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Ciao a tutti! Mi chiamo Christian e vengo dagli stati uniti. Sto imparando l'italiano e mi piace per molte ragioni - amo il suono della lingua italiana, la musica e le poesie di Dante. Se volete parlare con me, posso aiutarvi con il vostro inglese. Ci sentiamo presto!
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    208 - Road to fulfillment

    One of the things that human beings tend to achieve [vuoi dire "seek" o "want" ?] is fulfillment. The problem is that every human has to find his/her own road. For some<s>one</s> this is not such a grueling task, since they can simply follow a road built by another. For <s>someone else</s>, others, however, it is different. <s>Following slavishly</s> Slavishly following what others did previously isn't enough. They must build their own road, tile by tile. First of all, they need to find the right direction and then proceed cautiously step by step, since no one has <s>never</s> ever followed that road before. It is very hard to say whether this is a divine gift<s>,</s> or a punishment. Who knows?

    What do you think about it [direi semplicemente "What do you think?"] ? Is <s>that</s> this something positive or negative?

    Molto bene Antonello!
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    January 6, 2020
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    My home town and where I would like to live

    Hi everyone! I grew up in a medium city in Tuscany (Italy) and since there is a very good university I had decided to study here, until <s>when</s> I moved to another country for a one year <s>program exchange</s>. exchange program
    At this point of my life I'm feeling really confused about where to put down roots. I've always desired [non male, ma direi "wanted" qui; un po' piu' naturale] to be an ambitious woman, to travel a lot and to take whatever opportunity the world offers me, which is obviously not in Italy at all - but this is another, economical and sad, story [hmm direi "this is another (sad and economical) story", ma non e' esattamente sbagliato]. On the other hand, the <s>more I get older</s> older I get the more I appreciate the <s>easiness</s> ease of my city: I can quickly get to every point of it, I know everyone, I'm close to my relatives and, even though it's still early, it would be easier to start my own family with my parents around. If <s>just</s> only we could have everything we desire in one place! [puoi anche dire "If we could only have everything..."]
    I still don't know what the future has in store for me and in the meantime I'm trying to improve my English, to learn Spanish and, why not, even French! I know that I'm not the only young-adult divided between the excitement to discover the world and the nostalgic desire to stay home :)

    Complimenti Silvia, hai scritto molto bene. E si', non sei l'unica persona che sente cosi' :)
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    December 11, 2019
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    185 - One of my favorite Italian words (15)

    One of my favorite Italian words is "infirmare", which is a very rare verb. It does not have an English counterpart, but it can be translated into "to invalidate" or "to weaken", depending on its two meanings. In fact, it is a word with a twofold meaning. I <s>have</s> read it for the first time two days ago in <s>an Italian famous site</s>, a famous Italian site which proposes [direi "provides" qui] a different word every day. It derives from Latin, like the majority of the <s>rarest, and most fascinating in my opinion, Italian words. </s> rarest, and, in my opinion, most fascinating Italian words.

    Molto bene Antonello....forse prova a migliorare l'ordine delle parole, ed anche potresti provare a usare più contrazioni, come "doesn't" invece di "does not", ecc.
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    December 5, 2019
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    Essay ( Could anyone please correct it?) Thanks a lot :)

    How<s> school</s> schools can best prepare people for their future working (direi solamente uno e due qui: "future" o "working") lives is still a hotly debated topic<s>, </s><s style="background-color: rgb(255, 235, 204);">.</s> It is not only about the knowledge of different topics such as history or geography, <s>whose</s> which I would <s>not say that are useful</s>, say aren't useful / are useless but <s>beside</s> besides them, students need a different type (direi "kind") of information.

    On one hand, teaching practical skills <s>add</s> adds more time to the learning process, because once the theoretical lesson takes place, then a practical one must follow it. On the other hand, this experience will give <s>to </s>the students a great time together and, of course, an opportunity to fix in their <s>fresh</s> minds (o "refresh in their minds") what they just learned.

    So <s>many times</s>, often it <s>happened</s> happens that a <s>human being</s> person at a certain <s>moment of</s> time in his life did not <s>have clear in his mind</s> clearly know what to do, work-wise (direi "for work"). The reason must be found in <s>alack </s>a lack of information <s>gave</s> given to the students from the school<s>,</s> ; moreover, this <s>kind of disclosures</s> information must be given in the right period<s>,</s> (usi ":" o "-" qui) as an example, it is unthinkable (direi "it's absurd / ridiculous to think") that someone at the age of 14 is interested in work as a Civil Engineer. The school must organise <s>tour travel</s>s tours both at <s>the</s> universities and at workplaces, to give <s>to</s> the students a full <s>package</s> picture of what they <s>have to</s> can expect from their future.

    Of the two measures outlined above, teaching practical skills is the most effective, because once one has seen something, of course, <s>this</s> it will <s>stuck</s> stick permanently in his mind. <s> and, the most important thing</s>, Most importantly, the student becomes more <s>interactive</s> independent and starts to ask himself about the connections related to a certain phenomenon, obtaining the so-called "Forma Mentis".

    Molto bene Simone. La tua ultima frase non è chiara - devi spiegare la "Forma Mentis" :)
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    November 19, 2019
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    The Bank

    hi, I'm very angry today, because I went <s>into</s> [direi "to" qui ma non un sbaglio] the bank to deposit a check and I had to wait a long time....40 minutes!! That's incredible!
    There was only one box to deposit a check, there were 3 people in the queue before me <s>end</s> and there were 5 empty boxes for private customers with the employees<s> to turn their thumbs</s>. twiddling their thumbs I'm <s>very very</s> really angry!!!

    Molto bene Leonardo, bravo!
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    November 10, 2019
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    Building walls

    If I had to summarise the last decade with only one word I would use "wall". In the last [half] century, after WW2, we tried to demolish as many walls as we could; I am not only referring to the famous Berlin Wall: the UN was formed, the EU was born and a series of political and economic deals were signed. * We had the Cold War, sure, but even then there was a clear sense of unity: East vs West, not everybody against everybody else; furthermore, I am sure <s>that no one ever thought the Cold War to be of any good</s>. no one thought (or thinks) the Cold War did any good.
    What about now, then? Why are we forgetting where divisions brought us? Does the proverb not say "Unity is strength"? Yet the UK is leaving the EU, a choice that - at least for now - is clearly damaging its economy; the USA is losing interest in foreign politics and the president himself talks about building walls. My own people want to reject desperate refugees <s>that</s> who are escaping from war, because they think they will steal their <s>job</s> jobs. They, a group of extremely poor people that comes from absolute poverty and often does not even know the language. <s>*They*</s> <em>They</em> will sit in our offices, sell to our <s>costumers,</s> customers, treat our patients. As if. Others think they will increase the crime rate, and yet there is no statistical evidence of that other than the media igniting this belief for a couple of extra views. *
    I know this is a controversial topic, but this is exactly [I might say, precisely] <s>the reason</s> why I want to talk about it: we are normalising division, celebrating it, even [I would say ", even celebrating it"]. * Will we only unite when, as always, time <s>will bring</s> brings us the bill to pay [you might eliminate "to pay"]?

    Very good! These are mostly points of style which I wouldn't worry about much (and I will let you take your pick of British or American spelling :) ) A couple other ones relating to the asterisks:

    *Be careful not to overuse colons/semicolons. I think you could easily begin a new sentence with "I am not only referring..." Again, I would probably cut down the Cold War sentence. Perhaps begin afresh with "Furthermore", and maybe make it longer so as to better stand on its own. I don't think you've used anything incorrectly but I think it could be more natural.
    * I would avoid having both "that" and "this [belief]" referring to the same thing; I'd use "this" rather than "that" as you've just been talking about it. You can also cut one out, so: "and yet there is no [statistical] evidence of this except sensational media stories written to garner views..."
    *It's not clear to me why "we have normalized division" is the "exact" reason you want to talk about it: because you feel that your viewpoint has become the minority one and therefore needs to be made more public? What's the relation of this to the fact that "I know this is a controversial topic..." ? I might try to make this a bit clearer.

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    November 5, 2019
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    Books vs Ebooks

    I have always been a book lover. My childhood can be described by using only three substantives ["nouns" è più naturale]: dolls, friends and books. I love the scent of books and just flicking through a book becomes [direi "is" qui] a pleasure. With <s>the</s> technological progress, books have undergone a noticeable transformation. Nowadays, apart from traditional printed books which I will always prefer<s> to ebooks</s>, we have the possibility to buy ebooks, that is electronic books, that [direi "which"] can be read on a computer or on a mobile device. Even though ebooks are generally less expensive, some people still prefer printed books. Why?
    Printed book lovers affirm that they like the contact with a concrete book, a sensation they cannot feel with an electronic version.

    As far as I am concerned, I used to be very <s>sceptical</s> skeptical about ebooks. But two years ago, thanks to my brother, my opinion changed. He persuaded me to buy an ebook on my mobile phone. At first, I missed having a book in my hands. Nevertheless, I soon discovered an incredible advantage of ebooks. The book I was reading was in English. I was reading a quite difficult passage in which I did not know two or three words. Not only could I look them up in an online dictionary but I could also check their pronunciation. I soon realised how advantageous this was to <s>a person</s> someone who studies languages<s> it was</s>. With a printed book, looking up a word may take a bit longer.
    I cannot deny <s>the fact</s> that [ma non è male!] I prefer printed books to ebooks, but I'm definitely less <s>sceptical</s> skeptical now and I am of the idea that, after all, ebooks are not to be rejected. (-:

    Benissimo! Sono d'accordo....preferisco i libri stampati ma gli e-book hanno molto vantaggi :)
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    October 30, 2019
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    I believe #1 is what the author means. This is an expression used when a group of people/things has just been mentioned (in this case, Surrealist painters) and then one of them specifically is mentioned. "Ernst for one..." is like saying "Ernst, for example, (one of these Surrealist painters) painted like this..."
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    October 28, 2019
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    October 27, 2019
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    Gli Accenti Italiani Ho deciso di scrivere questo dopo alcune conversazioni con gli italiani sui loro accenti. Evidentemente esistono in italia molti accenti, dialetti e persino lingue diverse. Il risultato è quello, da un città alla prossima, ci sono troppo modi di parlare per compresione reciproca. Tutto questo suona molto strano per un americano come me. Come gli italiani vivono insieme se non riescono a capirsi così spesso? Forse ci penseresti che è la stessa cosa con gli americani, ma questo non è il caso. Gli stati uniti sono una nazione molto grande, è vero, e anche è vero che abbiamo molti accenti. Ma apparentemente i nostri accenti non sono così come loro. Non ho mai avuto qualsiasi problema a capire gli altri americani, non importa da qualche parte vengono. Questo mi fa pensare delle altre domande. Quali sono le differenze tra questi termini - "accento", "dialetto" e "lingua"? Ovviamente una "lingua" è molto diverso che un'altra lingua, ma non è così chiaro rispetto alle altre due. Se due italiani non si capiscono, ma entrambi parlano l'italiano, è il problema uno dei accenti o dei dialetti? Se sei italiano, che pensi? Esistono molti altri italiani che non puoi capire quando parlano? È questo un problema grande in italia, o sembra così solo a uno straniero?
    October 24, 2019
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