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I developed a compelling interest in Mandarin after seeing the comedy 洗澡 (with subtitles) I thought it was on the same level with any great Hollywood classic and I loved the Northern sound of spoken Mandarin. Several years ago I took a level one Basic Mandarin class taught by a Native speaker from Taiwan. She was so strict! At that time my pronunciation with in my level one vocab was pretty good. Native speakers easily understood what I was saying. Now they have to ask me to repeat myself. Time to get back on track. On the other side of the coin I love teaching English. I am patient and good at helping with pronunciation.
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Jasmine
Chinese (Mandarin)
Mar 12, 2020
A nice reunion with David!~
Estefanía Rea
Spanish
Feb 26, 2020
Un placer conocerte David, gran clase y amena conversación.
lilyzhang
Chinese (Mandarin)
May 17, 2019
你一直坚持学习中文, 真不错!
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    租客每个月把钱交给银行。 1.你爸爸妈妈搬家了吗?- 在中国,是一个书面的约定,第一放这个词爸爸第二放妈妈的词。 2.租客每个月把钱交给银行。 把钱交给-把钱 I am still confused about this construction? any other examples? 3.为什么中国人不需要报税 (declare income and pay taxes) 一个人说“因为我们买东西的时候已经交了税了。” 交了税了- I am confused about this 了 construction 商品的价格包含税 - does China only have a consumption based tax (no income tax) ?
    April 2, 2015
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    The miracle in the Grocery store 2

    I read the last story of the novel: The miracle in the Grocery store. It pulls together all the 4 stories ahead from the previous chapters.The common point between the characters is: The early years of their life are troubled and sad. and bed, but the Misfortune doesn’t kill their caring character, they fight to their destiny, never forget who helped them and help the others if they can. The life is not always looked fair. for us. Nevertheless, an eye for an eye will not make the world darker not more just. but more dark. Just the Only kindness and the love can bring give the light into this the life. Acts of making kindness and love first brighten us and then proceed to affect the lives of those around us.   Its brighten first our inward and then the other’s. Let’s keep our kind nature even in the face of the  what seems unfair or the difficult! Have a good end of week!

    you could substitute nature for character and transforms for brightens

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    March 13, 2015
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    Live Life in the USA

    Three months ago, i came to California USA. First things first: I needed to rent rented a house for my family. After a few days of searching we found a suitable house.  We had looked for this house for a few days and were ready to do the deal but we did not have had not a USA credit card. As a result, we were required to come up with a bigger deposit and do so immediately. so we needed to pay more money at once. Somehow we managed to work out all of the finanacial arranangements and move in. However, we found it and We moved in with out any furniture so we bought some furniture online. Home, a place to rest and regroup, we had taken care of the first requirement of life in the USA.

    Next I needed to get a driver license. too. I read the driver's handbook for a week and then went to DMV to take a written test. 100% is correct! After two weeks, i took the driving test. I could  did not pass because i did made a wrong left turn and had problems with back-up driving. The examiner was very nice, he told me how to do it correctly and said to me i needed to do more practice. After one month, i took the second test and past passed it!
    At the same time that I was taking care of all of life's necessities, went I started to attend community college to study english. i took the ESL course, and now , my english is better than before. i have improved my writing, listening, speaking ....i hope i can do better and better in furture

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    March 12, 2015
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    Some thoughts on the movie Wolf Totem

    Wolve are noble creation belongs to Mongke Tengri(means heaven in Mongolia) They are sprite of freedom. You can't enslaved them by force and chained them by love. They prefer to die than becoming human’s slaves or pet.

    Wolves are a noble creation that belongs to the Mongke Tengri(means heaven in Mongolia) They are the spirit sprite of freedom. You can't enslaved them by force and or chained them by love. They would prefer to die rather than  become slaves servants or pets.

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    March 2, 2015
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    谢谢你们的更正。 我去了墨西哥的蒂华纳城市看牙医。美国的牙医太贵!蒂华纳城市好的牙医有很多。我的口腔有很多的问题。 看墨西哥的牙医比美国的牙医便宜。
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    February 6, 2015
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    How to say I spent two nights on the road to only be in Mexico for one day. 我在墨西哥只呆了一天在路上花了两天.
    February 5, 2015
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    在。。。。时 在我复习昨天的课时我发现了一个问题。 在我读书时我发现我的 不好听。does this mean "while reading out loud I dicovered that my pronounciation did not sound good?
    February 4, 2015
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    走 walk, go 2 run, move 3 leave, go away 4 visit, call on 走路 zǒu lù go for a walk 一直往前走 yī zhí wǎng qián zǒu walk straight ahead 走遍全国 zǒu biàn quán guó travel the legnth and the breadth of the country 走亲戚 zǒu qīn qi to visit relatives 儿子你的妈妈爸爸去爷爷家走亲戚。你不做完你的家庭作业了。 你不去,你去爱意家好吧? 儿子毕业一吼你可以走遍全国我们的国家。
    February 4, 2015
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    很多男人都不喜欢打扫卫生 昨天早上跟的老师在聊聊。她问我“你在喝什么呢?” 我说“我在喝茶” 他说“在喝绿茶吗?” 我说 “不是这个茶有绿茶也有 toasted rice 我不知道什么加那个茶" 他问我“是玄米茶吗?” 我说“ 我真的不知到这个茶叫什么。我知道我喜欢。” 老师问我“你用碗喝茶吗?你为什么不用茶杯” 我说“我的茶子多脏了需要洗。现在的时候我在 italki 的挑战 tiǎo zhàn 没时间洗被子。 所以我用碗喝茶。” 老实回答“很多男人都不喜欢打扫卫生”
    January 23, 2015
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    Diamonds! Diamonds!

    A few days ago I visited to a jewel crafting factory as an intern to assist my colleagues’ work. The Indian manager offered us a tour in this factory. In India, there are some families which do jewel crafting management from generation to generation, like a family business. That’s why in this kind of factory the manager is usually an Indian.

    The factory belongs to a European company. This factory It makes jewelries jewelry  for luxurious luxury brands. The exact names of these brands are secrets but we know they are front-line luxurious luxury brands. The factory It also makes jewelries for wealthy rich people in Middle East. countries. rich can imply new money and wealthy implies mature elegant clientle

    When we are visiting the production line we found that the corridor is sticky. The manager explained that is because they use sticky floor mat to stick gold powders or other noble metal powders such as platinum powders, which then are gathered and reused. Gold is expensive and cannot be wasted.

    It was new for me to actually see how exactly a jewelry is made. First a metal mould is made with a wax model that which  looks exactly the same as with the jewelry that is going to be made. Then an embryonic form of jewelry is produced by pouring liquid gold into this mould and waiting for its coagulation. After that, the embryo is mounted with gemstones and polished. This is a simlified description Of course the real processing course is somewhat more complex than that.

    if my edit has some value I can continue when I have more time :)

    After visiting the production line we went to the jewelry storehouse. Actually these jewelries looked not as beautiful as jewelries we saw on stores because there was no elaborative adjusting light shining on them and all the jewelries were just put there casually like they are cheap fashion jewelries. But they are still beautiful, well designed and with perfect handy work. I think that is a big dream for every woman to be in a house like this, surrounded by glamorous jewelries, even without the permission to touch them.

    The most exacting part is visiting the diamond storehouse. There are all diamonds, on shelves, on desks, all with perfect cut and high quality. Of course we cannot see the cut of diamonds with our bare eyes. The manager picked a highest level diamond and put it under a microscope so we could see the hearts and arrows of it. It is so beautiful, so bright. I immediately covered my face with silk stocking and robbed all the diamonds. (Okay, I am joking.)

    The tour was amazing. I am kind of starting to love my job.

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    January 23, 2015
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