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My family's country house
Hello. Today I'd like to write about my family's country house. (corrections are highly appreciated)
It's very common for Russian people to have a country house (or summer house, or dacha/datcha). Most people don't live there all the year round, only during summer or they just go outside a their city on weekends. My family also has a country house and it takes about 30-40 minutes driving to get there. The house is located in a big village not far from the river. There are (1) a railway station, a bus stop and a couple of grocery stores, which is pretty convenient in case you forgot to buy something in the town.
The house is very old. As my mom told me, it was built in 1960s, but we own we've owned it since 1990. I like this place very much, as I've been spending I spent there all my summer holidays there when I was a child and a teenager.(2) I met my friends there, whose parents also brought their children every weekend or left them with grandmothers/grandfathers during holidays. It was great time. We've been having a lot of fun spending time together. We played volleyball, swam in the river, rode bicycles, went camping, sang songs in the night by the fire.
My family has a flower and a vegetable garden (in Russian - ogorod). We grow there popatoe potato, tomatoe tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, cabbage, carrot, garlic, beet, radish.(3) My mom is very much into flowers. She works really hard looking after plants. And I'm very proud of her, you should see those flowers all blooming in July.
Now we are renovating the house, as it's old and we didn't do haven't done much for several years. We started a month or two ago and spentd there every weekend. And there's still a lot of work to do.(1) "there are" is technically correct, but sounds strange. Saying "there is" sounds more natural. The bottom of this page explains it: <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/there-is-there-are/" style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">https://www.grammarly.com/blog/there-is-there-are/</a>
(2) say "I've been spending" if you're still spending every summer there now, but say "I spent" if you used to spend every summer there, but now you don't.
(3) these vegetables would often be pluralised (potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers etc.)
Nice interesting and well-written story, I understood everything. :)
0 votedApril 26, 20191Travel
Somebody Some people (1) thinks that travel in our own country is much better than travel abroad. Somebody Some people thinks that travel abroad is more comfortable and luxuryious.
My opinion is that if you have money to travel abroad, you must to travel somewhere abroad. Firstly, in my opinion, our country doesn’t have a any good travel places nowadays, like hotels, restaurants, entertainment places.
Secondly, it’s easier to travel abroad now than later. I mean, you live in a country and there will always be a time to travel in your country. That’s not taking doesn't take so many as much energy than as traveling abroad.
But it’s not a big problem when you have not a don't have money to travel abroad. If you have a dream or purpose to travel someplace , no matter where it’s located, you need to work hard. So, no matter is whether that place where you want to travel is located in our country or not, you need to do something to reach your goal.(1) "somebody" refers to only one person.
Good paragraph, I understood all of the meaning :)
0 votedApril 26, 20191- Mi vida en este momento Soy estudiante de la física, en mi segundo año de universidad. Como te puedes imaginar, ahora es un tiempo estresante; tendré cinco exámenes, todos muy complicados y difíciles, y en vez de estudiarlos, estoy escribiendo en español en Italki! Esto no es un problema; necesito algo fuera del repaso para ocupar mi tiempo, es mejor para la salud mental. Hoy estaré repasando la física cuántica. Esta asignatura es la más retadora; los conceptos parecen totalmente antiintuitivos y abstractos y describen un mundo que para nosotros es completamente ajeno. De hecho, en este modulo solo hemos cubrido los básicos absolutos de las mecánicas cuánticas y ya parece casi imposible. Sin embargo, me gustan los retos y tengo muchas ganas del próximo año estudiandolo. Creo que puedo aplicar mis experiencias aprendiendo la física a mi español; este titulo te enseña no solo como solucionar los problemas de la física, sino también te enseña como aprender. Ahora sé que en la física para mejorar, tengo que hacer cosas. Tengo que utilizar lo que me han enseñado, de lo contrario lo olvidaré. Creo que sea exactamente lo mismo aprender español.April 26, 201930
- Las diferencias culturales entre Inglaterra y países hispanohablantes Ciertas diferencias son inmediatamente obvios entre Inglaterra y cualquier país hispanohablante. He visitado España y todavía existe una cultura de la siesta, particularmente en el sur del país. Las tiendas cierran durante ~4 horas durante la tarde especialmente en los pueblos pequeños. Esto no se ve nada en el Reino Unido, y sé que ahora es menos común aún en España. Nunca he estado en un país latinoamericano, pero creo que generalmente hay mucho mas "espiritu de comunidad" allá. Cada lugar tiene sus propios eventos para la comunidad. Mi amigo colombiano me dijo del Día de las Velitas, en honor de la virgen María. Eso también demuestra la cultura más religiosa que la mía. Al parecer siempre hay festivales y carnivales en las calles de las ciudades latinoamericanas y españolas. El ejemplo de la Tomatina en España me dice que los hispanohablantes son mejor en divertirse en la comunidad que nosotros. Creo que deberiamos aprender algo de esta cultura.March 12, 201931
It is better to work at home than in an office. Do you agree?
Nowadays many people work at home and they prefer it before to an office. However, working at home has some disadvantages.
On the one hand, when you work at home, you are always really alone. Whereas,* in an office there are more workers and you could meet brilliant people. This is a good idea for to make making deep friendships.
On the other hand, it is true that if you work at home, you can have your own timetable but sometimes, as you don’t have anyone to control you, maybe you don’t do all stick to the timetable. However, if you work in an office you must do stick to your timetable because otherwise you will not be too productive. productive enough.
Finally, working in an office do means that you can distribute the hard work with your coworkers so that you will have less stress than if you have to work alone in your home, because you must have all the work.
In conclusion, Working at home might be an amazing idea. However working in an office do means that you will be more productive and will have more stability.* Normally sentences don't start with "whereas". Saying "...really alone, whereas in an..." sounds more natural. Normalmente las oraciones no empiezan con "whereas". Decir "...really alone, whereas in an..." suena más natural.
Very good entry! I understood everything you wanted to say, only minor mistakes :)
0 votedMarch 12, 20191English is the best sounding language in the the world
In my opinion, English is the nicest language in this universe and I totally envy all of the people who have grown up with English.I would like to learn better English and especially speak fluently.
I would like to have the same height like an American or British person.*
I wish I had been born in an English speaking country.
Sometimes during my lessons I am losing my faith about it.
And when I notice i can't go further I feel myself very defeated **and say to myself, I'm not a born talker, haven't gotten any talent and I probably wouldn't survive a high level.
I would trade my mother tongue, German, for a native English tongue right now if I had the possibility.
* I don't know what this means. Are you very short or tall? Do you mean "ability" or "level" rather than height?
** "Wrecked" is ok but "defeated" sounds more natural.
I know language learning is very difficult, but you're always making progress whether you realise it or not. After all, you already learnt German to fluency! Good luck!
0 votedJune 9, 20181I can speak english well.
My name is Nabi Kim. I live in Seoul. I knew this web site from my English teacher. I wanna speak English well. I have learned English for about 10 years, but i can't speak English well. I'm very nervous when i meet foreigners.^^ I'm really happy that I found this useful website. I wanna meet another country friends friends from another country.0 votedApril 25, 20181
