今天 - today 今天二零一二年六月七号星期四。今天我不工作。我还不知道什么做。 我不想做运动，因为我昨天做运动了。今天我想放松。或我要看电影。 Today is Thursday, June 7th, 2012. I don't have to work today. I don't know yet what I will do. I don't want to exercise, because I exercised yesterday. Maybe I will watch a movie.

Question about usage of measure words I understand that measure words are used whenever you use a numeral, but I'm a bit confused when it's used in a sentence where it doesn't seem necessary to me (though I'm not Chinese of course, so there might be a logic to it that I am missing completely :D). For example, when I say "I'm a teacher", I've seen it translated as 我是一名老师, instead of just 我是老师. Are the numeral (一) and the measure word (名) absolutely necessary in this case, or is it just a style thing? Does it sound strange if I leave out the numeral &　measure word?

我的活儿。 我是英文老师。我干活在私立学校。我教大都孩子。我喜欢我的活儿， 但今天我是悲。一个学生离开了学校， 因为他是功课太忙。 他是我的宠儿学生， 乃我是很悲！ In case there is any confusion, this is what I'm trying to say: My job I am an English teacher. I work at a private school. I teach mostly children. I like my job, but today I am sad. One student has left the school, because he is too busy with homework*. He is my favorite student, so I am very sad! *i.e. for his regular school, they only do English lessons at my school.

我的第一中文文本 你好， 我叫 Maaike. 我是荷兰人， 可是现在住在中国。我住在烟台。我是英文老师。我教在小学校。 我有男朋友， 可是他还住在荷兰。 我们有两个猫。 我想念我的男朋友， 可是喜欢中国！我喜欢中寀。中国人佷友好。