In my opinion it’s easier at the start to learn a language that’s similar to one you already know. But it can become very hard to continue improving into the higher levels because it’s very easy to conflate the languages. For example I knew French before learning Italian which helped me a lot in the beginning. Now that I’m at an intermediate Italian level I find it very easy to conflate the two languages and their grammatical structures.

Does he regret?

I am reading The Alchemist.

I've just stopped at the point where the boy was talking with the alchemist in the alchemist's tent.

The boy already had gold and Fatina, but the alchemist still reminded the boy that he had not found the treasure at the Pyramids.

This plot reminds me of a taxi driver I met years ago.

Seated in the front, I initiated a talk with the taxi driver. He told me that he could have stayed at the first company he worked for many years ago, but he wanted to take his chance on doing his own business. He left the company and earned some money later. Due to the depression of the market, he closed the company years ago.

He told me that if he had stayed at the same company, he could get shares, which meant he would be a millionaire now, but he decided to pursue his dream.

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Now I am thinking - does he regret his decision when he was young?

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I think online shopping is becoming more convenient and popular because when shopping online I can buy things wherever and whenever I want. Especially on 'China's Single's day', which is the largest online shopping day in the world. There are so many goods available online at a discount designed to attract more online customers. For example, if I wanted to buy somethings like books, clothes, and electronic devices online it is very convenient. All I'd need to do is open the shopping apps on my phone and search for the things I want to buy, it just takes me two minutes to pay on my phone, so it saves more time than shopping at a real store, and it also saves me a lot of money.