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[ltp-008]

A dialogue between a female Japanese and a female Chinese

In a restaurant a very humble and cowish female Japanese touched a female Chinese who was wearing a coat.

" I am sorry, are you Mrs. Tanaka? " the female Japanese asked.

" No , I am not" the female Chinese answered loudly.

" Eh, " the female Japanese took a breath and said: " If I am not wrong I am Mrs. Tanaka and you are wearing her coat mistakenly. "

The female Chinese angrily shouted out : " really? , does this coat mark your name? "

When the female Chinese found that she indeed mistakenly wore the female Japanese 's coat , she took the coat off and rudely handed it over to the female Japanese.

Then the female Japanese said: " Thank you very much, I give you too much trouble, please excuse me. "

Finally the female Chinese proudly said: " Not at all, you are welcome. " lol

[Wangwei]

little baby ltp-008:
I the more read your post, I the more think you are a clown!

[eddfx]

ltp-008,
I do not understand your joke.

If you want help with your English, I am an ESL teacher in Asia. I will be more then happy to help you improve your English so the rest of us can understand what you are saying.

[ltp-008]

[RedRose]

[ltp-008]

[RedRose]

ltp, you don't have to talk to eddfx face to face in order to improve your english. you see, since you are from Canada (you said that, and I doubt that ), then you can easily find a lot of english speakers around you, and you can face to face talk to them, can't you?

Why do you always contradict yourself like that? Miss. Liar, you have to know, Lying is bad. it can just exbarrass yourself

[eddfx]

Meeting me face to face might not be a good idea for you, you see, I really am not that nice of a man and don�t tolerate people who are condescending to others very much. I do like to give people English advice and share my experiences of my life with others who seek to do the same because I think learning anything, especially languages should be free.

With that said, here is a small but valuable lesson for you, just for you. This lesson is more about culture then the actual language.

ltp-008 lesson
You seem to have a decent vocabulary, but the way you structure your sentences gives off a rude impression to the reader(s). You should take more time and think about what you want to write instead of using impulse writing. This is just my opinion of course.

Example:
You wrote, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning, the ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.�

I know English is your second language, so I am not offended by the above sentence. On the other hand, if it were a native English speaker, I might have taken that sentence to be a little condescending for it holds sarcastic undertones. The, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning�, part of your sentence is what I refer to. Also, looking at your post history, you seem to talk like this regardless of your English ability and it does not matter who you are talking to.

If you just said, �The ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.� That would be a wonderful compliment and it is all I need to stay motivated to help English learners for free and out of my own time.

You suggested,� If we could face to face.� In American culture (United States of America) this could be seen as a threat. Many Americans see threats as very serious actions. You should be a more aware of the words you use and how you use them if you want any future help.

Gain respect from others and you will learn so much more than English.

Did you learn anything from my first lesson?

[ltp-008]