lolipop123's notebook entry: Apr 26, 2011

I <strike>choose</strike> chose (to read) 'love actually' written by Richard Curtis. It is 61 pages. I chose it because <strike>choose why</strike> I watched this movie recently about people in love<strike>. It is about people in this story has love on their minds</strike> in London.

普通には日記を書く時や経験を伝える時、過去形を使います。三つ目の文章は、私に意味がはっきり分からなかったので、意味を推測して訂正しました。言いたいのは、別なことなら、すみません。

Please correct this entry.

It is getting colder and colder here in Osaka so I often <strike>drnik</strike> drink hot <strike>coffe</strike> coffee with milk and <strike>suger</strike> sugar.
I am 2 kilograms heavier now than I was last month.
I need to go on a diet.

スペリング以外は完璧ですね。

「スルー能力」は英語に一言で訳せないかもしれませんね。 もっとも近い言葉は、多分deflectとかability to deflectだと思います。deflectは動詞で、意味が質問を答えずに、間接的に会話を続けるや続けさせることですね。話題を変えてもいいです。でも、「スルー」とは、同じ話題で何とか話し合いを続けるや続けさせることですね。 avoid the questionやavoid the topicでも近いですが、両方の方が回避的な意味を持っていますけどね。

Mika's notebook entry: Nov 13, 2010

I am going to an English cafe <strike>from</strike> now. [If you meant that you will start to go to an English cafe periodically, then you can use "from this point forward." これからそのカフェに一月二回とか毎週行くとしたら、「from this point forward」が使えます。]
There, we can drink <strike>coffe</strike> coffee and talk with native English speakers <strike>of English</strike> for <strike>1800yen</strike> 1800 yen an hour.

よくできました！そのようなカフェの存在を全然知りませんでしたね。楽しかったですか？勉強になりましたか？

Pronunciation can be very difficult to study. The very best way is to be fully immersed in that environment, with native speakers all around you constantly talking and interacting with you. If you make friends with native speakers and talk with them a lot, you will slowly acquire their way of speaking, their pronunciation, and their intonation. Aside from that, I've also watched movies or videos and then practiced the way the actors speak. I've learned phrases, lines, and common idioms this way, and I've been able to practice my pronunciation while listening to what is being spoken.

Well done! Very nearly perfect. You may want to refer to "which" vs "that" and restrictive/non-restrictive clauses: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx

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I am looking for a cafe or a bar <strike>which has</strike> with (or 'that has") a good atmosphere with <strike>jazz (like)</strike> jazz-like music playing <strike>alive</strike> live.

I like <strike>sting's</strike> Sting's <strike>" I am english man in New York".</strike> "Englishman in New York."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flWP28y2cyw