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Ciao, mi chiamo Cathryn, vivo in Australia a Darwin, nel nord tropicale. Mia madre è italiana (e anche io) - la sua famiglia è di Molvena vicino a Marostica, vicino a Vicenza. Ho visitato la regione (Veneto) nel 2016 e mi sono divertito molto, ma non ho potuto parlare una parola di italiano - o il dialetto locale. Ora sto imparando l'italiano e ho intenzione di venire di nuovo in Veneto a novembre / dicembre. Mi piacerebbe avere alcune lezioni e fare pratica di conversazione in modo che quando visito questa volta, posso parlare con i miei amici e la mia famiglia in italiano. Hi, my name is Cathryn, I live in Australia in Darwin, in the tropical north. My mother is Italian (and me too) - her family is from Molvena near Marostica and Vicenza. I visited the region (Veneto) in 2016 and I had a lot of fun, but I could not speak a word of Italian - or the local dialect. Now I am learning Italian and I intend to visit Veneto again in November / December 2019. I would like to have some lessons and practice conversation so that when I visit this time, I can speak Italian with my friends and family.
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    The place,  where I live

    I live in the suburb of Saint Petersburg. I live in a flat in a new building. There is a park nearby and a big shopping centre. But it´s nowhere near any tube station, so I´ve I have** to take the bus. It takes me about 30 minutes to get to a tube station. But I can catch the bus easy, easily, there are many different routes of buses and it´s easy to get about.
    It´s quite crowded, there is quite a lot of rubbish on the streets, but I really like live  living here, on my own.

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    It is correct to say "I've to take the bus" but it is not usual. Usually you would say "I have to take the bus".


    cheers, 

    Cathryn. 

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    January 20, 2019
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    A restaurant had a sell sale. If you buy a fried chichen,fried chicken (no "a" in front of fried chicken... unless buy one whole chicken) you will get (it's correct to say "will get" but most people would just say "get") a cup of orange juice for free. I sat on a round seat eating alone. A middle-aged woman came in and asked me whether it's (short for it is) an orange juice or a mandarine juice. The second I was about to talk to her, the waitress shooed her. She The woman asked me are you going to drink it? I pushed the orange juice towards her. She got it quickly. Then I gave her my drinking straw. She had gone a few steps away and she came back to take the drinking straw. The waitress kept shooing her, so she disappeared at  around the corner. I continued eating, while the waitresses were talking about that woman. I was a fly on the wall, then I knew that she even came in and asked the customers not to eat and to give their food to her. I don't know why but I don't feel like I hate her that much. I was just surprised by her longing to live. She didn't feel ashamed to ask for food though she was healthy and could work. I associated her with a flaneur (I don't know this word), an idler. I looked at the large container full of orange juice, with obvious artificial coloring, very bright and dense. Suddenly I thought we were all bad. I gave the juice to the woman partly because I didn't want to drink the juice. Besides I am always avoiding conflict so I conceded the juice to the woman. The woman didn't work nor say thanks. The waitresses were impolite and rude towards that woman. I have forgotten those unnamed faces, however, the bright yellow color is right in front of my eyes.

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    This is a great story, thanks for sharing! 





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    20th day 2019

    The weather is joking (see note below). Just yesterday the temperature was +2, but today it is already - 16. I have just had my car washed because it was covered with a thick layer of ice. Now my car is clean and I hope it will be for a long time because the dirt on the roads is frozen. But sometimes road service throws such chemicals agent on the roads, so the that dirt doesn't get frozen  freeze even at so low temperature.

    The weather is joking - do you mean joking, or a joke? To say "the weather is joking" is slightly different to "the weather is a joke". To say it is a joke means it is ridiculous, silly, laughable. To say it is joking means it is playing a trick or a game on you. 

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    Very good English, and it's clear what you are saying. I have made some small corrections. Particularly re "get frozen", it's not common to say "get frozen", you would always say "freeze" instead. 

    Good luck with your language studies! 

    cheers

    Cathryn

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    Hi Ethan, Generally in English-speaking countries we don't haggle - generally the price is fixed. But if we do haggle, we would say something like - what is your best price? (This means, what is the lowest price you would accept). Similarly, if I am offering to pay less than the advertised price, I would say... okay, how about $xxxx - then the seller would probably say no and ask me what my best price is. In this case, the seller is asking me the highest price I would be prepared to pay. As far as I am aware, we don't have a term for initial offer (other than initial offer). I hope that helps! Good luck. Cathryn
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    Can someone help me? British English

    Valencia is an important cultural city in Spain as well as a tourist destination. Known by for its beautiful beaches and stunning views, theattracts different people, from business people to tour groups. Commercial executives often do not often like sharing their hotels with such groups and require different facilities. So that, each of the hotels I recommend caters for a different type of visitor.

    Situated on Mestalla arena and not far from the city centre, Silken Puerta is a hotel in which they combine a wide range of Valencian and traditional elements. The rooms are clean and airy, with a warm atmosphere which provides a comfortable experience.

    Eurostars is the main hotel, so it wouldn't suit light sleepers, not only because you should expect some noise but also from the constant traffic and perhaps from other guests. Unfortunately, this hotel lacks a restaurant, so you'll have to find your own breakfast in one of the many cafés nearby. However, the staff is  are friendly and helpful. It had  has some meeting's rooms that business people could make a use of. Also, it provides high-quality training equipment, having  and has a huge gymnasium. (This depends: if you mean the high-quality training equipment is in the gym, then you could say "it provides high-quality training equipment in the huge gymnasium". But because you're talking about training equipment immediately after meeting rooms, I'm thinking that you mean training equipment for business meetings? If the training equipment is not related to the business meeting rooms, it might be better (easier to understand) to write "....has some meeting rooms that business people could make use of. Also, it has a huge gymnasium with high-quality training equipment". That way, the reader knows the training equipment is related to the gym, rather than the meeting rooms. I hope that makes sense!)

    Vincci Palace is an elegant, moderately-sized business hotel situated in a converted neoclassical palace not far from the centre, with favoulous  fabulous views across Turia river. The hotel offers luxurious, spacious rooms at a  (different? cheap? reasonable?) prices. It contains well-equipped conference rooms together with a gourmet restaurants allowing business people to entertain clients in style.

    Whichever hotel you stay at, Valencia won't fail to delight you.
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