Trapped in a cave

Twelve young members of a football team were extra<font style="background-color: yellow;">c</font>ted <font style="background-color: yellow;">from </font><strike>of</strike> a large cave in Thail<strike>l</strike>and last week, after <font style="background-color: yellow;">becoming </font><strike>they got</strike> trapped <strike>during</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;"> for</font> two and a half week<font style="background-color: yellow;">s</font>. A team of expert<strike>s</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">International </font>divers <strike>from several countries</strike>, headed by Thai<strike>lland</strike> authorities <strike>released</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">rescued </font>the boys and their coach. After a football exerci<strike>c</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">s</font>e, the team decided to explore a cave but unfortunately , they were surprised by a thunderstorm with floodlike showers ( <font color="#0000ff">torrential rain sounds better here)</font>.  <font style="background-color: yellow;">In</font><font style="background-color: inherit;">  the </font>following days, the rain continued to fall, and as the exit of the cave was flooded they could not get out.
Nine days later , they were discovered by the divers; they did not have any food, and to survive they had <strike>drunk</strike> <strike>bad</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> to </font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">drink dirty </font>water from the cave. The rescuers pumped out as much water as they could from the flooded cave, and managed to save all the teenagers and their trainer, using masks, helmets and diving suits. According to the authorities, they are all safe and sound.

A bidet in the bathroom?

This morning I watched a video <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">that was</font>made by a girl who arrived in France a few month ago. She was born and grew up in New Zealand . In <strike>that</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">the</font> video, she talks about <font style="background-color: yellow;">the </font>cultural differences between her native country and France. One of the <strike>most funny</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">funniest </font>and interesting topic<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">s</font> she <strike>approaches</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">talks about/discusses </font>is<strike> about </strike>a device you hardly ever find nowadays in bathrooms in France, it is called a bidet . She explains that she first saw a bidet in her boyfriend's father's house in <font style="background-color: yellow;">the </font>south of France; she absolutely did not know what it was for, then she explains that people told her that it was used to wash your intimate parts !....
I must say that I <font style="background-color: yellow;">once </font>saw one<strike> once</strike> in my mother in law's bathroom, and I thought that it was used to wash your feet <font style="background-color: yellow;">from </font><strike>at </strike>the time <strike>that</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">when </font>people did not have a shower at home. More recently, I went to Venice, in Italy; there was a bidet in the bathroom. I must say that I wondered why they had installed <strike>that</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">such a </font>device in the bathroom, just <strike>near</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">beside </font>the shower<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">.</font><font style="background-color: inherit;">      But </font>this morning I have read in the comment<font style="background-color: yellow;">s   </font> under the video that there is a bidet in most <strike>of </strike>  <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">I</font>talian bathroom<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">s</font>...
Do you have a bidet at home ?

<font color="#0000ff" style="background-color: inherit;">Serge, that's certainly an unusual subject to be writing about.  In Ireland we would casually say that it is for washing "your bits":)</font>

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YouTube Subtitles

In order to improve my listening skills, I have been  watching English videos on YouTube for a couple of months; I think it is a great way to listen to different accents, but of course I cannot understand everything I hear, so I click on the subtitle button when it is available. Sometimes subtitles are provided by the video's owner, and other times they are created automatically by YouTube, and in that case they are not very accurate, some words are completely wrong. I recently discovered a channel where a young girl called Hannah, talks  mainly about her life in Japan mainly, and also some insight of into her trips in  to other Asian countries.
I am going to post a message under one of her videos to ask her if she could provide subtitles with her videos :
Hi hannah; I recently discovered your channel, and I really like it . Your videos are very good and as you talk a lot to explain different things, it is a great way for me to learn english; unfortunately, my listening skills are not perfect and I can't understand everything you say, so I was wondering if it would be possible for you to add subtitles to your videos (those provided automatically are often full of mistakes); I am sure that many other people, whose English is not their native language would appreciate it a lot too; Furthermore it would give you the chance to have even more viewers.

Hi Serge, As usual your text is very good, very few mistakes.  Completely understandable even without being corrected:) Celine

Online friends

I'm not saying the name of any of my online friends in this text, but I want to talk about those nice people that  had have brought a chunk of happiness to my boring and kind of sad days.

I've been learning English for around a year and throughout this journey I've met some amazing people. At first, they were just learning partners, but little by little,    they have become into very good friends. I talk to them almost everyday, and it's always a pleasure talking to them.

Despite the fact that they live very far away from me and sometimes they're busy, they tend to spend at least a little part of their time  day to chatting with to me, which is amazing, and it's not just a language exchange, we talk/chat because we like to.

I don't know how long it will last, I mean, they are really good friends, but we have our own lives and we live quite far from each other, besides I don't think we will be able to meet in person very any time soon, that will probably happen in many years  to come.  However, maybe that will never happen, but if that   It happened, it'd be awesome, but I'm a bit afraid,   of just in case it turns out that they are not that nice in real life.

Anyways thanks for reading, and correct me if I have made any mistakes, please.

Angel, I am very impressed with your text considering you have only been learning English for a year.  Well done. Celine

Rain and snow.

I live not far from Paris. During December and January, it rained so much that two main rivers flooded burst their bamks.    Some houses and buildings were had to be evacuated. However, this week the weather has changed and it snowed for two days non-stop/continuously . Here it's This is very unusual and the traffic on Monday night was a nightmare. It took a friend of mine 5 hours to go get back home after work instead of the 45 minutes he it usually needs takes, and not a few a lot of people didn't succeed in getting home. returning. They slept had to sleep in their car or were hosted put up in public buildings.
Nevertheless, there is also a positive side of such a   to this type of weather. Paris and the surrounding countryside around are fully transformed. You can see smiling children and adults making  snowmen  and having snowball fights. This morning the sun was shining and I went jogging for nearly two hours on the snowy paths in the middle of the fields and woods around my house. What a pleasure!

Running <strike>under </strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">in</font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"></font> the rain

<font style="background-color: yellow;">T</font><font style="background-color: yellow;">he </font>Rain adds some pepper<strike> in</strike><font style="background-color: yellow;"> on</font> the running course (dish) but doesn't make it <strike>uneatable (</strike>inedible. <font style="background-color: yellow;"> T</font>he rain makes this dish<font style="background-color: yellow;"> a</font><font style="background-color: yellow;"> bit</font> spicy.

<strike>During some</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">After many </font>years of running, I’ve <font style="background-color: yellow;">come to realise  </font><strike>understood</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">that you do  </font><strike>it is</strike> not need<strike>ed</strike> to be afraid of <font style="background-color: yellow;">the </font>rain <font style="background-color: yellow;">while</font> doing any sport.  If you <font style="background-color: yellow;">are dressed appropriately  </font><strike>properly</strike> (<font style="background-color: yellow;">if you wear the appropriate clothes)</font> <strike>ready</strike> you are going to be <strike>more pleased</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">happier running in the rain </font>than in dry weather. As for me running in the rain <strike>are</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">is </font>heavenly <strike>conditions as</strike> compared <strike>with</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">to running in </font>hot weather.

<font color="#ff00ff" style="background-color: inherit;">Hi Oleg, I hope I  understood  what you were trying to say, apologies if I got it wrong. Celine</font>

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