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On last week I met her who went to Africa for a volunteer until January.
I exchanged information with her by an email.
And then I got a info she quitted her job.
She was working in Tokyo since June.
However she said it was bored because she wasn't asked anything.
I gave her the advice " why would you quit the job when it's hard to find a job now?"
However, she seems to become a school teacher this time.
I exchanged information with her by an email.
And then I got a info she quitted her job.
She was working in Tokyo since June.
However she said it was bored because she wasn't asked anything.
I gave her the advice " why would you quit the job when it's hard to find a job now?"
However, she seems to become a school teacher this time.
先週1月までアフリカにボランティアに行っていた彼女に会いました。
彼女とはメールで情報交換をしています。
そして仕事を辞めるという情報を得ました。
彼女は6月から東京で働いていました。
しかし、何も求められないのでつまらないと言ってました。
私は「今仕事を見つけることが困難な時である時なぜ辞めるのか」というアドバイスをしていました。
しかし今度は学校の先生の仕事を見つけたようです。
彼女とはメールで情報交換をしています。
そして仕事を辞めるという情報を得ました。
彼女は6月から東京で働いていました。
しかし、何も求められないのでつまらないと言ってました。
私は「今仕事を見つけることが困難な時である時なぜ辞めるのか」というアドバイスをしていました。
しかし今度は学校の先生の仕事を見つけたようです。
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Last week I met a woman who went to Africa to volunteer until January.
I exchanged information with her by an email.
Then I got a info she quit her job.
When you are writing, not speaking, it is not correct to start sentences with "because", "and", "but" or "or".
"Quit" is like "read" past tense and present tense are the same.
She had been working in Tokyo since June.
However she said it was boring because she wasn't asked to do anything.
I asked her "Why would you quit the job when it's hard to find a job now?"
This doesn't seem like advice, since she already quit.
However, she seems to want to become a school teacher this time.
I'm sorry to reply late.
My daughter's mother in law was hit by a motorbike on Tuesday.
I visited a hospital yesterday, her condition was so crisis.
Any way, thanks every time.
She Seems to Have Gotten a Job
Which job are you referring to here? The job as a schoolteacher that you say she was looking for in the last line of the entry?
Last week I met with a woman who had gone to Africa as a volunteer until January. [Alternative: "... I got together with a woman who..."]
With time expressions involving "last", "this" or "next", there is usually no preposition.
"Meet", unless further explained, means meeting someone for the first time. It took me a while to figure out that this was not what you meant here, since she must have gone to Africa before June.
Never use a pronoun ("her") when you have not yet mentioned the person it refers to!
The past perfect tense "had gone" explains that she went to Africa before you met with her. As you wrote the sentence, it sounds as if you met this woman (for the first time) and then she went to Africa.
I exchanged (personal) news with her by an email.
Then I found out that she (had) quit her job. [Then she sent me a message saying she had quit her job.]
"Got an info" is not natural. If she told you, then it should be "she sent me a message saying that she had quit her job." If you found out some other way, it should be "found out" or "heard".
She has been working in Tokyo since June.
Use the present perfect tense (has been working) for a state ("is working") that started in the past and continues up to the present moment.
I told her "You shouldn't quit your job when it's so hard to find one now!"
However, it seems that she's looking for work as a school teacher now.
The time sequence of the things that you're talking about is very confusing in the English version.
We e-mailed each other with updated news on our life. ("exchanged information" doesn't sound natural)
However she said she was bored because she wasn't asked to do anything.
My advice to her was " why would you quit your job when it's hard to find a job now?"
However, she seems to want to become a school teacher now.
I agree with you. One must be very careful in this economy because jobs are rare nowadays. I hope she finds a teaching job soon! I have several friends who graduated college with a teaching degree and cannot find anything! I appreciate my job now, but it's not my dream job. One day I hope to be a translator. :)
Thanks for correction anad comment.
I hope you could become a translator.