Hi! I'm a bit confused with this phrase: The novel is believed to have been written / be written by an unknown writer of the 17-th century. Personally, I'd say the second way. Is it correct? Can we use the first one and if yes, is there any difference?

De mis estudios En la universidad estudié lingüística y idiomas varios. No estudié español, sino inglés, francés y alemán. Ahora trabajo con inglés todo el tiempo porque soy profesora y no trabajo con francés o alemán. Por eso creo que ya he olvidado mucho. Tengo que repasar estas lenguas, pero actualmente quiero aprender español y quiero concentrarme en él. Ahora enseño inglés a los adultos y los niños que terminan el colegio y les preparo para sus examenes. También puedo enseñar el ruso como la lengue extranjera. Por eso, si quieres estudiar riso, podemos hacer un intercambio de lenguas.

De mi vida ¡Hola! Hoy voy a contar un poco de mí y mi vida. Yo vivo en Moscú. Tengo 27 años y estoy casada. Soy aficionada a los idiomas extranjeros y los bailes. Mi marido y yo bailamos hustle juntos. Hustle es un baile muy popular en Rusia y en Moscú, cuando estamos en verano bailan hustle en el malecón del rio en el parque. Es un lugar muy bonito. Por ejemplo, aquí podéis ver unos videos del malecón. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4D4RddJgrg (Pero yo no estoy en los videos) Yo soy profesora de inglés y normalmente en verano los profesores no tienen mucho trabajo. Por eso ahora tengo mucho tiempo libre. En mi tiempo libre me gusta sacar a mi perro y pasear por el parque, bailar y leer libros. También monto en bicicleta y skateboard. El fin de semana visitamos a mis padres y mi suegra que viven en verano a sus casas de campo (son dos casas diferentes). También hace poco tiempo me apunté en la autoescuela y ahora tengo que estudiar muchas reglas y tengo clases donde aprendo a conducir.

¿Cómo estudio español? ¡Hola! Voy a presentarme. Me llamo Katia y me gustan mucho idiomas. Actualmente estoy estudiando español. Lo estudio con una profesora por Skype y los demás días lo estudio sola: leo el libro y hago muchos ejercicios. Para mí es difícil recordar todas las palabras y por eso he tomado la decisión escribir en español cada día o casi cada día para practicar y utilizar las nuevas palabras.

24-10-19 1 When I was in Seliger, my family and I went to one interesting place. Its feature was that instead of tables there were small wooden lodges on the water. So you could put your feet into the lake’s warm water. Also, you could feed the fish around you. Another feature was that this restaurant serves wonderful dishes with fresh fish. Everything was amazing: beautiful view, the portions were generous, the food was delicious. The only downside was the service. All dishes were cooked too long. 2 I was in Malta in August. One day we went to a very famous place in Malta - Blue Lagoon. After swimming, my friends and I went to the restaurant near the seaside, which did amazing grilled octopus with garlic and lemon. The place was absolutely awful! The staff were rude and didn’t speak English at all. When we asked a waiter for octopus, he said something like: “Oh, sorry, darlings, but today we can’t cook you an octopus because of the large number of guests”. But there wasn’t anybody! Then we decided to look at the menu for the other seafood, but there wasn’t much choice. In the end we ordered Bream with Greek salad. We waited for our dishes for ages, and when Bream brought it was completely cold and raw. We cancelled the order, complained to the manager and left without leaving money.

Sports Sport is very important in our life.Nowadays,a lot of people say that it is important play sports among young people,while others disagree with these points of view and believe that doing sports is not essential for young people. In my opinion,sport is really important.Firstly,many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs, in different sections and take part in sport competitions.Young people learn to live properly, lead a healthy lifestyle.Secondly,sport brings character and spirit in youths.Thanks to sport, a man becomes brave and courageous since childhood, you can rely on him. However,there are some people who disagree with these statements and say that youths lose a lot of time doing sports.Many people think that young people should waste their time properly.Moreover,they believe that this occupation is very expensive.In fact,they say that not every young person cannot allow doing sport. Nevertheless,I believe that free time is better spent on sports, heals your body rather than going to pubs and becomes dependent on bad habits. What is more, if a person cannot afford expensive sports, he can simply run or do yoga. In conclusion, I strongly believe that sport is very good for everyone,especially for youths.Doing sports,people become more healthy and develop the spirit.

12-04 Nowadays, a lot of people think that love has a very important mean in everyone's life, while others disagree with this point of view and say that love is not the most important thing in life. In my opinion, love is about everything in our life. Firstly, we are not able to live without love. A person is born and socialized in the family. Love helps to learn many moral qualities and principles, care. Secondly, love makes us successful. To be a happy person is a goal of each of us, and to achieve it we need love, without it there is not happiness or success. However, there are some people, who disagree with these points of view. They believe that career takes higher place than love. Moreover, for them to be rich means more than to be loved. Nevertheless, I cannot agree with these statements. Many people who achieved a wonderful career, start to understand that they are alone by the end of their life and they start to regret that they have had the incorrect values for so long. Moreover, if a person is rich, it does not mean that he will be happy. In conclusion, I still strongly believe that love has to take the most important place in our life.

11-04 Nowadays, a lot of people think that every teachers should be formidable and surly, while other people disagree with this point of view and say that a teacher should not always be strict. In my opinion, every teacher should be kind. Firstly, if a teacher is always strict, children feel upset and they are afraid to go to school. Pupils need a kind person, who can quietly explain something difficult on at a lesson. Secondly, if children fears, they will not ask anything, because they know that the teacher will punish them. However, there are some people who do not agree with these points of view and say that children may forget all rules and be naughty and so teacher should be strict. Moreover, they believe that young people are not intelligent enough to do everything right, so they must be under control. If it is not like that, discipline might suffer. Nevertheless I cannot agree with these statements and think that a teacher does not have to be strict to teach children to follow the rules. Each child needs to choose a way to explain. In conclusion, I strongly believe that teachers should not be hard with their pupils. If they kind and responsive, pupils will like to go to school and study.