THE LAST SAMURAI This film shows us how things we do can change our lives, what we are,and how a man fights against himself and the best man in him wins. It´s about honor, pride and service. The story takes place when the goverment of Japan wants a national hero of USA army (Nathan Algren) to train their soldiers to fight against the samurais. Nathan does not seem to be the hero they are looking for. Actually he is an alcoholic who works as representative of an army company. He is a broken man. Despite of this, the two sides approve the dicision and then Nathan travels to Japan. Samurais are regarded as barbarians who live in the past and do not want Japan to become a modern country. Sumurais are fighting against the emperor, a young man that doesn´t know what to do. They will certainly be defeated by the Japanese army. Everything changes when Nathan is captured by samurais and starts living with them, knowing their culture, learning about himself and remembering his feelings when he was a soldier in the war. I am not going to reveal the end of the story. However I am sure it will surprise you and you will enjoy it and learn more about the human beings.

Well in English, both words could be interpreted as 'exicted'. Usually when we use 兴奋, it refers to a situation in which we are also kind of encouraged. To be simple, it is often used in positive conditions. e.g.我收到了盼望已久的礼物，感到很兴奋。 I am excited when I recieved the gift which I wish for. However, 激动 can be used when you are talking about someone who is too happy, to excited or to angry.

Almost there!!!

Hi everybody! I'm new here. I found this website very interesting because I didn't have the opportunity of sharing my culture with people from other countries before. I hope to make new friends here.

This time I want to share with you that I'm about to finish my major in Language Teaching (English) and I'm very nervous. Here we have a thing called "Quema de libros"(the literal translation would be something like "burning books" but it doesn't make sense in English, I think). It is a kind of party/parade that students do at the end of the major. Our "quema de libros" will be in two weeks!!! I'm excited about that.

I think that's it for now.

Please feel free to correct my entries everytime I write here, ok?

Introducing myself

Hi everybody!!
I'm from Mexico and I want to learn english very well I want to communicate with more people like you, but my problem is that sometimes I make mistakes when I write and I need to improve it because I'm going to take the TOEFL exam!!! this month... well... and I want to know about more cultures around the world.

good luck for ur TOEFL test

Secon day here...

This is my second day using this website. I didn't know anything about it before. A teacher sent us some websites to practice our skills and I found this one. Now i can share my thoughts and my culture and that makes me very happy.

I'd like to hear from you people: what are your traditions? What is the people like there? I'd like to know...

 

hola soy una chica china, estudio espaňol

i speak mandarin and english

also i m learning french

Hello my name is Allan =3

My name is Allan, I'm 17, I study in Paris and would love to find a corresponding English, American or foreigner, in order to discuss and share our different culture. =) I'm pretty friendly and I love discovering new things. Later I hope to do the world tour! But it's not for tomorrow because tomorrow I have to go to school/classes x) Sorry for my English ^ ^' and I hope we can do long conversations = D

 

c'est très bien

je parle l'anglais et je suis en train d'étudier le français :)

My home town.

I live in a Russian town called Ulianovsk. It's a big town situated near cities such as Moscow, Samara and others.There are a lot of historical monuments here. You can see history everywhere!
Lenin and Goncharov was born in Ulianovsk. And there are a lot of streets with names of famous people.
There are a lot of restraunts, theatres, cinemas,cafes and nightclubs in Ulianovsk.There are also big universities such as Ulianovsk State University and Ulianovsk State Technical University.
I love my town and think it's very beautiful.