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I live in Glasgow. When I'm not working I like reading, walking, travelling, and going out with friends. I did Scottish history at university, and studied Scottish Gaelic as part of the course - but forgot most of it after I left. I'm now determined to learn Italian, and get to know Italy and Italian culture. If you'd like to practice your English I'm happy to help, in exchange for some Italian practise!
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Rossella
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Mar 16, 2017
Grazie a te :) alla prossima e buon viaggio!
Rossella
Italian
Mar 9, 2017
Grazie a te e scusami ancora per tutti i rinvii :)
Rossella
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Jan 24, 2017
Ottimo lavoro come sempre! A presto :)
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    My first time on Italki !

    Hello ! Today is my first day on the website.
    I want to speak English and Korean with native people. I don't love grammar...like an allergic person [this does not sound very natural. You could just say 'I'm allergic'.] ;). I want to make friends. I love fashion design, drawing, eating (mmm french cheeses, of course ;)). I haven't travelled yet. I want to discover Korea, USA, England...so, let's go !

    Très bon!
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    July 22, 2019
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    Introduction Je m'appelle Alison. J'ai trente-un ans, et je suis ecossaise. J'habite a Fort Augustus, un petit ville à côté de Loch Ness. Je travaille ici dans un hôtel. Nous avons beaucoup de clients français. Souvent ils ne parlent pas anglais, et donc je dois parler français! Je veux améliorer mon français pour eux. Je suis embarrassée que mon français n'est pas bien. J'ai habite en France pour six mois, et après ça, en Suisse pour cinq mois. Mais les villes sont très touristique, et tout le monde parlent anglais. J'avais amis d'Angleterre, d'Allemagne, de Belgique, d'Hollande, mais pas de France! Cet hiver, je retourne en France. Cette fois, je veux parler bien français.
    July 21, 2019
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    Bonjour! Je m'appelle Alison, et je suis écossaise. Je viens de Glasgow. Je géré un camping en France, près de Les Sables-d'Olonne en Vendée. C'est un nouvel emploi. J'ai travaillé ici pendant deux jours. Je suis très excitée et nerveuse. Je ne parle pas bien français. Je veux apprendre à parler français parce que j'habite et je travaille en France, et parce que c'est une belle langue. Je parle italien un peu, mais j'ai étudié français pendant deux semaines seulmente. Dans mon temps libre, j'aime lire et marcher. J'aime aussi regarder la télé, mais ici en France je n'ai pas une télé. Je dois étudier français plutôt! Merci beaucoup pour votre aide. Je suis reconnaissante!
    April 9, 2018
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    La casa dei miei genitori I miei genitori vivono a Clachaig, un villaggio piccolo. Ci sono solo ventidue case! La città più vicino è si chiamo Dunoon. La popolazione di Dunoon è tredicimila persone. Dunoon dista quasi trenta chilometri da Glasgow, dove io abito. Il viaggio è quasi un ora e mezza. Devo prendere un treno e un traghetto. Clachaig è un bello posto. È nelle colline. Nell’estate è molto verde, e nell’inverno è spesso innevate. Le case sono bianche, con tette nere. Molte di loro hanno costruito nel diciottesimo secolo. I miei genitori vivono con un cane, si chiama Jazz. È un collie, con pelliccia bianca e nera. È molto intelligente e vivace, ed i miei genitori devono camminare con lui per due o tre ore ogni giorno! Ma mio padre, specialmente, ama camminare nelle montagne. I miei genitori sono in pensione. Mia madre faceva un’infermiera, e mio padre lavorava per un’organizzazione benefica. Ora, a loro piace lavorare nel giardino e andare a trovare i loro amici. Grazie per il tuo aiuto!
    July 14, 2016
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    Making Suggestion 2nd

    Dear Madam ,
    My name is Giulio. I’m a master’s degree Management Engineering major.
    As nearly most all of the students do, I usually have lunch at college cafeteria. I really enjoy the meals that you serve to us, above all when you cook Italian food on Friday.
    On behalf of my class and myself, I would like to argue talk with you about the overcrowding problem, but before of that I would like to emphasize the purpose of this email. It is not just a critique, but we are interested in solving this problem all together.
    We think this situation affects both the economics and safety of the college in both economic and safety sphere. As For the economic aspect, several student prefer having lunch out of the college and in this way much revenues are is lost. About security For the safety aspect, we noticed that especially by the 1.10 pm there are too many people in that room, it could be a great problem in case of an emergercy.
    As I mentioned early earlier, we want to give our contribute contribution. Here’s some suggestions that came up during our arguments discussions:
    1) Exploit the external part area nearby the cafeteria, especially over the summer season
    2) Increase the number of service points for to reduce the income length of the queue
    3) Misalign Stagger the time exit time among of the classes

    We hope you are going to take into account these considerations.
    Sincerely

    Thank you all for your corrections


    I hope that you get the change you are looking for! Well done, this was well written. A few notes:

    1) 'Argue' is often a negative word. Exceptions can be in academia and politics. In this kind of situation, it is politer to use an alternative such as 'talk' or 'discuss'. 

    2) 'Stagger' is used when talking about spreading something out over time - scaglionare (penso!)

    3) 'Would' needs to be followed by 'like to' when you are talking about something you want (http://www.skuola.net/grammatica-inglese/uso-want-will.html)

    I hope that is helpful, let me know if you have any questions! Well done again.

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    June 23, 2016
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    Vacanza in Norveggia La mia vacanza preferità era due anni fa. Sono andata in Norveggia, con la mia amica Martha. Siamo andati in ottobre perché abbiamo voluto vedere l’Aurora boreale. Questo è il tempo meglio dell’anno per le luce. Abbiamo volato da Edinburgo a Bergen. Quando siamo arrivati, faceva un po’ caldo ma bello. Bergen è un città molto interessante. Gli edifice vecchi erano belli e abbiamo visitato due musei. Siamo stati a Bergen per uno notte. Quindi, abbiamo viaggiato al nord. Abbiamo prendato un nave. Siamo andati a Trondheim, a Tromso, a Hammerfest, e le isole di Lofoten. Le montagne erano bellissimo. Ogni giorni erano impressionante. Abbiamo veduto l’Aurora boreale, e abbiamo visitato il capo nord. L’unico problema era i prezzi. È troppo caro per noi, specialmente l’alcolici! Ma vorrei tornare, perché voglio vedere molto. La prossima volta, vorrei andare a Oslo. Grazie per il tuo aiuto!
    June 22, 2016
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    jane eyre3

    1. Jane’s childhood at Gateshead. The orphan Jane lives with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her cousins at Gateshead, surrounded by the hate of her relatives.(This is not incorrect, but I think 'surrounded by relatives who hate her' would sound better.) After a fight with one of her cousins, Mrs. Reed sends her to the “red-room”, the chamber in which her uncle Reed died, as punishment and she faints because of the fear of her uncle's ghost. (This is quite a long sentence. I would divide it after punishment: '...as punishment. She faints...') Mrs. Reed decides to send her away to school.
    At the end of this stage Jane cuts her ties to her fake family telling her aunt “I will never call you aunt again as long as I live” (Chapter 4). She asserts her freedom and her authority over her tyrannical aunt, and betrays an extraordinary sense of justice and a need for love.
    2. The period at the Lowood School. Life at the charity school is harsh. However, Jane befriends with a student named Helen Burns who, after a while, dies of consumption because of the bad conditions of the school. The overseer of the school is replaced and conditions improve. Jane excels in her studies for the next six years. After spending two more years at Lowood as a teacher, Jane decides to accept a position as governess at a manor called Thornfield.
    She survives thanks to her firm in spirit nature (I would suggest: 'firm-natured spirit') and her strength. Excelling at school and finding a good job, she releases herself. (I'm not sure what you mean by 'releases' here. 'Free' has a similar meaning, and could be used here in a phrase like: 'she frees herself from Mrs Reed'. 'Realises' looks and sounds similar, and could be used here in the phrase 'she realises her potential'. Both are true.)


    This is really good! It's better than some book reports I've read written by native English speakers :). Let me know if you have any questions!

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    June 15, 2016
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    Wednesday

    Good morning everyone

    I woke up early this morning because I had to go to Milano for an important work.

    I just arrived in Milano and I am going to have a breakfast in a bar.

    My meeting will be at 10.30 and I feel a little bit nervous .

    I hope the meeting will end early and in the best condition. (Better alternatives: 'with a good result', 'with a good outcome', 'in the best way possible').

    I will back home for dinner unless there is traffic. 

    thanks for any corrections


    Well done! I hope I have helped. Let me know if you have any questions. Keep it up!

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    June 15, 2016
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    NURSING ASSISTANCE - correct me

    WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN U RECEiVE A NEW PATIENT IN THE WARD?

    I introduce myself by talking with the patient in a calm manner and with empathy. Then I ask to the patient his name, date of birth , his document if he is taking some drugs, if he has allergies, dietary needs and his medical history, writing all in the patient's medical chart.
    Then I check his vital signs (like blood pressure, oxygen saturation), his care plan if he has got one.
    At least I give to him his wrist band and I show to him his room, his bed, the toilet, the bottom button with which he can call the nurses and I make sure that he is comfortable.

    WHAT MAKES A GOOD HOSPITAL WARD?

    Well.. a good hospital ward has to guarantee the safety for patients and staff. So it must be clean, in order to reduce risk of infections, orderly to permit faster assistance and reduce risk of a falls and well-lit.
    There has to be a good communication between staff members, this permits more informations about the patients, so better assistance!
    Again it is important to have support between coworkers in order to reduce conflicts, it follows lower stress and minor probability to make error during assistance  this leads to less stress and a lower probability of making mistakes while assisting patients.

    Notes:
    When you are talking about a person of either sex, it it common to use they/their instead of his or her. If you want to specify the gender of the patient, then use he/his or she/her. 

    Remember to use a capital 'I' when talking about yourself! I would also revise the use of has vs have.

    Let me know if you have any questions. Well done and keep it up!


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    June 15, 2016
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    I miei vestiti Vivo in Scozia dove non e possibile predire il tempo! Spesso abbiamo il pioggia, il sole e il ventoso in un giorno. Non è mai molto caldo, ma a volte è molto caldo. Mi piace indossare jeans nero e una maglietta e un cardigan o un maglione. Sono comodo. Fuori, indosso un capotto e degli stivali. Prendo un ombrello sempre. La mia borsa è nero. Il mio colore preferito è blu, e mi piace nero, rosso e rose pure. Mi piacciono magliette con i disegni. Ho magliette con farfalle, gufi and fiore! Per il mio lavoro, devo indossare pantaloni neri, una camicia e una giacca. Normalmente, indosso scarpe neri. Spesso, indosso una sciarpa seta. Su la mia sciarpa preferita c’è una mappa antica. Ho vestiti speciali per le mie vacanze! Ho pantaloncini e gonne. Anche, ho sandali. In Scozia non è possibile indossare sandali molto. Normalmente è solo per un aluni giorni all’anno!
    May 26, 2016
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