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The Great Artists Never Disappear
How many artists can't manage their own emotions (and even lives)! Lately, I have been listening to Amy Winehouse's music and vocals. What a brilliant talent who passed away so early! Why did it happen? Where were her dears, friends and fans when she felt so bad? She just couldn't carry her talent by herself, it's so evident! It was too bright and mature at the time when she was so young and impulsive. Her soul couldn't cope with it.
Rest in peace, shining diamond! The great artists never disappear.0 votedMarch 11, 20180"Fallas" is coming
Yes, I’m doing a joke play on words with "Fallas" and" Game of Thrones" and I know that making fun with this show isn’t original, but this is me.
Just in case someone doesn’t know what the Fallas is, I will tell you: the "Fallas" is a festivity dedicated to Saint Joseph, that is celebrated in Valencia (Spain).
In the past, it was a ritual to celebrate the arrival of Spring. The carpenters, others artisans and the general population burned old stuff at the end of the Winter to celebrate the arrival of the Spring. This ritual represents a new start. When the Catholic religion came to Spain after the Roman Empire, the church gave a religious meaning to this ritual, taking away any Pagan element and dedicating this festivity to Saint Joseph.
Nowadays, the "Fallas" mix a religious feeling with the party. Most of neighborhoods of Valencia City (and other towns in surrounding Valencia Community) have a “Casal Faller”, an organization where people sign up to celebrate this festivity and build a "falla", a monument of cardboard and wood that will be burned on the day of Saint Joseph. The celebrations are during four days, from the 16th of March to the 19th of the same month. In these days the "Casal Faller" made puts on various acts events: like meals like paella, popular dances, "despertaes", "mascletaes" and others officials acts on the street and in the churches.
For most of children kids this is the most exciting moment of the year (yes, more than Christmas), because they can play at the street, explode firecrackers, go to bed late and other stuff that they can’t do in other moments of the year. When I was a child, I loved the Fallas. But now I don’t like it in the same way. I like to go to Valencia to see the Fallas and enjoy the party... for a while. If you aren’t a “Fallero” (a person who has signed up in a “Casal Faller”), the Fallas become a very intrusive party that hinders daily activities: many streets are closed and you can’t drive around the city, there are a lot of people all around, there is trash everywhere (it’s impossible to keep the city clean!) and if you live near a “casal fallero” forget to sleep sleeping because of the music, the firecrackers and all the stuff that people do.
Fallas have a lot of wonderful things, but live life with it (if you can't enjoy the party) is very hard.0 votedMarch 7, 20182A Beach Day
I went to the beach yesterday with my friends who have a rental a house nearby. We took the local train, and luckily there they were not crowded and both of us have had a seat. We have had a chat on the train, and after one and a half hours then we arrived. (You can also say 'an hour and a half')
Because it's it was (it's is an contraction of 'it is') Monday, there were not much many people, and it was a sunny day with the tender wind a gentle breeze. The waves were big, so some surfers went there and enjoyed surfing. Sometime we played in the water, and sometimes we just sat at the beach drinking beer. Even though we stsy spent the whole day doing nothing and besides getting sunburned, I had nothing but the fill feeling of happiness in mind. "What a wonderful life it is," I thought.Great job! It's always tricky speaking about the past tense. I liked your story, sounds like you had a great time!
0 votedSeptember 19, 20171so hard
Hi,I am try trying to learn English.
I had to leave school very young because I was a bad boy and lazy boy. Now I am a gentleman, worker, father et and husben husband.
I am learning English myself (in the from books), so I am a bad teacher.
I understand a basic English and I understand a text written and spoken.
I really need help. I am looking for a correspondent, or a friend :) English native, who is learning French.
I live to in Toulouse in French France. I am 43 years old, married and 1 with one kid.
Bye bye,
VincentGreat job! I fully understood what you were trying to say. I changed a lot of your verbs to the 'present progressive' form, and included the right form of 'to be' in certain places. Another thing to note is the use of capitalized letters for proper nouns (like English). Also, the numbers zero through nine are usually spelled out rather than using the number. Don't ask me why, that's just rule I learned in school. You almost make want to start learning French just to be your language exchange partner! You seem like you have a lot of motivation to master English, keep up the good work!
0 votedSeptember 19, 20171The Dictatorship of the Seen Message (Titles are usually capitalized with the exception of smaller words like 'of, the, a, or, and')
WhatsApp has become an essential tool overnight, although it could can brings anxiety, alienation and overuse.
Groups of friends, parents from school, you current partner (or even your ex partner), all of them are at one touch of distance tap away. Misinterpretations, silents silence, hasty replies in anger, and instant messages can cause reactions that one will would prefer to avoid. and In fact, many of them are typical of this "digital era." (When writing a list of things it's common to use "and" before the last item. For example, with a grocery list you would write, "I need eggs, cheese, milk, and bread".)
Many times, getting a message quickly demands a quick response. A delay, no matter how small, could cause anything from anxiety to anger despite what began the conversation.
But, the problem is getting worse. When the receiver has seen the message but suddenly something happens and he never replies, the ones who is waiting for the reply will see the two "blue checks" and then he will begin to make start to become impatient.
In other ways Another big deal, is that when using WhatsApps it is seems that people are available at every all of the time, turning this into an obligation.
Adapted from:
"La dictadura del vista" by "Virginia Poblet", published on magazine "Rumbo Digital"Great job! I tried to shorten some of the sentences. I was always caught using "run-on" sentences in school and was scolded for my use of the comma. Breaking up individual points/thoughts helps the reader see the sentence how someone would say it.
0 votedSeptember 19, 20171Frame 1
They are at Queensboro Plaza Station.
“This is…”
“...I know” (The three periods "..." are called an ellipsis, and have to be used in sets of threes for trailed or continued sentences.)
Frame 2
“I have no idea… I’ll ask the human.”
“So which train is running normally, if any?...”
Frame 3
“Well, F is only local and no M... There’s no 7 to Manhattan, You'd have to take a shuttle bus to Jamaica and G always sucks... so N line?? But I’m not sure...”
Frame 4
At the same time Meanwhile, in Astoria
“There’s train traffic ahead of us. Train will move shortly.” (I would use, "There are trains stopped ahead of us. We will be moving shortly.")
“Whaaat!?”
“I’ll I'm going to be late again...”
0 votedAugust 31, 20170Hello my life saviors savers!
I draw drew a cartoon and post it on Instagram. I've been looking for someone who can correct my errors before I post it. Thanks in advance!
This episode's plot is; They are in a NY subway station and see that a lot of trains are actually affected by service changes, construction or whatever and talking about trains that don't run normally. and The cat asks, "Are there any trains that are running without delay or troubles, if any?....(being sarcastic)" and The human explains it to them. and He said says, "the N train is the only one that is running without a delay or anything." but While in fact, in Astoria (where the N train is), the N train is having its own problem and is stuck between stations.
I know it's a little complicated and hard to understand if you're not familiar with the subway system in NYC but please let me know if you see any part that is not natural. (N, G, 7, M, F, etc. are names of the lines. Astoria is the name of the neighborhood in Queens NYC, where the N runs.)
Also, if you see any grammatical mistakes in THIS mail message instead of my cartoon, please correct me and punish me let me know (punish is a bit harsh, haha)! that'll That'd be great as well!
My friend told me to swap "at the same time" with Meanwhile in Astoria.
To help you understand what this is about, Instagram.com/lasqueensclothing
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! and I wish you the best with your study!
TakeoI tried copy/pasting my edits into this comment box but it waayyy over-exceeded the 5000 character limit. I'll copy paste into another comment.
0 votedAugust 31, 20170Diary '17/8/29 Missile from neighborhood
I talked with my English teacher through Skype in the this morning. We talked about what we did yesterday and the missile from Japanese Japan's neighbor this morning. He asked me what the purpose of North Korea was. He said they didn't have any ability to fight against the US or Japan because they didn't don't even have enough food. He also said it was weird that the Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries. I agreed with his opinion, because they used to be one country.
I hope that the two countries would will become one in the near future. As I live in modern democratic country, I feel it is strange that there are some communist nations in the neighborhood world ('neighborhood' is for smaller surrounding areas, within your city for example) in this 21st century.
I feel sorry for people in North Korea, people in Tibet, people in Uighur. I want to do something for them, but I have no idea what to do. I think the only solution is to change the government.After the lesson, I started went to work. Today I made some prototypes of wireless alarming devices. It went pretty well. Tomorrow I'm going to write specification sheets about them.
I tried to break your sentences into reasonable paragraphs. Typically you would separate common thoughts or sentences from one another so the reader can tell when you are moving onto a different topic. Very minimal corrections having to do with singular vs. plural. Other than that, great job!
0 votedAugust 29, 20171
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