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    Laberinto del Fauno Esta es una respuesta breve a este estímulo, que se trata de la película "El Laberinto del Fauno", "Analiza las técnicas que utiliza Guillermo del Toro para explorar el mundo fantástico de Ofelia." no sé si tiene algún sentido de verdad... Con su vestuario único, una combinación de seres reales como cabras y humanos que crea una criatura completamente fantástica, el Fauno representa la intersección entre el mundo subterráneo y el mundo real. Ciertamente, es un portal entre los dos mundos y abre las puertas para que Ofelia descienda al reino de su padre. El disfraz del fauno parece a la higuera o una pieza de la tierra, de hecho dice sí mismo que es “el monte, el bosque y la tierra”, eso nos sugiere que simboliza también la naturaleza. A lo largo, Guillermo del Toro hace claro que la naturaleza es la respuesta a la violencia, y es significativo que el fauno menciona el bosque y el monte donde los maquis esconden y que protege a los rebeldes; el bosque de Ofelia es el Fauno. Este tipo de vínculo intratextual corre a través de la historia entera, especialmente en el mundo fantástico que es paralelo al real. El hombre pálido es un ejemplo perfecto de esto: sentado a la cabeza de una mesa larga y llena de un banquete rico, es difícil no enterarse que Vidal es este hombre: pálido, privilegiado y cruel. La pila de zapatos, reminiscentes de los campos de concentración Nazis, y la referencia al cuadro perturbador de Francisco Goya (“Saturno devorando a su hijo”), combinan para crear una escena que pertenece a las pesadillas. Del Toro comunica en esa escena la realidad brutal de la guerra y el hecho de que nunca debemos olvidar nuestro pasado. Esto era el propósito supremo del director, revelar un evento significante en la historia de España de que quizás el mundo anglosajón no sabe mucho. Tampoco el mundo hispánico habla mucho de este evento doloroso que marca su historia, y del Toro utiliza el mundo fantástico como manera de explorar esta memoria colectiva traumática. Sin embargo, al fin y al cabo, no podemos desligarse los dos mundos ya que el objetivo de la obra es demostrar que son uno. Las intersecciones se vuelven cada vez más obvias al punto de que ya no podemos ver ninguna separación. ¿Ofelia está muerta o no? Este misterio final nos deja del Toro para que contemplemos todo lo que dice la película y para fomentarnos explorar para nuestros mismos, nuestra versión de la historia.
    May 14, 2018
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  • Answered
    That's a good question, and if it doesn't exist we need one! If they were female, I'd probably say "little/sweet old lady", I know that doesn't exactly get the same meaning across but it has connotations of sweetness or innocence? I can't really think of a male equivalent though unfortunately, short of "little old man" but I don't think it has quite the same associations, though that seems really prejudice. The only other one I can think of is "old dear" as in "he's/she's such an old dear, bless him/her" but I'm not sure it conveys innocence as such. So in short, no we don't really have one that I can think of, but maybe someone else can think of something?
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    March 25, 2018
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    Hmm... This is sort of difficult. To me, "having classes" sounds better, although I think the first option still sort of works. I would say either "All the students were having classes" or "All the students were in class" although having class probably does make sense too... I'm a native but I am still a bit stumped! Sorry I can't help more.
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    March 25, 2018
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    Winter

    Hello
    This is a beginner
    My name is Masa
    I practice the English language text every day
    I live in the north of Japan near Mt Iwate
    In winter it's very cold and it snows about 100cm
    But it's full of fun skiing, skating and snowball games etc.


    Wow, where you live sounds beautiful! Good luck with learning English, you're doing super well already :)

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    March 17, 2018
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    answer to a friend's email

    For an exercise I have to respond to/answer an email from a friend.

    This is my answer:

    Dear Joe,
    I’m very happy to help you with your climate project.
    First of all, I live in a very mild country. There is not much difference of temperature in winter and summer. Summer is very hot, at about 35°, with no clouds in the blue sky and warm sunlight. In winter it rarely snows and the temperature rarely goes under 0°. In autumn and spring it sometimes rains, but often the wind blows strongly which dries the soil very fast. The lack of water becomes a problem during summer, above all for orchards, cultivated soil (land, terrain) and forest: because of that/due to this, our country is often affected/struck by fires.
    I like the mild climate because it allows us to stay at outside/in the open air during free time without any coat or cover. I would prefer if it were to snow more during winter, but I know this is a blessing/good thing/fortunate to avoid (prevent) problems with traffic caused by frost.
    I hope my response will help you for your research.
    Have a nice day,
    Jen


    Your English is really good, these were just minor corrections but overall it flowed really nicely and was very informative! I wish you the best of luck with your language learning journey, you've already done amazingly well, congrats. :)

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    March 17, 2018
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    De verdad, no sé mis aspiraciones con español... Mucha gente dicen que para aprender otro idioma, necesite una razón concreta para motivarle - una meta definida. Estoy de acuerdo con el hecho de que necesita la motivación porque sin ella, es un proceso muy difícil y lento. Sin embargo, por mi parte no tengo ninguna razón clara pero a la vez normalmente no falto la motivación; estudio español casi demasiado porque a veces abandono mis quehaceres o otras asignaturas que necesito repasar. Estaba pensando mucho en ese tema de la motivación como he dado cuenta de que tengo una multitud de razones por qué aprendo el español y no puedo elegir solamente una cosa en que puedo fijarme. No estoy segura si esto sea algo bueno (que tengo suficiente motivación) o algo malo (que me hace falta la dirección), ¿que piensan ustedes? Por supuesto como la mayoría de estudiantes de idiomas, mi objetivo final es hablar como un nativo pero estoy consciente de que esta meta tarda mucho tiempo y muchos años y creo que hay que concentrar en objetivos que son más alcanzables próximamente así que se puede tener un sentido del logro cuando ha superado un paso.
    March 2, 2018
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    March 1, 2018
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    The hate shoud be eliminated.

    The hate shoud be eliminated, there should be no place for that. Every person should have protection by the law and there should be no way to discriminate against his or her right and freedom for choice of living, work with no difference regardless if they are/no matter if they are black, white, jewish, muslim. Every perspon should be protected from the bureaucratic system of any state in this world.

    Otherwise, when there is no supreme law and objective consideration of each case in the legal field, chaos begins. (you could say "chaos ensues" it's sort of posh but the tone of the rest of your piece seems sophisticated too so it would fit)
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    March 1, 2018
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    Hi Ann!

    Thank you for your email. Sorry for not writing for so long. It was really nice to read about your travel trip to Scotland.I've fallen in love in this country from your letter.
    You asked me about my tours travels* and I would like to answer. Well, my family and I have been in went to Prague for a weekend in the last Summer. It was brilliant. We were wallking in the city a lot of the time. The town is very aged and charming. There are a many pompous constructions, witch was  which were built from 300 to 800 years ago. The most beautiful and famous place is Old Town Square. It is dating dates back to the 12th century. I could admire this spot all my life. We also attended/visited (more natural) a few castles. I was amazed by the atmosphere out there. It is too hard describe this by in/with words... In addition I was crazy about Czech cuisine. I've never eaten such delicious buterbrods, juicy-sweet deserts and succulent meat. I dream to return in to Prague again.
    How are you, my dear? I hope you are well.
    Looking forwards to hearing from you. Buy bye for now.
    Best wishes, your Elizabeth.

    *I think this is what you wanted to say

    I was curious, though this is none of my business, a lot of the spelling mistakes you made would be pronounced the same as the correct form (e.g buy, bye, spelled differently but said the same, English is crazy right?) and I just wondered, how did you learn English? Was it mostly through speaking/listening?

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    March 1, 2018
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    That is one of my favourite phrases "citizen of the world", and I agree with you about wanting to be one, especially in today's increasingly nationalistic political climate. Good luck with all your travels in the future! It all sounds very exciting. When you ask for recommendations, do you mean places to visit or how to improve your writing? You write very well in English by the way.
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    March 1, 2018
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