I want to talk about my life in (the) UK. I went to study in the UK a few years ago. The most exciting experience is that I went to a host family for my Christmas holiday in December. I went there alone … on a train. It took me about one or two hours to get there, to York, and then I stayed there for one week. This was the first time that I spent time with a UK family, which I learned a lot from them. They treat (treated) me like a family member, they took me out to eat, to play and to see all the different interesting culture of their region. On Christmas Day, they even bought me some presents to celebrate the Christmas (celebrate Christmas).
When I went back to Oxford, which was the place that I stayed for that year, I had the chance to teach in a Chinese school every Sunday. The kids are (were) about 14 years old and I taught them Chinese. They were very cute but they all speak (spoke) in English. I spent lots of time to encourage (encouraging) them to speak in Cantonese.
During my study (studies) in the UK, I lived with (a) few other students from different countries. They are very nice and we used to cook on our own, just like a big family. Every day we will go to … every day we went to supermarkets to buy food and drinks and desserts. We cooked every day. I was not a good cook – normally I just put everything into (the) oven. And I've tried (I tried) to bake a cake before but failed and they all laughed at me. And every time when I bake(d) a cake, they never taste(d) it. We share(d) a flat together – we share(d) kitchen, bathrooms but we do (did) have our own sink and bedroom. The life (Life) in the UK is quite relaxing besides study because you can explore more and do different activities at school or even some other extracurricular activities.
After I come (came) back (to) Hong Kong, I still keep in touch with all my friends in the UK, from different countries like Italy, Malaysia, Japan, UK and other countries. Sometimes we even send email(s) to each other, sometimes they may come to Hong Kong to visit and we will meet each other again.
I really enjoy (enjoyed) the time in the UK. I hope you will also have the chance to explore more in other different countries in the future.
Comments
It is so interesting text, I agree that The UK is really attractive city.
it is an interesting topic yuo know it really helps you find out a lot about the british culture and about their life too it is great
it is very simple our teacher gives us exercises like this for homework all the time
Hi guys,i am a new member here and i like it.
I do like english and i really wanna improve my level,
konstantinos
hi everyone! it's my first time here and I'm loving it.
Hello,
I am a Slovak student trying hard to study English. I attend the English Lessons in Slovakia, at our local state school, and we are used to have presentations every week. Next week is my turn, and I was looking throughout the net something about the "Social Welfare in GB", but I could find nothing good. I was just curious if anyone can help me with this topic, maybe in a form of an internet web site address.? I would be really grateful if you could send me any fact about it. ;)
Thanks
George
Hello George,
'Social Welfare' can mean several different things to different people in different countries. For some people it means the well-being of an entire society, similar to the quality of life, including aspects of the crime level, the environment, religion etc. In some countries, it is similar to the 'welfare state', meaning all the ways that the state supports individual citizens with their needs in health, unemployment, pensions, education etc. The second meaning is closer to how people talk about it in the UK.
So if you can explain a bit more about what you want to write about, we can hopefully help you.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
hello adam. my name is Quan. i come from Viet nam. Have u ever known my country. i'm student. i want to make friend with u and hope u will help me to improve my english kill. because at the moment. it's very bad. plz help me. hope your reply soon.huhu
Hello Quan,
Yes, I visited your beautiful country a couple of years ago. I was mostly in the south of the country, but I also visited Nha Trang.
I don't think your English is so bad; you should have more confidence!
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello every body. I'm from Vietnam, I love English, UK and studying abroad is my dream. I hope that I can learn a lot to improve my English skills from all of you through this website. So be friends and let's talk!
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