-In the first sentence you are telling that you knew/heared something very specific ONLY after coming to Beijing, never before. -In the second sentence you are telling that is the first time you are knowing/hearing something specific for the firs time at the moment of expressing the sentence, never before. I guess the second is more common. Regards

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Ľudovít Štúr: A Man Who Helped the Nation

In today's speech I would like to talk about Ľudovít Štúr, the author of the Slovak language standard.
To begin with, the Slovak language is quite young compared to other languages. Of course it has been spoken since a long time ago but up till 1849 it had never been officially established. In the 19th century, the langauge was an important part of politics. People were not allowed to speak the Slovak language for a long perioud of time because of oppression, Magyarisation and Germanisation.

Ľudovít Štúr was also the leader of  the 'Štúr's Generation', which played an important role in the Slovak literature of the 19th century. In  The poems of that era portrayed an ideal hero who saved everyone and folklore motives were often used. But Ľudovít Štúr himself was not a good poet, even his friends said so. He was more of a leader, a charismatic person; he was able to stand up for the commoners.

He had an interesting life philosophy - to devote his life to work, he gave up on any romantic relationships. He said that there is not enough space for both work and a woman in one's hearth. He also expected his 'co-workers' to follow his example. But no one did.

Nowadays, he has become kind of a symbol or a popular character: companies use his image for advertisement mainly to target young audience of so-called hipsters. The contrast between English and the former Slovak langauge standard (which is still used when someone wants to explicitly say something) is often used  remarked. Actually, there was an TV educational programm called 'True Štúr' and Volkswagen made a very funny TV ad, they literally translated the word 'volkswagen' to the Slovak language. In English it means something like folk vehicle… In Slovak 'Ľudo' which is a shortened form of 'Ľudovít' means 'folk' but when you use it in a sentence it changes its suffix… It's complicated. Anyway, it was very funny

I hope that you have learnt something about the Slovak culture and history and that you find it interesting.

Regards

It will be my first time to see  watch the sea :)

I haven't got an opportunity to see the sea since I was born, because the places that  where I have ever lived in are far away from the sea. But now, one chance comes: it will be  in about one month later that my sister and I are  will be going to go to a coastal city named Rizhao to see   watch the sea during the following next Dragon Boat Festival. I am really looking forward to my trip, though there are still 27 days long before the arrival of that traditional festival comes.
Two years or even more years have passed in a blur. I remember when I was a senior student, my best friends at that time and I once, planned to see the beach together; we were so excited that I still easily recall the eyes of my friends that were full of expectation. However, ultimately, we failed.
One In a month later, it will be my the first time that I will to see the sea. Maybe the sea won't be looked like what I had imagined in my mind for a thousands times when I was a child, but as a grown-up, it's even now that I still cannot wait to see  watch it. My strong desires about   for the sea makes me feel that I am still that little girl and my friends never came away.

Summary

A man in a trenchcoat enters a room filled with several people.He asks not anyone  everyone  to leave room in a variety of ways. A man with a pipe suggests that he doesn't want anyone to leave the room.The man agrees pointing his finger at the pipe man man with the pipe. He then allows himself to introduce himself as Inspector Tiger. "Tiger?", the people ask(s) and he turns around anxiously asking :"Where?"
He continues to explain, that he is investigating a murder, when the man with the pipe informs him, that there hadn't been any. He doesn't like it and sits down on the couch. The lights go out, there is a shot, someone screams and when the lights go on again, Tiger has an arrow trhough his throat and is dead.
Then enters another man enters also in a trenchcoat, introduces himself as Chief Superintendent Lookoutoftheyard, who and dies under similar circumstances. Another man enters, introducing himself as Chief Constable Theresamanbehindyou. Summarizing the events so far, he asks his accompany,ing Constable to play the part of Tiger, and shoots him in the course of it.
Finally, enters another Chief Constable enters, who excusing himself to introlow (?) his body, while a blackboard shows the number of Inspectors and Chief Constables deceased so far.

ERRORS in red, CORRECTIONS in yellow, I did not understand what you mean with introlow

A reduced sentence that shows why (B) is the correct answer is: "This reduced rate still includes full use of all our facilities" USE is the correct answer because it is a VERB while permission is a SUSTANTIVE. A correct sentence with "permission" would be "This reduced rate still gives full PERMISSION TO access all of our facilities"

I think that the closest equivalent to "needy" in the sentence would be 'looking noticeably opportunistic' (even if not willing it or doubteously) Regards

1. "Would as" is used to indicate something that could occur in a certain manner in the future. Example: "This method WOULD work AS a charm in the future if we work hard now" 2. "If" is used to express a condition. Example: "If we do this the method could work" "Whether" is similar to saying "without caring if" and it is always followed by "or" Example: "I will work WHETHER is Saturday OR SUNDAY" "WHETHER I am sad OR happy I have to work" 3. I did not understand this question, sorry Regards