Is there a person in news you would like to meet ? When did u see him/her in news? And why?

Why sometimes 190 and 180 were heard like have a same pronunciation? especially in BritishEnglish?  i just did a listening practice, i was shocked when i check my answer, the right answer is 280, but mine is 290, they heard like the same, so i dont know how to distinguish them the next time i hear a number like 190,180,290,280,390,380...

Do u like flowers? Do u send flowers to ur friends as presents? Above all, what do the different flowers stand for in ur country?

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hello everyone! I'm Eliza, I come from Wuhan which is the capital of Hubei Province in the middle of China. In this July, I just graduated from my university, meanwhile, I'm applying for a grad school in Canada. So maybe I will be abroad this winnter. Singing, drawing pictures and cooking are my hobbies. I always try new recipes created by myself, because I want to be a excellent wife and mom in the future. Except for English, I'm also interested in Japanese, Spanish, French and Korean. Though I have learnt a little Japanese by myself, I think I should work hard on my English first until I do really good in it. I think having friends all over the world is the most fortunate thing, because you can travel around word extremely conveniently, so nice to meet all of you here, let us exchange our languages and make friends.