What Superpower Do You Want?

If I could get one superpower, that <strike>will</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">would</font> be <strike>an</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">the</font> ability to run really fast. Of course, there are many other amazing superpowers like being able to read <font style="background-color: yellow;">another person's</font><font style="background-color: yellow;"> </font>mind, shooting light beam<font style="background-color: yellow;">s</font>, flying in the sky, etc. However, I'd like to choose to run really fast for my superpower. It's really helpful when I find myself late for school or a meeting. Also, people wouldn't r<strike>ecognize easily</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">realize</font> that I have a superpower if I don't run too fast.

About figure skating

Is this speech natural? I'll be happy if you give me some advice:)

Yuzuru Hanyu is one of the most famous figure skaters. I love his performance so much. Today I’m going to tell you about him.

First of all, I'll explain his appeal <strike>I explain his attraction to you</strike>. Yuzuru is such a wonderful skater. When he was only 15 years old, he participate<font style="background-color: yellow;">d</font><strike>s</strike> in the senior tournament for the first time and got the second place prize. He looked younger <strike>a little</strike> then than now. His skating skills are almost perfect, I think. He is good at all skill elements such as jumping, spinning, <font style="background-color: yellow;">and</font> skating. In competitions, his jumps usually get <font style="background-color: yellow;">a</font> high score because he jumps very high for long distance<font style="background-color: yellow;">s</font>. And he is particular about each performance. That is why he has an incredible world record and won the Olympic games twice. A lot of figure skating fans and skaters look up to him <strike>deeply</strike> not only because his performance is beautiful but also because he is very kind, <strike>moderate</strike> modest and polite to everyone. In addition, his smile is so cute and charming that he is called “an angel” by some of his fans.

Next, I’ll show you my favorite skating program. Until a few years ago, it was not allowed <strike>that</strike> for skaters to use<strike>d </strike>songs for competitions, <strike>which means music </strike>including songs that featured lyrics <strike>human voices</strike>, but now they can use whatever music they like in both competitions and exhibitions. Thanks to this change <strike>of</strike> in the rules, I <strike>could encounter with</strike> was able to witness the best skating program I’ve ever seen. In 2014, Yuzuru selected “the Phantom of the Opera” for his performance and I loved it more than anything else. In this program, Yuzuru <strike>expressed</strike> embodied the Phantom's strong emotions of love and pain<strike>ful feeling of Phantom</strike>. Actually, I want<strike>ed</strike> to see it with you right now, but I’m sorry I cannot because I have no time to do so. So, you should check it after the class!

In summary, I’ve talked about the <strike>attraction</strike> appeal of Yuzuru. Are you getting interested in him or figure skating? If so, why don’t you come <strike>go</strike> watch<strike>ing</strike> figure skating with me? Thank you for listening.

A Precious Lesson I Learned

When I was little, I was very nervous about speaking English in front of many people. I was afraid of making mistakes. And most of all, I was worried because of my non-native-<strike>like</strike> accent<strike>s</strike> and pronunciation. Thinking that people would laugh at me with my pronunciation, I tried not to speak English as much as possible.

It wasn't until I watched a video clip that I changed my mind. The video clip was about how to be fluent in English. All the methods shown in the video to study<strike> ways about</strike> English <strike>study in the video </strike>seemed creative. However, what impressed me <font style="background-color: yellow;">the</font> most <font style="background-color: yellow;">was what the lecturer said in the video.</font><strike> a word a lecturer in the video said.</strike> The lecturer said he could <font style="background-color: yellow;">become</font> <strike>be</strike> better at English even without <strike>any experience of </strike>studying or living abroad. However, it took quite <font style="background-color: yellow;">a</font> long <font style="background-color: yellow;">time</font> for him to <strike>have</strike> develop a native-like accent<strike>s</strike>.

<strike>On the way of trying to have the accents </strike>As he developed his speaking skills, he learned that he shouldn't had felt <strike>that</strike> bad <font style="background-color: yellow;">about</font> <strike>with</strike> his non-native<strike>-like</strike> English accent<strike>s</strike>. He said it <strike>will</strike> would be great if one has <strike>a</strike> good pronunciation, but what's more important is what message<strike>s he</strike> one wants to convey<strike>s</strike> and how <strike>he</strike> one conveys them. Also, he <strike>included</strike> said that there isn't just one perfect accent for English in today's world where English is spoken in many countries. There are standard English accents, but that doesn't <strike>mean that </strike>invalidate the English spoken by people with non-standard accents or mean that their accents are unacceptable. <strike>English that people with non-standard accents speak isn't English and that their accents are completely wrong.</strike>

After watching the video, I learned that it wasn't wise of me <strike>that I'd tried not to speak</strike> to avoid speaking in English just because of my current pronunciation. Thankfully, I was able to focus harder <strike>could focus harder</strike> and have more interest<strike>s</strike> in speaking in English <strike>speaking</strike> from then on.

Italki is fun

I have been studying English for years．

It sounds surprising <strike>surpring</strike>． I started at １３. I am <font style="background-color: yellow;">now</font> ３２． I studied hard for the college entrance exam<strike> exam for entrance to collage</strike>． It was <strike>taugh</strike> tough for me．

When l grew up, I got money, I travelled abroad.

I enjoyed talking <font style="background-color: yellow;">to</font> a lot of people .

I appreciated <font style="background-color: yellow;">that</font> I had studied English.

Yesterday, I got italki. I was so excited.

I can talk all over the world！

I wish I <strike>could</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">would have</font> known <font style="background-color: yellow;">about</font> this app<strike>r</strike>i<strike> in my</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">during</font> high school <strike>days</strike>.