Hi Maggie, Children's stories are always a great starting point. They are usually fairly short, and the words are not too complicated. This is good for beginning readers because they can sound out words, and not get too discouraged. I would also suggest turning closed captioning on when playing television, movies, etc. so you can get used to reading and hearing the words.

I will try to explain it. Think of holding = ie. 持つ. When you drink, your stomach "holds" the alcohol. If someone does not have a tolerance for alcohol...吐くかもしれません. Thus, their stomach would not "hold" the alcohol anymore. Does this make sense? If not, I can try to explain more^^

That's hilarious, but yeah, everyone above is correct. It's just another way to say that a hotel is dirty, has really bad service, etc. If you are planning a visit, definitely stay away from hotels with reviews saying "shitbag hotel," haha!

Many important events have taken place in the past hundred years. The event that for me In my opinion, was the most important event, in a bad way, was the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center's terrorist attack. Many things and behaviours changed after this event accident. Wars happened began, prejudice was more frequent, and stricter laws were used introduced in order to prevent other attacks to from happening. Also, a lot of money was spent to repair the damage and increase the United States' security level. 

It was a normal day for me, until the accident attack happened. I was at home, after playing a soccer match with my friends, and preparing to have lunch. When Suddenly the TV that was showing a cartoon on TV changed to a very dramatic and sad breaking news, that was showing all the people pain and sorrow. The world stopped, and no one knew what to do. People were desesperate (desperate), and afraid. How could this possibly happen this could be possible to happen? Weren't Wasn't the United States the most intelligent and prepared country to face terrorism?

All these questions were answered little by little during the week. Terrorists had hijacked a the planes a few minutes earlier. In fact, wasn't not only one, but two. After hijacking the planes, the terrorists changed the airplane route and forced the plane to colide at into the WTC. People that were comfortably working at the WTC couldn't predict that airplanes were coming to ruin their families lives.

All the sorrow and sadness were was shown repeatedly in the following years. It is not easy difficult to forget this day. The immigration laws in order to enter in the USA were became way more severe. The airport procedure was became more stricter. And the terrorist haunt (do you mean fear of terrorism?) spread all over the world. Every person was somehow connected related with this event in a bad way. Time by time As time passes, we are recovering from what happened for its consequences, but somehow the memories will not be vanished from our brains.

 

My biggest advice is to not call it an accident, since accident implies it wasn't intended. What happened in New York, DC, and Pennsylvania was definitely the intention of the people who did it. I really enjoyed reading this. I hope my corrections help you! 

About my life...

Hi, everyone. I'm new here and I hope I can meet interesting people in order so we can talk and practice our foreign/second language. I always liked know enjoy learning new things, cultures, etc.

I'm Brazilian. I like all kinds of sports, such as bodybuilding, soccer, basketball, etc.

 

 

Hi^^ My biggest suggestion is to maybe use "etc." a little bit less. 

Example: I like all kinds of sports, including bodybuilding, soccer, and basketball. 

 

Blue Monday

Everybody likes weekends, and hates working days. Usually work exhausts our energy, and we can relax on the weekend. I am not the exception. Usually I'll lay in bed until noon on Saturday, then eat a delicious lunch. I'll watch a movie or play games in the afternoon, and spend time with my family at night. On Sunday, I usually walk on the street or window shop at the department store. If I don't feel well, I'll take a nap in the afternoon.

I really like the way I live on the weekend, since it totally relaxes me. But, due to my job, I usually feel exhaused after the first day of work. I think the term 'blue Monday' is very suitable for me. Now I am feeling anxious and a little depressed, because Monday is coming tomorrow.