The hot summer [emoji] Recently it had been very very hot in Japan. The temperature went around 40℃(104℉) everyday, which is totally unusual. A lot of people got heatstroke and tired. The situation was so terrifying that the government even called it "a disaster".

However, it is really comfortable today. The temperature is about 30℃ though. Nevertheless it is the average summer temperature in Japan. Now I can remember how "the summer" is really like. The past days were just abnormal.

Yet then there comes the problem of typhoons. Every summer, Japanese islands are in danger of huge typhoons. We managed to leave the danger of heat but now we have to face to that of typhoon.

The summer is hard to live...:(

Peel back the curtain What does "peel back the curtain" mean? Is this the same with "pull back the curtain"? Does the term have the meaning of "open up for something" or "tell you about the secrets"?

1st day of italki! Hi. I just made my accout on italki. I have wanted to learn English but I have no idea which Website(or App) is the best for me. Then I googled about it and found italki. I saw a lot of good reputation about italki but I didn't know whether it was true or not. So I'll use italki as much as I can and I want to learn English more!