My challenge (my own book in English) Ego. C1\P1 I've come to realize what learning English must be challenged and more fun for everyone! Most of all challenging for me and fun for correctors ;) A very long time I'm coming up an idea of Sci-Fi setting and it was gonna be a manga (I made storyboards for manga and my friend artist intend to draw manga). But I think that it will be best for me to write a book (too strong a word)! Since my writing skills are terrible (even in native language), but I believe may be at end of the book I can do improves, of course with your help! Sorry if reading this would painful for you, but I hope it will be much interesting rater yet another "my breakfast" text. So... With screaming "Comfort is the enemy of achievement!" I'm beginning the first Chapter! ** EGO ** Chapter 1. Junior Technician Sayko The teenage girl with enormous large headphones was going through a pitch black tunnel of a spaceship Cradle. She unhurriedly pushes a metal pushcart filled with colorful cylindrical containers in front of herself. She was in the maintenance tunnels of neuroprocessing block of colossal spaceship what must save humanity. Gigantic space facility what became home for last humans in the universe. Sayko is the fourth generation of colonists what goes through dark cold space to a new home. What should have been an easy and comfortable journey - become insufferable torture right after the first 40 years of the mission when many of critical systems begin failing. The yellow patch with letters "JT-NP" on Sayko's coverall says that she works as a junior technician in the neuroprocessing block of an outer segment of the facility. That was low effort work even for a fragile girl. Peering into labels on dark walls she idly searching needed section. She pulled a flashlight from a pocket and lit up the wall. The labels were blurred and faded. Suddenly, she felt someone's presence and quick turnaround and cries out, "Aaie! Gleb, you are dumbass! You scaring me! What do you think you're doing?!", she rapidly took off her headphones. Gleb smiling apologetically and said with guilt in his voice, "I try to call you, but you as always hearing nothing in this headphones!" "Now you gonna mutilate me with... this?", he pointed on stood over him Sayko's flashlight. After an awkward pause, she put the flashlight back into the pocket of the coverall. Tunnel again went to dark. (end of part 1 of chapter 1) ... Thx for attention! (>_<)

One Anki Card -> One sentence (Part 1) I heard one opinion that said that you need to create own sentence with word to memories it. And I decided that this can be a good practices in my terrible writing! ^_^ Here we go! first ten random word and phrases from my Anki desk and ten sentences: 1. My co-worker have *infer* that he can't find solution for this problem. 2. My son *attend* robotics courses. 3. I'm allergic to fish *thus* I don't eat it. 4. I can't *recall* anything interesting happened on this week. 5. My cat is an absolute *coward*. He fears any noise. 6. I have empty fridge. It's sadly but *one a plus side* it's good for my shape :) 7. My *acquaintance* will come very shortly. 8. I had *reneged* extended insurance. 9. *A while back* I had broke my toe. It was very painful. (true story T_T) 10. I'm afraid of a big *vehicle*. () Uhhh... that was painful =) It's very scary for me to submit this, because I know that this 10 sentences is full of mistakes! (>_<) Thx for review and corrections!

How native speakers reading phone numbers First tasks of IELTS Listening test almost always include phone numbers in dialogues. I want to make web-application for phone listening training, but for this I need examples of how native speaker read phone numbers. Do you read every single digit separately or not? How do you read digit *0*? Zero or "oh"?

My first post! ) So, I have a problems with my writing and understanding English tenses! =) That means that I need more practices! And by tradition.... my usualy morning description! :) I'm evening person but my kids are early birds, and that's very painful. I have need enormous efforts to wake up and start cooking oatmeal for kids breakfast. And it's better don't try to wake up my wife, it's can be extremely dangerous to your health =) After kids finish their breakfast, it time for tidying up because they eat like little piggies. Around this time my wife has been woken and begin to cooking breakfast for us because making oatmeal it's all I can do. :D ------ Please fix errors or give any suggestions! ;)