The usual expression is "canary in a coal mine." You can read an explanation in Wikipedia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine#English It means an indicator of coming danger. By inserting the work "housing" into the expression, the writer of the article applied the expression to the housing market. The "leading measure of home prices" is now the canary. The upward or downward movement of this index is supposed to indicate the future of the housing market.

sweet and salty food

I could'nt find an exciting subject on which I could write, and but I remember I made a white [not sure what you wanted to say, so I suggest:] wrote an essay for an IELTS test last week and the subject was : "sweet food or salty food". This subject didn't inspire me anything even more if I had to speak to someone about it, but I need to train myself on to speak fluently on any subjects. I like both sweet and salty foods but when I'm hungry I'm more attracted by sweet food. When I take a have lunch [1] I like to finish with something sweet. iIf I can't, I feel like something is missing. Before, Iif I was too lazy to cook or/and if there was no more food in my fridge, I was able to take would eat [or have] another breakfast at in the evening. I am conscious know that it's not the best way to feed myself, and that's why I am now makeing a lot of greater efforts to cook more often now. I never learned to cook, because my mum never teach taught me, but I find have found really good recipes on the internet. Here is one of my favourites.  [Looks delicious!]

[1] English speakers usually say "to have lunch" instead of "to take lunch."

Yes, I think it would be a mistake to say "it was raining." This is because the sun was shining when you looked out the window yesterday morning. If you say "it was raining," that would mean that it was raining when you looked out the window.

Could you please correct and improve this recommendation? Thanks in advance

Amelie is so wonderful! Really easy to be around and was nice to talk to. We connected straight away and I felt like I’d known her for years. Great stories shared and she is super clean and respectable.

As an aeronautical engineer, specializeding in computer systems applied to aviation, she has the knowledge and skills that can benefit many companies that could hire her. However, she is so involved and committed in the care of the environment, that she is looking to apply her knowledge and skills to this cause.

If you have the opportunity to host or meet Amelie you should take it!

i am learning english now

Hello, my name is cCecilia,. i I am from Mexico,. mMy work is repairing computers,. i I study eEnglish,. iI am an enginneer in I.T., mMy hobbies are playing videogames, runing, swiming and watching movies,. i I am learning eEnglish because i want to travel an to others countrys,ies.

Something about Norway

The literally meaning of Norway is “the way to the North”.
Norway is a country in North northern Europe and a part of Scandinavia. Sweden, Finland and Russia are bordering Norway.
The polity in government (or political system) of Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliament. Norway is amongst other things a member of the UN, EFTA and NATO.
Norway is one of the largest countries in size in Europe. With only 5,3 million inhabitants it is sparsely populated. A big part of the population is concentrated in the south of the country with in the capital Oslo. Other big cities are Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger.
No European country has such a long longitudinal stretching north-south extension. Kristiansand in the south is about 1500 km away from Hammerfest in the north,. This distance is approximately the same distance as between Kristiansand and Florence. The Wwest- Eeast- expansion extension, on the other hand however, varies only between 470 km in the south and 7 km near Narvik.
The landscape is characterized by the Scandinavian mountain range with sparse plateaus and the fjords at the coast. The highest mountain is the Galdhøppigen in Jotunheimen with 2469 m.
A fjord is a deep, incised valley surrounded by steep mountains arose eroded by ice masses during ice age. The longest fjord is the Sognefjord with 204 km,; it is 1308 m deep. It is the longest and deepest fjord in Europe. The Nærøyfjord and the Geirangerfjord are listed in the UNESCO`s world heritage list.

Comment: Very nice description. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks. Now I would like to visit Norway.

Some possible answers: 1. You have to experience it to know what it was like. 2. Only someone who has experienced it would know.

Day 1

I always feel it is a little bit difficult for me to describe a thing happened an event in my daily life to my English speaking colleagues. I always stop and spend time to think thinking about what tense I should use, what words I want to use. Today when I am was driving, I think thought maybe I can could write some sentences just like for a dairy and ask some native speakers to review and correct then for me. That's why I found came here. I think this is a really a good way to improve my English. I will try to write a paragraph and correct one Chinese paragraph every day. I corrected 3 paragraphs today and found that it is was a burden for me.  while Correcting one paragraph is perfect and I can keep the quality do a good job. I will come tomorrow, if I can remember.