¡Tengo que mejorar en español! Por la primera vez de mi vida, tengo que mejorar mi español. Ha comenzido aprender español cuando fue 12. Pero hoy, soy 20, y mi capacidades en esta idioma son... ridiculas. Puedo hablar perfectamente el frences y el ingles y mi koreano es tanto bueno ¿pero español? No se porque no me ha mejorada. Mi abuela es francesa y espanõla, y el español no es muy diferente del frances, entonces es un poco extraño que no puedo hablar bien. Y triste tambien. Pienso que esta idiona tiene una pronunciation muy agradable de escuchar y al momento tengo que mejorar mi espanõl realmente. En el mes de mayo, voy a pasar un examen para entrar en una escuela que me gusta mucho. Una de las pruebas para entrar es... oral de español. La prueba es escuchar un recuerdo y hablar de eso por 10 minutos. 10 minutos. Y hoy, solo puedo utilizar el tiempo del presente jajaja. Lo peor es que me acuerdo intenter de aprender los otros tiempos del futuro y pasado cuando fue 13... 7 años depues, solo puedo utilizar el presente. Vale, para mejorar voy a escribir al mas possible en italki para la gente ayudame con correcciónes. ¡Deséame suerte!

Short summary of an article The article we read was about a scandal involving Ryanair. Recently, a photo of the Ryanair Porto crew sleeping on the Malaga airport floor was posted on social media. It became viral and people started bashing the airline. The company did apologize, saying there were no hotel rooms available, but they also released CCTV footage on Twitter to expose the crew who according to their caption had staged the photo. Twitter users still thought it was unacceptable to let crew members all alone in an airport terminal, without any accommodation nor food and water, not to mention that releasing CCTV footage was in breach of the new European data laws. The airline has recently been through a lot with their stock market valuation losing £5.4 billion, and the multiple strike actions led by airline staff members that have been slowing their air traffic.

Medical progress in the 60s' (oral presentation) Today I’m going to talk about medical progress in the 60s’. Firstly, I’m going to talk about the pacemaker. Fifty years after its creation it is still one of the most efficient and popular artificial organ of the world. In 1950 (nineteen fitfy), throughout his research on hypotermia, a Canadian engineer, John Hopps, developed the artificial cardiac pacemaker But the main problem of his prototype was that it had to stay plugged into an outlet. In 1958 (nineteen fifty eight), the first stimulator conceived as an artificial organ, which means put inside a human body, was implanted in Sweden by the doctors Rune Elmqvist and Ake Senning. Afterwards, the pacemaker has been improved thanks to the research on batteries led by Wilson Greatbatch, an American engineer. 
After the pacemaker has been developed magnetic resonance imaging. MRI provides images even more clear than the Backscatter X-ray that was developed the same year. Therefore, it’s important to mention that the MRI has the advantage of not using X-rays, which eliminates the risk of irradiation. Magnetic resonance had been discovered in the United States in 1946 by physicists Felix Bloch and Edward M. Purcell, but the development of this medical imaging technique did not begin until long after.
 Today, MRI is mainly used for research in neuroscience (for the measurement of brain activity for instance), tumor detection and multiple sclerosis, as well as the examination of professional athletes’ joints. 
And the last but not the least : Heart transplantation :  On December 3 1967 (December the third of nineteen sixty seven), a heart was removed from the chest of a human being to be transplanted into someone else's chest for the first time ever. The operation was performed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard, but the patient who received the heart of a girl survived only for eighteen days. However, this event have paved the way for major advances in the fields of surgery and control of graft rejection. Nowadays in France, there are about 350 (three hundred fifty) heart transplants a year.

Hospitales sin medicinas en Venezuela (segunda parte en los comentarios) El artículo que voy a comentar hoy es un artículo que se ha publicado en "El País", el 20 (veinte) de agosto. Incluso si el artículo se ha publicado en un periódico español, se trata de un problema que enfrenta un país latinoamericano, no España. Este artículo se llama "Hospitales sin medicinas en Venezuela" y sin sorpresa, habla de la falta de medicina en los Hospitales Venezolanos, que es un asunto enorme. Este artículo somete primero el testimonio de dos padres venezolanos, esforzando con la industria farmacéutica venezolana. Su hijo, es un niño de 5 (cinco) años luchando con el cáncer, que no puede recibir ningún tratamiento médico debido a la situación actual en Venezuela. Debido a la crisis la Federación Venezolana de Farmacéuticos estimó la escasez de medicamentos el año pasado en un 80% (ochenta). Pero aún así, el gobierno no quiere ninguna entrada de ayuda humanitaria, porque implicaría el hecho de que la crisis que están negando existe. Debido a este problema político, las vidas de los venezolanos están dañadas. Por ejemplo, Ángel debe ser transferido mensualmente de la ciudad de San Cristóbal a Caracas para ser atendidos en el centro médico. Este viaje dura entre 12 (doce) y 24 (veinte cuatro) horas por carretera, y no hacerlo condenaría al niño a muerte. La última esperanza de la familia es ir a Columbia, donde el niño podría ser tratado. El padre de la familia fue incluso a Colombia para tratar de establecerse, pero sería un problema ya que sería muy caro para la familia. Sin embargo, es importante saber que hay en Venezuela, una ONG que trata de ayudar a los enfermos. Esta ONG se llama "Una Medicina para Venezuela". Recoge medicina y la envía a campañas locales para ayudar a personas como Ángel, el niño. Pero Caracas prohíbe el transporte privado de medicina por corrupción. Por lo tanto, esta ONG está luchando con algún obsequio como el Seniat dirigido por Diosdado Cabello, el número 2 (dos) del chavismo.

1 min oral presentation (propaganda poster) Today I'm going to describe this North Korean propaganda poster. This poster was released by the Korean Central News Agency on August the fifth. This day is particularly important in Korea because it is 광복절, "The day the light returned", referring to the National Liberation Day. I'm going to start describing this poster by mentioning the huge North Korean flag. Since it is a propaganda poster, it is important to bring a national symbol occupying one third of the whole poster. But this is not the only important element of the poster. As you can see, there is a big intercontinental missile in front of the flag, and there are even more missiles beside it. Their red color can remind us of the violence of those nuclear engine. These missiles are also pointing at a very important American symbol : the Capitol Building, represented as being destroyed by the North Korean powerful artillery. The American flag is also represented as being ripped by the missiles, and we can even read some destruction onomatopoeia in Korean at the bottom of the poster. The last important element of the poster is the headline "조선의 대답", meaning "Our answer". This one refers to the North Korean answer to the UN sanctions against the country. By showing the destruction of an American symbol by their nuclear power, North Korea offers a poignant propaganda poster, answering to the sanctions the country is being confronted to.

Letter to penpal friend Hi [name], I feel so sorry! My little cousin came to my house and while she was playing in my room, she took your letter and put it into water. Now, the ink is unreadable and I can't answer properly to your letter. But since I read it once, I remember a little bit what you wrote and I'll try to answer to your questions! I came in Korea in April 2015. It was for an student exchange with Seoul Yangcheon High School! Since it was in April, I was able to see the beautiful cherry blossoms! It's my favorite season. Sadly, I can only go to Korea in summer this year ... I'll have to fight the rainy and humid Korean summer weather! I'll be on my own (not on an exchange student program) in Korea from August 4th to September 2nd. I can't wait to be there with my boyfriend since I really want him to discover South Korea! But since travelling in South Korea would be hard because of transport and cost, I think we'll only stay in Seoul. What about you ? Do you have any plan for this summer? I remember that you wrote in your introduction that you are volunteering in a dog shelter, right? Since I was young I've always wanted to have a dog but my parents didn't want to. Next year, I'll be a volunteer in a dog shelter too since I'll live in the city center for my studies and the dog shelter is in the city center! :) Since you told me that you have a dog, I'd like to know his name and his bread. Oh and I also have some other questions! Why did you live in Thailand? Do you miss this country? And since you also like movies, what were the last movies you saw? Last week I watch Divergent 1 and 2 and I liked it! Also, do you have any recommendation in Korean movies? I watched I lot of Korean movies but I'd like to watch some with my boyfriend. We already watched together "The Handmaiden", "Train to Busan" and "200 Pounds Beauty". Do you have any other recommendation? I forgot to thank you a lot for your presents! Sadly, I couldn't eat them because they contained pig meat and my parents are muslims ... so my friend ate them haha. I'm sending you with this letter some little gifts! I hope you'll like them! See you soon!

Carta a una amiga Querida María, hace un mes que llegué aquí a México. Una vez que llegué, tuve que ir a las entrevistas para encontrar un nuevo trabajo. Hice cinco entrevistas con cinco empresas diferentes que estaban interesadas en mis habilidades. Elegí el mejor y empecé a trabajar la próxima semana. Cuando le dije a mi familia y mi amigo que me iba de España a México, no entiendo las razones por qué. Puedo tener altos diplomas y motivación, es realmente difícil de superar el desempleo en España. Encontrar un trabajo en México es mucho más fácil que en España. Gracias a mi trabajo actual, puedo ganarme la vida y puedo mantener el dinero para mis planes futuros. Pero aún así, es muy difícil vivir tan lejos de ti y de mi familia. Sigo diciéndome a mí mismo que es sólo por un corto tiempo y que pronto estaremos reunidos. Porque trabajar en el extranjero también puede ser una buena cosa para mi currículum. Las experiencias sólo pueden ser buenas para mí. Realmente quería trabajar lo antes posible y también para ser independiente y gracias a este trabajo y esta oportunidad de trabajar en el extranjero, estoy seguro de que podré hacerlo. Espero que estés bien y no puedo esperar a verte de nuevo Con amor, Alba

The meaning of "exchange" Hello, I have a question about a word that exists in both English and French : exchange/échange. In French, "échange" means someone giving someone else something and then this person gives something else to the other one, but it can also mean someone talking to someone else, they are having an "échange", a conversation. So I'd like to know if in English, "exchange" has also this second meaning? Can we say "people are having an exchange" (=are having a conversation) and "people are exchanging" (=are talking together) ? Thanks!

페이스북 게시물 우와ㅏㅏㅏ 정확히 2년 전에 한국에 드디어 왔어! 동급생이랑 즐거운 시간 보내셔서 한국어 다시 가는 게 아주 많이 기다려져! 이번 여름에 8월에 떠오르는 태양의 나라에 한달 동안 체류하고 이번에 만났을 때는 정말 더 많은 분들을 만날 수 있었으면 좋겠넹! [저는 자연 언어로 쓰고 싶어요]