My job interview Today I had an interview, I wanted to find a job as an English teacher at a cram school. I can't teach at regular schools because I didn't enter for "Teachers' Certificate examinations"before, so without certificate, I can only teach at cram schools, you know, cram schools are prevailing in mainland China because almost every parent wants their babies to be NO.1 academically. School grades are everything for kids in China. Well, this afternoon, I stepped into their office and a beautiful young lady received me, and she asked questions about my basic info, and then she asked me,"Mr. Wang, are you able to teach Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology?", and I thought to myself, "What? Aren't I applying for English teacher here, why on earth do I have to be an 'almighty' god? I'm not a prodigy!", so I replied, "Sorry, ma'am, I can't, but I can learn now!!". A questionable expression soon crawled on her face and then spreaded all over it, "Were you good at these subjects when you were a middle school student?", she asked again, "Absolutely no, I'm proficient in languages and I stunk at them, but I'm good at learning, I learn really fast." I replied confirmly. "Allow me to think about this, okay? I'll call you later.". Well, that was quite an interview.

Foreign TV dramas and films are banned or limited in mainland, China In recent years, many excellent foreign films or TV dramas are limited or banned in here, for example, my favorite "the BigBang theory" and "the Game of Throne". We Chinese people always agree that China is an amazing land where we can't get access to the outside, and we don't know what's going on out there in this world unless we go out of here. And now, we can't even enjoy foreign films. Are we getting closer to North Korea or something? I have been wondering for some time if this is a new policy carried out by our dear government to reduce the population of our country? YES! I think so, the best way to reduce population is to force more people to get out of here and occupy other lands!

What languages sound music to your ears?

As everybody knows, French and Italian are said to be the most beautiful languages in this world. I guess my question is not a fix one since everyone has different taste, which means everyone loves to hear particular languages, there is no correct answer to this question, I just want to know how you think:)

The languages that are music to my ears are: Standard German[Because I've never been abroad, so I don't know the regional German dialects], Japanese, Cantonese, Southern Min language [Taiwanese language is a dialect of it], Thai, Mandarin

I just love every single language, but I perfer these most....no offense to other languages

What do you think is the purpose of the existence of universities?

Some say universities are the pavement for finding good jobs, I don't deny that fact, however, not everyone from top universities can get suitable jobs, don't they? I was wondering if there are still anyone who think universities are for knowledge....because in China, university students are aimed at passing examinations, and getting different professional certificates, and they play their cellphones in class, and play computer games all day long, I don't mean there are no good students and no good universities in my country, but these are the common features of Chinese university students, in here , a university means "a place for getting certificates and freedom of leisure time"...what are university students like in your country?

Do you like "thumbs down"?

As the title, do you like "thumb down ↓" on italki?

Recommendations for online Korean short news Hi, I'm Nicholas and I'm currently learning Korean and I was wondering if there is any online Korean news similar to Japanese NHK? I know there are Donga[東亞] and Chosun[朝鮮], but the news articles there are quite long for beginners, is there any short news websites in Korean language? Thanks a lot!... 너무 感謝합니다

Esperanta traduko ekzerco de la mia Saluton, mia nomo estas Nikolaso(Nicholas), kaj mi venas de Ĉinio, nun mi lernas Esperanton. Por mi, esperana lingvo estas tre facila kaj mi povas paroli ĝin post unua semajno. Sed mi ne povas traduki kaj paroli ĝin bone, tial mi bezonas ekzercojn tre multe. Ĉi tiu estas mia traduka ekzerco: Mardon mia frato aǔdis interesan rakonton, kaj merkredon vespere post agrabla promeno li rilatis ĝin al mi. La rakonto estas ke antaǔ multaj jaroj Dio faris la belan novan mondon, kaj donis ĝin al la sezonoj. Ili ridis por ĝojo, kaj diris ke ili volos gardi ĝin bone. Ili estis pretaj por plezuro, kaj ankaǔ volis labori energie pro la nova juna mondo. Preskaǔ jaro ili estis feliĉaj, sed ĉi tiuj sezonoj estis tre diversaj, kaj ne povis longe resti amikojn. La brila somero ploris kaj riproĉis la lacan aǔtunon. La aǔtuno preferis ripozi, kaj malamis la kotan veteron de la malkonstanta printempo. La kvieta vintro kaŝis sin sub la frosto kaj mola blanka neĝo, kaj volis dormi. Ju pli longe ili gardis la mondon inter si, des pli ili malpaĉis. Baldaǔ la aǔtuno faris la proponon, “Ni volos dividi la mondon.” Tuj tiu matenon la sezonoj dividis la mondon inter si. La norda lando kaj la suda lando apartenas al la vintro, kaj la mezo el la mondo apartenas al la somero. La printempo kaj aǔtuno prenis por si tiujn landojn inter la vintro kaj la somero.

english-esperanto translations saluton! amikoj. I have been learning Esperanto for two days, and I have made some translation exercises from my textbook. Thanks for taking time to correct my translations in advance...multe dankon! 1. The trees in the garden are tall and green. ....L'arboj en la ĝardeno estas altaj kaj verdaj. 2. The boys in the room in the house seem tall. ....La knaboj en la ĉambro en la domo ŝajnas altaj. 3. Green leaves are on the trees in the garden. ....Verdaj folioj estas sur l'arboj en la ĝardeno. 4. The boys break branches and gather the apples. ....La knaboj rompas branĉojn kaj kolektas la pomojn. 5. They are near the tall tree in the garden. ....Ili estas apud la l'arbo alta en la ĝardeno. 6. They find leaves on the tree, but they do not see the fruit. ....Ili trovas foliojn sur l'arbo, sed ili ne vidas la frukton. 7. The rooms in the house are both long and wide. ....La ĉambroj en la domo estas longaj kaj larĝaj. 8. The men have strong black horses. ....Fortajn kaj nigrajn ĉevalojn havas la viroj. 9. The horses eat the fresh green grass in the field. ....La ĉevaloj manĝas la freŝan kaj verdan herbon en la kampo. 10. The boys don't sleep, but they lie on the soft grass. ......La knaboj ne dormas, sed ili kuŝas sur la mola herbo. 11. They see both the birds and the flowers, and they seem happy. ......Ili vidas kaj la birdojn kaj la florojn, kaj ili ŝajnas feliĉaj. 12. The doves are not sitting on the tree, they are flying near the trees. .....La kolomboj ne sidas sur l'arbo, ili flugas apud l'arboj,

new plan I'm an amateurish linguaholic, I define myself as an amateur because I spent most of my college time in searching and collecting online materials on learning languages (textbooks, videos, online newspapers), so I didn't make any effort to learn them, I was more of a collectomania than a learner. Although I have graduated from my college, I still want to continue my language study. So I'll attempt to learn languages in one week and write essays once in a while. These languages are what I'm going to learn: English, German, French, Spanish[I quit trill r, I've tried many times, but I still can't do it, I'll use the flap r instead.], Japanese, Navajo/Navaho, Latin and Chinese language used in Ming Dynasty(14C~17C). Good night^^