Hi!! I would suggest analyzing the speech and deviding it into several patterns, then memorizing those patterns seperately. Also recording yourself and then correcting if necessary and then recording again until the desirable affect is achieved. And then working with those patterns from there. Hope it's helpful!!

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A letter to My friend

Hello Jon,
How are you and your parents (or mom/dad)? I was watching TV when I received your email. Last weekend I went to the the movie theater (American version) or cinema (English), I watched an action film (or movie) called “007”.
In that movie there is a special police agent  who fights against the terrorists. Also this agent has many cars and many objects (?) to fight against the bad people. This film is very interesting (for you) because it has action and adventure.
Finally I want to say that I hope that you are going to the cinema and you will watch this film.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes.
Luis

P.S. Hope it helps )))

Walking on the sidewalk

Several days (or some time) ago, when I was walking on the the sidewalk near my house, I saw a man climbing up a ladder in front of his house. I realized that he was about to prune the hedge that surrounded the front yard of his house. By the time I just passed him, the man lost his balance and the ladder started to shake. I thought he was going to fall off the ladder and so I rushed back in the attempt to help him. I couldn't catch him, but I managed to hold his arm and his fall was smoother. He had only several bruises on his legs, but nothing serious.

The Banh Chung, the food based on Vietnamese cuisine.

Today I will introduce to you the recipe of the Banh Chung, a food that is based on Vietnamese cuisine.
The ingredients of the Banh Chung include Dong Leaves (is only to surround it close tightly but rather to eat ?),( sticky ? Brown ) rice, green peas, pork, fish sauce, black pepper, salt. Let's say, we want to make 10 Banh Chung. We'll need 5 kg of rice, 1 kg of green peas, 2 kg of pork, 5 teaspoons of salt, 5 teaspoons of fish sauce, 5 teaspoons of pepper.
First, you need to wash Dong leaves. If you don't have Dong leaves , you can also use banana leaves. After washing Dong leaves, you need to dry them.
Second, cut the pork into thin slices which have both meat and fat.Then we maninate them with fish sauce, pepper and salt.
 Third, we soak rice in water for 2 hours, soak green peas in water until peas automatically peel and green peas are more yellow than green, then add 3 teaspoons of salt to the peas, mix, steam peas, then mash the peas.
Fourth, fold the Banh Chung, we lay Dong leaves on the surface ( remember lay band under Dong leaves to tie later), then lay first layer of sticky rice on Dong leaves layer, continue lay a layer of peas upon the layer of rice, continue lay a layer of the fatty pork upon the layer of peas, continue lay a layer of peas (which is similar last the layer of pea upon the layer of pork ?)( continue lay a layer of rice which is similar last the layer of rice ?), finally fold tightly and until it looks likes a square.
Fifth, we boil Banh Chung for 10-12h, remember to check, so that water is always full.
Unfold Banh chung, remove Dong leaves skin, cut it into 4 to 8 pieces and add some salt (optional)

I feed (what?) carrots (to whom?) to my rabbit.

You can say either way. If she says now about something that happened in the past then it should be like it is.

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