Health and illnesses

Being healthy is one of the most important things in life. Fortunately, I don't have any chronic disease or allergies and both my blood pressure and my cholesterol levels are fine. Moreover, a Although I have sometimes get got a cold or had the flu, I have never had any serious diseases. I know from my own experience that the flu is much worse than merely a cold because you have a high temperature, a headache, muscular pains and even vomits, which is really discomforting. Despite this fact, I have never been vaccinated because the risk of getting ill is higher among children and the elderly than adults.

My only problem is that I have short sight am short sighted but it can be easily solved by means of wearing glasses or contact lens. I prefer wearing contact lens instead of glasses because the former look better and are more comfortable, especially to do when doing sports. However, I'm aware that wearing contact lens for too many hours isn't good for my eyes. For this reason I usually wear glasses when I have to study and I turn to contact lens to go to the gym or if I go out and I want to look smarter.

The more you take care of you, the healthier you are. So I try to eat in a balanced diet way, sleep seven hours a day at least and go to the gym several times a week. Nevertheless, it's often a rather difficult task because I'm so busy that I don't have enough time to cook or exercise.

Nicely written Laura! I totally agree with what you said. I know it is important to exercise and eat well, but it does take a lot of time and effort! 

One thing to be careful of is adding the correct end of a word when you pluralize it. I also changed a few words to make your sentences flow a bit better. Also one thing to note is that we have many types of colds, so we say "a cold" but often we say "the flu"- just one of those funny things in the English language! 

Keep up the good work!

Captain Phillips (Spoiler)

Last week, I saw Captain Phillips with my English’s class mates. It is a biographical and survival film directed by Paul Greengrass and staringred by Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi.
It is based on true story about piracy at on the Somalian coast. Captain Phillips lead a container ship but his crew haven’t got didn't have any weapons. For this reason, four Somalian pirates haved no problems to kidnapping him and running away on in one lifeboat.
While the pirates go head totowards Somalia with the captain, the American navy try to talk to them and rescue him, but the pirates only want a lot of money than the Americans refuse to they can’t pay. This situation generates scenes with really tension.
Finally Phillips discovers that the pirates only are fishermenmans and he feels sorry for them.
I think that Tom Hanks is a good actor and in this film he demonstrate it. Barkhad Abdi acted really good well too. You can see the hopelessness in their faces.
The special effects are were awesome because it seems like they were are in a real ship all the whole time.
This film makes you reflect about a Somalian’s life and their differences with us. I definitely I recommend it!

*Great writing Ana! This is a really good summary of the film and you have added some good personal opinions too! I really enjoyed reading it. I have also seen this film and really enjoyed it! It does really make you think! 

Try to be aware of which verb tense you are writing in and keep it consistent. I did change a few words, only to make the sentence flow a bit better and to make it sound more natural. 

Keep up the excellent writing! 

I am studying English.

Hi
I want would like to speak English well, but I seems that it is very difficult.
I have a fear of foreign language, however I will try to study English.

*Good for you Amy to begin to learn English! Italki is a great place to start! It is a really supportive community, many places to ask questions and tutors to help you along!  

I encourage you to keep writing and keep learning! 

My trip to Ireland

Last month my girlfriend and I were went to Ireland. It was our first international trip.
We liked a lot to to get to know Europe. Irish people are awesome! We did stay in with a host family and this was a main reason for us. Because we had we were able to have a true experience of Irish life.
Also we traveled to Edinburgh and Liverpool.
It was our best holidays! And someday we will would like to return to there.

* Great writing Erivelton! Your trip sounds amazing! What a great idea to stay with a host family to really experience Ireland.

Just be careful of which verb tense you are using. Keep up the good work! 

For me

Hello! My name's Oksana. I live in Russia in the city of Murmansk. I'm thirty one. I'm married and I have two children. I study English, but I know it is very very bad.
My city of Murmansk is northern city. Here it is dark and the sun is out for a short amount of time. isn't sun long time. but the people who live here are here live kind and good people.

Oksana, that is great to hear that you are learning English! Even though Murmansk is dark, it sounds like it has some lovely people living there! I encourage you to keep practicing your English! You are doing very well so far! Keep up the good work! 

College is better away from your home town?

When I was applying for college I needed to choose if I would prefer to stay at my parent’s, and finding a college at in my home town; or if I would try to live on my own in a different city. Even though I didn’t have much understanding about how what this experience in my life it would be like, or how it would change me. I decided to take the risk and live by myself for the first time.
Universities in Brazil don’t offer a campus dormitory, so students that come from another parts of the country need to find a way to provide for themselves. This is a complete adult experience, because students have to figure it out how to support themselves in at a very young age, while their studies are demanding a lot of them already. 
Most students find a roommate, which alone teaches them a lot. It teaches them, among a lot of things, how to live with a non related person who is not related to them, how boundaries can be different between people, and how to respect this these differences. It teaches them how to make a budged* plan to maintain the house, how to keep everything working properly, by keeping the house cleaned, the refrigerator full, and the bills paid off. All of this without forgetting about health, and your mental sanity to continue being while continuing to be good at school.
With this experience, students learn the value of partnership, and how to improve their own**. They also turned become more unselfish, courageous and have the tendency to not depend on anybody else to get things done.
I don’t believe that students wouldn't learn all of this lessons if they weren’t didn't have to do it experience it. Staying at your parent’s house doesn’t usually doesn't gets people out of their comfort zone. And when they really need to face the challenging parts of life, they would will be less prepared.

*Do you mean a "budget" for their finances?

** What do you mean by "their own"? Could you be more specific?

Great work! Your writing is really good and you also picked a really interesting topic to write on! I enjoyed reading it and hearing about student's experiences in Brazil. I only made simple corrections to help the sentences flow a bit better. Just one suggestion for you: don't be afraid be be more specific with your writing. Try not to use "it" and "things". It will help to make your sentences sound more like statements and more convincing to the reader. 

where do you want to spend more time? English Practise

I want to spend more time travelling. I want to spend more time on in nature and visiting different countries.
I love travel, as i mentioned, in some previous topics. Travel is one of the most awesome and exciting things people can do. I want to travel more than I do it now. I want to travel much most of the time during a the year. Because tTravelling means going out and discovering new cultures, cities, countries and even new things. It gives so great feels than breath takes away.*
I want to spend more time outside the door and the internet**, in the fresh air, walking, discovering new sides of my city. I want to attend different exhibitions, galleries and events. Because l Life is outside, and it's awesome discover the world around you.

*Great try at using an English expression! This a a way to rewrite the sentence so that it flows a bit better: "It gives you such a great feeling, that is can take your breath away."

** Do you mean "not on the internet"?

I took out "because" in your last sentence because it makes the last phrase more of a statement. It is a really powerful sentence, and so I think that removing 'because' makes it even more powerful!

Great work! I really enjoyed reading it! I also love travelling, experiencing different cultures and meeting new people! Keep working on your writing and keep exploring the world!

Vacation's days

It has passed a week A week has passed since I finished the semester at school of the faculty and I started my vacations. It is a little difficult to accustom getting used to having free time when you spend your time studying or doing others activities. Now you  because one have to re organize your time. Despite this I do not have to study, I have to do different activities which it takes my time. Fortunately, it's good to have a rest of from my studies and to enjoy of I get to enjoy my days (although I am so disorganized for do it and to go out hehe)

*Great work! It sounds like you are excited for your holiday time! I have just changed a few of your words so that the sentences flow a bit better.
I encourage you to keep writing and keep learning!