A train of thought is a thought process in order to complete an activity. An example is when one is turning left in their car, their train of thought has to be look in your left wing mirror, indicate and when its safe to turn left, turn your wheel, put your foot on the accelerator.

 

Hello, my name is Vika. I’m 18, and I currently study Architecture, which I find to be exceptionally interesting, but challenging. I’m from Tatarstan; which is situated in the central Volga basin. My hobbies are reading books, drawing, and  art.

 

When I was in 6^th form,  I studied art at an art school; and since then I have been paining for 3 years. I find paining to be relaxing after an exhausting day.

 

I would like to learn English because I can talk to people from a variety of countries, which shall expand my horizons.

 

Can you look at this text whether the sentences are right? Thanks!

(ignored the German things ;))

 

Today I shall present Christmas in the USA.“ (Folie anmach)

 

A synopsis of my presentation is as follows: (Übersicht raufleg)

 

 

Firstly I shall to tell you general information about Christmas,

Then, I shall describe the decorations.

Then I shall  a few american Christmas Songs.  (needs doing)

Then I shall describe the 12 days of Christmas   (needs doing)

Then I shall describe Santa Claus (i expect you will cover Coca Cola influencing the media in order to change Christmas colours to re and white, from green and white).

And finally, I shall describe a typical American Christmas dinner. (needs doing)

 

 

 

Christmas is a family event. However, not everyone(provide figures/stats) see Christmas as a religious festival. None Christian’s also celebrate Christmas. (None Christian’s indicates anyone which isn’t a Christian and thus covers Athesist’s, Hindu’s etc.).

 

Shops make a vast amount of revenue due to Christmas marketing, as the typical family spends $ 800 every year on Christmas gifts. Other than gifts a family must purchase decorations, cards, food and many other things. (folie mit dekoration, karte und essen auflegen) (folie mit geschenke)

 

An abundance of Christmas cards shall be posted; some people send cards out on the first of December. (folie mit karte) .

 

There are many traditions in America. The traditions have many origins because people have emigrated in America from different countries, most notably Ireland, England, and Spain. (folie mit verschiedenen flaggen auflegen).

 

The typical home generally has the following decorations. A Christmas tree, A mistletoe branch, and Poinsettias.

Christmas trees were an idea which originally surfaced in Germany. One decorated a tree with Christmas related paraphernalia, such as a Star, baubles, figurines of Angels/Santa Claus, lights, and tinsel.

(Folie mit Mistelzweig auflegen)

Mistletoe is originally from the United Kingdom, and they are usually created from mistletoe branches. One hangs a mistletoe branch above their doorframe. Anyone which stands under it may be kissed,but, when someone is kissed, a berry must be removed from the ivy branch;  nobody may not be kissed when there isn’t a berry on the mistletoe branch.

Poinsettias are originally from Mexico, and are placed on a fireplace. The tradition to use poinserrias for Christmas decoration arose due to a fairytale in which a child was too poor to buy something for Jesus’s birthday and thus was instructed by an Angel to pick poinsettias.

eye-t(or)-l-k eye. It isn’t the I Europeans use for Ikea - as that’s the English E. Then you pronounce a hard t such as the word Tea. AW in this word should be pronounced as an OR sound. Then a soft l, and an ending k.

Hello, "Yours truly" – This is used to a close friend/partner. One can also use, "I am truly yours" "Best wishes" - This is usually used in business when you turn someone down for a job opportunity - you can use it to friends to show you care for them. "Best regards "– This is the formal ending of an email/letter. You never use this to people outside of work, unless you are corresponding to a professional which isn’t a friend. "Yours sincerely" - This is the formal ending of an email/letter. You never use this to people outside of work, unless you are corresponding to a professional which isn’t a friend.

Britan is infested by undesirable single mothers, which seem to take great pleasure in shopping in their pyjamas, and walking outside with curls in their hair. There is also a culture of entailment where those which don’t bother to get a job can get around £24,000 per year which is hilarious considering the average wage in England is around £22,000. We also seem to intermeddle in other countries affairs whether it be giving them a large amount of food aid which doesn’t encourage countries to actually grow more food/improve their economy, Invading their country due to strategic interests (aka. Oil/securing oil pipelines), Our politicians are never held to account, and thus its extremely difficult for them to encourage people within the UK to have good morals, when they have, on several occasions been caught taking bribes/committing fraud with regard to expenses. We are also stuck in an unwinnable war in which no one seems to have considered buying opium off the Afgan farmers at a higher price than traffickers, and then destroying it, and then offer to pay the said farmers more if they grew crops which could then be distributed across Afganistan in order to ensure the country can be self sufficient. We also have numerous laws with regards to terrorism, which seem to have no effect other than to curtain citizens rights, and we have a huge influx of immigrants which dont bother to integrate into society, and instead seem to mould certain cities, such as Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton etc. into cities which wouldn’t look out of place in Iran, which whilst that may not be a bad thing, England is clearly in the Western world. Britain is also in the EU which most people loathe, and if we had a referendum upon whether or not we should remain in the EU, most people would vote no, because the EU has not been able to sign off its budget for the last 15-20 years due to corruption, their infatuation with the Euro (which clearly is a failed project), and their desire to create laws which interfere in people’s lives – and the laws are generally extremely stupid, such as their new law with regards to which type of light bulbs one can buy. And of course, we are giving aid to a vast amount of countries, including countries with nuclear weapons, like India, Pakistan, and China (yes we give aid to a country which has a better economy than us – aren’t we generous!) whilst also making a huge amount of cutbacks in other areas of the economy. However, if I were to put it into a single sentence, id state that most people feel that someone else should help them out of their current situation, when they have actually caused their current situation to be dreadful, whether it be speaking English poorly so they can’t get a good job, choosing to have a child at the age of 16 and thus they can’t study properly, or frankly not bothering to educate themselves and Britain’s desire to intermeddle at the cost of its own citizens liberties.

Can you help me learn English :)

 

Hello,

 

My name is Ana, and I need to learn English for school.

 

Or,

 

Hello,

My name is Ana, and I joined this site in order to improve my English skills.