I wonder if native speekers use the prase " keep Slience". If yes, when and how to use it. I wonder if native speekers use the prase " keep Slience". If yes, when and how to use it. What exact meaning of " keep slience"? I see a waring sign at our office corridor which says " Keep Silence" . The origional purpose of the Warning Sign is to ask eveybody not to make too much noise, but I am not sure wether the phracse " Keep silence " is used properly here. It seems to me that " keep quiet“ will make more sense. Looking forward to your answer. Thanks

Ma famille Nous sommes quatre dans notre famille: mon père, ma mère, ma soeur et moi. Je n’ai pas frère . Ma famille habitent dans une campagne du sud de le Chine. Ma parent sont paysans. Mon soeur est seolment onze ans, et elle est dans l’école. J’ai vingt-sept ans. Je suis comptable dans compagnie internationale. J'aime beaucoup voyager, et Je vais aller à Djibouti pour travail l’année prochaine.

CPA Exam I started to take CPA exam in 2008 and had passed 6 courses by 2011. In order to pass the exam， I had to spend nearly half of my spare time in 3 or 4 months a year preparing it. it's realy tough, but it's happy to see all the efforts had been paid off in the past a few years. I took the last course exam this September and hoped to make it closured this time. Three months have passed, and the result has not come out yet. I hate waiting, especially for such a long time. It makes me feel like waiting for the final judgement. note: CPA stands for Certificate Public Accountant, something like ACCA.

Apprendre le français Mon nom est Wang Yonglin. Je vien de China. Je vais travailler à Djibouti à année prochaine où les peuple parlent Français. J'apprende le français depuis deux mois. Pour moi, le français est plus difficile que l'anglais, mais c'est une belle langue et j'aime le Français.

Learning French I had never thought I would learn a second foreign languge besides English before I knew I was going to work in Djibouti where French is widely spoken. For the sake of work, I finally decided to have a try. I started to learn French no more than 2 months ago and find it quite hard to study by myself without the help of a teacher. Thanks to the access to the internet, I have downloaded many learning materials. It took me 2 weeks to study the phonetic symbol by wathing vidios and flashes, but I am still not sure whether there are any problems in my pronunciation or not. The most difficult part of French is its grammar. The gender of the nouns and diverse forms of the verbs always make me puzzled. Now I just have learned about one hundred French words and some very basic conversations like "bonjour " and "au revoir". Though there is still a long way to go before I can actually use French in work, I am sure it will make a difference if I keep it up everyday.

Working in Ethiopie Hi everyone, long time no see! It's one year since I wrote on italki last time. Afrter Staying at the headquarter in Beijing for one and half a year since evacuated frome Libya when the turbulence took place at the biginning of 2012, I am working in Africa again now, but in Ethiopie this time. Compared to the first time I worked at overseas, I spent much less time to get used to the life and work here. We are constructing railway here which is our company's first project in Ethiopie. Due to the importance role the projet plays in our company's current expanding strategy, the management keep a keen eye on the on-going of the project and make it the No. One Project of 2012. Working on this project offers me a good chance for the self-developent in my career, however, challenge co-exists at the same time. The whole railway are devided into two parts, one in Ethiopie, and one in Djibouti where French are the most used language besides the local ones. I started to learn French by myself one month ago. The French grammer is much more difficult than English, however, I believe every effort will be paid off for those who never give up.

"The Flower of War" The flower of war is a movie, directed by Yimou Zhang who is the most well known director in China. I seldom go to cinema , but I cannot wait rushing to cinema to watch this long-expected movie alone on the evening of last Friday. Yimou Zhang did not let me down this time, compared to the previous ones in the past few years. Actually, I went to the cinema again with one of my friends to watch this movie the next day. A good movie is worth watching twice. Seeing the people suffering from the brutal war in the movie made me feel how lucky we are to live in peace now. But what touched me most is the beauty of human nature represented by the ordinary people when they are confronted with such a desperate and helpless situation. I highly recommend this movie to all of you. It is said that "The Flower of War" will be on show during the approaching Christmas holidays in America. But I don't know if it will be show on other countries. The preview of "The Flower of War": http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/fvD1HiGSK6k/

My Younger Sister （2） In China many people of my age don't have siblings owing to the one child policy. I had no sibling until my sister came to the world in 2001. She is only 10 years old, 15 years younger than me. Yes, I am a big brother. She was born on Aug, during my summer vocation before I entered high school. I had to help to baby sit her when my mother was busy with something else. It's hard to figure out what she wanted as all she was able to do was crying. She was not quiet and cried a lot. She was so high-maintenance. Looking after her kept me from watching TV, reading books and hanging out with friends. Though my precious vocation was ruined as a result of the little angle's coming, I was very happy and excited, as for the first time in my life I was not the only child in my family. I was not alone any more. The strong resemblance and significant age gap between us often made people confused about our relationship especially when she was four or five years old. One afternoon I went to a clothes shop with her. One shop assistant came over and talked to her, when she was waiting for me outside the fitting room. "You look so cute. How old are you?" "Five years old." "Why doesn’t your Mum come with you together?" "Mummy is busy at home" ... When I got out of the fitting room to check out, the shop assistant stared at my face with wide-open eyes as if identifying a work of art. "Sir, you look so young!!" We had a good relationship with each other though I returned home only once a month from high school which is situated in downtown area. Each visit, I would bring some candy and toys as gifts for her. Now working and living in Beijing, far away from my Sichuan hometown, I have returned only twice since I graduated. Yes, I need to bribe the greedy angel to prevent her from forgetting her big brother. I bought her ten fairy tale books when I returned home in February this year. Last week I asked her what she wanted on the phone, as I would go back during the coming Spring Festival next month. Her reply was beyond my expectation. What she wanted this time? Dream of the Red Chamb(红楼梦）!! Note: Dream of the Red Chamb is of the four classics in Chinese Literature; and the other three are Journey to the West(西游记), Water Margin(水浒传) and Romance of the Three Kingdoms(三国演义). BTW, I wrote an very short entry about my sister two weeks ago. I rewrote it this time by adding more details.

What Do you Value Most When You're Looking For A Job?

These days many friends of mine are busy with job hunting( I started working immediatly after I graduated in 2009, while most of my friends chose to further their studies).  Acually, some of them have recieved several offers but found it hard to choose.  I want to hear your oppinions about this topic: what do you value most when looking for a job?  Thanks for sharing your oppinions.