Nikki Spitman, speaks , learning , from - italki

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Living in Toronto looking for someone to exchange languages with.. especially since I'm heading back to Shanghai to visit my relatives! Looking for a native Mandarin speaker! :) Totally can help you learn English... been speaking it all my life B-)! Shoot me a message if you're interested:)

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Looking for a language exchange partner! :) I'm wanting to improve my Mandarin and of course I'm wanting to help you improve your English as well! Preferably wanting someone in downtown Toronto because I would love to meet once a week to chat in a library or cafe! Message me if you're interested! I'm free on Thursdays and Fridays! :)
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February 24, 2024
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Recovering from foot-in-mouth disease
I borrowed a book entitled "Excuse Me, But I was Next..." from the library. It is a book about how to handle the top 100 manners dilemmas（I believe this is grammatically correct, but it sounds a bit awkward. You could write "top 100 dilemmas regarding manners” instead）. One of the chapters about how to recover from foot-in-mouth disease made me laugh as I or my partner both my partner and I had a similar kind of experience.

The content is presented in Q & A format. Here is one of the situations:

I recently asked the librarian at my daughter's school when her baby was due. To my horror, she responded, "I'm not pregnant." I could only manage to stutter, "Oh, I'm so sorry!" and disappear as soon as I could.

I recalled that when I took a train several years ago, a young lady offered her seat to me. I thought she would think I was pregnant. After I came back home, I was more determined to do sit-ups and exercises to reduce my belly fat !
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November 15, 2017
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How I taught, but did not study
I want to talk about my crazy week, it's not about practicing my English, but about teaching Russian.

First of all, I <strike>have had</strike> experienced my first classes in school as a teacher. It was exciting, but it took all my time and energy. That's why I couldn't do anything else but prepare for classes and teaching.

I really want to improve my English, but felt <strike>myself </strike>a little bit upset<strike>,</strike> because I missed out on this week. <strike>And </strike>I'm afraid it will affect <strike>to </strike>my next few weeks in the "Language heroes" marathon. <strike>Sure,</strike> I did not do the task of week. AT ALL. I didn't practice<strike>d</strike> my phonetics or my pronunciation skills and did not even <strike>not </strike>implement<strike>ed</strike> my standard plan - 5 hours a<strike>t</strike> week. I really tried to find somebody to check my pronunciation on italki, but didn't have any luck. But, it seems I found a person who is willing to be my language exchange partner for Chinese,<strike> language</strike> which I'll start learning after English :D

I hope, the next week will be more productive - I won't be <strike>not </strike>so busy at school and I will have more time for making my language dreams come true!
*Keep up the good work! Practice makes perfect:)! 加油!!! (for when you start learning Chinese). Wishing you all the best with attaining your language dreams*
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September 30, 2017
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It is well known that physical and mental health are important for students. That is why I agree with spending money on students' sports activities, it helps them <strike>to </strike>live a better life during critical years.
As we all know, sports are important for health. Students spend a great amount of time seated at their desks, <strike>for </strike>studying. The universities should give them the opportunity to do more outdoor activities. Playing sports is a good way to help prevent a lot of physical diseases. It is important to promote physical activity within the students' environment. In addition, physical activity helps to free our minds and relax.
Nowadays, more people go to university. There is more competition amongst students, which is a factor that increases their state of anxiety <strike>on student as well as other traditional factors</strike>. As a result, students get sick easier; playing sports could help them <strike>to</strike> reduce their level of anxiety and thus, help them stay healthy. For example, a university could build a gym near the campus. This can help them <strike>to</strike> take a break from their studies, go to gym, and then return to their books with more energy.
The character of a person isn’t only built by books and lessons, but also by social activities, like team sports. Universities should therefore invest money in organizing tournaments or championships. Taking part in these events helps students to make new friends and learn to compete with other people. There are also a lot of things we can learn from sports that we can apply at work, such as teamwork and other social skills.
In conclusion, to improve the lives of students at university, it is important to invest money not only in academia,<strike> build library or buy books,</strike> but <strike>also </strike>on sports as well.
*I don't know how the test is graded/scored, so I won't be much help there. Some of my edits were more of a suggestion (i.e. grammatically correct, but would be better written another way). Best of luck!
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September 30, 2017
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