mercredi 6 juin 2007

I'm very lucky

Hi everybody or Hi Mark! It will be more simple ;-)!

Every day, I realize how lucky I am: I have a great family, a great friends and a beautiful bicycle (I like my Harley-Pedalson). Yes, I'm single but sometimes it's better to be alone. Some thirty-years-old men are disappointed about love. They are very selective. Fine. I don't want to be the girlfriend of a man who only like sports and drinking beer. Me too, I'm difficult. I want a man who reads a lot and has opinions about politics, environment and global warnings. You will understand that it's not easy to find. But I keep the faith. I love my life. I'll go back to university next fall, I know what I gonna be: a teacher. I found my place in society. Some people never find their place. It's sad. Our world excludes many people. In Montreal, poverty exists. Homeless person don't work and don't have family to take care of them. They go to a place called Accueil Bonneau and Le refuge. They can sleep and eat at those places. Many of them have mental troubles. Maybe that's why people don't want to see them. They represent failure, sadness, distress, loneliness,
I don't understand why some people can't looking look at them when they walk on down the street. Every time I see persons people who ask asking for change on the street I'm move deeply moved. The Globalization creates two extremes: rich people and poor people. Richs people thinks they're in their way isthe right way. I'm not sure about that. Most of all them don't have a conscience conscious. They only think of themselves herself: which objects they must buy to be happy? It's pathetic. Happiness is to share your family, your friends, your lover and realizes the chance that you have to not be alone.

2 commentaires:

Mark M. a dit…

Hi Mélanie!

I'm sorry I didn't add a comment sooner. I was busy writing a conference paper so I've been neglecting my friends' blogs and emails. I'll try to be faster from now on! :-)

Anyway, I think you're absolutely right; people tend to forget about the important things in life while searching for more material goods. Family and friends contribute more to one's happiness than things ever could!

Your sentences were exceptional in this post! Particularly your verb negation. Conjugating auxiliary verbs to negate something is pretty counterintuitive, so I'm very impressed with how quickly you're learning.

Here are some corrections:

* Some thirty-year-old men...
This is a strange rule in English, I'm afraid. I'm 26 years old, but also a 26-year-old man. Weird, huh?

* ... drinking beer.
"Beer" is a mass noun, so it doesn't have a plural conjugation.

* I want a man who reads a lot and has opinions about politics, environment, and global warning.
"a man" is third-person singular, so he "reads" and "has" opinions.

* Homeless people don't work and don't have family to take care of them. They go to a place called Accueil Bonneau and Le refuge.
"people" is third-person plural, so they "don't" work, "go" to a place, etc.

* Many of them have mental problems. Maybe that's why people don't want to see them.

* ...can't look at them when they walk down the street.

* Every time I see people asking for change on the street I'm deeply moved.

* Globalization creates two extremes: rich people and poor people. Rich people think their way is the right way.

* Most of them don't have a conscience.
("conscious" is a different word. I'm afraid that even rich and powerful people like George Bush are conscious. At least, unless they've been hit on the head. :-)

* They only think of themselves: Which objects must they buy to be happy?

* ... and realize the chance that you have to not be alone.

That's it! Have a great weekend. :-)

Anonyme a dit…

Hi Melanie!!
What's up?
What's wrong, the blog is dead??
Hope you are keeping well, give us news (in english if you want but we won't be able to correct you!!)!
Here, life is cool, we are going to Barcelona and Majorque soon so...
See ya