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- My favorite movie type I prefer science-fiction movies. When I was a little girl, I always had this fantasy of having a time machine, by which I could go back to the time even before that of my grandparents to see what the history really was, or go to the future far ahead of our own time to find out what would it be like. But as I gradually growing up, the chances of inventing such machine becomes very rare. But Sci-fi movies give me a second chance. There are so many stories in those films depicting how life could be in future or in other worlds. I can see wars between stars and people driving a spaceship across the ocean of stars, at the cost of 10-20 dollars. Besides, the most fascinating part about it is that the good sci-fi movies never eliminate the possibility that those things could really happen. They imply that those imaginations are well-grounded on scientific theory, and could be applied into practice in the remote future. In a way, they represent the potential future of human beings and even stimulate people to develop towards that direction. Thank you for reading and correction.April 22, 201621
- Working at home Both working at home and at office have their pros and cons, sometimes I really prefer working at home. It provides much more flexible time to work from home, by providing the possibility to go to places like bank or postal office whenever you need to, whereas if you are in office, you need to take leaves or get permission from your boss, which is a troublesome. It can also save time spending on commuting. Especially for those who live far away from their office, this is a good news. They don’t need to get up early, spend 1 whole hour on the buses, subways and cars. By long time commuting, people who work at office waste the time and energy which could have been employed on learning new things or modifying presentation slides. In the past, people find it inconvenient to discuss things if parties involved in the communication are far away from each other. But emerging of video conference improves the efficiency of communicating between people who set apart far. But of course, working at home means you are away from the group, from the colleagues, while human beings are ultimately social animals who need social, communications, interactions. What is a better opportunity in terms of interpersonal communication than working together with a group of intelligent people with great expertise.March 30, 201630
a simple sentence.
你好。 我是漢語（汉语）一個（个）人 學習 （学习）。 我愛（爱） 漢語（汉语）和 一天，我去中國（国）。你好。我在一个人学习汉语。我爱汉语，有一天我会去中国。
Hello. I am learning Chinese by myself. I like the Chinese language and one day I'll to China.
be + verb+ing, most of the time can be translated into “在做什么事”
Note used both traditional and simplified characters.Traditional and simplified Chinese doesn't have much difference in terms of grammar. They only differs at the spelling.
0 votedMarch 25, 20163小王给朋友写信
李美：
我很高兴，收到你写的信！你日常生活在一所中国学校的日常生活很有意思。我特别惊讶，中国学生这么早开始学英文。
你问了我，我通常的天在学校怎么样。关于周末的中文课，我告诉你一下。
学生各每周各写一篇短故事，只有七八行。上课时我们把故事朗读故事，也并在白板上写下，。 然后老师请同学们修改改修故事，。最后老师修改改修。报告故事以后，如果有空的话，老师还教我们班一节语法课，。大家用句型做几个句子。
你们也写英文故事吗？你们怎么学英文？请给我写信，告诉我。
祝
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小王I think the usage of comma and period in Chinese is a little bit different than in English. Usually if several adjacent sentences being employed to describe one thing, are quite short and sometimes linked with words like "然后"，“最后”，“而且”， it is better to use comma instead of period.
0 votedMarch 24, 20161翻译练习：求个帮忙
大家好，
我最近工作这么忙，我没有时间练习我的超级差的语法和写作能力。呵呵。我几年前在另一个网站写了一个短文。有时间的话，我想翻译它变成中文，不过我需要一点帮忙。
"I think most people have noticed by now a very common mistake among Chinese English learners, and that is, "I am a Chinese". Actually, I think the explanation is very simple, English has too many rules and exceptions, eventually you cannot make heads or tails of when to use what rule!!!!!
【'have by now noticed/have noticed by now'怎么可以翻译，有一个固定词组/偏爱的表达方式吗？‘cannot make heads or tails' 有成语吗？】you can translate it to: 如今已发现。cannot make heads or trails, I guess we can use :"摸不着头脑"， which means 'have no clue' in Chinese. (But I am not very certain about this part, maybe you can check with others)
I am a chef, he is a foreign national, he is a Chinese teacher... so on and so forth.
【等等。。。】It is correct.
Well, let's fix this shall we? What does the article 'a' represent in this sentence? It represents one thing.
【表达；表示？】表达is better （is 'a' the article name?)
When you say "I am Chinese", you are saying, "I am one of the many Chinese people that exist in this world". Then why can't you say "I am chef"? You are just one of the many chefs that exist in this world. Well, Chinese is a plural as well as singular!!!
Chef is singular only. The chefs were..., they are chefs..., I am the only chef, I am a chef who takes my work seriously....etc.
Just remember, if you want to say "I am a Chinese", make sure there is a following phrase (that obviously makes sense).
【there is a follow phrase】确保有跟着的短语， or 确保后面紧接短语
E.g.
I am a Chinese student currently studying linguistics in Edinburgh.
I am a Chinese parent who is concerned about the lack of language support for my child.
I am a Chinese calligrapher.**
I am a Chinese athlete.**
I am a Chinese learner/teacher. ** (Someone just sent me a friend request and correctly wrote: "I speak Mandarin and I am an English learner.")
And so on.
** These make sense but in some cases, you will find depending on what follows or precedes that sentence, you may have to introduce a second clause to it. 【introduce a second clause】引入第二个子句
Further (short) reading: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos9.htm 【Further (short) reading】更多阅读（短）材料
Longer reading but great, easy-to-read examples: http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/easy/articles.htm 【longer reading】长一点的阅读材料
When to use 'a' and 'an': http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/articles.htm
If you want to say 我是中国人。 You can translate it literally. 我 I 是 am 中国人 Chinese. :)"
谢谢大家的帮助！只是【】之内的东西需要帮助的，其他的我可以自己试一试，失败。。。再试试。。。失败。。再试试。。。失败。。。哭。。。喝点酒。。。再试试0 votedMarch 18, 20161- News and horror movies I believe things surrounded us can influence us in a subtle way, consciously and subconsciously, however unwillingly we might admit. Here is an example. There is a TV program called News Simulcast at my country which mainly broadcasts about politics, economics, agriculture and so on. My parents, like many other people of their generation, have a tradition to watch it at dinner time. But I have never found it appealing. And I thought I would never proactively watch this kind of programs. One night, my parents were out and left me alone at home. After watching a horror movie, I was totally scared and began to wonder if there was any ghost hiding somewhere in the dark corner of the house. I turned on all the lights. But it doesn’t help much. By accident, I switched the TV to the station which is showing the News Simulcast. The always serious broadcaster was presenting to the audience about farmers in a remote village who was happy about the harvest. Quite amazing, by the time his voice came, I was immediately cured. His voice was so familiar and comforting. The imaginary ghost faded away, the secular life came back. Until then I realized that without awareness, this kind of news broadcast had become psychological comfort to me. What a surprise!March 15, 201620
