Third time trying to get that text corrected ={

Today is Saturday; it means I need to write a short text in English in order to practice my writing skills, but I have no idea what I’m going to talk about. Yeah, the calendar has changed, New Year, new resolutions and aims, but I don’t want to write about it; nothing will change if my attitude<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">s</s> keeps being the same. I wish to talk about my language goals and how I hope to get better this month – step by step and then you <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">had</s> finish<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">ed</s> the path. I started to read Tolstoi’s Journal; it will be my first English book. I had tried “1984” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” before, but it didn’t work. I read some tales, but, I don’t know, I feel as if I need to read a complete book in English, even if it takes me a lot of time. I’m still in the introduction, it has around twenty pages and a bunch of unknown words, therefore I believe it will be finished just at the end of the year. It doesn’t matter; I want to know more about the man Tolstoi and not only about the writer. In Portuguese, I’m reading “A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias” and in Spanish, that time is for real, “1984”, because I believe it will be easier in Spanish than in English. In Italian, I’m still just studying the lyrics of my favorite songs and, of course, learning through language applications. I was thinking about learning Latin because it is the romance languages root, but I couldn’t find an efficient method yet, by the way, I don’t have a huge amount of free time in my day<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">s</s>. I absolutely must practice my pronunciation in English, as well as my writing and listening skills; vocabulary will come with reading and correct grammar too. I’ve started a poem, I didn’t finish it though, I guess I had lost its feeling, I am not convinced by that one, there’s something that is <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">it</s> not right. (Part #2 will be posted after that one gets corrected. Thanks in advance!).

The summer 2020

There is a Brazilian song that says: summer is coming, a heat in the heart…

That’s what we are facing in(or during) this very hot summer this year.

The average temperature in São Paulo in summer is 26, 28 degrees Celsius, but now the average temperature is about 32, 34 degrees Celsius.

And as a consequence it’s too hard to sleep on such hot nights.

On public transport is also <s>too hard</s> uncomfortable[1] because (here,)[2] just 35 percent of the fleet has air conditioning.

At 6 o'clock in the <s>afternoon</s> evening[3], the thermometers mark(reach) 30 degrees.

Now imagine, after a day of work getting into a <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">in the</s> full bus, without air conditioning with internal temperature reaching 35 degrees! It’s not easy!

But I feel sorry for those who work in the street like postmen, hawk[4], cops, bus drivers etc.

It's Even <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">it’s</s> hard for animals. In Rio de Janeiro two dogs died because of the heat.

Now we have to wait until the end of February, when forecasters predict that the heat will give a <s>truce</s> break[5].

[1] "too hard" can't be used here because it is not describing action. You would need to say something like "public transit is too hard to bear"

[2] you can omit "here", but you would need a comma(,) after it to make it sound more natural.

[3] in the USA, anything after 6pm would be evening

[4] I'm not sure to what profession you are referring? A hawk is a kind of bird.

[5] "truce" is an agreement between two parties, so it doesn't work in this context. The change in weather could "give us a break" or "bring us some relief"

A little snap

Today was a rainy day here. Traffic jams, people getting from work to home, busy coffee shops...

Life is becoming an event! Everything nowadays is a reason to go to social media. Each simple little thing is a reason for a snap and posting it. And it has taken a lot from a (enjoying a) real moment with your loved ones to a story on a social media page.

<s>How</s> It's like they say: if there is no photo, it didn't happen.

Sometimes, life can be boring, <s>has</s> (is) routine, has no glamour (or: unglamorous), but just the fact that you are there - alive - your mindfulness can make it interesting.

It doesn't matter if you are popular or not, if you have <s>a</s> thousands of followers or a hundred instead, what really matters is if you are happy inside your soul.

Then, Life can be extraordinary!

Plans for the next year

Caring less about things that are not important is a necessary change I need to make in my life. As I've now <s>I’ve</s> finished college, I want to slow down and enjoy my free time in/during the next year. Hopefully, I will have more time to read the books I’<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">d</s> bought but have never read. Besides reading, I am planning my travel to Argentina, which is something I’ve wanted for so long! Of course, I would like to keep going with my language learning too. But for now, I just want to take it easy and enjoy the moment without worrying about all sorts of problems, expectations, and frustrations from the past year. Taking a break is a necessary step to start something new.

"Attacked by a bear" (task abstract)

I read an text in English[1] about two boys<s> in English</s>, The text was about, the boys that were in a forest walking on<s>,</s> a trail. <s>And</s> it was very quiet and a black bear appeared. They knew it was almost impossible to run away from a black bear, so they set out to hunt the hunter<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">s[2]</s>, play dead , and throw themselves on the ground. Although the black bear did not attack the humans, they(? [2]) acted differently twice around the two, and even attacked them with bites, but away from each other, they ran and entered a house. Soon after the bear arrives , but they were already safe.

<em>Hi Carol,</em>

<em>[1] The text was in English, so it is more clear to put it here than at the end of the sentence.</em>

<em>[2] I am confused about who is acting differently. The boys? And who is doing the biting? The bear? The last sentence says the bear arrives, so the bear was not there before?</em>

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