9 USD) per hour. They want students who can speak English, Italian and of course Chinese to work at the Da Vinci Art Exhibition. I’m sure there will be some running-around, interpretation, guiding or even public speaking skills required, but they will only be willing to pay a little money [2]. I feel rather disappointed because the situation in my country, or dare I say, in most of the countries is like this; people with money go out of their ways to take advantages of people who need money. I know students, not all of them, but some students don’t really have so very much job experience, but I still think we don’t deserve to be treated any less.

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Judging from this paragraph, you are one step short of true fluency. I understand you perfectly, but from the way you compose your sentences, it is clear that English is a second language for you. The following are suggestions to make your English more fluent; different English speakers may have different suggestions, this is just my interpretation.

[1] While grammatically correct, this sentence would sound much better if it was restructured. The phrase "under the name of internship" is particularly clunky. I would say it like this: "He said he got us an internship with an art company which would last three months." You can assume we know that an internship is a kind of work opportunity, and not have to explain it.

[2] Perhaps: "I'm sure the position will require a lot of running around and using public speaking and interpretation skills to guide guests through the exhibition, yet they are unwilling to pay more than a little money." The less commas you use in a sentence, the better. Also a good word you can use in place of "a little money" in this context is "a pittance." So: "yet they are unwilling to pay more than a pittance." It is not a common English word, but it works perfectly there.

hello! :) somebody interested in learn spanish

Hello, I'm looking for some an English native who's interested in learning Spanish. I'm interested in learning English, so I can help you and you can help me. Send me a message.