A review for a special movie.

I had seen the TV ads, but they had not caught my attention. Then I saw a review on one famous Brazilian <strike>famous</strike> website. The movie must be good.

If you plan to use this television movie as an English tool it will not be special. The English here is very casual. You will let it go under such a movie.

This movie is about how a person with autism sees the world, understands it, and sometimes, how the society sees him (or -  her) <strike>them</strike>. I would not say it is drama, there are no sad moments. The main character is a strong woman fighting to understand the world. For moments, she became irritated with <strike>curtains</strike> certain injustices but she is very strong all the time, she never gives up.  She uses her condition in her own favor, using the strong mental capacity to create ways to understand things that are believed to not be possible under such conditions. But she does.  She changes the way that the world sees autism <strike>s</strike>, <strike>and ever more</strike>. She reminds us that differences are not problems, but alternatives, which define us as individuals. And that is the point of the movie to me. It works, it is a big lesson. You will never feel sorry for her. <strike>because</strike> She is so strong that you will be only amazed.

Wow.. I forget to <strike>tell</strike> say that the movie is based on <strike>a</strike> the true story <strike>history</strike> of a woman, and it carries her name.
Temple Grandin (2010 – HBO-USA)
It is currently available on HBO related channels over the world.
More about her
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin

Notes to Portuguese students.

It is considered polite to refer to people with “deficiencies” as “special”. So we avoid using the word “def” and related, at least here in Brazil. It is common to say “a person with special needs”. In the same way it is not considered polite to refer <strike>s</strike> to general people as “normal”, because “normal” is an undefined state <strike>d</strike>, so it is better to use “common”, it sounds much more polite. "Anormal" or "not normal" is extremely rude.
Another point is that the adjective “ordinary”, a synonym for “common”, can be considered as very prejorative in Brazil, so it is better to avoid using it.
Pessoa com necessidades especiais.
Comum.

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy the movie and the information.
(By the way, in Portuguese (formal) "information" has no plural form, what about formal English?)


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Information also has no plural in English.


Julie e eu vamos para o Brasil no domingo.  Nos vamos falar portugues por muitas horas cada dia,  por três meses. Talvez a gente vá aprender um pouco.

abraços
Robert

my exam composition 2

August 27th 2010 Friday <strike>sun </strike>
Today <strike>is</strike> was an interesting day because I had a good time <strike>in</strike>  at Sun's birthday party. The party was held in her home, and it <strike>was</strike> started at 7:30 pm and ended after two hours.  At <strike>in</strike> the party we had many activities, <strike>like </strike>we sang, danced and had meal. <strike>it'a very filled.</strike> It was a very full day.
Apart form her parents, friends and some relatives attended <strike>to</strike> the party.  And also her class mates Jackie and mary came.  Finally, the party ended with a song. I <strike>have enjpon</strike> enjoyed myself today.


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capitals.......

my exam composition 1

January 26th 2010
Hi! It's Liming here.
I'm glad to learn that you’re coming to Beijing.  I'll pick you up at airport and then we'll hold a welcome party for you at my home.
Below are activities when you are in Beijing. First, we'll visit some famous places <strike>interests</strike> like the Great Wall, Summer Place and so on.  We'll also watch the New Year's concert, tour downtown and go shopping.
If you have more time, I think you can stay <strike>remain</strike> to celebrate Spring Festival with us in Beijing. It's the most important festival in the <strike>a</strike> year for us.
I believe we will have much fun time together.
Well, see you soon!

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capitals  - beginning of sentences, names of places and the word "I"

Good Night!

<strike>This</strike> Today I read <strike>a</strike> some sad news. Children were <strike>are</strike> kidnaped...I feel very sad and I feel very, very angry. This <strike>people</strike> person is very bad. I´m sure he will be punished.  <strike>, he are to receive a punish</strike>

I send my best wishes for the good people !!!!

Hello everybody

These days I <strike>was</strike> am very busy. I <strike>have</strike> had a lot of work last week and I had three days free (better - three free days) . I love to be in my house with my family. I returned to  <strike>at</strike> my work. Searching for answers, I felt grieving !!! *

Have a nice night !

* "I felt grieving" isn't quite right.  Grief is more what you feel when someone dies.  You could say "I felt bad" or "I was unhappy"   or  "I was sad".  Not sure any of these are exactly what you are trying to say but they come close.  Maybe something like "It was difficult for me as I searched for answers".

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I know Turkish very well and I <strike>wanna</strike> want to learn English seriously. 


welcome to italki

"wanna" is verbal slang and is not used in writing.  Always capitalize names of countries, languages, and people.  And "I" is always capitalized.