If When Rihanna says I love you to Adele :)))

Well, I love (both) Rihanna and Adele, so here are (the songs) Diamonds and Rolling In The Deep is here :). I mixed them together and it's just for fun :P. So, how do you like it? Give me some advise on my pronunciation and the song, plz :)))))) I am always trying to improve (myself) :PP and, thx :))

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1) "If" would mean that it is likely (possible) to happen. :D And there would be "If...said". While "when" expresses just a <em>fictional reality</em>, or how to explain it. ;D

2) "Both" doesn't have to be there from the gramatical point of view, but it is "more correct". :D

3) In asentence like "Look, Xu is here!", here is at the end, yes. But "Diamonds and Rolling in the deep is are here" is incorrect, because for it to be at the end, it has to be based on current experience. Like this you're just stating it, so it should be "Here are Diamonds and Rolling In The Deep" or better yet (again not necessary) "Here are the songs Diamonds and Rolling In The Deep", to make it clear. I imagine it is very hard to get used to, it's about <em>feeling</em> what is right, you'll get there. :)

4) I know you don't really have clear tenses in Chinese, but it should just be "mixed", the past tense, because it happened before you wrote it. ;)

5) Well, "and it's" is just redundant and weird there. ;D

6) The word "improve" doesn't need "myself"/"yourself" and so on, it is already a part of the word. But it's not really wrong per se (< If you get confused here, "per se" is not originally an English phrase, but it's used quite a lot in English; it just emphasizes the word "really" and is often connected with it in this context). ;)

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Ooh, it's such a pity there is just a short part of the recording. :( You sing very well. I'm not a big fan of this kind of music and I don't know the song Diamonds, but I'd be interested in how you mixed it together. :)

Just a few tips about the pronunciation - The English <em>d</em> is pronounced a bit differently that the Pinyin <em>d</em>. While in Pinyin it's like <em>t</em>, only without putting breath into it, in English, <em>d</em> is pronounced... well, differently, I'm not sure how to explain, the mouth is a bit more round and the tongue is slightly lower. (The same with <em>b /p/</em> and <em>g /k/</em>). Also with the <em>r</em>, the mouth is a bit rounder in English. But even though this text is rather long, it's just small things and your accent is much less obvious then most non-native-English people I know. ;)

加油！

expect nothing and you will be surprised by something =)

Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say "by anything". ;)

I was sad...

A few days ago, we were writing the exams at our school.
Though I passed, but I was just (only) the 52nd in our grade...
All the / my grades were really bad, because they dropped lowered everyone's/my performance average.

I have renewed my/the efforts to improve. I can't mustn't be lazy!!

Refuel !

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1) "our school had the exams" - In Eglish, it is not possible to state that a school <em>has</em> something. ;) And there is not <em>the</em> before <em>exams</em>, because they weren't mentioned before (Singular - the / a/an | Plural - the / -nothing-)
2) "Though...,but" - There is no need for <em>but</em> when you use <em>though</em>. You can either use <em>though</em>, which by itself excludes the next part of the sentence or you can use <em>but</em> on its own. ;)
3) "I was just 52nd" - I don't really know why, but <em>just</em> is not used in this context. You can use <em>only</em> to express it's low or you don't have to put anything there.
4) "The grades were really bad" "dropped many performance" - It wasn't very clear whether you meant that all the grades were bad (everyone's) or just yours. And you can't use many performance. ;)
5) "I can't be lazy!" - This would mean you try to be lazy. You have to use <em>mustn't</em>, which expresses that someone else or you yourself forbade you.
6) "Refuel!" - I suppose you meant the Chinese phrase 加油. Its literal translation really is <em>refuel</em>, but it is just a phrase, which doesn't have any equivalent in English. You could use <em>"I have to be strong"</em> or something like that, but it doesn't have such a strong meaning in English, so I would just leave it.

:)

So, hi everybody, I am Julia. So, a few days ago I was on an autumn vacation. I was in Instanbul. It took 4 hours to get there. I really like this city. This city is as in a fairy-tale. There's a mix of different cultures... I always enjoy the atmosphere of Instanbul. My parents like the voice of the mosque service. There are many tourists from others countries. You can meet European and Chinise people, too. This city is a city of contrasts. This city has very interesting history. =) I really like this city. =)

Plus remember, "I" as "me" is always written with capital letters. And don't forget about articles, punctuation and capital letters in nationalities. ;)

I've been to Instanbul, it is indeed a very nice city, I hope you had a pleasant time there. =)