This means that the ride ( trip/drive) was nightmarish/creepy/terrible Hope it will help!

The fair of Malaga

The fair of Malaga is one of the most important events of the year for this town in the South <strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">of</font></strike> Spain.

The fair takes place every year around the <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">third </font>week of <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">August</font>, so now it's only a week to  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">the</font> start. The fair usually opens with an amazing <strike>workfire</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">fireworks</font> display in the center <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">of the</font> town. <strike>From that point onward </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">After that</font>, all locals and visitors will be able to enjoy an entire week of typical Andalusian music (flamenco, malaqueñas, sevillanas..),  with <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">the</font> traditional dancings, local food (like delicious 'pescaito frito' or small fried fish, and the most important thing, the friendly welcom<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ing</font> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">people</font> of Malaga (Malagueños), since Malaga has always been a kind<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> of</font> an open town for foreigners.

The fair has another venue, <strike>apart  </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">far </font>from the <strike>very </strike>center of the town, located in the outskirts of Malaga, called 'Cortijo de Torres'. This place is where people<strike> go</strike> in the evenings<strike> to</strike> have a really great time. Here you will find a lot of stands ('casetas'), full of music, dancing and fun.

Give it a try and travel to Malaga if you want to <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">get to</font> know this amazing town and its wonderful fair!

Thanks for corrections!

Language proficiency barrier

My biggest barrier in learning languages

Learning languages is fascinating. It is one of the things I enjoy the most <font style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">doing in</font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </font>my leisure time<strike>s, o</strike>n my way to school and just <strike>about</strike> whenever I have some spare time. It is extremely gratifying and fulfilling, but there are certain things <strike>that</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">which</font> keep me from enjoying this process even more. It is something that brings <strike>about  </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">out </font>stress and frustration and at times could <strike>be</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">discourage me</font>. Fear of embarrassing myself in front of native speakers is something unbearable <strike>to</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">for</font> me, <strike>which</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> that</font> is why I <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">would</font> <strike>very often</strike> rather stay in my own comfort zone and only say <strike>the</strike> things I know for sure , <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">in</font>  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">whic</font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">h</font> I'm going to<strike> get</strike>  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">be</font> right. I have stopped taking risks and trying my luck <strike>with </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> to say</font> what I would probably <strike>be saying right just for fear</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> know</font>. <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Though,this </font><strike><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is</font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> </font></strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">only</font><strike> true</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">works</font> with native speakers,<strike> though</strike>. I have found myself speaking with great fluency and without fear of making mistakes with non-natives of that language. I know it's probably because they won't be judging <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">me</font> since they themselves would <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">be</font>  very likely<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> to</font> make the same mistakes and wouldn't even notice if I said something wrong. I live in South Korea and even if I get a plethora of chances of speaking Korean every day I decide not to.
Do you guys have any advice <strike>on</strike> how to tear down this huge wall that's keeping me from reaching proficiency in languages? Thanks a lot!

P.S I would definitely advice you to keep trying to speak and don't be afraid of making mistakes ! From mistakes we could learn a lot. Good luck you!

Historical buildings teared down.

I have seen a lot of buildings <strike>to be</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> which were</font> teared down lately because of the <strike>wear </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">depreciation</font>.  You will probably think there is nothing wrong with it, however, those buildings <strike>teared down</strike> were historical part <strike>of the history</strike> of our city and also of our country. My question is, wasn´t there enough money to preserve( reconstruct) them? Or <strike>is</strike> our goverment<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> is</font> so careless that allow<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> to</font> shatter<strike>ed</strike> such an important part of our culture without trying<strike> anything</strike> to keep them well-kept?

I<strike>´</strike>ve<strike> been hearing </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">heard</font> some news lately <strike>talking</strike> about the insufficient<strike> </strike>public funds to preserve those sightsee<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ing</font>s<strike> and.</strike> I got really frustated, to such an extent that I wrote an article and<strike> I</strike> sent it to an important newspaper. <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">To</font> summarize, what I tryed was to galvanize <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">any</font> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">actions</font> in order no to repeat the same horrible actions in the future. Therefore I came up with a plan to make our historical buildings more profitable<strike>s</strike>. For instance, when it comes to cultural activities those kinds of buildings are the most suitable<strike>s</strike> to hold them, <strike>and</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">that is why</font> people would pay a little fee to enter them and enjoy some paintings, <strike>e</strike>statues, music events etc., in such <strike>a</strike> way <strike>that</strike> some part of the <strike>money </strike>collected<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> money</font> could be used to keep the building<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> in perfect conditions.

Besides this, some historical buildings could be used to hold classes, groceries ,stores and even houses for people to dwell. That way we would save a lot of money and <strike>in the</strike> meantime those buildings<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> are</font> used <strike>and</strike> there would be less demand of bulding new buildings. We would <strike>make </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">save</font> the most of the free space <strike>there is</strike> in the city and at the same time a lot of people could set up their bussiness<strike>es</strike> in those buildings without paying too much money for renting <strike>facilities</strike>.

Those buildings have been part of our life and I would like <strike>that</strike> my offsprings enjoy<strike>ed</strike> those places as much as I did. We can´t afford <strike>to</strike> los<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ing</font> them forever. Would you be able to imagine Egypt without the pyramids, India without The Thaj Majhal or París without the Eiffel Tower? To some extent, those buildings stand <strike>for</strike>  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">represent</font> our city and our country as much as our flag, therefore we should take care of them and let our sons and nephews enjoy them as we did.

P.S Great job! I enjoyed reading your text!

Разговор по телефону

А: Здравствуйте, мы<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> слушаем</font> Вас.
А: Здравствуйте, это интернет провайдер SkyNet<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">?</font>
Б: Да, вы не ошиб<strike>а</strike>лись. Как я могу Вам помочь<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">?</font>
А: Вы знаете, <strike>через</strike> 2 месяце назад я был<strike> бы</strike> абонент ваш<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ей</font> компан<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ии, </font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">но </font> сейчас у меня с интернетом <strike>будет</strike> какие-то<strike> ошибка </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">проблемы</font>. Я не могу подключит<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ься</font> к интернету. Вы <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">не могли бы мне</font> помочь<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">?</font>
Б: Сейчас провер<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">им</font>. Скажите пожалуйста<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> ваше</font> имя ,фамили<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ю</font> и адрес <strike>дома</strike>.
А: Батыров Темур. Улица Мустакиллик, дом 2.
Б: Сейчас выключите модем и <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">подо</font>ждите немного, хорошо<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">?</font>
<strike>После</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Через</font> дв<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">е </font>минут<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ы</font> администратор отве<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">тил</font>.
Б: У нас все нормально. Я перезагрузил ваш<strike>его</strike> интернет<strike>а</strike>. Подключите пожалуйста <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ещё раз</font>.
А: Спасибо, работает.
Б: Мы рад<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">ы</font> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">были</font> Вам помочь. Спасибо за <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">звонок</font>!.

Is it easier or more difficult for people to have a healthy lifestyle in modern world?

Nowadays, the development of modern machine<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s ( technologies)</font>has made our life more comfortable and relaxing. For example, we have TV, radio for entertainment and computer for job. However, as we rely too much on these machine<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font>, we have got some trouble<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> with our health.

Many people think that <strike>it is</strike> now it is not as easy as in the past to keep fit and have a healthy lifestyle. They have the right to say <strike>that </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">so</font>. As computer<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font>, smartphone<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> and Ipad<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> bec<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">a</font>me so popular that almost everyone has one of them and spend <strike>for </strike>hours playing <strike>with </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">them</font>. This is the main reason why many children don't go out side often and become myopic(nearsighted ). The food in<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> the</font> modern world is also not as fresh and clean as it used to be. The <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">appearance</font> of pesticides and herbicide has made the quality of <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">such</font> product<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s </font>like vegetable<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font>  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">much</font> worse. Furthermore, the culture of fast food is one of the reason<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> why there are many people <strike>get obesity </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">suffering from obesity</font> today.

However, the modern world has brought many benefits too. <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Now</font> we <strike>now</strike> has hospitals in almost all <strike>past </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">parts</font> of the world with the <strike>well-qualified machine  and doctors</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">highly qualified doctors</font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> </font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and advanced equipmen</font><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">t</font>.There are <strike>the</strike> method<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> of curing some diseases like cholera, dengue as these diseases used to be very harmful and had killed many people in the past. That is why people live longer now. The <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">appearance</font>  of obesity can also be cured by following the diet and exercises from doctor's advice.

In conclusion, modern world has brought much <strike>convenient</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">convenience </font><strike>but</strike>  <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</font> also some problems for people. However, <strike>the really</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">mostly</font> important is not the way modern machine<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">s</font> affect us, but <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">only</font> the way we live <strike>will</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">could </font> tell us if keeping fit in <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">the </font>modern world <strike>is</strike> easy or difficult.

The Olympics here in Brazil

Hello there! I have been watching <strike>for a </strike><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">the </font>match today. The brazilian soccer female team won the match against Sweden, scoring five goals. This team is so much better than the male team, because they play with determination and they're<font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> technically</font> good <strike>technically</strike>. I hope these girls get the gold medal, cause they deserve it <strike>too</strike> <font style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> so</font> much.