What's the meaning of this sentence,"Takes a lickin and keep on tickin!" ? THX for ur answer in advance.

How to speak english without an accent? I used to think that having accent was alright, but I don't think so now. Had you have this issue before? And how can I get over it? And I'll appreciate what you share here. Thank you. :)

How do you call this mark "-" in English? e.g.5-year

Do you know why people call the New City ...The Big Apple? The New York where the UN HQ located in is one of the super famous cities in the whole world. Do you know the reason why its alias is The Big Apple? As the story goes, a group of Jazz musicians toured all over the U.S. for living about 50-year age.They depicted all the places they had performed as the apples on the tree. And they earned a big number of bucks in the NY City. Since they called other places the apple,the NY was definitely THE BIG APPLE. The hot night club dance was named TBA in NY in succession. Above 15 years ago,"TBA" was regarded as the city symbol officially by some officers,in order to attract tourists. Therefrom, a rising number of tourists were attracted to visit the NY and taste this big apple in the flesh. And that's the origin of THE BIG APPLE. I got those infor. online. And pls correct me, if there are any grammar or vocabulary error. Thanks in advance.

My Friends' Wedding Party After a long hard day, I felt very tired and happy yesterday morning. Y? I was the bridesmaid of my 10y friend last Sunday. What I want to say is, the persons who have found their "one" are lucy. So please make your full efforts to protect the "heart" which is belong to you. God bless the new couple~~~ BTW,I had lost 1.5kg on the wedding day.Yeah!haha...

How do you think about "geek now chic in pop culture"?

If the world of entertainment is any indication, the geeks shall inherit the Earth.

The nerd herd is everywhere these days it seems: in books, on television and at the movies.

Programs for instance like CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" are indicative of the coolness of geeks and nerds in pop culture.

I would like to have a friend like "sheldon cooper".How about you?

An Invitation to The Ultimate Dance I red the following poem from <The Invitation>,written by Oriah this morning. I feel that I'm so touched,because the auther writes from her soul. She is so REAL. I highly recommend the book <The Invitation>,and I also hope you will like it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain,mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic,to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trust worthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty,every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!" It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

kim's notebook entry: The meaning of "miss"? I always miss you ,so i miss you,so i miss you,so i miss you so much now. 我总是逃避你，于是我错过了你，终于我失去了你，以至于此刻的我如此地想念你。 The word "miss" could be translated into "逃避”or “失去”here？

用中文如何翻译这句话：“Have you ever squeezed water from a stone? ” 这句话是不是说很经济上很拮据的意思？ 是不是和中文里“从牙缝里省出来的钱”有差不多的意思？期待解答中