Describe a time you experienced a long-time traffic jam. Describe a time you experienced a long-time traffic jam. You should say: when and where it happened. How long you were in the traffic jam; what you did to try to get out of the problem situation; and explain how you felt about that traffic jam. My office is located in Zhangjiang River Harbour, so I drive to my office every day. With the growth in the living standard, the proportion of private car owners is progressively increasingly in recent year and I always got stuck in a traffic, but I was impressed by one of them. It was about half a year ago, I was driving from my office back to home as usual. When I was driving through Yangpu Bridge, which is the only way for me to pass, I was caught in a heavy traffic jam. It slowed to a halt. Typically during my commuting time, half an hour or one hour traffic jams are quite average but that time I was stuck about three hours, I almost got a sleep in my car on the main road. I absolutely hate traffic jams, but I had no way and started to listen to the radio, I switched the channel to Shanghai traffic broadcast, through which I got to know the reason of this traffic jam was a terrible car collision. Several cars were involved. Eventually, the traffic had been dispersed after about 3 hours. Although I hate traffic jams, I have to be more patient on them and if possible I would choose other alternatives to back to my home. Apart from that, I believe this traffic jams would be caused by reckless drivers since they always illegally drive the wrong way and cut without turning the signal on. These drivers are supposed to be punished and educated because nothing is more precious than life.

Describe a time you borrowed something from others. Describe a time you borrowed something from others. You should say: what you borrowed; who you borrowed it from; what you borrowed it for; and explain why you had to borrow it from others. The stuff I borrowed was a backpack, which I borrowed from one of my former colleagues. The reason was that I was invited to join in an outdoor club in 2006, this club organises several DIY trips every year and in national holiday of 2006, the club would organise one trip for hikers to visit Qinghai Lake as well as Dunhuang Mogao Caves, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road. I was keen on these tourist attractions for a long time, so I decided to attend it. However, I had no hiking experience at that moment and I even didn’t have any related equipment neither, such as walking boots, outdoor jacket and etc. But most importantly, I didn’t have a professional backpack which is the essential equipment for hiking trips. Considering the expensive price of a backpack and the first time for my DIY trip, I was inclined to borrow instead of buying a new one. The one I borrowed was not a famous brand but very useful and convenient for beginners. I used it to carry heavy loads or any sort of my other equipment, major for my clothes and digital camera. It could provide more mobility and compactness than a suitcase and release my hands.

Help translate one sentence 我想表达：我选取了所有题目里错的最多的前10道题作为题库 Please help translate or correct mine. I tend to select the top 10 most wrongly questions as the ones into database.

What's the meaning of this: They live in a street off Fifth Avenue Virtually I'm not sure what's the meaning of 'Off' here. does the whole sentence mean they live in a street which is far away from fifth avenue? or they live in a street which is at the concern of fifth avenue?? thx

About the usage of 'The' Hum...I thought the singulative is supposed to be added 'The' in front of it, whereas the plural can't add 'The' in front of it. For example: It could prevent violators from identifying vulnerabilities of laws and exploiting the same. However, sometimes it is noticed that 'The' could be added in front of plural, such as in BBC News or other formal articles which cause me confused. So could anyone help alleviate my concern? thx

Help: differences of during the weekend, at the weekend, over the weekend, one the weekend I am confused with these complex prepositions. Could anyone help explain by giving some examples? thxtypo, should be on the weekend

Help to correct Below is a topic of speaking session and my preparation. Could anyone help me to correct it? Thx. Describe a meal you invited others to have at your home or a restaurant. You should say: who you invited; where you ate; what you ate; and explain how they felt about this meal. Well…I am going to talk about one lunch that I invited my friends to have at a restaurant. Virtually, it is a hop pot restaurant running by Taiwanese, named 12hotpot. It has a branch in a department store called BAOLAND Plaza, in which my son usually participates in his craft class. And I have a couple friend who have a daughter as same age as my son and they attempted to join the same class, so last Sunday it was the trial class for their daughter and I took this chance to invite them for lunch with my family. 12hotpot has two main combos, and each of them comes with a pot, main course such as supreme beef, side dish like noodles, vegetable platter, special sauce, and a cup of beverage. The major difference between two combos is that the one we called Saute Recipe Combo has more vegetables and less red meat. By comparison, another one we called Shabu Shabu Combo has more red meat. My wife and I ordered two combos of Saute Recipe, and my couple friend ordered one Saute Recipe and one Shabu Shabu. Well, they really appreciated my treat and enjoyed this hop pot since compared to others, the environment of 12hotpot was much cleaner, and the dishes were also health and clean, especially Saute Recipe, which had high-fibre, high-protein and low calorie. Moreover, the price is cost-effective.

和国外的人用skype语聊不稳定，有其它IM推荐吗？

无论是语聊还是视频聊天都不怎么稳定~~经常是一会好一会就一塌糊涂了~

大家有什么其它工具自己用了后觉得很不错，推荐一下~

Which tool are you using in China to communicate with overseas friends for audio/video conference?

Hey guys, as title, which one are you using now?

I noticed that Skype could not provide expected performance in China.

Any alternative?