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old friend"s talk
please help me with this :)
-Hello Helen!
-Good morning Mary!
-You know, I never knew if you have cousins?
- I do have cousins that I love very much. I could talk about them for hours!
-Really? Tell me all about them
-I have seven cousins
-You are kidding! You are so lucky!
-I know! How many cousins do you have?
-Only one who I met just twice my entire life. And you? (ok for talking but for writing "I only have one....)
-My cousins live in different towns but we still talk often. I always enjoy our conversations!
-It's so wonderful that you have such a warm family
-Thank you. I hope you and your cousin will meet more often.
- I hope so too.0 votedDecember 4, 20171There should always be zero tolerance for harassment.
It is, however, unclear how blocking people from other countries will solve the problem of harassment which is about the character of a person and not their origins. From the inclination of the mail presumably, the people to be blocked are men from certain countries? To do so is to do the very same type of stereotyping that the basis of this mail was premised, where people from a country are associated, in a sweeping and indiscriminate fashion, with one thing or another. Curious to know which countries these would be and the basis for the exclusion.
Furthermore, these days, being a "native" of a language is no longer synonymous with citizenship nor birth. A Brit who has lived in France all their life will probably be more native in French than English but has UK as a country in their profile, which will reduce the chances of people like myself, who are on this website to access the best available linguistic abilities, not friendships, to find suitable and capable people.
As to only getting PM from people who are your friends, unless your friend list is people who were your friends before joining iTalki, it is not clear how this would work as one has to accept friends first, usually complete strangers before one can know their motives. iTalki like all social platforms is obliged to put a mechanism in place to report and act on harassment, which they have.
Press the button.
0 votedNovember 22, 20170The day I climbed a mountain
Since I left Mexico last year, I had the strong desire to climb Mount Iztaccíhuatl. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity the first time I was there.
This year I had the opportunity of getting back to Mexico, so I went for the mountain. I joined a mountain tour and I climbed with two guides and seven other people - all of them Mexicans. I was the only non-Mexican, so it was a great Spanish practicing time for me!
Iztaccíhuatl is the third highest spot in Mexico, so it was a quite climb! We woke up at midnight to start and it took roughly seven hours. It is not that steep most of the path, but it's cold up there and it's harder to breathe as it gets higher. We climbed up to the viewing point, which is the best spot to behold the landscape and especially the volcano Popocatépetl, which is located right in front of Iztaccíhuatl. The view up there is stunning and totally rewarding.
After climbing down, I was wiped out, but very happy for taking part in such adventure.NB-the jury is still out on whether on can say climbdown a mountain and if climbing is always to ascend and not to descend.
0 votedNovember 20, 20171Practice is everything
I studied French for eight years at school.
I always thought I was good but it turned out that I actually wasn't.
I remember the first time I heard French. It was a shock.
I didn't understand anything.
And I could not say a word.
Since then, I decided to practice speaking and listened to French a few hours a week.
In a few months I was able to speak French.
When you learn a foreign language I think that the most important thing is listening and speaking whenever you can0 votedNovember 20, 20171
