HI MIS SUE.

I am saeede. I am 21 years old.I have three sisters and one of them is my twin sister. Her name is sahar.Sahar and i come to english class together. Sahar,s field is music. She loves it very much. My field is operation room. It,s about surgry .in fact my task is help to surgeons. I love this work very much. I try look after patients in an operation room. I hope that can to speak english bether by come to english class. HAVE A GOOD DAY MIS SUE.

Collecting the Light

The Candle in the Window can inspire us as a symbol of hope as well as a hand in the darkness willing to share the warmth of life, itself. In her book, My Grandfather’s Blessings, Rachel Remen, a doctor who has specialized in the treatment of advanced cancer and who has, herself, also lived with a debilitating disease, tells us a story that her grandfather taught her when she was four years old. In the beginning, he said, the world was made of light. But by accident, the light was scattered, and became countless fragments of light that found their lodging in each and every bit of creation. He told her that the highest thing that man can use his life for is to look for this light, search out every possible place it can be—to gather it and mold it in order to repair the universe. Isn’t this a beautiful story? Isn’t this a superb meeting point for a life focus?

Faranak's writing

Dear Sue,
In Iran, students spend 5 years in a primary school, 3 years in a secondary school, 3 years in a high school and 1 year in a pre-university.
Most students are usually out of school in a summer, almost 3 months.
Students at university can take a summer semester and for this semester they can get a few lessons so they usually don't do this.
We don't have a winter holiday, instead of it we have Norooz holiday about 2 or 3 weeks.
Holidays in Iran are a lot, although we fall into this habit and like it, it is not good for us.
I can say about cost of schools,
In recent years, parents must pay during a registration and the cost depends on schools.
We have two types of schools: governmental and nonprofit.
Some costs of governmental schools are paid by parents and some by the government and the total cost of nonprofit schools are paid by parents so these schools get more money.
We have several types of universities: governmental, nonprofit, unattached,...
All universities except governmental ones get money and the costs of some of them are very high and the degree of a governmental university is more creditable than others.

Prepositional Predicament

This is the name I myself gave to a piece I read in a magazine this morning. Here is the piece itself:

For a variety of reasons, learning English prepositions is notoriously difficult and a slow, gradual process for English as a Second Language (ESL) students. To begin, English prepositions typically are short, single-syllable or two-syllable words that are seldom stressed when speaking and therefore often not articulated clearly or heard distinctly. Another problem is that prepositions are often conceptually different from one language to the next, and direct translation cannot be relied on. For example, in English “we walk in the rain,” whereas in French we “walk under the rain (marcher sous la pluie).” Both formulations seem to make the same intrinsic sense; however, it would strike most English speakers as odd to say that we walk under the rain! This lack of correspondence means that a one-to-one translation will produce an ungrammatical sentence.
These difficulties are compounded by the loose grammatical rules governing the use of English prepositions. For example, one rule states that the prepositions at, on, and in are used to designate expressions of time. However, these very same prepositions also designate expressions of place and location, which often makes the selection of a preposition a matter of guesswork. The uncertainty about what preposition to use even extends to differences within British and American English. For example, in British (and South African) English it is common to speak of “filling in a form,” while American English speaks of “filling out a form.” The problem is further exacerbated by regional or social varieties of English that use prepositions in idiosyncratic ways. Then there are those unhelpful (even archaic) rules about prepositions that continue to hold sway, such as the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition. As Winston Churchill tellingly joked, “The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

Bahman's Writing

Dear Sue,
Thank you for correcting my letter. I try to study for master in these days. My study isn’t very good, because Tehran is very warm. One is weary when the weather is warm. We want to buy a new house and we go for seeing houses afternoons. I go to library mornings.
In Iran we have different languages for example Azari in Tabriz, Gilaki in north, Arabik in south, but Farsi is understood all over Iran. Have you different languages in the U.S?
Did you listen to Faramarze Payvar’s piece?
Take care, Bahman

Sue's question and Pasternak's candle

Sue,
Thoreau said, "The sun is but a morning star." But that is for people who can see the sun. For those who are left in darkness like Pasternak, a candle is the revelation of all the stars that burn in all the galaxies of the whole universe. In a candle we find our dreams. In its flickering light fly our dreams to the places which are not "here", to somewhere else other than here.
T

And the candle again

Sue,
I just wanted you to know that every post you put on the site lights a beautiful candle in the heart of every member and myself.
T

A Candle Was Burning?

"As they drove through Kamerger Street Yura noticed that a candle had
melted a patch in the icy crust on one of the windows. The light seemed
to look into the street almost consciously, as if it were watching the
passing carriages and waiting for someone.

'A candle burned on the table,a candle burned...' he whispered to
himself-the beginning of something confused,formless; he hoped that it
would take shape of itself, but nothing more came to him."
--Dr. Zhivago

From this formless beginning Pasternak wrote one of his most profound poems: Winter Night. I know of few poems that contain the wealth of human emotions as in Winter Night. How many of us have seen a candle burning in our mind's eye and knew that there was some meaning there, but what? Does it symbolize hope, faith, a sense of something beyond, what?? What does Pasternak's candle mean to you? What does it symbolize in Zhivago?

Winter Night

The snow swept through the land
To the ends of the earth.
On the table a candle,
A Candle was burning.

Like moths in the summer
Attracted by flames,
Crowding and rushing
--snowflakes at the window.

The blizzard had drawn
White circles and arrows.
On the table a candle,
A candle was burning.

Shadows softly mingling
On the luminous ceiling,
Arms and legs intertwining,
Destinies crossing.

Two tiny slippers
Fell to the floor,
And the candle was weeping
Wax tears on her dress.

All swirling in the darkness,
Snowy and grey.
On the table a candle,
A candle was burning.

The candle was almost
Put out by a draft.
The heat of temptation
Raised its wings like an angel.

A February blizzard,
Lasting a month.
On the table a candle,
A candle was burning.

Bahman's Writings

Dear Sue,
Nice to hear from you. Mashhad is mountainous. But it has no very mountain. There are mountains environs Mashhad. They are in Torghabe and Shandiz that they were beautiful villages in vicinity Mashhad. Now they are little cities. My Santour is not very good. I play only 2 years. If you go to below address you can take a beautiful piece from Faramarze Payvar.
http://www.4shared.com/file/171361879/e6ca294e/__________.html
Thank you that you tell me my mistakes. I had a funny mistake in my last letter. How is Denver climate? Is it warm or cold? Has it jungle? Is it big city or little city?

Bahman's Writing

Dear Sue,
I was in holy Mashhad. A hot summer has started here. I try to write mo re than before spend more time on Santour and music. I work 4 hours in a day with my Taxi. I have ket (key English test) next month. I must practice English more than before. I hope I can pass the exam. I had a good semester in the university. I bear in Tehran. My father bears in Tehran too but my grandfather was born in our village.