Anna
Ukrainian
Aug 18, 2018
I've been very glad to meet such a motivated learner. Every luck with Ukrainian!
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Nowadays human activity is having a negative impact on the planet and animals around the world.We build many houses fabrics (fabric is cloth, for making clothes. Not sure what you are trying to say) and they kill water animals and slowly destroy our planet. Some people think that it cannot be changed, but i believe that we can change everything. Scientists can invent new ways to produce energy or something like this . We need to collect our garbage and drop it into a litter container.
Destroying our planet can lead to global warming. Nowadays there is a lot of acid rain which ruins forests rivers and lakes.We also suffer from contaminated air, and the number of diseases is increasing.
Be decent people, take care of the environment and do not forget that if you act badly towards the planet then your actions will boomerang.0 votedSeptember 8, 20180- Pretty/beautiful in Ukrainian красивий, гарний, прекрасний How do you use these words? For instance: Ukraine is a beautiful country. Yesterday I saw a beautiful woman. That is a beautiful idea. (To a girl) You are pretty. (To a girl) You are beautiful. (To a boy) You are handsome. Also, please make up other examples. Thanks! Дякую!September 6, 201880
About problems which I had in learning English
Unfortunally, I had many different teachers during my life. * They changed every year at school.* Finally, my level was so low**. Next I studied medical English only 2 two years at university, it was awful too. Then I thought, "I don't need to know English. It's very hard for me. I haven't talant do not have any talent for languages. And there are other reasons to doing nothing."
I have tried to learn English by myself, and I failed it many times. It's really important to find a good book (or "good books"). Now I am happy and have felt progress only after since this summer)
And I think this website and you can help makes my English better.
Quote: "If it is important you will find a way, if not - you will find an excuse."* These are not wrong, but are not necessary because of the context. It would be good to combine the phrases: "Unfortunally, I had many different teachers, and they changed every year."
** Also not wrong, but a little awkward. You might want something like: "My ability in English never improved."
0 votedAugust 22, 20181My weekend 2018. Part one
We had only 2 two weeks for our travelling. It started on the 3rd of July (or "on July 3rd"). We met our friends and went to the railway station. The weather was incredibly hot and we slept all night. We were in Lviv by early morning. We walked in this lovely city all day and went to the next train in the evening. I could count six friends with me, it was such a large company. But it's very hard too, because one wants to eat, the other one wants to sleep, the other one wants to go shopping, etc. We made our camp only in evening of the 4th. We were at a Festival which is named after the Shypit waterfall. It is located in Carpathian mountains. And this fest was created in 1993 by a couple of hippies.
P.S. It's impossible to make such a photo. Tourists stayed near the waterafall to take pictures and people from the festival climbed up to the water to have a shower.0 votedAugust 22, 20182School Buses Should Go to School!
Did you hear about the school bus? If so, you must know about the money. You must know about Saudi Arabia. You must also be aware of such a catastrophic situation in Yemen. Well, you probably know many things and situations, but I guess you don’t know about this one!
Donald Trump calls them “cows.” Maybe you are asking yourself who is being called a cow. The US president called Saudi Arabia “a big cow with too much milk” and he said, “We must seduce them.”
So the US is making money from Saudi Arabia. In return, they are allowed to do acts of terrorism like Osama Bin Laden and their soldiers who were behind the 9/11 incident (or should I say “catastrophe?”). Nowadays Saudi Arabia and its allies are destroying the people of Yemen. The cruelest incident occurred yesterday. Fifty school children were killed and many more injured.
Now you know about school buses, milk, the USA, cows and…
I have a question. Children were carrying backpacks which the UN had given them. After killing those children, a picture came out which shows school bags bloody and without their owners.
I want to show this to the world, and especially to the United States and the United Nations.
Amir, I decided to rewrite your entry. I kept as much as I could of your original text, but I wanted to show you how natural American English would sound. By the way... marg bar trump!0 votedAugust 17, 20181Parent's Prior Life Or New Modern Life
In the past people had (a lot of, or plenty of [informal] - ample [formal]) time to live and enjoy their lives. There was no social media, internet, cell phones or other new technology that people are living with in modern life. Albeit, [Albeit is too formal... I would say "Admittedly" or just take it out] it was hard to contact each other, and people had difficulty doing most of their routine tasks, but on the other hand they weren't interrupted by technological problems. Mostly, spending times on it. (This is not clear. Do you mean "Often spending time to solve them" [the technological problems]?)
In new modern life we have a positive point -- new and faster ways to reach information and interact with the world. In comparison with the past where people weren't able to access information and contact each other it is a great opportunity. But* we became habituated to the missing times in our new world and we became numb to it. This is (bad [informal] / unfortunate [formal]). We don't have personal privacy and we have lost control our time. People can contact us wherever and whenever they want, and we waste most of our time with new technologies.
Finally**, I think we should blend the style of our parent's lives with new modern life which offers us new opportunities to make life better. We need to handle our time better and create more free time to live and enjoy our lives.**** in formal writing, you should not start a sentence with a conjunction, but this sentence is too long. We call it a "run-on sentence."
** It's hard to explain whey "After all" sound funny in this position. You had the right idea."Finally" doesn't sound great either. When you put "After all" in that position, the next thing I expect to hear is an additional fact that was not stated before, not a summary of your argument.
*** Sorry for the big rewrite..
P.S., in the 1960s I visited Teheran on my way to Afghanistan as an exchange student. Farsi is a beautiful language and I wish I had studied it.
0 votedAugust 17, 20182First note. Thrilling
Chemistry was never my strong suit, but since high school I still remember that two elements are enough to create a chemical reaction. So I took my passion about football and our lesson(s) with Iain and... I did not have time to blink an eye as the idea to write a note stuck in my head. It was a powerful chemical reaction because, luckily, I finally overcame my laziness.
A new season of the Premier League has started. Leicester was opening the Premier League for the third time in a row, and for the third time in a row «Foxes» lost.
To be honest, I expected at least a draw. And I was so furious after the final whistle! I was ready to tear up Amartey and Morgan. And I still wanted to do it to Amartey by the second minute of the game. The ball ricocheted off Morgan and went to number 18… and he stopped it with his hand! What did Amartey think would happen? Was he hoping that the official was blinded by sweat? I can’t understand why Puel trusts this player! In my opinion he is absolutely useless.
One of the reason why I expected much more, it’s a transfer campaign. One infographic showed that Leicester took fourth place in the rate of spending. I watched the cutting of moments?? with Ghezzal, a new face in the club, and he has a good chance to become a worthy substitute for Riyad Mahrez. As we can see in recent history Leicester can’t dispense with Algerian players: Mahrez, Slimani… and now Ghezzal. They have a very real chemistry:)
Also I was in a good mood after I found out that Jamie Vardy extended his contract. A living legend of the club, he stayed despite everything. I respect such a dedicated individual.
Coming back to the game I can say that there were only two moments when things could have been different. The judge (referee, official?) could have awarded a penalty kick for Iheanacho who (was pushed in the back??). And after Vardy’s goal in injury time Kasper Schmeichel was very close to repeating one of his father’s feats. Otherwise, Leicester was an industrious, but rather limited rival for «red devils» in relation to attack.
By the next evening I had calmed down and stopped thinking emotionally. I had come to realize that players need some time to work out with each other.
A few years ago two chemical components, Vardy and Mahrez, created a real miracle - the first Leicester Premier League title. Can Claude Puel figure out another winning formula?
P.S.
Thanks Iain for inspired lessons:)
Image from LCFC.com0 votedAugust 16, 20181Correct my mistakes please
Gaining the nerve to talk to him, I finally crossed the road
She might stretch the truth a bit to avoid a punishment
The deciding factor if she goes or not to the party will be her behavior at grandparent’s house
To back up a bit that wasn’t about his homicide, it was rather about repercussions what he just did (Sorry, this is not clear.)
When I came home I saw my parents huddling around the fireplace
I found him arrogance but still nice and brave guy
Suddenly Harry had the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. He might be expelled in a couple of hours
Some of her classmates held her up for ridicule since she could remember herself (this part is hard to understand.)Very good writing! I have rewritten some of the sentences exactly how I would say it in a conversational tone.
Getting up the nerve to talk to him, I finally crossed the road.
She might stretch the truth a bit to avoid punishment. If you are talking about her possible future behavior:
She may stretch the truth to avoid punishment. If you are warning someone about her possible future behavior:
She is capable of stretching the truth to avoid punishment If you are commenting on her character:
Her behavior at her grandparents' house will determine whether or not she gets to go to the party.
When I came home, I saw my parents huddled around the fireplace. (huddling is not wrong, but it sounds like they were starting to huddle when you walked in the door. Huddled means they moved to the fireplace before you got there.)
I found him a bit arrogant, but still a nice and courageous guy.
Suddenly Harry had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. In a couple of hours he might be expelled.
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