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Comparisons

She's as busy as a bee

He eats like a horse

as quite as a mouse

as cool as a cucumber (calm, relax, never extress)

as blind as a bat

like a bull in a china shop

like a bear with a sore head (very bad tempered)

as mad as a hatter (person who made hats) britain humor?

drink like a fish (drink lot of)

as drunk as a lord (drink a lot of)

as brain like a sieve (always forgot all)

sleep like a baby/log

as greedy as a pig (you want more money/food)

as red as a beetroot

(remolacha)

work like a dog

as black as a coal (night)

a raven's wing

as white as snow

as thin as a rake

as white as a sheet

as easy as falling off a leg

Do you know any more comparisons?

Talking about photos or pictures

This is a tipical exam's exercise, you have to speak about a photo or picture that the teacher show you, so you have to be confidence describing you are seeing.

Some tips to start the description could be:

Where?
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On the right / On the left (side)
At the top / At the bottom
In the background / in the foreground
In the corner

In Contrast;
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but
whereas
while
however
in contrast

How?
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beside / next to
close to / near

in front of
opposite
behind
above/over
below/under

between
far from


Example:



Description

On the left side we can see a man sit down on the top of a staircase.
On the right side there are three childreen playing together. In the background there is a big sun. While the children are enjoying together, the man seems not very happy.
Behind the girl, there is a boy chasing her. This boy is between the girl and the fair boy. Opposite to these boys there is a man, below this man there is a staircase ,and behind the man there is a advertisement with the message "The top".

The Composition (III)

Thinking about this exercise and looking for related information, I have found a list of ten things that will change the way we live, These things are:

• Fuel(l) cells
• Gene therapy
• Haptics
• Internet 2
• Lifestraw
• MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
• $100 laptop
• $200 Barrel of oil
• VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
• WiMax (worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

I knew about almost (a bit) all of these technologies and inventions, but the lifestrow (it) was something I hadn't (listen) heard about before so I will speak about it.

If someone ask us (with) what is the most precious liquid on the earth, we (could ask) might answer the oil, but then we will be wrong because it's (the) water. But there is a big problem because even though more than 70% of the earth's surface (surface's earth) is covered by water, many parts of the world especially the poor(s) parts with a big population are suffering from waterbo(u)rne diseases due to (the) unsafe water.

Lifestraw is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption.

It's just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. Lifestraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. Lifestraw filters up to 700 litres of water and effectively removes most of the micro_organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases.


It's clear that this invetion won't change our lives in a direct way, but it will improve the living conditions of millions people (in) around the world. I hope this invention becomes one of the most succesful developments in the next few years with a suceessful availability and use (implantantion) in the Third World.
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The Composition (II)

I am going to write my composition as originally I wrote, in order to compare with the composition corrected by my teacher taking notes on mistakes.

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COMPOSITION

Thinking about this exercise and looking for related information I have found a list of ten things that will change the way we live these things are:

• Fuell cells
• Gene therapy
• Haptics
• Internet 2
• Lifestraw
• MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
• $100 laptop
• $200 Barrel of oil
• VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
• WiMax (worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

I knew almost a bit of all these technologies and inventions, but the lifestrow it was something I hadn't listen before so I will speak about it.

If someone ask us with is the most precious liquid on the earth, we could ask the oil, but then we will be wrong because it's the water. But there is a big problem because even though more than 70% of surface's earth is covered by water, many parts of world specially the poors parts with a big population are suffering from waterbourne diseases due to the unsafe water. Lifestraw is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption.
It's just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. Lifestraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. Lifestraw filters up to 700 litres of water and effectively removes most of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases.

It's clear that this invetion won't change our lives in a direct way, but it will improve the living conditions of millions people in around the world. I hope this invention become on of the most succesful development in the next years with a suceessful implantantion in the third world.
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The anonymous friend.

Hello!, today (25/11/06) I have receive 9 posts correcting my mistakes on English Posts!, I like to receive this kind of feedback! so this time there are so much mistakes that I have to wrote a new post with their.

The corrections are in bold done for my anonymous friend:

1º Post.
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I wrote;
> 10 reasons you shouldn't never get a job

Anonymous said;
>>10 reasons (why) you shouldn't (EVER) get a job : No double negatives in English.

I wrote;
> the ten reasons to don't get a job.

Anonymous said;
>>(these) ten reasons to (NOT) get a job.

I wrote;
> If you want enjoy reading more in detail take a look to this

Anonymous said;
>>If you want (TO read these) in more detail, take a look (AT) this


2º Post.
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I wrote;
>Originally from Irony.com a diverting site with comics and a lot humour about the american society, and sometimes spanish as well. :)

Anonymous said;
>>Originally from Irony.com (AN ENTERTAINING) site with (CARTOONS) and a lot humour about (whitout the) American society, and sometimes (ABOUT) Spanish (SOCIETY) as well. :)

3º Post.
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I wrote;
>the teacher give us a special homework.

Anonymous said;
<>> the teacher give us (without a) (SOME) special homework.

I wrote;
>when I have it ready I will write here.

Anonymous said;
>> when I have it ready I will write (IT) here.


4º Post.
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I wrote;
>Working in some english exercises I have found this great internet page about the Greatest Films of the history, the cool of this page is that you can listen the most

Anonymous said;
>>(WHILE) working (ON) some (E)nglish exercises, I (without have) found this great internet page about the Greatest Films (without of the) (IN) history, the cool (PART) of this page is that you can listen (TO) the most

Aclaration from anonymous;
> cool PART of == cool thing about
>PART here doesn't mean like a piece of it, it means the cool ASPECT of it


5º Post.
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I wrote;
>(ARTICLES III) We use no article when...

Anonymous said;
>> (ARTICLES III) We (DON'T) use an article when...

Other possiblity
>>We also DON'T use an article with


6º Post.
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I wrote;
>We use a(n) when...

Anonymous said;
>> (ARTICLES II) We use (aN) article when..

Another aclarations from anonymous;
>>>o mejor : We (DO) use (aN) article when..
>>Add DO for emphasis since the previous post was about when We DON'T use an article.

>>>Yo sé que en español todos son lo mismo :
>>Uso = I use, I am using, I do use


7º Post.
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I wrote;
>in the future of their children

Anonymous said;
>>better : in their children's future

I wrote;
>they do not fully understand.

Anonymous said;
>>better: they don't fully understand.

I wrote
>(blank) concern is growing in

Anonymous said;
>>there is a growing concern in

I wrote;
>The concern comes as schools

Anonymous said;
>>better: This concern comes as ...


8º Post.
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I wrote;
> I didn't know what means "smirk", but he explained me with a picture like this.
This tip, remember me the post i did some days ago. :)

Anonymous said;
>>I didn't know what ("smirk" meant), but he explained (it) with a picture like this.
This reminded me of the post ...

Aclaration from anonymous;
>>smirk es como tu sonrisa cuando crees que eres más listo que alquien y esa persona no lo sabe.


9º Post.
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I wrote
>Death poets society

Anonymous said;
>>en verdad es Dead Poets Society


Thanks Anonymous friend!

10 reasons you shouldn't never get a job

From a smart site I have found in Internet, I enjoyed reading the ten reasons to don't get a job.
The 10 reasons are:

1. Income for dummies.

2. Limited experience.

3. Lifelong domestication.

4. Too many mouths to feed.

5. Way too risky.

6. Having an evil bovine master.

7. Begging for money.

8. An inbred social life.

9. Loss of freedom.

10. Becoming a coward.

If you want enjoy reading more in detail take a look to this cool site.

The origins of class consciousness

Ever had crayon envy when you were in elementary school?

Originally from Irony.com a diverting site with comics and a lot humour about the american society, and sometimes spanish as well. :)

The composition

Today in my english class, the teacher give us a special homework. We have to write a composition on the following statement:

"People's lives will change dramatically in the next 50 years."

Write your composition.
Mmm... I'm thinking about it, when I have it ready I will write here.