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I’m a creative journalist and editor with far too many interests to count. I love travelling — I’ve been to around 30 countries so far, from Canada to India and Japan — and I still dream of visiting Greenland and the Faroe Islands. I’m into photography, nature, different cultures, languages and food, and I’m endlessly curious about science and how AI is shaping our world.
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Anne Marie
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Jul 18, 2020
Excellent class. We did a quick revision of the passive and then looked at the causative passive. We looked at a number of adjectives in their extreme forms and also a number of collocations with their associated nouns. You wrote a really excellent piece about your visit to a volcano in Japan.
Anne Marie
English
Jun 27, 2020
Time flies when you’re enjoying yourself!
Anne Marie
English
Jun 23, 2020
Excellent class today. We talked about James Joyce. We discussed Oscar Wilde and then you looked at some of his quotes. We finished with a short quiz.
Anne Marie
English
May 21, 2020
More excellent writing and reading and we discussed the 3rd conditional. An imaginary situation in the past. If I had studied English I would have had more opportunities.
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    Pingipill, a broom handle for musicant Pingipill is not an ordinary wooden bench, it is the original Estonian musical instrument. It is exposed in Sheremetev Palace — Museum of Music in St.Petersburg. Awesome! On one end of it, a player sets astride rubbing, the other end with a ladle or a broom handle. Constant rubbing hollows the end of the bench out or a generous sprinkling of tobacco ashes in the hollow is to produce a better sound. This rhythmic instrument substitutes the small drums in an ensemble. It was made by a master from Parnu in 1970
    May 31, 2019
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    Some words about accommodation {....} Some words about accommodation. It was as if my beloved London had taken me to visit to his grandparents. The elderly couple was very friendly and not standoffish, as I imagined typical English people to be. In the mornings, we met for a big cup of espresso, and as you know, I would sell my soul for some strong coffee and discussed Brexit, the early flowering of camellias this year and the price of oil. The house was located in Chiswick, on the banks of the Thames, and was filled with all sorts of items, it looked like a small museum of the everyday life of the last century. As for I can tell, this family traveled a lot and with pleasure. I slept in a large room, where there were thousands of books about everything in the world, from Shakespeare and Dostoevsky to practice psychology. I don't have to say that after my long walks alone with London, I slept like a log? I even didn’t hear countless jets, what landed not far from this district, in Heathrow airport.
    April 8, 2019
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    the British Library The first day mixed all my plans. I was going to visit Pollock's museum, a tiny toys museum in the center of London, but I got confused about the change from my Gatwick Express to an underground line and lost time. It was already too late to go to the museum and I remembered the reserve option - the British Library. I was a little afraid if I could go to the library with my backpack with the stuff for my trip because I was right away from Gatwick.
    April 1, 2019
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    Some words about London I had a cold relationship with London. I was madly in love with him but not showing my feeling. He knew about my love but also keeped silent. The recent trip has changed all.
    March 30, 2019
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    Kew Gardens Next day after my arriving in London I visited the world famous Kew Botanical Gardens. It is located very close to the place where I stayed. I thought it was not the best time of the year to visit gardens but I was wrong: camellias, rhododendrons and cherries trees were in bloom, some bulbs were coming up. It was a very pleasant strolling through the gardens. Greenhouses are gorgeous also, I was lucky to see blooming of orchids. I was there for about 4 hours and must have only seen about one-third of the site and would happily go again to see more. I also spent a half hour in a shop, choosing and writing some postcards for my friends.
    March 30, 2019
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    Pickpocketing in London A local in London had saved me from a pickpocket. The Thames Embankment was surprisingly beautiful in early spring. There are a lot of walking people, flowering cherries, shimmering in the sun skyscrapers, and the beautiful St. Paul Cathedral. I was taking a lot of photos and finally lost my head at all on the Millennium Bridge. A kind person noticed that someone behind me was rummaging in my small bag, which was hanging on my shoulder. Just a couple of seconds and I would have lost some money or bank cards. I am very grateful to this person and promise to help foreigners in my place, too.
    March 30, 2019
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    Новый учебник русского, или Нелегкий путь к уровню С1   

    В понедельник я послал профессору эссе, в котором написал о свободе выражения мнений и разжигании ненависти. И он ответил, что это хорошая работа. Так что я снова взялся за диссертацию и написал сегодня четыре страницы. А вечером купил в Интернете новый учебник русского языка по методу Assimil.
    Я начну этот учебник после того, как закончу тот, по которому учусь сейчас. Он утверждает, что если его полностью изучить, то  достигнешь уровня B2. Я уже почти закончил этот учебник, так что, думаю, у меня уже есть уровень B1.
    На прошлой неделе я спросил подругу — она преподаватель иностранного языка — на каком уровне я знаю русский. И вот сюрприз! Она считает, что мой уровень где-то между B1 и B2. Это здорово!
    Два года назад учитель русского языка сказал мне: занимайся каждый день с учителем и через год достигнешь уровня А1, а через два года — уровня А2. А я занимаюсь сам, без преподавателя, и за год достиг уровня А2,  а за два года — уровня B1.
    Новый учебник обещает уровень С1. Полиглоты говорят, что переход с уровня B2 на С1 — самая трудная часть. Наверное это так, потому что первая книга обучает с нулевого уровня до B2, то есть одна книга для четырех уровней. А вторая книга — с B2 до С1, то есть одна книга для одного уровня. Но я полон энтузиазма! Сегодня в Интернете я нашел еще много интересных книг и видео на русском. Я решил за год достигнуть уровня B2/C1. Если в течение трех лет я достигну уровня B2  или даже С1, это будет здорово.
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    February 6, 2019
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    Help me to correct the text, please He is becoming lazier and lazier. Previously he tried his best to show me how much he loved me. Now he only hugs me, when he is very hungry. He is losing interest in breaking news on Google, looking girls in the streets, even in my new tights (5 euros, by the way). Today he spent all day laying on the couch. Couch potato! I tell to him to stop being so lazy and start doing some real things. No answer. I think he is a typical male. When he just moved here, he was so active! One day he left the flat through the window. Early morning he came back and started hysterically screaming under the window. Poor neighbors! One old woman from the 7th floor was so sorry for him (or she just wanted to sleep several add hours)! I also wanted to sleep, but got up and found him in the bushes. When I bring him at home, he was so dirty and absolutely not happy. The only thing brought him to life was a big hare chop. P.S. Is it clear that the story is about a Cat?
    November 17, 2018
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    Could you correct my writing, please Just after the landing (I didn't have to wait for the luggage, I had been travelling with a small backpack) I quickly catch a train to Cambridge – there was a ticket on my phone. 30 min in train – and I was in Cambridge. I was going to the city center, but suddenly I saw The Cambridge University Botanic Garden. 6 pounds minus from my wallet – and I enjoyed the silence in this beautiful park, full of nature's delights. In November, the garden was not in its full magnificence, but even in this time of year, it was great to walk along winding paths in between the various plant beds and trees. Lavender was almost dried on the root. The autumn crocus makes an appearance where I least expect it. The temperature was about +10. Here most of the people go home and set on a sofa in a warm scarf. Not in Cambridge! Many people of all ages were sitting outside, and one girl without any scarf and in light boots was even working on her laptop for an hour as a minimum what I spent here in the garden for at least an hour while I was in the garden
    November 11, 2018
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    Could you correct my writing, please? [...] One more memorable think about Norwich. With colleagues, I often discuss if bookshops have a future. Strange thing, but I found an answer here. In a shopping street, I saw a long line – about 200 people - to Waterstones Book Shop. There were people of all ages – from youngsters to seniors. They stayed for an hour or so to buy Bob the Streetcat and had got a sign of its writer. Now I know all about the survival of bookshop.
    November 10, 2018
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