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- Hi Youngmi, Both phrases mean 'to forget' something or 'to distract your mind' from something, in a way. However, 'get over it' sounds a bit more direct and stronger in meaning. It also sounds more final (not just temporarily stop thinking about someone/something - you stop thinking about someone/something altogether!) "Take your mind off it" sounds less direct and more like a temporary distraction, not necessarily as final as "getting over" something. For example ("get over it"): - It's been 2 years since I broke up with my boyfriend, but I still love him. My friends tell me I should get over it.(=I really need to forget about it and move forward with my life, forget about it finally!) - My best friend is still angry about the fight we had last week. She really needs to get over it. (= she really needs to forget it permanently and move forward with life) - I'm scared of flying and always feel very nervous before I get on the plane. I really need to get over it as it controls my life (=I need to permanently stop being scared of flying because it is affecting my life) Some examples using "take your mind off it": - I broke up with my boyfriend last week and I can't stop thinking about him, so I've been watching a lot of TV every evening to take my mind off it (=TV is a temporary distraction to help me relax and stop thinking about him) - Yesterday I got into a huge fight with my best friend, so I left her house and went for a drive to take my mind off it (= the drive is a temporary distraction to help me stop thinking of the fight) - I'm scared of flying so to take my mind off it I usually listen to music to calm my nerves. (= listening to music helps me temporarily feel less scared, but I'm still scared of flying) I hope this helps you to understand the slight difference in nuance...if you'd like more examples, please send me a message :-) Kim0 votedJanuary 16, 20171
I'm into watching English TV series
I watched 3 episode [episodes] of season 1 "orange is the new black" yesterday.
It was difficult for me to understand the story without subtitle [subtitles], but I still think that the TV series is interesting!Hi Sara!
I love that show! Season 1 is so addictive...keep watching :-)
- Kim
0 votedAugust 14, 20163Hi Katie!
Great presentation! It's totally normal to feel nervous before public speaking, especially in another language! You are so brave to be doing that, so best of luck to you! I've just underlined some tiny errors and put the corrections in bold for you. If you would like to practice your speech on Skype, I'd be happy to talk to you - just send me a PM :-) Maybe speaking in front of me, a stranger, would help calm your nerves.
To avoid looking down at your notes too much, how about putting 'key words' in bold and larger text, so that if you forget what you were going to talk about, you can quickly look down and the word will catch your eye and you can get back on track with your presentation?
Good luck, Katie!- Kim
Presentation in 10 Hours
I have a presentation in the next 10 hours. I have to present it in English and I am very nervous for it. It is a group presentation for 3 people. Everyone has 3 mins. I just started to prepare it few hours ago. I know for a English native speaker, it is not a big deal. But for me, I am afraid that I can't speak it very fluently. I have practiced it a lot of time but I made mistakes everytimes. Although I think I can take a note during presentation, I can't just read it all the time and lower my head, can I? But everytimes I raise my head and try to recite the content, I always forgot it and seem like a stutter. I always say ' En.... And... A....En.... And...' something like that. I think if I raise my head to look at audience, I will be worse that what I do right now.
Here is my note:
Today I want to talk about 3D printing and 3D modeling. What is 3D printing? 3D printing refers to create [creating] a three-dimensional object by laying down successive layers of material. So how does the 3d printer work? Well, it is quite similar to a normal printer but a little bit different. First, we don't need to put an ink cartridge into it, but instead, we need special printing materials, like plastic, rubber, or even a matel [metal]. We don't print a boring text document, but a 3d real life model which you can make it in [on] your own computer.
3D printing is also called additive manufacturing. In our traditional industry, we always use subtractive manufacturing. So what is the difference between these two things? As we can see in the picture, Subtractive manufacturing removes materials and Additive manufacturing adds layers of material.
So next, I want to talk about its application. In [the] medical world, 3d printer [printers] can be used to print some special biological materials like hearts, ears, bones and skins [skin]. 3D printing is also very popular in [the] fashion world. There is a fashion designer who is able to use 3d printer [printers] to print a [remove 'a'] sunglasses and he put it on his models on [during] fashion week. In the future, maybe 3D printer [printers] can be used to print another 3D printer. That will be pretty cool!!!!0 votedAugust 2, 20160Hi Luis!
I have underlined any errors and put the corrections in bold. I hope this helps!
In response to your question, I think being a volunteer is great and everyone should do it! I agree if everyone spent some of their free time using their skills to help others, the world could be a better place. I used to volunteer in Dubai a few years ago - I helped at a school for children with special needs and I really enjoyed it. Have you ever volunteered?
- Kim.What do you thing [think] about to be [being] a volunteer?
I think it's great if you can spend some of your spare time improving your skills as you help [with] good projects.
If everyone would [remove this word] spend [spent] their spare time applying their knowledge and skills to help others, the world could be a better place.
What do you thing [think] about to be [being] a volunteer?
Have you [ever] been a volunteer anytime [remove this word]?0 votedAugust 2, 20161Hi Joy!
I have underlined any errors and put the corrections in bold.I hope this helps.
A very well written piece - well done!
- Kim.
My favourite singer
My favourite singer is JJ Lin. He is a song writer from Singapore. He was born in 1981 .When he [was] 4 years old, he started to play the classic [classical] piano. Music was a brand new world for him to express his feeling. When he was in high school, he enjoyed writing songs with his piano . However, he was a little bit shy and didn't know how to show his talent. In a singing competition, he was discovered by a Chinese recording company and started his singing career. At first, he faced a lot of failure but with his effort, he wrote a successful song 'Remember' and began to become famous. Later on, he wrote many albums and became a hit in Asia .
I like him not only because of his story ,but also his singing techniques. He is really good at head voice [I'm not sure what you mean by 'head voice'? Could you please explain to me?] and his voice is flexible and strong. He can sing as high as ladies and his low voice is amazing as well. He can balance his high voice [do you mean 'high pitch'?] and chest voice [do you mean 'low pitch'?] perfectly .
His songs are a combination of western [Western] and eastern [Eastern]music and a milestone of [in] Chinese pop music .0 votedAugust 2, 20160Hi Ann!
I have underlined any errors and put the corrections in bold.
I hope this helps!
- Kim.
My favorite movie
Hi everyone! I am from Russia and I want to talk about my favorite movie.My favorite movie is Biri Gyaru. This movie motivates [ really inspires me.] me very hard, [.] after [After] wathching [watching] [it,] I want [to] learn Japanese language [remove this] and go to Japan. This is strange:D
[The] Girl [girl] from [in] this movie was very silly, but her mother found [a] very good teacher for her.
This teacher help[helped] [the] girl go to the best university in the country.
Everytime [Whenever], when [remove this] I become lazy[,] I watch this movie[.]Here is the corrected version:
My favorite movie
Hi everyone! I am from Russia and I want to talk about my favorite movie.
My favorite movie is Biri Gyaru. This movie really inspires me. After watching it, I want to learn Japanese and go to Japan. This is strange :D
The girl in the movie was very silly, but her mother found a very good teacher for her.
This teacher helped the girl go to the best university in the country.
Whenever I become lazy, I watch this movie.
0 votedAugust 2, 20160Eat sushi
I will have a backpack travel to [go backpacking in] Tokyo in September.
Today I started to find[look for/look up] delicious sushi restaurant [restaurants] in Tokyo, so I can visit it [them].
After I read several articles and saw the photographs of sushi. [,] I decided to take [have] dinner at a sushi restaurant nearby my house.
This sushi restaurant is a chain restaurant and every disk [dish] has the same price, about 1 USD, and that's why I like to visit it.
I [definitely like] sushi, but [I've never visited during the weekdays before] visiting during the weekdays is never happened before.
I am looking forward to the trip.
Hope it comes soon [This phrase doesn't sound very natural - maybe try 'I can't wait!'].0 votedAugust 1, 20160Hi Ana!
I've underlined the mistakes and put the corrections in bold :-) Hope this helps!
Kim
My new tatto [tattoo]
I have a new tatto [tattoo]. I did [got] it two weeks ago. I have more tattos [tattoos] but this is the best because I did it with my cousin. We are the same age, [;] she was born on may [May] 3th [3rd] and I on may [May] 7th at [of] the same year. So [it's better to join the last sentence with this one; "...of the same year, so she is four days older than me"] she is four days older than me. She lives far from my city and ['so' would be a better word instead of 'and'] we see little [we don't see each other often or maybe we rarely see each other].
Always we [We have always wanted...] have wanted to have [get] a tatto [tattoo] together and this was the moment. We looked for a tatto [tattoo] for us and we found a phrase: "Maybe in distance but always in heart". This defines [defines us]pretty well. And [omit 'and'...we usually don't start sentences with 'and'] now we have a tatto [tattoo] for always in [on] the arm [our arms] that unites us ["Now we have a tattoo on our arms that will always unite us"]0 votedAugust 1, 20161
