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    searching for some good material to learn English

    hey guys,are there any websites i can download some interesting short videos which provide transcripts? like the white house website.i download Obama's weekly address every week, regardless of his political points of view, the whole thing is really worth studying for foreign guys like me who...
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    When people give a rat's about your day

    brilliant idea! we need variety and shouldn't always answer the questions in the way the one who asked them want,which means in a formulaic way. the way of conjecturing others' demand in order to show consideration is in fact an disrespect for the interlocutor. in this way,just...
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    Looking for friends who can help with my translation

    thank you so much for your advice. i'll try, but it is getting so late here in China . though i feel like talking a lot things with you, i have to go to bed right now,Good night.
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    When people give a rat's about your day

    maybe the stress in the sentence counts.when it sounds like "HOW are you doing?" it might mean something. but most of the time this is just a way to socialize, in my learning history no one really answer"oh you know what,my hemorrhoids are driving me crazy these days..." since in fact most of...
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    Looking for friends who can help with my translation

    i do agree with you.the extra credits are doing a great job and any disregard of their copyright is unfair. though i'm a Chinese myself,objectively speaking the word "lenient" in my opinion should be "indulgent" and i appreciate your diction, you're more than polite. in fact i had written...
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    Looking for friends who can help with my translation

    yeah,i've heard that too,it bothers me as well. is there any copyright problem if i translate them and publish them elsewhere? the problem is i can't get in touch with any member of extra credits team. should i keep translating them? i think it is totally ok if i just translate them to some...
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    Looking for friends who can help with my translation

    hello everyone,i'm from China and looking for some language help here. the problem is simple but the situation is a little bit complicated, so, please allow me to elaborate. i like the extra credits' videos a lot and in them i found out this website. obviously, i'm new here. And maybe some...