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- About fake reviewsAbout fake reviewsAccording to the bbc news a skin care brand was involved in a scandal because <s>her</s> a director made a request to all the employees to write <s>a</s> reviews <s>in</s> on a <s>recognized</s> well known beauty website called Sephora.The brand with more than 10 years (presence) in the beauty market affected its reputation with this action.In a press conference the director <s>apologizes</s> apologised about this issue.The truth is that <s>the</s> reviews <s>of</s> on a website <s>intervened on</s> influence the decision making process. If someone want to buy a beauty product or a book, the first step <s>on</s> of the customers journey is to check out all the reviews.As a consumer I always check<s>ed</s> the reviews and I use<s>d</s> them as an important part <s>for</s> of my decision.Some platforms, such as Amazon, <s>has</s> have a system that <s>certificate</s> matches the review with the person who purchased <s>made</s> it.Another one<s>s</s> like TripAdvisor allows you to write anything about a hotel or restaurant and the platform never <s>can</s> tries to prove if you are talking about a fake or real <s>news </s>experience.Writing about <s>that</s> this I remember<s>ed</s> one case when an Michelin restaurant promoted a campaign where the clients would write <s>written</s> reviews with <s>a</s> fantasy <s>connotation </s>content For example <s>the</s> one review can said “the chef <s>that</s> came from Venus in his own <s>ovni</s> spaceship and served a <s>plat</s> dish from another <s>space </s>planet” and literally the (platform ???) approves it. The goal of the campaign was to prove that you can write a 5 or 1 star review and no one <s>certificate</s> verifies <s>his</s> its veracity.To <s>finished </s>summarise: a review is important, but we need to remember that not everything that you read is true.Really well done, apart from the ??? part everything very clear as to what you mean I have merely polished it slightly to make it sound more natural.0 votedOctober 24, 20191
- My favorite movieThe HelpThis dramatic film is amazing because it shows the hard <s>context </s>life<s> </s>in the 70's for colored (or coloured) people. The story narrates the <s>difficulting </s>difficult life of some women servants in Mississippi through the life of a girl who wants be a writer. The plot <s>makes</s> made me feel moved and sad<s>den</s> because it is shocking see how the people in other times did not have the same rights and it was <s>normalized</s> considered normal. However, the movie has an great<s>ing</s> way to present the context through short stories which are fascinating and <s>has </s>sometimes has very funny moments. The characters are excellent, there are actresses such as Emma Stone and Viola Davis, my favorite <s>actrees</s> actress in the movie is Octavia Spencer because of <s>develop of her character </s>how her character develops. The end is so beautiful when the women decide to empower <s>their self</s> themselves and the change starts <s>that</s> to make<s>s</s> you feel <s>you</s> inspired.0 votedOctober 22, 20192
- ser/estar y cancelado/cancelada I found the following sentence:- La junta para discutir los nuevos carriles bici fue cancelada. The meeting to discuss the new bike lanes was cancelled. "carriles bici" is masculine hence "los nuevos" but the sentence uses cancelada - feminine, why not cancelado. Also I think cancelado is the past participle which I thought was used with estar and not ser. Such a simple sentence but it has left me confusedMarch 27, 201870
Reasons why some people in the UK prefer to cycle or travel by car to work.
According to the graphics statistics there are a number of distinct reasons for choosing between going to work by car or by cycling. Some of the facts are:Reasons for cycling to work include that people want to have a be in better physical condition (30%), do not have having to worry about finding parking and having to pay the costs associated with parking as well (28%), helping with concern for the environment (30%) and people believe that this method of transport´s method is faster than driving.
Reasons for driving to work contain that include people needing to transport things to work (14%), feeling comfort is considerable important improved level of comfort(40%), distance to work (21%), people tend to think that this this transport´s method is safer than cycling (11%) and faster than cycling (14%)
Overall, the categories for health and comfort have the highest percentile percentages for these two scenarios modes of transport, in contrast the perception of the speed of the journey sensation is similar in both cases are similar.Quite difficult concepts to try and communicate, very well done. Your meaning was fairly clear particularly given the complexity.
0 votedMarch 20, 20180Saturday was a day to run
My saturday started early because i was meeting with my friend to run and practice some yoga. We started with exercises of yoga exercises, after that we ran close near to the beach (or do you mean: along the beach), it was amazing because i felt could feel the sea breeze of the sea and breathe (this in) deeply. Lima has a beautiful cliff and it is easy take the stairs steps and go down to the beach. This time of year in Lima is summer and the weather was perfect because the sun was not too strong. Afterwards, we did go went up the stairs steps to return and it which was difficult because we were tired. Finally, i taught a yoga class to my friends, the sequence was very quiet and relaxed. I prepared the class especially for runners, also we practiced pranayama, it which is a breathe breathing technique. I really enjoyed my time with my friends and teaching yoga.
Thanks for reading!Excellent piece, well done your meaning is clear
0 votedMarch 19, 20181Email: my friend Rosie asks me about student jobs
Hi Rosie
How are you doing?
In Spain students do a lot of all sorts of jobs. But I think the most common jobs are teacher, waiter/waitress, babysitter and shop assistant. The reason is that these jobs are usually part-time, so students will have more free time to study.
The main problem of with these jobs is that they aren’t (optional: very) well-paid. Also, working as a waiter/waitress or as a shop assistant is really stressful because you are working under pressure. On the other hand, working as a teacher or as a babysitter can be exhausting and you need to have a lot of patience.
To find a good student job in Spain is difficult. On the Internet there are many student jobs (optional: advertised) but generally they aren’t very good. I believe that the best way is to do by networking with other people. If you know many more people you will have more opportunities to know meet (optional: potential) employers.
I hope to help you with this information is helpful. Please ask me if you have any more questions.
Cheers,
ChristinaExcellent, my optional items just make it sound a bit more natural
0 votedMarch 1, 20181Applying for funding
I am writing to request funding to attend the following upcoming 240-horas hours professional cake decorating program, so that I can keep abreast of the latest trends.
The course I am interested in doing attending will be is being run by a famous pastry chef in London between in July and August this year. The fees for the program are £6000 and lodging and food is included. (better: £6000 which includes food and accomodation)
Given that I have been working as a pastry chef since I finished my degree, I have already acquired a great deal of experience, nevertheless I still have a lack of skills in decorating wedding cakes, so this would give me the opportunity to work with the best tutor and would benefit me greatly in terms of my own professional development.
An interesting point in aspect of this program is that while you are learning you can well also earn some money if your cakes are sold which is highly likely, and rewarding of course, because there will be exposition a display of the best weekly cakes made by for the attendants attendees each week.
Needless to say, there is no way I would be able to take the course without a funding. Never before have I (more natural: I have never) asked for funding (before), but I wish I had so I hope I have the opportunity to demonstrate my worth.
I am convinced hope that you would will consider this request. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
Thanking you in anticipation
I am looking look forward to hearing from you
Kind regardsExcellent piece, I have only polished something already very good and understandable
0 votedFebruary 28, 20181A short story about Alison.
Alison read the note, smiled, and immediately put on her coat. That note comes came from her best friend who wrote asking to meet up in a cafe, because he had just arrived from Portugal, where he had been stayed staying for 3 long years. When Alison arrived, Tom wasn't there yet (better: hadn't arrived yet), so she had a hot caffee coffee and ate a half of a sandwich because the weather was really cold and dark that evening. While she was chatting by on her smartphone and having drinking her coffee, a tall and thin man with a long, black and hairy coat opened the door and come into the cafe. Alison didn't recognise Tom, but he did Tom recognised her, so he sat down next to her.
Meanwhile, the waitress was cleaning the counter and saw the situation, so she asked Alison if she was uncomfortable, but Alison didn't want to answer (or: know what to say). Finally, she recognised Tom because of a little mark in on his right hand and got was surprised. Then she hugged him and kept a long convertation they talked untill 9pm, when Alison's phone rang. It was her flatmate who had found out the flat door (optional: wide) open and said to her that she hadn't dared to get go in and so had called to the police office.Very good, your meaning come across really well. In England we spell words such as recognise with and S rather than the US spelling with a Z i.e. recognize.
Un saludo
Martyn
0 votedFebruary 22, 20181Bronze medal for a Spanish Snowboarder
I have just listened in heard on the radio that a Spanish sporty sportsman (or competitor) has won a bronze medal in the Winter Olympic Games of in Korea. His name is Regino Hernández and he is a cross snowboarder.
I didn't know a lot about this kind of sport but I have been looking for it in reading about it on the Internet and now I know that it is a quick fast (quick implies a short time) race in the snow with a snowboard and there are a lot of very dangerous jumps because of the up-and-down rink course.
Spain has a lot of really good players in other sports, for instance: Rafa Nadal in tennis, Pau Gasol in Basketball, almost all the football (soccer) players, Fernando Alonso in Formula One..., but we don't have a long trajectory tradition in winter sports. This may be because our weather is very warm and people can't practice a lot in snow winter sports a lot, only three months a year.
This is (only**) our third medal in all the history of the Winter Olympic Games, Spain won the its last medal twenty six years ago. So, everyone is very happy here and all the radios and TV programs are talking about this achievement.
Congratulations, Regino!!** optional
Very good, what you wanted to say came through perfectly, my changes just make it sound more natural.
Un saludo, Martyn
0 votedFebruary 15, 20181
