Профиль участника: Marsha

Не смотря на стихию жизнь продолжается и на прошлой неделе мы отмечали странный праздник хэллоуин. Толпы разукрашенных людей, детей и взрослых стучащие в ваши дома вызывают странные ощущения в первый раз, но затем начинаешь видеть в этом какую то забаву хотя все еще не находишь в этом никакого смысла. Итак про Хэллоуин,

Halloween is one of the most loved American holidays. The
day before All Saint’s Day is celebrated in nearly every house of America.
Before Halloween, families decorate their houses with various things. Some
people put fake and real carved pumpkins all over the place, hang leafs of
different colors everywhere and place candles, apparently trying to light their
houses on fire. Other families choose to decorate their houses in a “scary”
fashion. They place spider webs on their windows, spooky pictures inside the
houses and tomb stones on their front yards. On October 31, kids, dressed up in
all kinds of different costumes, walk around their neighborhoods, asking for
candy. Halloween costumes usually made after different monsters, ghosts,
skeletons, witches, and devils. Eventually, the costume makers started to
include popular characters from stories, celebrities, and other characters,
such as ninjas and princesses. Dressing up in costumes and going
trick-or-treating was popular in Ireland and Scotland at Halloween by the late
19th century. Dressing up became popular for Halloween parties in the US in the
early 20th century, as often for adults as for children. The first
mass-produced Halloween costumes appeared in stores in the 1930s when
trick-or-treating was becoming popular in the United States. Halloween costume
parties generally fall on or around October 31, often on the Friday or Saturday
before Halloween. There are some usually associated with Halloween parties. One
common game is “dunking” or “apple bobbing,” in which apples float in a tub or
a large basin of water and the players must use their teeth to get the apple
from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a
fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another
common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings;
these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the
string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very sticky face. Therefore,
Halloween is awesome.

Дорогие друзья, я вернулась наконец то, точнее наконец то включили электричество, и в ближайшие два дня я выложу мои сочинения и подкасты. Нас в Пенсильвании немного зацепило штормом, но мы отделались достаточно легко, в нашей области у некоторых затопило подвалы, основные повреждения были это поваленные деревья и в следствии этого отключение электричества.

Как я говорила раньше мы с моей учительницей Керен читаем книгу и затем я пишу изложение по каждой прочитанной главе. В этот раз я решила убить двух зайцев, написала одно сочинение для Керен и для нашего проекта. Готовясь к уроку Керен я пишу три-четырые разных истории, изложение по каждой прочитанной главе и коротенькие истории которые я пишу для практики использования не правильных глаголов. Итак:

John Grisham “The Innocent Man”
Chapter 3 begins with a meeting of two old friends. Bruce Reba and Ron Williamson, they played baseball together in the school. They were glad to meet each other again. They were young, nice-looking, single, and they immediately began looking for women.
Ron was depressed with his baseball career and his mood was unstable. Ron was drinking and used strong drugs. He gave a very hard time to his family. But when his father was diagnosed with cancer, Ron’s problems became less important for his family. Ron’s father had surgery in Oklahoma City in early 1978, but he died on April 1978.
Ron continues to love drink. He was arrested on May 5, because Lyza Lentzch reported to police that Ron raped her. On September 9, another woman reported that Ron raped her too. But Ron explained to the jury that sex with the woman was mutual consent. The jury believed Ron and found him not guilty.
On January 8, 1980 Dr. Prosser tried to diagnose schizophrenia, but Ron did not cooperate with the treatment team for a complete diagnosis. His doctor was sure that Ron has mental issue. But Ron found a job, met some friends was involved with a church and his case was closed. On July 1981 he was arrested for being drunk in public and pleaded guilty and then he said to the doctor in the Hospital that he needs help.

Спасибо всем кто помогал мне конвертировать файл из айпеда в мп3, кажется я справилась. Как я уже говорила ранее мне нравиться учить подкасты, а теперь я поняла что мне нравиться их записывать. Этот подкаст я записала раз 20 если не больше, каждый раз когда в комнате было тихо я запиналась и спотыкалась на окончаниях или предлогах, а каждый раз когда записать текст удавалось без ошибок то муж чихал в соседней комнате то еще что то случалось, что то падало или стучало дверями.
Не знакомых слов было не много bitter, jaded, reconciliation и walked all over me, это и все что я перевела со словарем. Текст оказался достаточно легким только запиналась много раз на an on-again и As far as I’m concerned.

Хочу добавить что первый выученный подкаст уже стал забываться без повторения (а мне надо его еще раз без ошибок записать) но выученными фразами я уже стала пользоваться, не так давно в разговоре сказала что don't telling me how to run my life, эта фраза была точно из предыдущего выученного диалога. Я вообще стараюсь новыми выученными словами пользоваться по возможности, тогда они точно запоминаются.

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=11802543

Спасибо Ивану за конструктивную критику, мне волшебные пинки помогают собраться что бы двигаться дальше. Я только все еще думаю что 3 месяца для существенного результата не достаточно. Когда не умеешь писать или читать, то научиться писать и читать за 3 месяца реально, а показать прогресс при наличии определенных навыков и избавиться от дурных привычек будет не просто за такой короткий срок. Но доверяя мнению Ивана двигаюсь дальше с новым сочинением. Сочинение написано в соавторстве с гуглом и моей семьей, не то что бы они писали для меня, но я задала 100500 вопросов каждому из них.

In America football has become everyone’s favorite sport. Many game tickets are given as gifts; plenty of dates took place at football games and a lot of kids love playing the game. At first, I did not understand the football’s rules, but now I grown to love and enjoy it. Every Friday during the football season my friend Amy and I attend Amy’s son’s games together. Amy’s son’s name is Kenny. There, we spend time with our friends, support Kenny and his team and just have fun. Every Friday game it looks like a big and important game. The stands are full, cheerleaders jump and yell. The musical bands played some music to help players be brave and strong. Most people come to football games only to pass their time. During this time you will surly meet your friends, relatives and neighbors. 

Most of Amy’s family attends every game, so I have a chance to spend time with them. I enjoy their company, every Friday is like blessing for me. We exchange news, tell jokes and complain about everything. The whole family is very nice, so I have a lot of fun spending my time with them. Also, by attending the game we support Kenny’s team. We buy various lottery tickets, shirts and things of that sort, as a fundraiser. The earned money goes to buying new uniforms for the team, funding trips and events. I like to cheer a lot, hoping that it will raise their spirits and make them perform better. I have fun by buying tasty unhealthy food, drinking hot chocolate, relaxing on the bench and watching the game. I love getting my mind off work and everything else, while watching kids chaise one another, trying to get a ball.
Every Friday I attend high school football games, where I pass time with friends, help fund the team and enjoy my time off work. Football is sure a wonderful sport!