read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_modal_verb#Would and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_modal_verb#May_and_might

Two generations earlier our people liked to have at least ten children. Now it's just two.

Good afternoon,everyone. My name is X. I come from XX department. Today, my topic is changing myself is my top PRIORITY. I have a strong belief that an university is not some kind of school for jobs(may be something like JOB FACTORY is more suited, i don't understand the phrase"school for jobs").However,university is an age(an age?) and a place for us to find ourselves and BE ourselves.Last year,I came to XXX.No relatives,no friends here. Though it is not far away from my hometown, I still FEEL LONELY. I NEEDED TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE a train and how to be comfortable when alone.What is more important,I began to think about who I am. I am a type OF person WHO ALWAYS HESITATES.It is not good TO HAVE DOUBTS WHEN DOING SOMETHING.What worse is that I GOT used to that.When I was 7 years old,I became interested in guitar.THEN I wanted to learn how to play it.I didn't tell my mom (ABOUT IT).I kept the secret for 9 years.Finally,I had lost my interest in guitar. Recently,I took a French course. I just found OUT that knowing a third language was cool.There was no use of CARING more about what I will LOSE.Also,it is not necessary to do everything until IT is ready.I Care more about the happiness I (no will) get. ALSO, Care more about what kind of person I will be.That is what (no a, people is plural) young people should do. My English is not perfect, i am kind of learning it too, that is why i have put my correction here. CAPS-corrections and changes inside brackets- something that can be avoided and simply stuff that i didn't understand

hi, writing it as notebook entry would have been more suitable.

Слово Kитай происходит от слова Хидан или Кидан. Хидан - это древняя страна, находившаяся в северной части сегодняшнего Китая. Не знаю подробностей, но думаю, что Хидан был ближе всех других Китайских королевст и не очень уж был разным от них. Так древние русские, может и, назвали Китай Китаем.

pamelatang's notebook entry:My patience

I like many things for no reason,I don't know whether it's good or bad. Once I'm fond of something, I always want to do it best.But I can't immerse myself in it for a long time.Just like learning Korean, I only had seven or eight lessons.Then I gradually became not interested in Korean .
Maybe my biggest drawbark is my patience.Well,I know I should correct a defect by myself. But it's really very very hard.......That's all.(Just a complain about myself.)

(I'm ... gradually sounded a little awkward to me, so i changed it)

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