Job Hunting I never thought job hunting would be such a difficult challenge when I resigned from the last company. It is a very good company with decent payment, but I was silly enough to think that I could easily find a better one, so I quited almost without hesitation. I never thought I would regret that decision, but now I do regret it. I wish I could went back a month ago and sternly warn myself that it was the most unwise decision to make. As time paced into June, there has been little job choice to select from. I did get some offers, but the pay was far below that of the last company, and I simply could not swallow my pride to take them. I also received an offer from a company located in the other citiy, but it pained me so much to leave the city I currently live in that I had no choice but to decline it. I can't help but start to question my own value. I had been so lucky to receive offers from three famous companies the first time I resigned that I thought I could get another without difficulty, totally forgetting to take time into consideration. Since the recruitment season has long pasted, I'm only left with some job opportunities that are not appealing enough to attract applications. Now I feel like I'm nothing, and I don't really know what I can do. Sometimes I really want to cry, but I know clearly that would not solve any problem. They say it's so important not to get lost, but I'm lost. I know I should not lose hope, and new opportunities are to be expected, but sometimes it's too hard to keep your expectation up while reality is hitting you hard. But I will try, and keep hoping and fighting for the best, or else I don't know what to do. Thanks for reading and please don't mind the errors in the article too much, I just want to get it out of my chest. It's been such a painful month and I don't think I can bear it alone. I don't want to distress my family and my friends too much so I decide that this community would be the best place. If you have similar experience or any advice, please share with me. I would be very obliged. Thanks again.

Tangible achievement made in Chinese real estate inventory reduction, some cities now restocking Hi, everyone. I've just finished translating a small piece of news from Chinese. Would you please help me improve it? I'm not good at choosing the right tense and the article, so please pay more attention to those errors. Thanks! Tangible achievement has been made in real estate inventory reduction nationwide in 2016, according to statistics published by E-house China R&D Institute (hereinafter referred to as E-house). The institute has been following up real estate inventory changes of 35 cities around China. According to the statistics, the real estate inventory of the 35 cities stood at 233.34 million square meters by the end of December, 2016, down 1.0% compared with November and down 10.6% y-o-y. Generally speaking, the annual data of 2016 showed a downward trend in the real estate inventory of the 35 cities investigated. When compared with 2015, the inventory has been declining for 17 consecutive months. Instead of inventory reduction, some cities are restocking inventory. Specifically, first, second and third tier cities respectively reported an inventory of 24.82, 167.53 and 40.99 million square meters by the end of December, 2017, down 3.3%, 0.80% and 0.50% from November, and down 26.9%, 9.2% and 3.5% y-o-y.

What does "top third" mean? Hello, would you please tell me what "top third" mean in the following sentence? "Approved slaughter plants normally grading after one Business Day must hold carcasses falling in the top third of any quality grade except Prime for re-grading two Business Days after slaughter." Does it mean one third of the top of any grade of carcasses except Prime, or does it mean the top three grades of carcasses among all grades of carcasses except Prime, like Choice, Select and Standard? Thank you very much :)

What does the phrase "in satisfaction of" mean? Hello! I met this phrase "in satisfaction of" frequently when I was reading some rules of CME and I am wondering what it means. Here is a sentence containing such a phrase : Wheat for shipment from regular facilities in the Northwest Ohio territory may be delivered in satisfaction of Wheat futures contracts at a discount of 10 cents per bushel, subject to the differentials for class and grade outlined above. I've searched the Internet and looked it up in a dictionary, but failed to find a clue. Someone told me that it means to compensate for something, is that right? Would you please help? Thanks!

How to understand this sentence? Hello, would you please tell me the meaning of the following sentence? "If a person stops Soybean Meal certificates for delivery in a quantity that would cause such person to exceed the 720 certificate limit, the person must cancel, retender or sell the quantity of certificates in excess of 720 not later than the following business day. " What does "stop" mean here? Does it mean to buy in? Why would the amount of certificate increase when someone stops it? Here is the context, thanks! No person, at any time, shall own or control more than 720 registered and outstanding Soybean Meal Shipping Certificates issued by facilities designated by the Exchange as regular to issue shipping certificates for Soybean Meal. If a person stops Soybean Meal certificates for delivery in a quantity that would cause such person to exceed the 720 certificate limit, the person must cancel, retender or sell the quantity of certificates in excess of 720 not later than the following business day.

What does this sentence mean? Hello, would you please tell me the meaning of the following sentence? "Unpaid accumulated premium charges at the posted rate applicable to the facility shall be allowed and credited to the buyer by the seller up to and including the date of delivery. " This is a sentence from the regulations of CME but I know little about futures. How to understand "at the posted rate"? And does " credited to the buyer by the seller“ mean that the money goes from the buyer to the seller's account? Thanks!

Does "congratulations on the grand opening of XXX conference" sound OK to you? Hello. My company is holding an international conference tomorrow and we are putting a new banner on our homepage to indicate and celebrate the opening of the conference and we need some phrases to put on the banner. I'm wondering if "congratulations on the grand opening of XXX conference" sounds OK to native English speakers. I never saw such slogans. I noticed there are expressions on flyers such as "grand opening of XXX center/institute/shop" and I don't know if I could use this structure here since there are some difference between an event and a building. Thanks :)

Does "Connect Me to Wifi" sound OK to native English speakers? Hello, I am wondering if "connect me to wifi" sounds ok to native English speakers. Thanks!

How to say "民以食为天，食以农为本，农以地为根" in English? The sentence "民以食为天，食以农为本，农以地为根" literally means that human beings depends on food and food stems from agriculture while agriculture is closely linked to soil. Since human beings, food, agriculture and soil are closely related in the sentence, I wonder if there is a classic or elegent way to put it. Does "humanity’s most fundamental relationship is with food, and food with agriculture while agriculture with soil" sound OK? Thanks.