"Took you awhile!"

Hi Miriam, 

You could say:

While I was in the belly of my mother, my parents were deciding about what to name me. My mother liked the name 'Erika', while my father preferred 'Miriam'. After much discussion, my father won, and this is me!

My name is Miriam and I was born on March 1, 1989 In a small town near Madrid, Spain. 

I was very shy as a child, and my mother told me that new surprises await if I approached new girls. There was never a surprise, but it helped me overcome my bashfulness. Even though I cried a lot on my, I made a lot of friends. 

When I was seven years old, my uncle, a handball coach, asked me to start practicing handball. I agreed, and I've been playing the sport for seven years now. It is one of the best experiences of my life.

After finishing school, I decided to study law to put criminals/bad guys in jail. However, I also wanted to earn my own money, so I decided to work with children as a tutor instead.

I was nervous on my first day, but was happy at the same time, knowing that children were learning with me.

I am now tutor of 7seven children. But this story is actually much better than what I've said.

Didn't quite understand the last bit of your sentence but I hope I got the jist of it. Hope this helps!

Hi Beth,

Can't believe this happened shortly after the new princesses' birth! Nonetheless, great langauge skills and insights into England's political scene. Minor edits made to make the passage slightly more coherent.

大选之后，人们非常生气

这个星期，在英国我们国家 (英国／我国 [1]）举行了一次个大选。对英国人来说，这次的大选非常重要，因为很多人对政府并不是很高兴。五年来，由于联合政府的紧缩措施，越来越多的人受苦难，特别是我们国家最脆弱的公民。大选之前，很多人以为保守党不能获得多数票，而且工党会获得足够的票用来跟另一个党组成一个不同的联合政府。但是看起来他们都错了，而且（因为[2]）在星期五，保守党被选为政府。问题是，虽然他们获得了最多的议席，但是只获得了所有选票的百分之三十四，因此很多人感觉非常生气。在星期六，在伦敦，成千上万人在威斯敏斯特示威了。示威变成了闹事，战争纪念塔被人肆意毁坏了，至少十五人被捕，而且有几个警察受伤。

我认为接下来几年，在英国我们会经历更多的闹事。相当多的人非常不喜欢保守党，他们的政策导致太多人受伤，通常是最贫穷的和嘴脆弱的人。虽然他们获得了最多的议席，但是它们并不体现大部分英国人们的意愿。人们已经受够他们了，大家已忍无可忍了，可以肯定更多的骚乱还会发生。

[1] Either 英国／我国 (England/My country). However, if you wish to include both, it'll be best to say "我的国家，英国，举行。。"

[2] '而且' = also , '因为' = because. The latter would be more suitable in explaining that the Conservatives got elected into the parliament, contrary to popular belief. 

Keep the passages going! :)

Hi Margarita!

I really enjoyed reading this. Great that everyone is as good as you now ;P! Nicely written passage, slight edits made to make it flow better. 

对抽烟的态度

我从来不喜欢抽烟的人。我的意思不是他们有问题，就是我不喜欢抽烟的味道。
我从没抽烟过，其实也从没有想尝试。是因为我爸爸妈妈从小给我解释：抽烟是不好。呵呵，我想成为一个好女孩。但我爸爸差不多一直抽烟。他在17岁时开始抽烟。我的弟弟以前也抽烟，这怪不得：他没有像我成为个好孩子 ：P 但是我以前不知道我妈妈以前也抽烟过！其实他们都会继续抽烟，但是多亏我爸爸他们都戒了烟！他对中国的小工具兴趣，经常订不同的东西。一天他了解了电子香烟。他一会儿试着戒烟，不过还继续每天抽3-4个香烟。你猜一猜，什么东西帮了？
他开始用电子香烟时，他再也不想抽烟了。除了戒烟，他现在抽烟的味道一点都不喜欢.
妈妈和弟弟首先不想用电子香烟，然后也喜欢了。
现在在我的家一个人都不抽烟！ ：）

全家人都戒烟了，真是皆大欢喜！希望大家都能够健健康康，开开心心的过每一天 ：）

Hi Monica! 

Fellow pet-lover here. Made some edits below!

你好。 我很郁闷。你叫什么名字？ 对不起，我的中文很不太好。再见！

'无聊' or '闷' (both expressing boredom), would be more appropriate in this context, over '郁闷'. Or you could stick to it and say "我感到很郁闷". Best of luck with Mandarin! It's a fun language :)

Hi Antonio, 

Sel and I share the same sentiments - it is a good entry :) You might want to take note of spacing after each punctuation (i.e. after commas and full-stops), it makes it much easier for the reader. I've edited the passage as below based on my understanding of it, let me know what you think! 

A jouranlist said that the Team of Parma will fail, due to the many financial problems that their President is facing. The team had ten points deducted as a penalty, and their appeal to recover the points were rejected too. They played against Naples yesterday, despite their problems, such as having no salary. Although Team Naples were thought to surface as champions and Team Parma struggled through the whole game, the match finished 2-2. At the end of the match, the Naples' players tensed against Parma's players, because they wanted win to entry in Champions League. Other teams helped by giving some subsidies to Parma's club, but it was not enough to save them. The federation club was straightforward, and the club had to begin starting from the lowest category.

Hi Dani!

I love music of all genres too! I've always got songs accompanying different activities. 

I've gone ahead and made some minor edits to your passage: 

First Entry- Music [1]

Hi everyone, this is my first entry, and I wanna (want to [2]) learn more about english (English),. I propose in this entry talking about music in this entry,.

I like all music, but especially electronic, hip hop and rock music,. what (What [3]) is you favorite music? who (Who) is you favorite singer or band ? if (If) you wanna (want to) leave a link whit (with) your favorite song, that would be great.

[1] The hyphen in this context '-' gives the title a better flow. Moving forward, if you want to change your subject title from music to e.g. food, you can title it as 'Second Entry - Food'. 

[2] Using 'wanna' is completely acceptable in casual English conversations :) 

[3] Great effort all in all, but do take note of punctuation, and also capitalisation when beginning a new sentence. 

Best of luck!