I was a shy boy.
Up to now, I am still a boy with a little shyness. I think, for girls, shyness maybe make them look cute. But people are all like lively, sunny, humorous boy. Here is a funny story.
Long long ago, when I was in Primary School. I was so shy that I always cried When I met some troubles that I couldn't solve. In Grade 5, I began to study english. My english teacher was a terrible man and I didn't like him very much. He always asked us to answer questions. If we couldn't answer the questions, he would beat us on the hands heavy with a big stick. Every time, If I couldn't answer his question, I always felt shy and began to cry after the beating.
One day, I couldn't answer his question again. when the terrible teacher came at me with his big stick, my tear were in my eyes and were going to drop. He saw it and after a moment, he went away. To my surprise, He didn't beat me. I remember I was so happy that time.
Now, I seldom cry, but the shyness always go with me. I try to change it all the time. I think I need much more courage. could you give me some advices?
Melissa's hometown, Jian'ou
My friend, Melissa has done the following exercise. She is studying to be a English teacher. Her English is good. That is no doubt about it. I make the following comments for her consideration:
Paragraph 2. I entered into this college in 2007. I major in pedagogical English (note 1. "attended", in past tense, indicates that Melissa has completed her college degree. 2. Try not to start a sentence with a conjunction such as and, because, but, etc.. 3. "am majoring", in present progressive tense, indicates that Melissa is doing that major now and is considering changing to another major).
Paragraph 4 appears convoluted. I would change it to: As I see it, a language is tool used by people to communicate with each other. In order to seriously learn about a culture of a foreign country, it is useful to know the language of that country.
- I am a student of Foreign Trade and Business College of Chongqing Normal University.
- I attended this college in 2007. And I am majoring in pedagogical English. I love all kinds of cultures. That was one of the reasons why i chose my major.
- Through years of studying, I think the major difficulties in learning English are speaking and writing. Between the two, speaking is more difficult.
- As I see to it, a language is a tool for people who speak different languages to communicate with others, to learn about the culture. So, if one wants to get to know others, he must know the language first.
- I still have no plan of my future. But I think there is a probility for me to be a teacher for English.
- Since the first time I visited your blog, I found you are quite good in English and are willing to help others. You are so kind. I look forward to your comment.
Below is an attempt on the subject by my friend 祝小英. I can hardly find any mentionable flaws except the followings:
Paragraph 2: "last level" to be changed to "junior level"
Paragraph 5: I would appreciate it if you could.....
1. I used to be a teacher in a high school,I'd been a teacher for 14 years. I worked in the school library, taught biology and Englsih. Now I work in the government of our county as a translator,I mainly translate Jingpo(景颇语), since we are close to the Myanmar, there are many Jingpo people there too. The foreign affairs of our region are mainly to Myanmar.
2. I am only a translator here, not in the last level, maybe in the middle.
3.English is a world language, it is widely used in the mordern society. As a translator, I think it would be better for me to master more than three or four languages. Even though I don't have a chance to use English often in my daily life or in my job. I'm only in a remote region in China. I think I have to master it.
4. It's really difficult for me to master English well. The major difficulties are that I don't have a partner to practice it. When we learn a language, it is easy for us to master it if we have a language environment. Remembering many words is difficult for me too, the rests are listening and spoken Englsih. Here I just speak Chinese or my native languages every day. So how hard for me to master English, I just hope that I can speak English as fluently as I speak Chinese or my native languages.
5. You are really a kind person, I'm really impressed. Few people can do like you,I think. I am appretiate if you can speak English with me, maybe every day, but I know I can't be a selfish person. So hopefully that you can speak with me in English when you have time, when you are very very free.
6. My goal for my career developements is to be a No.1 translator in our region one day. I hope my goal will become true. So I think I have to add Myanmarese and some other languages. I plan to master Myanmar in two or three years, I don't begin to learn it now. As to English, I have to master it as quickly as I can. Oh, it's just a goal,no one can tell how I will be, anyway I will try my best to learn languages as much as I can. if I can't reach my goal, I think I won't be sad in the future, as long as I work hard for it.
7. Thanks for your kindness, I'm lucky to make friends with you, I'm sure I will make a big progress with your help. I know I can't do anything to help you, and you don't need my help, either,the only thing that I can do is to share my life with you if you like.
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