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I seriously want to improve my english speaking. I was born and grew up in Beijing but living in Melbourne right now.; I lack a sense of direction but love to travel in streets on my motor scooter; I am shy but hope to make new friends.
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    This is a mistake in my previous correction~~~

    我学习中文<strike>几乎</strike>将近三年了。 I used "将尽" by mistake.

    Thanks for pointing that out, Lisa.




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    December 25, 2010
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    学习只偏重记忆而忽视理解是不行的。你同意吗?

    我学习中文<strike>几乎</strike>将尽三年了, 我每<strike>个</strike>一周都学习很多生字,如今已经学会了很多<strike>生</strike>字。(我可不可以说,我把很多中文字背诵下来了。)但当我跟中国人聊天的时候还有很多问题。 我刚看到这个句子," 学习只偏重记忆而忽视理解是不行的"。让我想到自己的学习习惯。我是否应该改变自己的学习<strike>犯</strike>方法呢? 告诉我,你们认为理解比单词背诵还要更重吗?


    you can say: 我已经背下来/记住了很多中文字
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    December 25, 2010
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    December 24, 2010
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    December 23, 2010
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    关于我,修订版。

    我今天觉得很无聊, 所以写了一张新中文自我介绍。

    大家好, 我叫Beth, 中文名是静娴! 我来自英格兰。我今年三十三岁。 我在一家外买店做售货员。我正在学习中文,日语和韩文(to keep the consistency: 中文、日文和韩文 or 汉语、日语和韩语)。 我很想成为你的朋友!我已经学了差不多三年中文, 但我的中文口语还不是很好。我的中文语法也很差。我尤其想提高我的中文口语和听力。

    我爱跳舞也爱看书。我非常喜欢关于吸血鬼<strike>体裁</strike>题材的东西! 我爱听音乐, 我非常喜欢王力宏和周杰伦,他们是我最喜爱的歌手。他们唱得非常好!我也很喜欢韩国的流行乐队<strike>叫</strike>神话! (Shinhwa) 白天我有时候喜欢去直排轮溜冰。 我也爱游泳,骑自行车或在户外走走。 但是我最<strike>喜欢</strike>大的爱好是学习语言, 所以我每天都尝试努力学习。在晚上我经常看外文电影或日本的漫画。


    题材 means subjects or themes
    体裁 means literary styles, e.g. novel, poem, biography and play

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    December 23, 2010
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    December 22, 2010
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    员工圣诞联欢会

    二零十一年一月十六日是我公司举行员工圣诞联欢会的日子。 每个人都要去,但我真的不想去。 我跟我的同事<strike>不做</strike>做不了朋友, 我觉得他们都很<strike>未</strike>不成熟<strike>和</strike>并且无聊。他们跟我不一样,我们之间没有任何共同爱好, 我们可以关于什么聊天(有什么可聊)呢? 他们都太喜欢喝酒了! 我已经知道在联欢会上每个人一定会喝太多酒, 我不太喜欢喝酒, 但他们对我说,我一定要喝酒。 还说<strike>了</strike>他们会让我烂醉如泥! 我听说在<strike>以前</strike>去年的联欢会上有很多人与朋友打斗(打架), 这样听起来不像乐趣!我真的不想去,但我找不到出路(想不出对策 / 想不出脱身之计)!


    The purple parts are my suggestions to make the sentences more natural.
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    December 22, 2010
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    Generally, ‘地道’ and ‘道地’ both mean 'authentic, genuine'. However, just like you said, different Chinese people have used different. In mainland China, people usually say '地道' while Cantonese speakers and people living in Taiwan are used to '道地'. Actually, '道地' was used in mainland in the past as well, so it won't surprise me if you see this word in books or hear it on street in certain context, but '地道' sounds more natural in daily speaking.
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    December 22, 2010
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