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How to speak in English if I want to say that "I have somebody else to do it, you need not do it"
If I want to say that" I have found somebody else to help to do this thing, you need not do it anymore", and I want to show my polite and thanks, because it just because inconvenient for the first person, may I say:
"Thank you, please just forget about it."
or
"Thank you, don't worry about it anymore"
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Can I say like this?
Are these two sentence right or not?
1 I propose that all TV program be prohibitdd by goverment.
2 I propose that all TV program should be prohibited by goverment.
If they are both right, how to explain the that in the first sentence, its usage there?
Thank you so much!This is the whole sentence I saw in a text book, and I don't know the struct of the sentence:
I would like to propose that for sisty to ninty minutes each evening, right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in the US be prohibited by law.
I can't understand the "that" in the sentence, if it is a object clause, the clause should be a complete sentence but not "be prohibted", which mean passive. So I rewrite as the second sentence above add a "should" to make the clause part complete. Without "should" , the "that" also should be removed.
I am sorry that because I forget to quotate the "that", and it make the question not clear.
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Magical journey to Hongkong
It is the first time I take my daughter to Disney, so I find a partner to her, two family come together, and two children play together. During the whole journey, things keep happening.
When we left last Friday, the other family found they could not book the room in Hongkong, because they book so late, we are already on the way to airport! After a long time phone call, they resolved the problem at last.
Disney is a magic place, my daughter had a very good time. And infact, the two children have never play together, they are interested in different things.
We are so tired yesterday, hoping that we can reach Shanghai in the afternoon and have a good rest, so the biggest things happened. We miss the airplane! It has never happened to me before, and we have 7 persons. With my other friends helping at home, we book new tickets, we negotiate where we should back from. All the adults are on fire, but two children, they were playing so happy together at airport of Shenzhen, they make noodles with paper-_-!
At last, we back from Guangzhou, it is midnight when we reach Shanghai. I am so tired and sleep till just now. We all have our own problem for all the happening things, but I think next time, I will plan the journey just for my family. It is so inconvenient for a group that can't sit in one taxi.
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living attitude
I have a friend, learning Chinese with me. He is a Dutch, and almost fifty years old. However, he will attend almost every marathron held in China. He learn Chinese, very hard working, and communicate with Chinese workmates with no problem after two years learning. He also play keyboards in a band, just for hobby. And infact, his work is very busy. However he will never miss a holiday spend with his family. Every weekend he will play with his children if he is at home. When he talk about his children, he will always smile with happy.
I am affected by him also. His attitude for life full of active. Most of the time, I will hesitate to change any stable state of my life. If I can earn my life, then it is OK to do what I am not like everyday.
My attitude began changing when my daughter came to my world. I suddenly notice, I want her to lead a happy life, I myself must do first. Change is hard, however I tried. I will continue, encouraged by my friend.
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Interesting misunderstanding
Today I meet a new friend on italki, his describ in chinese is very interesting, and then I send him a message. He talk me with QQ, and this is really surprise me. Because this is the first time that a person abroad want to talk with me by QQ,but not skype or other tools I must install new.
So when he add my id, I said to him"It is so surprise. Are you sure that you are not in China" he answered "我怎么不知道我不在中国?" So this question and answer make a long discuss, after we finish talking, I think for a while, seems I get to know something. Maybe also not complete. We all speak and understand in our own way on the foreign language.
"Are you sure you are not in China?" , infact it means "how do you know you are not in China?","你确定你不在中国吗?” became “你怎么知道你不在中国”
so the answer became "我怎么不知道我不在中国“,He want to answer "How do I not know I am not in China"
"你确定你不在中国吗?” the right express should be "how do I know you are not in China" ,but in my mind, this seems to be a impolite way. If translate directly will be "我怎么知道你不是在中国”. So at first I am afraid that I offend him.
I learnd a lot today, hope I can meet more friend here. Although I register a teacher position here, I also want to practice and learn more.
30 november 2012
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself
I am in Shanghai now, my english name is Kathy. And I want to improve my oral english, improve my words for everyday life usage.
English is my interesting, and I also need it to communicate with my foreign friends, I should keep up with time.
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