Are traditional skills disappearing? In the past, many people had skills such as making their own clothes and doing repairs to things in the house. In many countries, nowadays, skills like these are disappearing. Why do you think this change is happening? How far is this situation true in your country? People used to have skills like their own clothes and doing repairs in their house. But recently, these special skills are disappearing in many countries. So there is a question: why the change is happening? Let me tell you something about this. Nowadays science development is better than before. For example, we used to take care of the flowers in our garden by ourselves. But now, we can use a electronic system to do this all. Another important reason is that, in this generation, development of industry have a rapid progress. If our house’s roof is broken, there are two choices. We could fix it by wood but we should make the wood board by ourselves. Or we can buy these stuff in the supermarket. I think most of us would choose the second way. It is more convenient. Last but not the least, nowadays, people have more work than they used to have. Most of them have less spare time than before. They have no time to deal with the problem like car broken or dirty clothes. So they prefer paying to get a machine to do it rather than waste their own valuable time. In my country, China, we have two different situations. In west region of China, people there use these skills to make a living because there are poor of science and industry. On the contrary, in the east of China, the science and industry are better than the west China, so most of people in the east of China have forget these special skills.

How to study efficiently with language exchange partners? I have been using italki for several years but when I look back on how I take advantage of this website, I notice that it helps just a little for my language skills. Partners and I keep less contacts after the first chatting. How should I focus on learning here as a habit? And what should I do with my language partners?

IELTS task 1, complaining letter You were hurt in a minor accident inside a supermarket, and you wish to complain to the supermarket.   Write a letter to the manager of the supermarket. In your letter  say who you are   give details about the accident   suggest how the supermarket could prevent similar accidents. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to complain about the problem in the supermarket. I am a housewife. Yesterday I was shopping in the supermarket and I was considering what food I should cook for dinner. When I walked by the seafood section, I fell off on the ground. There was some water on the floor. I got hurt because of that. When I got up, I understood what was happening. Due to the alive fish, they make the water out of the cave ad stay on the floor. I would like to say that you should make some changes so similar accidents could be prevented. The supermarket should keep the floor dry and clean, also should not let the cave full of water. Just half of it will be OK. That is all I want to express. Thanks for your reading and if you use my suggestions, I would be grateful for that. Yours Mary

How to apply the schorlorship from EM?I am a freshman in China. I need more details about the program so if anyone is familiar with the program,please give me your email address so we can contact with each other.I really need your help,thank you very much!!! :-)