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A 75 year old taxi driver
Vijay is a 75 year old man. He was an engineer, but an accident has changed his life.
One night, his pregnant wife felt uncomfortable all of a sudden, and she needed to go to the hospital. It was around 3am. Nobody would like to take them to go to the hospital so they took a taxi. They lost the baby.
Vijay decided to give up his job as an engineer after going through this thing, and he became a taxi driver.
He often gives his calling card to every passenger, and he tells them that they can call him anytime if they need some help. It's free when he takes those patients go to the hospital every time at night.
Vijay earns much less driving a taxi than he did when he was an engineer, but he said that the happiness he gets from doing this job is priceless.
A design team heard this story and they discovered that Vijay loves his daughters very much, so design team decided and help Vijay. They decorated his car in a theme they designed with his daughters in it.0 votedJune 13, 20166My attempt to write something
Several months ago I went to a training session, "How the Japanese bring up their children". I have two small kids and sometimes they give me a hard time, even though they are the best children for me.
I have learnt two things at the training that I am using with my kids.
The first one: if I want to develop a good habit in my kid I should praise him or her taking three steps: 1. smile and show my joy 2. describe what exactly I like. "Well done!" is not enough. It should be something like, "I am very happy that you washed all dishes". 3. hug, kiss or pet. We were told that it is important to use all three perceivers: audial, visual and kinesthetic.
I use this approach when I remember it. I have noticed that my daughter likes it and tries harder to do her work. I think I would also like to be praised in this way.
The second one: it is important to ask a child about his/her feelings... to be continued.Just a few errors here and there in your notebook entree. All of them are fairly minor errors. I have one suggestion, learnt is an appropriate word to use in this context, but it is more common to use "learned". If I'm not mistaken, "learnt" is more commonly used in British English, but not in many other places. If you have any other questions about what I changed, feel free to message me. I'm always happy to help! Best wishes on your language learning journey!
Josh
0 votedMay 26, 20160Report about an Environmental Conference
Introduction.
The aim of this report is to assess the usefulness of the environmental conference for next year's students.
Analysis of the Conference:
Some aspects of the conference were good, such as, the availability to choose among the range of seminars and the information stand, which provided a large variety of truly useful handouts. Although the dealt topics were interesting, perfectly explained and related to our course, it was complicated to attend the seminars promptly due to overbooking.
Lecture time was a good point to exchange ideas, however, I missed the interpreters who lead the talk. At the end of the conference, I found the time offered to ask questions extremely short, therefore, the conference seemed to end up unresolved.
Suggestions:
There are various improvements that could be made which would make the conference more effective.
Firstly, the capacity of the seminars should be controlled to avoid overbooking. Also setting a limit for the number of seminars chosen per student would disperse the crowds.
Secondly, interpreters should be invited to the lectures.
Thirdly, the time for exchanging opinions and questions with the representatives of the attending organizations should be extended to make the conference topics more clear to people.
Conclusion.
Overall, it is probably worthwhile to send students to this conference in the future, especially if improvements can be implemented.This is a great review of the conference. There were just a few mistakes here and there. Sometimes you flipped the order of prepositional phrases and adjectives in the sentences, but your meaning was always clearly understood. There were a couple spots where I replaced the words you used with words that have definitions I felt were more appropriate for your intended meaning.There were also a couple places you confused gerunds and infinitives. If you have any questions about any of the changes I've made, feel free to message me! I hope that your language learning journey is going well!
Best wishes,
Josh
0 votedMay 26, 20161Study English.
I have resumed studying English.
Will my English improve it?
It I want to know.
I will work hard!!If you want to know why I changed the things I did, please feel free to message me! I'm happy to help answer any questions you have. I hope that your language learning journey is going well!
Josh
0 votedMay 26, 20161Hello Diana,
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. When it comes to vocabulary, I agree with Gavin. You should definitely be as familiar as you can with the company you're applying to. Bring up certain facts from their website during the interview to prove that you've done your research. Most likely, they only want to know that you can communicate anything you need to clearly. Be open and friendly and professional. If you try to do that, you will do great, I'm sure! If you would like to practice interviewing, let me know and I can help you prepare some answers and even do a mock interview if you'd like. I hope that everything goes well for you!
Josh
0 votedMay 10, 20160Please correct me, If you have any time. I really appreciate it!
Please check this sentences.
1) Our training was postponed until tomorrow by our coach.
2) My father always denounces social networks.
3) Ramos' goal rescued Real Madrid from defeat.
4) The government preserves our national resources.
5) I have a unique car collection.
6) Both teams consented to postponing the match until Monday.
7) I want to get massive muscles.
8) Why are you so gloomy today?
9) Tommy resented me, after my terrible joke.
10) I personally denounce molesting women.
11) The dreadful torrent destroyed all houses in the village.Well done! You only had a few mistakes. I will give you some of them, but some of the other explanations are long so if you want to know everything, feel free to contact me to discuss them!
1) You had a couple spelling mistakes "until" and "tomorrow"
2) You can say it the way you wrote it, but it sounds odd to native speakers. In English, the most common way to show possession is to add an apostrophe (') at the end of the noun with possession. The noun goes before the object being possessed. Nouns that end in most consonants and vowels receive an ('s) at the end as in, "My mom's hat is grey" or "Amanda's car is nice." If you have a noun that ends in an "s", you only add an apostrophe and it goes after the "s". For example, " James' house was just built last year."
5) "An" should be "a", although "unique" starts with a vowel, the rule doesn't count for every word. It's better to go with the beginning sound. If the sound is a consonant, use "a". If the sound is a vowel, use "an". Another example of an exception to this rule is the word "hour". It begins with the letter "h", but the beginning sound is a vowel sound so we say "an hour" instead of "a hour".0 votedMay 5, 20161Complaint letter
42, San Roque Street
46789 Betera
Valencia
Mr. T. Graham
General Manager
Crazy Trips
23, Deeper Road
Barcelona
Dear Mr. T Graham,
I am writing to complain about the service that your company offered me during my last holiday.
Firstly, I booked a trip with your company that all included travel, with flights, hotel and the transfers between the airport and the hotel. When I arrived at my destination no one was waiting for me. Though I tried to contact you, it was impossible. Your phone was offline, but this was not the only complication. After that, when I got to my hotel, it was not the same as in the promotion picture. It was old, dirty and the employees were unpleasant with customers. My room smelled like cigarettes and the cleaning of the bathroom was not better than the other parts of the hotel.
I think that an important company like yours needs to take care about what kind of places it recommends to its better customers. I am very upset with this incident, therefore, I ask for a compensation or an apology letter. If these terms are not met, I shall be forced to take legal actions against your company.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Mr. R. Mateu0 votedMay 5, 20160Missed calls
Sometimes, when I want to go out with my friends, everybody is busy. If I call someone, they don't pick up the phone. No one calls or texts me back, but if I am tired and want to spend all day alone, my phone rings again and again and again. I've got messages from all the social networks and everybody needs me.
Why? Does this happen to you?You don't have to use "somebody" and "everybody" so much. It's better to use simple pronouns, like "they", once your subject is established. Until you change the subject, you don't need to say "somebody" or "everybody" again. If you do decide to use either of those words, they are interchangeable and mean the same thing, but "someone" and "everyone" are more formal and less tiring to say if you have to repeat them multiple times. :)
Great job! I know how you feel. No one want's to talk until I don't want to talk. Hahaha
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