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Yesterday's nearly Life or Death experience.

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May 13th 2011 17:24
12/05/2011

7:30pm .My teacher was feeling kind that afternoon so he allowed us to go earlier than usual.
I really like this teacher.He explains everything really well and he is funny when he has to be.

Normally ,I take the subway back home but yesterday I had a birthday party so I thought I would go back by car with one of the other students.
I did this because I wanted extra time to take a shower and get myself pretty.

The only one who had to go in the same direction as me ,was the youngest and had just obtained the driving license.

He is a nice person but he sometimes seems a bit immature.

In five minutes we were already lost. I told him the way we should go but he just answered that he knew what he was doing.
I started to laugh because I could have never imagined someone could have such a bad orientation.

He laughed with me but he just kept making the wrong decisions.We passed by many roundabouts which could've solved the situation but he didn't even give them a glance.

In my opinion he couldn't have done it worst even if it had been on purpose.

We circled the whole city and ended at the the port.
At last he seemed to head for the right direction but there was a really dangerous curve ahead of us.
He was using the 5th gear.
I thought he was going to reduce speed but he entered the curve as if it was nothing.

I recall the turmoil in my head, should I shout? Should I grab the controls?What about the pedals?
My mind made the decision in an instant.
I thought I should remain silent and have faith in him because me taking action would only freeze him and reduce our possibilities of success.

We were in the middle of the curve and I could feel the inertial forces making the wheels skid as he used the brakes energetically.

Fortunately it was a minor skid and we could resume our way.
We were both in shock . He confessed to me he hadn't known what to do before such a curve so he had just followed his instincts.

I can't believe how I managed to stay so calm.

I'm never going to get inside a car with him ever again.

Every situation has a dance attached to it.

daewon
May 14th 2011 01:11
I love the dance video. Are they father and daughters?
May 14th 2011 02:33 Pepa
No idea!! I just pick nice dance videos from youtube!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
markbellis
Thank you for your correction!
May 14th 2011 11:55
  • Normally ,I take the subway back home but yesterday I had a birthday party so I thought I would go back by car with one of the other students.

  • Normally, I take the subway back home but yesterday I had a birthday party so I thought I would go back by car with one of the other students.

 
  • The only one who had to go in the same direction as me ,was the youngest and had just obtained the driving license.

  • The only one who had to go in the same direction as me was the youngest and had just obtained a driving license.

 
  • I started to laugh because I could have never imagined someone could have such a bad orientation.

  • I started to laugh because I could have never imagined someone could have such a bad sense of direction.

 
  • He was using the 5th gear.

  • He was in 5th gear.

 
  • I recall the turmoil in my head, should I shout?

  • I recall the turmoil in my head: 'should I shout?

 
  • Should I grab the controls?What about the pedals?

  • Should I grab the controls? What about the pedals?'

 
  • I thought I should remain silent and have faith in him because me taking action would only freeze him and reduce our possibilities of success.

  • I thought I should remain silent and have faith in him because me taking action would only make him freeze and reduce our possibilities of success maybe survival?.

 
In racing, when somebody does that move and they go into a controlled slide, rather than a skid, it's called 'drifting', which was pioneered by a Japanese racer.... other than that, I can't really see the connection! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_%28motorsport%29
May 18th 2011 22:51 Pepa
Thank you so much!!! Yes I meant drift, but it was certainly not a controlled slide!!:)
May 19th 2011 00:20 markbellis
What he did was a skid - a drift is a controlled skid or slide done on purpose.
Jinx
Aug 19th 2011 09:54
  • Yesterday's nearly Life or Death experience.

  • Yesterday's nearly Life or Death near-death experience

 
  • My teacher was feeling kind that afternoon so he allowed us to go earlier than usual.

  • My teacher was feeling kind that afternoon so he allowed us to go let us go earlier than usual.

 
  • He explains everything really well and he is funny when he has to be.

  • He explains everything really well and he is funny when he has to be sometimes too.

 
  • The only one who had to go in the same direction as me ,was the youngest and had just obtained the driving license.

  • The only one who had to go in the same direction as me was the youngest and had just obtained the his driving license.

 
  • I started to laugh because I could have never imagined someone could have such a bad orientation.

  • I started to laugh because I could never have imagined someone could have such a bad orientation sense of direction.

 
  • In my opinion he couldn't have done it worst even if it had been on purpose.

  • In my opinion he couldn't have done it worst worse even if it had been on purpose.

 
  • We circled the whole city and ended at the the port.

  • We circled the whole city and ended up at the the port.

 
  • At last he seemed to head for the right direction but there was a really dangerous curve ahead of us.

  • At last he seemed to be heading for in the right direction, but there was a really dangerous curve ahead of us.

 
  • He was using the 5th gear.

  • He was using the in 5th gear.

 
  • I recall the turmoil in my head, should I shout?

  • I recall the turmoil in my head: should I shout?

 
  • Should I grab the controls?What about the pedals?

  • Should I grab the controls? What about the pedals?

 
  • I thought I should remain silent and have faith in him because me taking action would only freeze him and reduce our possibilities of success.

  • I thought I should decided to remain silent and have faith in him, because me taking action would only freeze him make him freeze and reduce our possibilities the chance of success.

 
  • We were in the middle of the curve and I could feel the inertial forces making the wheels skid as he used the brakes energetically.

  • We were in the middle of the curve and I could feel the inertial forces making the wheels skid the wheels skidding as he used the brakes energetically braked hard.

 
  • Fortunately it was a minor skid and we could resume our way.

  • Fortunately it was only a minor skid and we could resume our way drive.

 
  • He confessed to me he hadn't known what to do before such a curve so he had just followed his instincts.

  • He confessed to me that he hadn't known what to do before such a curve so he had just followed his instincts.

 
  • I can't believe how I managed to stay so calm.

  • I can't believe how that I managed to stay so calm.

 
  • I'm never going to get inside a car with him ever again.

  • I'm never going to get inside a car with him ever again.

 
  • Every situation has a dance attached to it.

  • Every situation has a dance attached to it. [This is a slightly awkward sentence, I'm not entirely sure what you meant to say.]

 
Very good writing! Some of my corrections are just stylistic things, to make it sound more like a native speaker would write.
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