Audrey Tautou - un film incroyable!

Hey Nozturk...I would probably say: 'What do I have to do, to dissuade you from DOING it?' 'What can I do, to dissuade you from DOING it?' You could replace 'doing' with any -ing (gerund) verb form. Maybe someone is about to play some music you don't like: 'What do I have to do, to dissuade you from PLAYING it?' Remember dissuade is normally used when talking about something someone has NOT YET decided to do. i.e.: in the music example above, this would imply the person hasn't yet started playing the music. If they had started to play the music, and you wanted them to stop: 'What do I have to do, to dissuade you from continuing to play that music? Hope that helps :-)

Identity theft!

Hello everybody! Could you please correct this essay? Thanks in advance.

The passage states that nowadays, identity theft is a major problem and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor disputes this idea. He says that it is just a misperception and identity theft is not that much of a problem. 

First, the article claims that large amounts of data are created(could be gathered/stored - I'm not sure which verb you want, but any of these is better to use than compiled)by companies, which is not secure and may be stolen by thieves. The professor refutes this point, saying that considering there are millions of databases available, the amount of stolen data is negligible. In fact, only a very small percentage of data has ever been stolen up to now. 

Second, the article states that the stolen data from companies is vital. Again the professor disagrees and states that the stolen data is not valuable. He explains the stolen data mainly includes the names and addresses of the victims. Thieves cannot do much with this type of information. He says the stolen data is not enough to open credit cards.

Finally, the article posits that identity theft can be used to steal the money which victims hold in their saving accounts. The professor opposes this point by saying that most companies protect their customers’ accounts by receiving(sorry I'm not sure what you mean here) more personal information than can be stolen. He gives an example that when someone has your personal information and wants to empty your accounts, these companies make him sign in and prove that he is who he says he is.

In conclusion, although the article states that identity theft is a major problem, the professor believes it is an overblown concern. He states the amount of stolen data is small, invaluable and also cannot be used to empty bank accounts.

 

(I changed your 'data is' into 'data are' statements, because even though data is an uncountable noun, the way you worded the sentence referred to a lot of data/much data so I thought it was best written with the plural - I hope that's OK? Also, if you can explain more about the part in blue I can try to help you.)

My old letter, I found it from my old blog.

I found this letter from my old wordpress.com account. Before Hi5 and Facebook were popular, I used to always write a diary on space.msn. I love expressing my feelings. >> I wrote this for a Chinese friend who I met at a Bangkok Universiade 2007 game. She was a basketball player, and I was a volunteer for the Basketball gym(gymnasium is OK to say but it's really formal - NES (native English speakers) never say gynasium. I was very grateful to her, because she gave me a little basketball key chain. This letter will show you all how I am crazy in Chinese people haha(not quite sure what you mean here, I'm sorry) However it was strange after I sent the e-mail because she didn't reply. Maybe the E-mail was wrong. Before, It was difficult for me to find Chinese friends, but not right now! It is wonderful that I have many nice Chinese friends ^^ 谢谢大家

 

(hope this helps)

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http://www.italki.com/notebook/entry/173124.htm

No burning the dishes again. - 20120311

My roommate once forgot to turn off the gas after she finished cooking. It made the food burn in the pan. The smoke covered the walls in our kitchen. We had to spend a lot of time cleaning the walls.

Today it was my turn. I was so engrossed in a movie this morning, that I forgot that there were some vegetables cooking. When I rushed into the kitchen, there was no soup was left in the pan. The food was stuck to the bottom of the pan and it was all burnt.

It was so terrible, because I was starving. I had to eat bread and milk.

It seems to me, that I need to practise a lot more at cooking, before I can be a good housewife.

Cooking is much more difficult than learning English!

 

(hope this helps :-)