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One Has to Jump
Yesterday, a friend shared a video with me. It's a video of Steve Harvey giving a speech to the audiences at the end of the show, but he didn't the cameras were rolling.
It was an inspiring and encouraging speech indeed. He conveyed the message that in order to become successful, one has to jump. And he also talked about the role of God. Although I'm non-religious, deep in my heart, I believe with no doubt that there is always someone out there, could be God or could be anyone else, like parents, teachers, friends or strangers, and they witness what we do, good or evil. And one day when we do become successful, it might just because once we helped a stranger who has always remembered our kindness and looked for a chance to pay back.
When he talked about "jump", to me, it's like giving yourself a chance to try new things or take the challenge. Even though you cannot see any point of taking that challenge because it's just out of your curiosity, passion or persistence, one day you'll see the meaning of doing this. So his speech reminded me of another speech given by another great person. Steve Jobs once said in a commencement speech at Stanford University, "you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future". Personally I very much agree with his words. I always believe what we had done that makes us who we are. All those things that we have done, they have connections, which we will realize one day eventually like, "oh, it's because I used to like what what what that helps me in some ways or another".
So just jump! There is nothing to be afraid of. Let our parachute open.
(If there is any mistakes, please feel free to make any change. I appreciate it a lot! :D)
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The Experience of First Having Lesson with Italki Teachers
Since italki provids such a wonderful platform to share things in another language, I decide to write down something so as to keep my memory as fresh as possible. Even years has passed, when I read these words, all those wonderful memories can still come back at once.
On 6 Jan. I registered an account on italki. On 10 Jan., I made up my mind to join the Language Challenge. And today, I had my first two lessons, a French and a English lesson respectively, with my itaki teachers. It was such a wonderful experience!
During today's French class, to be honest, I spoke in French much more than that I have said within a year of French learning at school. I was a bit embarrassed though because the level of my French is very low. It really took me long time to finish a single sentence. But Natacha kept encouraging me to ask questions and answer them in French, of which I appreciat a lot. After taking the lesson, when I thought back, I just couldn't believe I have spoken in French for one hour, and I actually have the ability to use it as a tool of communication. Hope with more and more practice, I would be able to speak fluently in French some day.
As for my first English lesson, it was in general fantastic, though we did have some problems with the network at first. I haven't had such a long time of communication completely in English for quite some time. And I just felt great that I can talk about whatever I want to talk about. I was hoping to improve my impromptu speaking, so Leigh gave me many interesting topics, based on which I could share my ideas. It can be very helpful, I think. Talking with her also gave me a feeling of talking with a friend, exchanging our views with each other.
It ususally means a lot when we start to do something for the first time. It is my first time to have lessons here, which is something I have never thought about or imagined before. It's my honor and pleasure to start my Language Challenge journey with two great teachers. It was a good start, I think. And I hope I could be able to go further and keep searching for more during this journey.
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Anyone would like to share your favorite English word, phrase or sentence and the reason you like it?
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How to improve English vocal inflecion?
I was told to have little vocal inflection when I am giving a presentation or a speech in English. I have a relatively deep voice for a girl. Could it be one of the reason? How can I improve it?
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First Try in 2016
Yesterday night, I was reading over what it was posted on italki's weibo like usual. "Language Challenge" suddenly caught my attention. And I felt more and more inspirationed as I was reading it over and over again. And it just occured to me, "why not give it a shot this time? What's to afraid of?"
I have friended italki on weibo for a certain period of time. I was attracted by its name, "italki". Based on my understanding, the letter "i" looks like a person. So it is like two people talking with each other——"i" "talk" to "i". Also, the letter "i" has the same pronunciation as a Chinese character, 爱, which means love——I love to talk to others. Since then, I have been keeping on seeing, learning and using the new knowledge that has been posted there. I found it quite enjoyable. The things that has been shared are interesting, useful and practical. It is a lot more fun compared to the traditional way of learning language. And I have noticed that there are some excellent teachers here, and everyone can take lessons and get an opportunity to improve language skills through talking with a native speaker.
But that's it. I didn't go any further. I didn't register an account here, and I certainly didn't make the most of this platform to learn languages. And it went like this until yesterday when I saw the "Language Challenge". It also reminded me of my experience of learning French. I finally started to enjoy learning it these days. I used to just think it was so hard and I didn't feel like engaging into it at all. So I asked myself, if I truly love learning English, why waste such a great chance? Not to mention it will probably be the most amazing things that I will experienced in 2016!
So I'm new here, with lots of excitement, expectations and hope to live a different 2016.
P.S. I enjoy writing this first article. It feels so great to share things in another language! If there is any mistakes, please feel free to tell me. Much appreciated!
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