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I'm a college student about to graduate with a Math degree in December. I love doing research and being outdoors (hiking, white water rafting, etc.). I love Japan and Japanese culture, I hope to travel there some day. I am very interested in learning the Japanese language, and I have studied it for some time now. I feel that learning Japanese has actually given me a better grip on English. I am more than happy to help anyone learn English, and I would be grateful for any advice or lessons in Japanese. I hope that there are some people who would be willing to exchange with me.
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    Friday night

    It's Friday today! I like going out on Friday nights and also I like staying at home, too.
    I usually have homework of in my English classes and study for the Cambridge exam. I'm going to take it in December so I have to study hard.
    But I don't have any homework on Fridays so I can relax. I drank a bottle of beer and had a nice dinner at home tonight, so I'll sleep a lot tonight!

     

    Pretty well written! :D

    Just remember that if you refer to an activity as something that ALWAYS happens on a Friday, we use the plural "Fridays" to say that it happens every Friday.

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    October 19, 2014
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    September 13, 2012
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    The answer is even if. The reason why is because you are being told to do something regardless of what these opinions mean to you. This type of sentence refers to a "worst case" and tells you to "do what I told you, even if that worst case happens to you!".
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    September 12, 2012
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    Trouble and Problem are indeed very similar, they are actually two ways to say the same thing. When something is in trouble, it implies that there is a problem. And also when there is a problem, there will likely be something that is in a troubled state. Trouble is a state of difficulty. In other words, trouble is the "state of having a problem". For example, "My car is having trouble starting." and "I have a problem, my car is not starting." are two ways to say the same thing. As said in the previous answer, trouble is usually about something general (meaning that you don't know where the problem is specifically), and when you know the problem, only then would you refer to it directly as a problem.
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    September 12, 2012
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    September 11, 2012
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    The electricity failed.

     

    Correction: The electricity went out.

    [We use out instead of fail, or off. If you wanted to say that it failed, you would say the POWER failed. For some reason, we make this distinction].

     

    3 days ago,it was heavy rain with thunder and lightning.
    Lightning struck a telegraph pole in front of my house.
    And then, the electricity was off for 6 hours in my house.

     

    Correction: Three days ago, there was a thunderstorm. Lightning struck a a telephone pole in front of my house, which shut the electricity off for 6 hours.

    [Rain + Lightning + Thunder = Thunderstorm. We refer to these poles as telephone poles. Also, when you talk about an event (Lightning struck a telephone pole), that event caused something (shutting your electricity off), and they belong in the same sentence.]

    By the way, this time I thought how important the electricity is.
    And when I think back on what I did, I feel pretty stupid.

     

    Correction: By the way, at this time I thought about how important the electricity was, and when I think about what I did, I feel pretty stupid.

    [Remember, in English we make heavy distinctions about how you make reflections (I thought, thinking back, etc.), you always want to say "about", or give a very specific subject. Also, remember that the verb tense is very important.]


    When I didn't have the electricity, there were too many things I could not do.
    - I could not cook and take a bath because It's controled by the electricity.
    - I could not watch TV or Internet news so I could not know what's happened.
    - I could not work because I am a system engineer.
    - I could not use an air conditioner. (The temperature was 34 degrees)
    - I could not use my cell phone.(Unfortunately, the charge was almost 0%)

    etc....

     

    Correction:

    When I didn't have electricity, there were so many things I could not do, such as:

    - I could not cook or take a bath because they are controlled by electricity.

    - I could watch TV or the internet news, so I did not know what was happening.

    - I could not work because I am a system engineer.

    - I could not use an air conditioner. (The temperature was 34 degrees).

    - I could not use my cell phone. (Unfortunately, the battery was almost dead).

    [Instead of etc, you can use "such as" with a colon (:) to let people know that the list isn't complete. Otherwise, this section was really well done.]


    In summary, I could not do anything.
    I was only just panicking with my cat.

     

    Correction: In summary, I could not do anything. All I could do was panic with my cat.

    [The last sentence should make a reference to the previous sentence. You couldn't do anything, but you were panicking with your cat? You need to say along the lines of "I couldn't do anything, BUT..."]

    I thought I have to know how to get over a crisis more...

     

    Correction: It made me think about how I have to know about how to get over a crisis.

    [This sentence should reference your previous story. What made you think about how to get over a crisis? This crisis.]

     

    I hope this helps! Having no electricity can be terrible! I have had the same thing happen to me, but fortunately everything that batteries was still fully charged. I, too, hope you will be more prepared next time!

     

    :D

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    August 20, 2012
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