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So you graduated 5 years ago? Where and what did you study? I can't believe that it's 23 years since I graduated - how time flies. I did German and French at Reading University near London. I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I would struggle to speak French and German now. Here is a photo of my graduation, wearing traditional academic dress of gown, hood and cap. These days, this is just worn for graduation ceremonies:

Well, after that trip down memory lane, let's now look at the language used in your last post. You used tenses perfectly to talk about past events, including used to and would. Well done.

There are still some problems with articles:

I read a rating of World's best countries that has been published by the one American magazine > I read a rating of the world's best countries that has been published by an American magazine (note that you don't need a capital letter for the 'world' - if you say 'the American magazine' it means that there is only one magazine in America!)

there was a chaos after we got independency > there was chaos after we got independency ('chaos' is an uncountable noun so you can't say 'a chaos')

institutions had a very poor financing > institutions had very poor financing (financing is uncountable too)

maybe it was just inevitable scenario for us > maybe it was just an inevitable scenario for us (you need an article with this countable noun)

And here are comments about other words or phrases used in your last post:

the majority of our population really doesn't consider the education system here to be such an excellent.

Excellent is an adjective so you can't say 'an excellent'. You need to say either:

the majority of our population really doesn't consider the education system here to be such an excellent one.
OR
the majority of our population really doesn't consider the education system here to be so excellent.

Note that you use 'such a..' with a noun, and 'so' with an adjective.

It's true fact that almost all of them didn't have any license for their activities.

Either say:

It's a true fact that almost all of them didn't have any license for their activities.
OR
It's true that almost all of them didn't have any license for their activities.

Now lots of graduates don't even be able to confirm their diploma

This sentence should be:

Now lots of graduates aren't even able to confirm their diploma

Note that you use the verb 'to be' with 'able'

Here are some comments about vocabulary:

our President set up the "Bolashak" scholarship which gets an opportunity about 1,000 talented students to study abroad > our President set up the "Bolashak" scholarship which provides an opportunity to about 1,000 talented students to study abroad

But the situation began to change in the 1998-99th

Here you could use the expression in the late nineties: But the situation began to change in the late nineties

You can use these expressions to talk about time: in the sixties; in the early seventies; in the mid eighties; in the late nineties...

But I may mistake > But I may be mistaken

carreer > career (note the spelling)

more lucky > luckier (two syllable adjectives that end in 'y' usually change to 'ier' when making comparisons: happy > happier; lucky > luckier; smelly > smellier

I like the way you use this idiom - Just to kill two birds with one stone

I thought that today's task could involve idioms. Here are sentences using idioms which feature animals. There are gaps in each sentence. Can you guess which animal goes in the gap?

You're making a mountain out of a _______hill!
(This means: You are turning something small and unimportant into a big problem)

She eats like a _______!
(This means: She always eats a lot)

Has the _______ got your tongue?
(You say this to somebody when they are saying nothing, and you are annoyed)

You can tell me until the _______ come home - but I still won't believe you!
(This means: You can argue for a long time)

He looks like something the _______ dragged in!
(This means: He looks messy and dirty)

I forgot to send a birthday card - now I'm in the _______house.
(This means that somebody is angry with you)

We haven't seen each other for _______'s years.
(This means: We haven't seen each other for a long time)

Why not phone up about that job now? The early _______ catches the _______.
(This means you will benefit If you do something immediately and quickly)

I'm waiting for my exam results...I'm like a _______ on hot bricks!
(This means: I am nervous, and I can't relax or keep still)

I've got my interview tomorrow. I've got _______in my stomach.
This means: I am nervous about something that is going to happen)

He eats like a _______.
(This means: He never eats very much).

She was running round like a headless _______.
(This means: She was busy doing lots of things, but did not achieve very much)

They're just _______ tears.
(If you say this when somebody is crying you think that the person is not really upset)

It was so hot - people were dropping like _______.
(This means: Lots of people were falling or fainting)

What are you doing for your _______ night?
(This means: a party for the bride-to-be and her girlfriends before a wedding)

If you are interested in this, you can find more animal idioms on the 蜜芽传媒 Learning English website:
/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv355.shtml

OK, that's it for today. I hope you had a good weekend. Looking forward to reading your next post!

Best wishes,
Kim

Vocabulary
exempt = not included
A level = an exam taken at the end of secondary school (aged 17 or 18)
graduate = to successfully finish a degree
time flies = time passes by very quickly
struggle = have difficulties with
gown, hood, cap = a gown is a long piece of clothing worn over clothes; a hood is a piece of clothing that can cover the head; a cap is worn on the head
take a trip down memory lane = remember past times (usually happy past times)
drag = pull something across a surface
bride-to-be = a woman who is about to be married