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Hi there! I have pursued my master's degree in Business Information Systems in NZ. Before this wonderful journey, I found a couple of language exchange partners and one amazing English teacher on italki, who helped me a lot with my English. I have done language exchange with my friend who I met on italki since 2018, generally on a weekly basis. We always have interesting topics and the chat not only improves my English but also allows me to think more deeply about Mandarin (my mother tongue). Currently I would like to be a community tutor, helping you with Chinese(Mandarin) together with the cultures, life styles or anything I know about China. Looking forward to making friends throughout the world! Hope we have a wonderful language learning journey.
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James
English
Jun 20, 2018
Really good work Maggie, both in your speaking and writing. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you in the examination, although you're already climbing the bands, so I'm sure you'll get what you need :) Well done!
James
English
Jun 12, 2018
Great work, as always, Maggie. A pair of complicated writing tasks, one that relied on stylistic convention, rather than grammatical rules, both well executed. And a solid performance in the speaking questions we tried, quickly picking up on the inconsistencies in the language and just as quickly applying the corrections. Well done! :)
James
English
Jun 8, 2018
Great work Maggie. Today we discussed some of the problems that one can encounter in the speaking exam and then looked at some more atypical topics, how we can approach them and how we can seek clarification for questions that seem vague. Well done!
James
English
May 27, 2018
Great work Maggie, both in your writing and speaking components. Good luck for Wednesday, I'm sure you'll do excellently :)
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    July 13, 2018
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    Finish my IELTS exam and be back to italki (welcom any corrections to my essay ) After doing IELTS related exercises for around six months, I have finished my IELTS exam. Although I failed to attain my goal, which is to get 7.0 for writing, I still decided to stop intensive preparations for IELTS since I felt sick and tired of doing nothing but practicing writing, listening, reading and speaking in a boring way. The good news of my IELTS exam is I got 7.0 for my speaking, which is beyond my wildest dream. In fact, I am always thinking about devote myself to wiring practice, because I really desire to study teaching in NZ, which requires applicants to get four 7s in each section of IELTS. And from my point of view, as I have already reach a relatively high level as for other three aspects of English learning, my possible IELTS preparations could be easier than before. However, just as you know, altering easy life to hard one, people need courage. So I have struggled to weigh up the pros and cons and make the best choice in my life.
    July 13, 2018
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    Could you help me with this sentence which I am confused about? (1)Once cooled sufficiently the bricks can be packaged and are then ready for delivery. (2)Once you finish your homework you can watch TV. (1)My confusion is why the 1st sentence is not written like 'onced being cooled sufficiently .....', because the bricks are cooled(passive forms). In the above sentence, is 'being' omitted or there should not be the 'being' there. (2)For the 2nd sentence, if I can write like this 'once finishing your homework you can watch TV'. Like the 1st sentence, omitting the subject. Could you explain this to me? Really thanks for you help~~
    April 8, 2018
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    Could you help me check this sentence? Thank you very much~ If I got this opportunity to study there and, after graduating, I might not get a decent job which could help me get the permanent residency In this sentence, I want to express my guess about future, and I want to use subjunctive mood. However, I am not sure if this is right, could you help me to check it and if there are some mistakes or another better way to express, please tell me. Thank you very much~~~
    April 3, 2018
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    今天我不做很多的东西事情(If it had already happened, you can say 今天我没有做很多事(情), while if you are planning to do nothing and just be relaxed, you can say 今天我不打算/准备做很多事)(东西 means an object, like a book, a cake, etc. ),很放松啊

    今天我不没有做很多的东西(事情,here omitting 的 is ok),因为今天仍然是复活节的假日(假期is better),很放松啊!现在我太饱了,因为我刚刚才吃完晚餐(you can also say 因为我才吃完晚餐, 刚才 should use like this 我刚才看了一本书/我刚才吃了一块蛋糕, while here you want to stress that you just finished your dinner maybe a few seconds ago. And when speaking this sentence, we will stress 才 ),

    我也吃的全部都是蛋糕,哈哈,太好吃了!我平时没有(I feel adding 有 is better)吃很多的蛋糕,可是这个是我自己做的这个蛋糕,因此很新鲜和温暖,也还有花生酱和黑糖在里面(you can also say 而且里面还有花生酱和黑糖),很甜和也很好吃啊!下午我完成了一些文件,然后我休息了一下(一会 better),我也还看到一些小孩在外面玩捉迷藏,他们大声的倒数"十,九,八,几七,六。。。",我很喜欢看小孩玩得很开心。

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    April 3, 2018
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    Could you help me analyse this sentence? Thank you very much This invention, although treated with disdain in its early years, went on to enjoy an unparalleled popularity which lasted throughout the first half of the twentieth century. I feel coufused about the thing that why between the word 'although' and 'treated' there is no 'it is'. Because I always think that after 'although' there should be a full sentence as a clause. Is here deliberately omit 'it is'?or there are some other reasons?
    April 2, 2018
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    今天我们庆祝复活节

    今天我们庆祝了复活节,吃了巧克力兔子(兔子形状的巧克力is better, which means chocolates shaped like a rabbit, I guess this is what you  want to express, we can also say 兔子巧克力, even though this is not correct theoretically, it makes sense),水煮蛋和面包,我觉得我们一整天都在吃了食物(We are eating the whole day),太饱(撑is better)了啊!(饱means not hungry, 撑means eating too much and too full)


    早上是很冷和而且(in fact, 和, 而且both mean 'and', but here you should use 而且, I give you some examples about these two words. 他和我都很喜欢这本书;今天我们吃了蔬菜和肉;他很热心而且善良)下了雨,

    可是下午有太阳,多数人是很放松的(是很放松的/很放松, so if you add 是 at the beginning, remember add 的 in the end),没有压力,可是今天和明天多数商店是会(会 feels like going to)关闭门,因此星期六我们在超市看到了很多人。我们去散步的时候,看到一个女人在(was doing)喂鸟类(鸟类 is the generic term for all birds. we usually say 在喂小鸟 unless this bird is big, not little),

    天啊,忽然太多鸟类来了,太多了啊!(some people also prefer to say 超多啊, it also means too many)我爸爸的电脑今天有(出现了, 有 makes sense, but we like saying 电脑出(现)了一个问题)一个问题,我帮助他修理它,他刚才写信给我,现在电脑预期了运作良好(可以正常使用/工作了)(if you want to say your father anticipates this computer will work well, you can say 现在电脑应该可以正常工作/使用了, 应该 feel like a kind of guess. However, if you want to say your father have used this computer and found it worked well, you can say 现在电脑(已经=already)可以正常使用/工作了)。

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    April 2, 2018
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    Could you help me find if there are some faults in this sentence? Thank you very much~~ 'Due to this class and experiences shared by my teacher I realized that considering memorizing and reciting others' so-called perfect answers as the way to improve oral English or gain high score in IELTS exam is the worst and most terrible.' My friend said there are some grammer faults in this sentence and this sentence is too long so it is not a good way to show what I want to express. Could you help me to check where is wrong and then correct it, and also it would be better that tell me what is the best way to express the same meaning. Thank you very much~~~~~~~
    April 1, 2018
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    我刚才变得(突然=suddenly, I think it caters for the situation you want to express)感到/感觉饿了

    我刚才变得感到饿了,我觉得,是因为我看到了一个视频,关于怎么做饼干,(我觉得是因为我看到了一个关于怎么做饼干的视频, you can write by one sentence)

    哈哈,明天我会去(adding 去, it feels like 'gonig to do')买,做巧克力蛋糕的配料原料/原材料(配料likes you buy some cookies, and you can find some main ingredients which can be used to make cookies. And also we can say 我给这个菜加了些配料,它更好吃了, it means apart from the basic elements for this dish, I add some other things which make it tasty),我已经期待吃的。

    昨天我花了(adding 了 feels like it happened in the past)许多小时(时间),尝试解决一个问题,今天我终于解决了,我很喜欢专注于某事,总是可以学习到(adding 到 feels like you have already learned)很多的东西!

    我上周我跟我的一个同事讨论,关于什么地方是非常棒会适合去玩的问题(if you use 关于 at the beginning, you need to add 的问题in the end. you can also say上周我跟我的一个同事讨论,什么地方是非常适合去玩的)(here 适合 implys that the site is good enough to enjoy ),因为夏季天(夏季is formal)会来得很快!(因为夏天就快来了is better)

    今天的午餐(you can also say 今天中午)我们只吃了一点点食物,因为我们没有不是很饿,我们吃了(have alrealy happened)一些芸豆和玉米,它很太容易做了(here you should not use 了, even if it has already happend, I suppose it is a habit, but you can also think that 'it is easy to cook'feels like an objective reality, whether you cook it or not),很好吃啊!

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    March 31, 2018
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    我回来italki了!(我又来italki了/italki,我回来了 are better)

    哇哦,我好久没有在italki写日历日记(I guess you want to say diary, 日历means calendar)啦!

    我上次在italki写日历日记还是我在的时候还在英国的时候,每次写日历日记的话时候就要查词典,很久就才能写完一篇日记。

    我现在已经过了两年半在中国待了两年半了,我觉得我的中文进步的蛮多。但问题是,我的中文词汇还是很简单,因为我没有正式的学习中文!如果你们对提高词汇有什么推荐的好的方法,请告诉(here you can also say 推荐给我吧)我吧!

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    March 30, 2018
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