6条幸福生活的规则 在俄罗斯有一个有名的心理学家。据他说，有6条幸福生活的规则: 1) 只做你喜欢做的事情 2) 不要做你不喜欢做的事情 3) 如果你不喜欢某事，那就马上说吧 4) 没有问题的时候不要回答 5) 只回答问题 6) 争论的时候只要讲自己 这些规则适用于生活的各个方面。你们觉得什么？明白这些规则吗？同意吗？

大家好! ... or my short self introduction in Chinese :) 我叫尼古拉。 我是俄罗斯人。我三十岁。 我学中文已经一年了,太难了。我的工作是程序员。 我的城市是下诺夫哥罗德。从莫斯科这五百公里。 我住在一个公寓楼。我通常在吃饭后看书。我从来不去酒吧,太吵了。 今年我想去中国学习汉语，但是还不知道在哪儿。可能北方比较好，因为不贵，二阶大家说普通话，最后不太热。 我听说北京的空气不太好，所以比较小北方的城市最好。

Crimea Dear italki-users, let me share with you a bit of experience I have had in Crimea this summer, traveling with my friends along the southern coast during two weeks. First of all, the most common way of getting there from Russia nowadays is by plane, since traveling in train by land is impossible and using the ferry is too long. So we got to the Simferopol airport, aiming for Sevastopol. However, since we have arrived at midnight, we decided to save our money avoiding getting a taxi and stay in a nearby hotel. We found only two, both overbooked. We intended to do hiking during this trip so we had our backpacks and all, so finally we just moved a little aside from civilization and camped in the field. Fortunately, in Sevastopol and other cities we visited we found lodging. I would say nothing has changed since I’ve been there two years ago, except the currency. And Crimea and southern Russia are quite alike, at least in temper of the people – opened and direct.

Practicar el ruso y el español via skype Hola todos! Es que alguien quere charlar un poco, practicando tanto el ruso como el español? Mi skypename es ng311086, escribenme - encontraremos la hora cómoda para la llamada. Hasta pronto :)

Practicar el español hablando Es bastante extraño para mì, que en mi ciudad hay tanta oportunidad de practicar el español, de encontrar a nativos hispanohablantes. Hay muchos estudiantes extranjeros en nuestra universidad, pero hay también la gente adulta que se han mudado a Rusia y trabajan como profesores en las escuelas lingüísticas, algunos programadores. Uno de ellos, de Argentina, hasta organiza reuniones para practicar el español hablando, discutiendo, jugando, etc. Ya existen tres tales clubs, y hay mucha gente que viene. Es curioso que casi todos aprenden el español solo para sì, como un hobby. El inglés, por otro lado, siendo un idioma útil y estudiado en la escuela, no provoca tanta interés. Yo mi pregunto si en otros países existen reuniones semejantes para los amadores del ruso. Me sorprenderìa si fuera asì, porque el ruso es difícil a aprender. Al menos no tenemos clubs del chino aquì - pocos lo hablan. O tal vez si lo hablan - tienen mucho trabajo y poco tiempo libre.

A request to Chinese learners Hello language learners! I have a request to make. Recently I began to learn Chinese Mandarin and for the first time I encounter a problem - not enough material. Currently I'm using pod-casts from ChinesePod, but there format doest work for me as a really language break-through method. Which I really would like to obtain are adaptive audio-books of A1 level, i.e. for the very beginners. The difference between pod-casts and audio-books is huge: from pod-casts one picks up useful stuff here and there, not really switching to the language in my opinion, whereas audio-books include no explanations in English, even though using a kindergarten vocabulary and manner of speech. For instance, in the beginning of my Spanish-learning occupation I was fortunate in bumping into this audio-book: http://www.uchiyaziki.ru/index.php/audiokursi-ispanskogo-yazika-skachat/267-audiokurs-ispanskiy-yazik-dumay-i-govori (no russian in the book, by the way) Or for German: http://books.google.ru/books/about/Anna_Berlin.html?id=EzUECrjRvRQC&redir_esc=y So far I found only one book, not that easy for me however: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12048076-wo-yi-ding-yao-zhao-dao-ta As ever Russians do, I'm searching for available-for-free material :) So I would be grateful if you have something in mind to offer, thank you.

Deutsche Musik Ich glaube dass Musik ein wichtig Mittel für das Sprachenstudium ist. Natürlich man soll mindestens mögen die Misik, sonst das ist nich sehr interessant die Texter zu übersetzen. Da brauche ich Ihre Hilfe: welche Misik können Sie mir empfehlen? Doch außer Rammstein kenne ich nicht viele Deutsche Musikgruppen :)

The note (a short story for an English exam) Alison read the note, smiled, and immediately put on her coat. She haven’t time to finish her launch so she trotted out from the school canteen to catch a bus to the city center. The clouds were gathering promising a heavy rain soon. On the bus stop she noticed Mike, who seemed to be hurrying as well but didn’t see her. ‘Strange’ she thought, ‘Where on earth he is going to? The classes are not over yet’. She wasn’t surprise much when they’ve got in the same bus. ‘Probably he decided to skip the lessons to go to some social event’, she thought, ‘anyway, I have better reasons to leave the school this afternoon’. But when they both got up from their seats to get out on the same stop, she was alarmed. He also noticed her but said nothing. When they both took the same direction towards the park, she decided to start to talk: - You are not at school? - No, I have to meet a friend of mine. And you? Where are you going? - I too have an affair with my friends, we are meeting in the park. The embarrassment began to increase when they both stopped near the same fountain, the meeting place mentioned in the note. She looked at her watch – it was about time for Him to come. But the only person except her standing there was Mike. - ‘Your friend is not coming, she said,’ she said. - ‘He’ll come, it’s too early yet’. Although his uneasiness and permanent looking at his watch suggested that the opposite. ‘I wander if he is waiting for a girl’, she thought, ‘after all, he could call his friends if they are late’. A sudden pouring rain though made them take cover under his parasol. It was clear to her that someone had played a good joke on them. For, perhaps, it was Mike to write the note?

Aber es ist lustig Neulich ich habe für den Schengen-Visum beantragt (ich werde Österreich in diesem Sommer für einen Monat), aber es fand sich, daß man kann nicht für ein Visum früher als in 3 Monaten vor der Reise beantragen. Deshalb habe ich, zumindest bis April warten. Aber es ist lustig. Normalerweise mache ich es im letzten Moment. Die Sache ist, dass in der Regel bin ich im Ausland für einen Konferenzen und ich kann nicht sicher sein, ob ich bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt akzeptiert werde, oder nicht. Während dieser Mal es ist die Sprachkurse, wo jeder akzeptiert werden kann vorher.