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Hi! My name is Mark and I live in the US. I am learning Russian. My parents came from Russia to the US in 1990. When I was growing up they spoke more English than Russian to me. Now I am fixing their mistake on Italki. On italki, I am searching for a language partner.
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< It's High Time for Winter to Die.
I was looking forward to the sunny and warm weather from the very first day of the winter spring. (Don't you mean you were looking forward to the warm weather when winter started?)
Eventually this time has come!
It can be said with everyone, right that today the weather was great the whole day.
The sun was shining brightly, there was no cold wind, and people in the town were in high spirits.
It was nice to have a little walk and to think about different things.
There is one thing I'm a bit disappointed with, though.
In spite of this wonderful, long-awaited, sunny day, now I feel a bit sad and melancholic.
No, I certainly don't regret the winter.
The winter is dying, because it's high time for it to go away and let us to have a rest from that cheeky winter's cold.
There are causes for my non-spring mood... or maybe there are no causes.
I don't know exactly, and it's a tricky business, actually, to find out what's wrong with human mood sometimes!
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0 votedMarch 25, 20181- Рецензия книги “Пикник на обочине”. Пикник на обочине рассказывает рассказ о инопланетянах котором побывали землю. Но инопланетяны новерное не замечали нас и их посещение были пикник на обочиние, как быстрый перерыв посреди дороги и ты бросаешь свой мусор на обочиние дороги. Мы думаем, что их мусор как замечательные сокровище и эти сокровище ценность много денег! Главный характер называется Рэдрик Шухарт, он работает сталкером котором находит реликвии из инопланетяные посадочные зоны. Мы читаем о его посещения в инопланетянах посадочных зонах. Но Рэдрик не важную фигуру в мире. Он работает сталкером потому что он скучающий. Его рассказ очень волнующая и грустная. Я рекоммендую Пикник на обочиние.March 25, 201863
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Notebooks
I adore notebooks. It is does not matter what kind are they. I adore any all of them. Especially I especially like to start it them. It seems to me like a new beginning when I write at the first page for the first time. As a general rule (Or you can use In general) I concentrate, for my thoughts to become pure and light and I am in waiting of good changes in my life.
I envy writers. They can write texts other people enjoy. They have this easiness in their brain and their fingers to express pictures, images, mood, feelings on paper. It is so gorgeous!
Whatever you may say paper is a miraculous invention of a mankind. It is so soft, so beutiful beautiful and pure. Sound disappersdisapears in eternity. But paper - not.
I associate paper with pureness, with opportunities. It is my best adviser. When I don't know how should I behave or what option should I should choose or more often when I am sad and depressed, I write a stream of my thoughts on paper. And finally I find easiness and peace of mind there.
Paper is my good teacher in studying foreign languages. I write words, rules, examples on paper and so it is easier for me to learn it.
It is a real pity that I write less paper documents than people lived in previous centures centuries.
It is very interesting that in different societies people use different format of notebooks. Maybe it somehow characterizes the society itself? For example in Russia a typical notebook for university students is a checked copybook with a format 165x205 mm for 96 pages. Everytime I go abroad I bring notebooks from there. And then, when I use it in my studies, I feel strange as a myself a bit a foreign student writing on a typical for myself notebook. Such and interesting feeling!
Thank you for you time reading my passage!
Have a nice day! And I wish you to have a nice experience with paper or anything else you like!0 votedFebruary 8, 20181Exercise. Verbs followed by an infinitive - A
So let's start with A.
agree
Anna agreed to be an actress in an old theater. She agreed not to get a better job in a cinema.
Andrey agrees to start today, but his boss agrees to start tomorrow.
appear
Clowns appear to have been there for some time. They appear to do too strange things too.
She appears to be a crazy woman. Her decision appears to destroy our plans.
arrange
Your manager arranged to get your documents in Japan. He arranged to meet with partners.
Fedor arranged to travel in India for his bride and him, but she didn't know about it, and she arranged to travel in France in the same time! After that they arranged not to do surprises.
ask
Irina asked us to be polite to each other. Others asked not to go into their own business.
Jerry asked us to join his company. We asked to wait a little.
attempt
I attempt to learn by heart verbs followed by an infinitive. I attempt not to be crazy about it.0 votedFebruary 8, 20181Essay "Overpopulation of Major Cities" 08.02.18
Big cities always were an attraction for people where they could fulfill their goals and dreams and now major cities are faced with the situation of overpopulation. People are concentrated in blocks and apartment buildings and have become stressed over noise pollution and confined flats, it creates ecological issues as well. This is an important problem that is needed to be solved in order to unload cities and create more suitable environment for people to live.
One of the reasons why people flock to urban centers is that there are most of the industrial and business parks are located there. So it creates a situation when only in these cities can people can get a job that would have high probability of promotion and decent pay rate. Since many of these jobs are computer related, employers could provide employees with an opportunity for distant working, so they will have no need to travel or move to big cities.
However, if a job could not be done from home many people prefer to move to big cities, rather than commute there every day. And it leads to the second problem that is connected with a poor transportation system that joins a city with its suburbs. In order to make it easier to travel from the suburbs of or even from the outer parts of a city, the government should revise routs, timetables of public transport and build more suitable roads, so as a result more people would be able to live outside of city centers.
And finally, people move to large cities because they have more developed entertainment, educational and health infrastructure. Outskirts and outer-ring regions are lacking of that, so it causes people to look for a better place to live and in this case it is a large city. To make outskirts more appealing for people the government should create a plan for developing distant areas, this measure will not only make these regions more attractive, but would create more workplaces there as well.
To conclude, because of an uneven distribution of business and manufacturing areas, major cities are faced with overpopulation and suffer from effects that it provides. To solve this problem, the government should develop distant parts and outer regions of cities to make them more attractive. Thus, it would unload big cities and create more suitable and comfortable environment both for people who live in cities and at outskirts.0 votedFebruary 8, 20180How to make a good impression at a job interview
The first impression is very important. Don't worry and be ready for a small talk. You should choose a suitable clothes and prepare. Read up an on information about the company, you need to decide why you choose chose the company. Think about what you want to tell them about yourself what to tell about you. Why you are you better than others? What is your strength and weak sides? Don't be afraid of your weakness, don't say that you don't have it. Yes, you have a weakness, but you are working on it. Be a friendly polite person!
What do you think about it? How to make a good impression at a job interview?0 votedFebruary 7, 20181- Зачем люди летают в космос? Я верю что, люди хотят летать в космосе потому что, люди ищут приключение! Я думаю что, люди поплыли океан за приключение и они хотят стать знаменитым но, больше нет земли чтобы обнаружить, так им нужно летать в космос! По тому пути, космос как океан. Когда я был маленький, мне понравилось смотреть Звездный путь. Звездный путь о людях которых путешествуют в космос и как люди на корабле работают вместе, обнаружинают новые планеты, встречают инопланетянины. Звездный путь была первую передачу что я хотел жить.February 7, 2018122
- Я отвечаю эти вопросу 1. Когда вы окончили школу? Я окончил школу в Июне две тысячи восьмого году. 2. Когда вы приехали в Россию? Я никогда не приехал в Россию. С надеждой я попутешествую через неслолько лет. 3. когда вы начали изучать русский язык? Я начал изучать русский язык в Летом две тысячи семьнадцатього году 4. Когда у вас будут отпуск? Я возьму отпуск в Апреле или Мае. Я не знаю где я поеду. 5. Когда вы поедете домой на отпуске? Я поехал домой на отпуске в декабре прошлом году. 6. Как часто вы звоните домой? Я звоню домой каждый день! И я иногда спрошу ли мой брат или моя сестра позвонили, и обычно она скажем нет. То, я скажу как ей нужно ценить меня больше! 7. Как часто вы занимаетесь спортом? Я не занимаюсь спортом, я только хожу в спортзал. 8. Как часто вы ходите в кинотеатр? Я не часто ходить в кинотеатр. Я только пойду в кинотеатр ли я посчитаю ходить новый фильм большим спектаклем.January 31, 201841
- Канун нового года спектакль В канун нового года, моя семья отпраздновала новый год! Перед кануном нового года, Я приехал домой от Кливленда до Рочестера к родителям перед Рождеством. Меня был отпуск с работы на одну неделю. Я отдыхал, читал книги и играл видеоигры. Перед новым годом моя старшая сестра приехала из Сиэтла со своим мужем, где она работает фармацевтом. Мой старший брат тоже приехал со своей женой, они живут в Рочестере. И мой дедушка тоже приехал, он был известным архитектором в России. Моя маma приготовила плов, много салат, и латкес. А потом моя мама выступила кукольный спектакль! Она любит искусство, и делает куклы. В спектакле, кукольный Баба Яга подарила подарки нас. Был очень весело.January 24, 201820

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