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We plan to go briefly to Xinjiang in 2013. We have been in China before - lived there in the 1980s, visited maybe 12 provinces including Qinghai but never Xinjiang. I am brushing up my poor Chinese but Uyghur is important for Xinjiang. I have listened to counting from 1 to 30 on YouTube, it is not easy!!! Many sounds which are difficult for old ears and tongue to distinguish!. I just need basic courtesies to begin.
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    <em>You have a good sense of speaking English, you will make yourself understood, nice start!!</em>

     

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I am very surprised i can learn english in this way, thanks for the teacher who will help me in advance.<em> [do you mean you have a teacher and you want to thank that teacher or do you mean you want a teacher? ]</em>
    Now, I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Grace. I have given myself this English name. I like learning English. I want to communicate with foreigners fluently. However, as i work in cCina and i hardly have any chance to  talk with foreigner, I am afraid i will fail. I heard about this website from my friends. I think this is a good way to learn English. I hope i can improve my English as quickly as possible. Thank you!!

    <em>Xiexie ni!</em>

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    It was a quarter past ten.

    Finally – just a few minutes ago – I saw the batman's wife.
    She looked quite bored while thumbed through a newspaper.
    A fat policeman then arrived and sat down and mumbled something to her, but she didn't lift her gaze. She continued reading listlessly.
    I don't know why, but as soon as I saw her, she gave me a sense of protection, like a big mother... perhaps because she had enormous breasts and puffy cheeks.
    A girl was looking at herself in the mirror, admiring her young beauty.
    I drank my coffee and chewed on a donut with a hole.

     

    <em>That is an interesting and complex story. I have made some small adjustments with words, also with 'tense'. You begin in the past tense and you must continue with that unless you leap to another situation. Well done, very enjoyable, atmospheric!!    Please keep writing the story!</em>

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    October 10, 2012
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    I think you mean "Who can answer the question?" Duele? Do you mean "What are the cultural differences between America and Britain?".... or do you mean "What are the differences between China on the one hand and America and Britain on the other?" I come from Australia, we are different from American and British, but we think we understand each other very well - but consider the differences between different provinces in China and compare with differences between English speaking countries.
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    October 10, 2012
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    October 10, 2012
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    Sine qua non is a Latin phrase - the language of old Rome. It means precisely "Without which nothing" — if you don't have the thing referred to as a sine qua non then you will have nothing. It is not in common use, but is an elegant expression.
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    August 17, 2012
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    "What are you doing" is a 'continuous' form... it means what is it that you will do throughout this week. There is an old romantic American song; "What are you doing for the rest of your life?" === You could say "what do you do this week" but it would have an entirely different meaning. Consider this conversation: "Last week I speed skated from Moscow to St Petersburg!" "Really? What do you do this week, then? Run to Berlin?"" === Compare this use of do: "Do you play tennis?" "No I do not play tennis. I do not have the money or the time to play tennis." "Do try to find the time. I think you will be good at tennis and I do want to help you to find a teacher if you have the time."
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    August 17, 2012
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    If you have a goldfish AND a hamster in your pants, it will become singular when the hamster has eaten the goldfish. :-) And you will probably have a very strange experience! You are formally not supposed to begin a sentence with 'and'. But it adds emphasis to break that rule, as is also the case if you begin a sentence with 'but'... so long as you only do this occasionally, to add that extra weight to what you are saying.
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    August 17, 2012
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    Without love of yourself... (when I say 'yourself' I do not point at 'you' - in English you can use 'you' and 'yourself' to refer to everyone when making a general point)... ... can you love anyone or anything else. And without that, what is there to see, to live for? It is good to think of love as a power within you, not a falling outside yourself to someone else. It should strengthen your personal identity, not reduce your life. A good love gives power and confidence, allows risk (new ideas, new visions, new initiatives), enthusiasm and creativity. Can you try to watch Brene Brown on this subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0 http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html Some important ideas there.
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    August 17, 2012
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