I learned a new word "taxi stand"

I learned a new word "taxi stand".Is it a place where focused people to taking a taxi?

It seems there is no such a place in China. We usually take a taxi at a roadside. I don't know wether it exist in other countries.

 

Come and tell me that if your country have this place!

from time to time, now and then, sometimes What's the difference among "from time to time", "now and then", and "sometimes"? I don't shopping all the time, I just do it when we need to kill time. so I say: I go shopping with my friends from time to time. Now and then I go shopping with my friends . Sometimes I go shopping with my friends. Are these 3 right?

I'm too fond of it. What the mean of "I'm too fond of it."? Is it the same with "I like it very much."? Do they have any difference? What situation we use "fond" or "like"?

I found a phenomenon here. The modify Chinese articles here more than the modify English. Wether it illustrate Chinese speakers are more than English speakers here. or Chinese speakers are more ready to help?

How to speak out fluently by month when you are learning new languages?

All of us in the italki must be learning new languages. Do you find that it's difficult to speak out fluently.

 

I just answer "Yes,I do./No.I don't" when people ask me some questions. I need time to think about what to say and how to answer... oh my gosh. My English isn't quite bad! You see, I do writing!

 

For this, we all have many reasons, like:

 

I have limit words.

My pronunciation is bad.

I'm really shy.

I don't understand what you are saying.

I'm not good at chatting.

There is nothing to tell.

I haven't the slightest idea.

 

Me too... I used serval excuses of them.

 

OK, Who could help me through this problem? Sometimes I think I need a friend who is a native speaker with the English which I am learning. And she would teach me how to answer questions one by one. But, Where is she? She's too far from me. Maybe nobady has so much time and vigor to help a stranger... But I still believe I will find her.

 

This is my problem. Do you have the same one? and how did you solve it?

 

Finally, I wish I can find the right person as soon as possible ~

《The missing time》 Serval days ago, I read the story named "a child's dream of a star". The first impression of this story, it didn't give me much thought. but only tasted it deeply, it made me a little dolorous, and a little leisurely. The general story is about a boy and his dear stister. They looked up at the star everynight, and said hello to the star. But one day, his sister died. Although there was only himself, but he never stoped saying hello to the star. Until he was old. and... until he was died, his dream was finally comeing ture -- he can be a little boy and meet his sister, in the heaven. The material by the people is limited, and brevity, and couldn't be repeated. But the souls of people will never disappeared because it contains the love, something can't be complained and controlled by god. When they die, when there is only flesh on the world, when they go into tomb, when their though begin disappeared. But, their lovness heart will on the sky like a star. It might not the most bright, it might not the most beautiful, but it pays attention on you, cares about you. The story is not only a fair, but also a fable which contains all of love. LOL~

How to express : My child relies on me? My child is clingy. My child clings to me. My child sticks to me. These are quite negative, like he is bothering me a lot and I really don’t like it. My child leans on me It is more positive. My child relies on me (a lot). It doesn’t sound negative and it sounds like normal behaviour of children. If I want to express that my child always need to stay with me, and for this, I don't feel boredon, and I feel happiness because I love him so much. Should I say: My child relies on me a lot and i feel happiness. Are these right?

The first day of the lunar year Yesterday is the first day of the lunar year. We usually pay New Year's call to our relatives and friends. My parents in law, husband, and I took our little baby to my uncle's house to eat dinner. My sister and her darling drove a car to pick us up to there at 3:00 P.M. A room full of people were chatting, watching TV, cooking, playing games... when we got there. My baby was just 7 months, and it was the first time to meet so many relatives, so he was very shy with strangers. So we stayed in bedroom and looked after him. His grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts all went into the room to see him, and tried to hold him. then him cried... LOL. I stayed with my baby and ate the dinner, when my mother in law took care of him. After dinner, it has been dark outside. We need left early, so my elder sister's husband pick us up to home. Oh, my another elder sister gave me 2 plush toy houses to me. She said she remembered that last year was my big year, and I said on the interent that I liked the plush toy house she bought. (I am not sure if i can use "my big year", in my country, when we are 12, 24, 36... years old, the year is call "本命年".) Thanks a lot of my sisters. They treat me so nice. It's 0:40 am here, and I am sitting before my computer. Just now I finished this. Now I'm going to bed. Good night, the friends from italki. If you want to exchange languages with me or make friends with me, just send me message. ^^