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Hi everyone! I come from China. I just finished studying translation (English to Chinese and vice versa) in HK. Hope to find some long term language exchange partners here to improve together. I would appretiate your help, and in the meantime I would be very willing to offer mine.
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- One Has to Jump Yesterday, a friend shared a video with me. It's a video of Steve Harvey giving a speech to the audiences at the end of the show, but he didn't the cameras were rolling. It was an inspiring and encouraging speech indeed. He conveyed the message that in order to become successful, one has to jump. And he also talked about the role of God. Although I'm non-religious, deep in my heart, I believe with no doubt that there is always someone out there, could be God or could be anyone else, like parents, teachers, friends or strangers, and they witness what we do, good or evil. And one day when we do become successful, it might just because once we helped a stranger who has always remembered our kindness and looked for a chance to pay back. When he talked about "jump", to me, it's like giving yourself a chance to try new things or take the challenge. Even though you cannot see any point of taking that challenge because it's just out of your curiosity, passion or persistence, one day you'll see the meaning of doing this. So his speech reminded me of another speech given by another great person. Steve Jobs once said in a commencement speech at Stanford University, "you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future". Personally I very much agree with his words. I always believe what we had done that makes us who we are. All those things that we have done, they have connections, which we will realize one day eventually like, "oh, it's because I used to like what what what that helps me in some ways or another". So just jump! There is nothing to be afraid of. Let our parachute open. (If there is any mistakes, please feel free to make any change. I appreciate it a lot! :D)January 26, 201601
- The Experience of First Having Lesson with Italki Teachers Since italki provids such a wonderful platform to share things in another language, I decide to write down something so as to keep my memory as fresh as possible. Even years has passed, when I read these words, all those wonderful memories can still come back at once. On 6 Jan. I registered an account on italki. On 10 Jan., I made up my mind to join the Language Challenge. And today, I had my first two lessons, a French and a English lesson respectively, with my itaki teachers. It was such a wonderful experience! During today's French class, to be honest, I spoke in French much more than that I have said within a year of French learning at school. I was a bit embarrassed though because the level of my French is very low. It really took me long time to finish a single sentence. But Natacha kept encouraging me to ask questions and answer them in French, of which I appreciat a lot. After taking the lesson, when I thought back, I just couldn't believe I have spoken in French for one hour, and I actually have the ability to use it as a tool of communication. Hope with more and more practice, I would be able to speak fluently in French some day. As for my first English lesson, it was in general fantastic, though we did have some problems with the network at first. I haven't had such a long time of communication completely in English for quite some time. And I just felt great that I can talk about whatever I want to talk about. I was hoping to improve my impromptu speaking, so Leigh gave me many interesting topics, based on which I could share my ideas. It can be very helpful, I think. Talking with her also gave me a feeling of talking with a friend, exchanging our views with each other. It ususally means a lot when we start to do something for the first time. It is my first time to have lessons here, which is something I have never thought about or imagined before. It's my honor and pleasure to start my Language Challenge journey with two great teachers. It was a good start, I think. And I hope I could be able to go further and keep searching for more during this journey.January 16, 201600
我对人生的看法
我觉得在人生中，对人生是否幸福、满意，这取决于自己的看法和态度。比如说，如果发生了什么不好的事，我们就有两个选择。一个选择是，对发生的事来抱怨，说很多不好的话，让自己也更忧郁了。另一个选择是，接受这个不好的事，说得更想的开的话，让自己也会更愉快一点。如果人们的对人生的看法、态度更乐观一点，人们就会变成更高兴，更满意的人。
对发生的事来
这个不好的事
These two phrases are a bit repetitive, so delete them would make your article more concise.
有些人听到这样的话可能会不赞同(愤怒 means angry, it might be too strong here. 不赞同 means disagree)，他们觉得这样的看法是不正确的，我一定不懂他们是怎么想的。没关系，他们有他们的对生命的看法，我有我自己对生命的看法。我们的态度不一样。如果大家都有不同的看法的话，世界就更好、更多样化、更有趣一点。如果大家的看法都是一致的(一致的=same)，这个世界就太无聊了。
现在，周围的朋友们都有不同的看法，有一些很保守的朋友，也有一些很开放的朋友，有一些对生命很认真的朋友，也有一些对生命很随性(live as one likes)的朋友。他们对生活的看法、态度都不同。我觉得这样最好。
请问，你们对生活的看法是什么？你们觉得人们应该有什么样的态度？
写这个短文的时候，我用了很多次字典，大概有一些字可能用得不太合适的字。
谢谢大家的帮忙！写得很棒！加油！祝你的中文越来越棒！
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