每日学英语

jiayi

英语超低水平，但非常想学好，决定写英文日志了.
刚写了一篇，放上网督促自己一下，文章一定错漏百出，水平低是一定的了。有些词的用法上网查的,不知道用得对不对,高手帮我指正就最好了.
    I plan to keep a journal in English to improve my English from today. I should record the new words in the back of the diary when I write a diary. Through this method I can know the use of the words and how to organize them.
   This morning I receive a message from my friend Eagle. She was worried about the education in China.Our children are same age so she likes sharing the thoughts about the child growth with me.
   She sent me a news link. It is about a girl’s suicide because the stress from teacher Li. The girl, who named XuYuanFang, has the ability to think independently. When a student is alien the discipline he will be required to review in a written form. Usually students will express the emotion such as remorse. While the girl express not only remorse but also the reason why she did it. To teacher Li, it seemed like an aggressive hue.
   More and more reviews in written form were asked. XuYuanFang became afraid to write that. Finally, the girl can’t tolerate any more, so she chose suicide. Eagle thought if the girl was not in China she would live well. Sometimes Chinese education is too strict to a child, especially to a child who don’t toe the line.
   It’s a tragedy for both the little girl and the teacher.
   The fault the girl made is very tiny. Such as she don’t bring a newspaper folder but she use another thing to protect the newspapers. In fact, the review written by XuYuanFang is very genuine. I think it’s much better than a regular review just for a task.
    I mourn over the XuYuanFang’s death.
    I’m not sure if teacher Li still teaching. But I think at least she work hard. She checked every thing about the students such as homework, school things, student’s behavior....... In a class, there are at least 50 students. It’s a big job. If somebody aliens the discipline she must take steps to forbid others do it again. While a student don’t agree with her, she think she must do some thing more to stand on her dignity otherwise more and more students will alien the discipline. But some times, it can not be simply processed because student is a person not a machine. He has his own thinking. It’s very difficult to find a balance. So I think to be a good teacher is very difficult thing.
    But in this case, I think teacher Li need to improve her method. I am moved by the review written by XuYuanFang. It’s really very genuine. I don’t think she need to be punished just because she wrote something to express her own opinion.

It’s the link about the news: http://blog.qq.com/qzone/379267292/1239553218.htm

                                            http://qzone.qq.com/blog/379267292-1239248118

Gouwo

交流点儿个人意见吧。
“from today”感觉是“中式英语”印象里直接用today就好了。
第二句中两个“diary”，英语中好像也很忌讳重复，后面说“when I write it”就可以了吧？

我也努力英语中，大家多交流。

月明

good job!

jiayi

交流点儿个人意见吧。
“from today”感觉是“中式英语”印象里直接用today就好了。
第二句中两个“diary”，英语中好像也很忌讳重复，后面说“when I write it”就可以了吧？

我也努力英语中，大家多交流。 ...
Gouwo 发表于 2009-4-17 10:40

                               
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非常感谢！
有空来逛逛吧，指点一下。我的是典型的中国英语，前天在LINC班还大声说＂ADD GAS＂

I think I should speak English here, say it again:
Thank you very much.
I gratefully welcome coorections. If you have time I hope you can come here.
I always speak Chinese English, I spoke aloud 'add gas' in the linc class the day before yesterday.
Thank you for your corrections again.

jiayi

Something dreadful happened yesterday in the building of my work. Somebody shot in the building. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.  
The fire bell clanged for a long time. It always doesn’t work properly, so we just ignored it as normal. I couldn’t hear any sound of shot. When I went out of the office, I found there were several communication vehicles for reporting in the parking lot. The mall closed, we had to leave from another door when we got off work.
I read the news this morning: A security guard was shot in the chest yesterday afternoon, but survived thanks to body armour. The guard confronted two men. One man had a weapon and after a struggle with the guard, the gun was discharged. One man has been arrested.
I think it is very danger for one person has his own weapon. It’s unsafe to other people. I hope the law about ‘gun ownership ’can be changed.

月明

4# jiayi

it doesn't matter. since we are chinese, most Chinese speak Chinglish. so do i.

nikii

please have more space between each paragraph.

I will be back later.

未飘落的雪

月明

jiayi, how is your daughter's english now?  is she getting used to the child care center?

jiayi

jiayi, how is your daughter's english now?  is she getting used to the child care center?
月明 发表于 2009-4-19 11:35

                               
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  Thanks for your concern.  
  She likes the day care center now. She can speak a little English  ,such as 'banana', 'my seat' 'good night' .... I think her pronunciation is excellent.   The word most commonly used is "mine". Every thing she wants she will say "mine"

jiayi

nikii ,未飘落的雪 ,月明
thank you for your coming

jiayi

I am always busy in the weekend. After a week passed, there always left some housework need to do. And the baby should go to play outside. When I have time to write a diary, it’s almost 12 pm. But I think I should insist it.

     Yesterday a government officer came to our linc class to introduce the government service for the new immigrant. After her introduction, we can ask the questions.

    The officer hand out some papers for the service information. There are 44 wards in Toronto and every ward has a councilor. I found Howard Moscoe was the councilor in the ward I lived. I can call 416-392-4027 if I have any question to ask. There are some phone number about the government service such as ‘No water’, ‘Water has a bad taste’, ’litter and debris removal’ and so on. I think it’s useful so I’ll keep the papers.

    Some questions asked by the classmates are interesting too. From the questions I know if you want to fix the windows in your old house you can ask government pay some money for it, because you save the energy from doing that. If apples always fall down from your neighbor’s apple tree, you can’t cut the branch off which extend to your yard. What you can do just discussing with the neighbor. But if some bushes extend from the neighbor’s yard to yours, you can cut it.

huhu

月明

I am always busy in the weekend. After a week passed, there always left some housework need to do. And the baby should go to play outside. When I have time to write a diary, it’s almost 12 pm. But I  ...
jiayi 发表于 2009-4-19 12:18

                               
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it is not easy for a working mother. if possible, ask your man to do some housework. take care.

jiayi

YueMing, I think you are very kind and friendly from your reply. Every day you come here to read my English article which have many errors. It is thoughtful of you to have a suggestion to me. Thanks for your support. I think I should study from you how to thoughtful concern for others.

You are right, it is not easy for a working mother with a little child. Once a woman became a mother she will know how many things need to do every day. It’s very difficult to have her time belong herself. Especially coming to a new country, you should do everything by yourself. My husband is busy too. When I do some housework such as cooking, cleaning and so on, he should take care our daughter. In fact, my daughter likes her father more than me because she always plays with him. But my husband is not good at housework. He will spent 2 hours to wash dishes. After several tests I give upJ. Everybody focus on what he does best.

Life is simple. working, watching my daughter’s growth. Improving my English. We are happy Though both of us are busy. I think it’s enough.

Time past so fast. It’s my diary today. Tomorrow I want to talk about The Toronto zoo.

月明

language is just a tool of communication. don't care too much about some error as long as others can understand it. your english is pretty good i think. i learn a lot from your journal. keep doing it.

jiayi

April 20,2009
       I  decided to delay the diary about Toronto zoo because I want to record another thing first.

To preserving my daughter’s eyesight, we changed a LCD and sold the old TV. We promised to deliver it and it was not expensive, so it was sold very quickly. My husband delivered it last night.

        He was surprised when he reached the house which he delivered to. He saw there were 6 persons lived there, just 1 bedroom and 1 drawing room. But we think maybe there are some rooms upstairs because there are only two beds. They didn’t have any TV until my husband delivered one. So when he arrived, 4 persons are around him to watch the TV. My mind turned again to the 1980s.

       Although too many people live there, but it is clean very much. My husband described the floor used ‘shining’. Maybe I need to devote more energy to cleaning the room. Some times in my room, I can just say ‘What a mess!’

       If you think they are poor, maybe it’s not true. Two brothers lived with my husband in a house last year. They just rent a basement room to live. But they bought a house spent 480 thousand dollars later. They come from FuJian. The householder comes from FuJian too.  ‘The house is clean everyday’, my husband told me.  So my husband thinks we are not competitive with them if they have diploma.  They can bear hardships and they are hardworking too.

jiayi

language is just a tool of communication. don't care too much about some error as long as others can understand it. your english is pretty good i think. i learn a lot from your journal. keep doing it. ...
月明 发表于 2009-4-20 14:00

                               
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In fact ,My english is not  good as you looked ,I always check the use of a word when I write a diary ,such as the use of 'preserve my daugther's eyesight', I'll check it in internet just like that:




Everyone should pay attention to preserving his own eyesight.
每人都应注意保护视力。
preserve
[pri'zə:v] vt.
保护; 防护; 维护
保持; 维持; 支持
保管, 保存, 保藏,防...腐烂
蜜饯(水果); 腌制(蔬菜等); 把...制成罐头
使(某人名字)流传; 把(某人)铭记在心; 使(诗歌等)留存
禁猎, 把...圈为禁猎地
preserve forests
保护森林
preserve order 维护秩序
preserve eggs in salt
腌蛋
You look well preserved. 你看起来保养得很好。
Ice helps to preserve food. 冰有助于保存食物。
Fishing is strictly preserved. 严禁捕鱼。


    And I write a diary by Word software first, it can fix some regular errors. I think it is useful. We can learn from each other. If you found some errors from my expression, please tell me. I do it first:'don't care too much about some error ',-->errors, is it?  From your reply, I renew the words 'as long as' :)

    Welcome your corrections.

皮皮妈

真有毅力

William

very have water, add gas!