Me ayudó a corregir las frases en español, por favor :) The apple is red. La manzana es roja. It is John's apple. Es la manzana de John. I give John the apple. Doy la manzana a John. We give him the apple. Le damos la manzana. He gives it to John. She gives it to him. Lo da a John. Is the apple red? ¿ Es la manzana roja? The apples are red. Las manzanas son rojas. I must give it to him. Debo darlo a él. I want to give it to her. Quiero darlo a ella.(Is there any alternative way to say "darlo a ella"?) I'm going to leave tomorrow. Voy a salir mañana. I can't eat the apple. No puedo comer la manzana. Si todos son correctos, por favor dígame. Muchas gracias!

Language and Culture With the process of globalisation, people from different countries are having more and more communication and cooperation than ever before. In this process,while some languages are being lingua franca, some are going extinct these days. Some people think that it does not matter; instead, it will make life easier and make the world linguistically smaller. Personally, I think that we should protect languages from disappearing. When languages disappear, cultures behind these languages will die out as well. Languages evolve with time, in which course cultures are gradually shaped. Culture and language are integrated with each other and thus once one trails off and so will the other. Take Shanghainess, a Chinese dialect spoken by Shanghai locals, as an example. As a cosmopolitan city, Shanghai attracts thousands of people to come to live and work in here. Mandarin and English have been becoming two common languages one can hear mostly on the street. These days, young locals are not able to speak authentic Shanghainess and most of local kids cannot speak any Shanghainess at all and not mention those classic Shanghainess nursery songs, which constitute my generation of 90s and earlier generation’s childhood memory and bear Shanghai’s culture. Cultures wear off with languages are being more and more rarely spoken. However, under today’s globalization circumstance, some people argue that life would be easier without so many languages in the world. Partially it could be true since there would be no language barriers between people and it would bring great convenience to people especially when they travel or do business abroad. What’s more, speaking common language allows people discuss over global common issues easily without translators or interpreters. Nevertheless, we should note that if there were only a small number of languages, the world would be humdrum as if the rainbow lost its colors, by which I mean the world would lose its lingual diversity and cultural pluralism. In conclusion, although life could be easier with only a few languages widely spoken, we cannot obtain life convenience at the cost of extinction of other languages and cultures.As a part of language, culture is indispensable for human beings;it defines who we are.We should keep our world as an amazing place habouring lingual and cultural diversity.

Is It Good to Learn A Foreign Language at An Early Age? The age of English learners is becoming younger and younger. The problem whether it is better to learn a foreign language as a kid has come to be a concern. Personally, I think the advantages of learning a foreign language as a primary school kid outweigh the disadvantages. The younger the learners are, the better they are at language acquisition. Kids are hardwired to learn language. Take infants as the best example. They like babbling out and mimicking the voices, which is exactly the way they learn their mother tongues in the first place. Young learners, such as primary school students, with strong imitative ability inherited from infancy can easily get a perfect accent as that of native speakers. On the contrary, the older the learners are, the less likely they are to get rid of their native accent due to the influence of their mother tongues. Some people say early language learning might burden children’s study. It is important to note that children are curious about new things and an early exposure to a foreign language enables them to know a new culture; a new culture is like a new world in which curious children might be willing to discover novelty. Also, it is much more beneficial for children to explore a cultural world than be immersed in an electronic virtual world on PC, iPad or the like. In addition, building a solid language foundation during primary school study will make the advanced learning in secondary school easier. Thus, learning a foreign language at an early age will not be a burden to children but their key to a new world as well as a booster for the secondary study . In conclusion, it is better to learn a foreign language at a younger age such as at a primary school age. It will not only help one learn in a more efficient way but also benefit a lot for the further study. Learning language at an early age should be encouraged.

Il “scrigno del tesoro” (Pt. 1) Ho trovato uno “scrigno del tesoro” nel mio ufficio. Mi sono seduta davanti a una fila di libreria contro il muro nell’ufficio. Oggi ho aperto l’armadietto della libreria piu’ vicina a me. Di sorpresa ho trovato qualche libro nuevo.Tra i libri, ci sono Of Mice and Men e The Grapes of Wrath da John Steinbeck, Brave New World da Huxley, ecc. Tutti i libri sono sulla mia lista di lettura. Penso di leggerli nella mia pausa pranzo. Sono stata eccitata! Questo armadietto è come uno scrigno del tesoro per me. Hai mai trovato qualsiasi “scrigno del tesoro” a casa o in ufficio o in altri luoghi?

Do "a colori" and "di vari colori" have the same meaning? Do "a colori" and "di vari colori" have the same meaning?