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Hi, I'm an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program student studying in Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School. I scored a 40/42 in my predicted grade. For my university application, I have a 111 on toefl and a 32 for ACT without test prep For school, I do English, Chinese, Physics, Economics, Business and Management, and Maths. My interest includes: public speaking, public forum debate, economics and business, Model United Nations and international relations, Chinese, U.S. and world history, event planning, basketball and body building. For teaching experience, I have 40 hours+ experience in tutoring and running workshops on Model United Nations and Public Forum Debate. I have also made a dozen lectures on English learning tips/skills/drills for freshman in my school. I would love to meet and talk to more people on italki to help others practice their English or Chinese while satisfying my personal passion to practice oral speaking in Japanese. Looking forward to talking to you : ) And lastly, just a few titles to build my credibility (don't get me wrong! I'm not bragging or anything, it's just a more efficient way to let you know me before actually talking to me): Founder and CEO of a local charity, president of student council for 2 terms, public speaker and debater, basketball varsity (play center).
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  • Commented

    Friends, The Big Bang Theory:  for daily conversation and a taste of American social life.

    House of Cards and Billions: for advanced knowledge on political system and financial markets in the United States.

    Shows by Russel Peters: teach you how to curse and dirty jokes in English lol


    Either way, Friends is probably the easiest one to start with.

    Some late night shows you can find on Youtube may also help, though they speak a lot quicker and it would be difficult to understand if you have never lived in the states.

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    June 3, 2017
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    张语熙 sounds younger and more gender neutral than  张韵怡


    张韵怡 sounds more classic but at the same time more old school~


    either name will suit you well. Both names demonstrate excellent understanding of chinese culture. Plus, with 1.3 billion people in china, we have seen A LOT of awkward names growing up. That's why we don't typically judge people by their names, especially when you are a foreigner. 


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    June 3, 2017
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    You are indeed correct. Yes, they are interchangeable for most of the time. The only difference is that when we use "while", we don't consider the other "point in time" as just a "point in time", but as a second "action" Using Lance's example: 1. My father's truck appeared when I was about to step out of the house. Action: "My father's truck appeared", Point in time: "I was about to step out of the house" 2. While we were busily helping out, they were skiving elsewhere. Action 1: "we were busily helping out", Action 2: "they were skiving elsewhere" So, the only difference is the emphasis of the sentence. If both actions have equal weight, then maybe you can choose while. If you want to emphasize on one action, then use "when". If you don't mind about the weight of the each action, then yeah you can use whichever you want. Hope it helps : )
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    March 21, 2017
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    in this particular case, jargon = special (technical/ obfuscated) words and terms that are too professional, complicated, or unnecessary to the extent that it is not understandable undermining = depriving, taking away, damaging incentives = motivations, reasons, motives, what makes you want to do something Together, "its jargon is undermining incentives to save" means: The words they use in the pension industry is impossible for anybody to understand, and this fact is taking away the elderly's motivations to save money for when they get old. or simpler, the elderly lost their motivation to save money because they can not understand the complicated terms of their pensions.
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    International student doing IB in Shanghai. Native in American English, Mandarin, and Shanghinese.


    Currently learning Japanese with my tutor and would like to use some help with conversation making : )


    Contact me if you are interested. I can send you essays I wrote to prove that I am a native speaker lol 

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    March 14, 2017
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    International student doing IB in Shanghai. Native in American English, Mandarin, and Shanghinese.

    I got 111 on Toefl for the first time taking it without any test prep beforehand.


    Currently learning Japanese with my tutor and would like to use some help with conversation making : )


    Contact me if you are interested　：）

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    March 14, 2017
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    International student doing IB in Shanghai. Native in American English, Mandarin, and Shanghinese.

    I got 111 on Toefl for the first time taking it without any test prep beforehand.


    Currently learning Japanese with my tutor and would like to use some help with conversation making : )


    Contact me if you are interested. I can send you essays I wrote to prove that my English is good hhh

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    March 14, 2017
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    International student doing IB in Shanghai. Native in American English, Mandarin, and Shanghinese. Because I am born and raised in Shanghai I had to take Toefl to get to American universities. I got 111 on Toefl for the first time taking it without any test prep beforehand.

    Currently learning Japanese with my tutor and would like to use some help with conversation making : )


    Contact me if you are interested. I can send you essays I wrote to prove that I am a native speaker lol 

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    March 14, 2017
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    International student doing IB in Shanghai. Native in American English, Mandarin, and Shanghinese. Because I am born and raised in Shanghai I had to take Toefl to get to American universities. I got 111 on Toefl for the first time taking it without any test prep beforehand.


    Contact me if you are interested. I can send you essays I wrote to prove that I am a native speaker lol

    (cuz so often ppl question that on italki! that's racist common, be familiar with Third-Culture-Kid)

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    March 14, 2017
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    集结号

    中国合伙人

    1942

    舌尖上的中国

    任何央视纪录片

    Any documentary produced by CCTV

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    March 14, 2017
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