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I want to improve my level of English. Have you ever been in the U.S. and in which states have you been? I've been in England, Scotland and Ireland, but unfortunately, I have never been to America.
In South American we speak normal Spanish, but sometimes it sounds like music and not as you are used to it from the school books and video tutorials from the language schools that you have learned in Guatemala.
I'm also not interested in such things, but I had a classmate who recommended the book 'Mice and Men' and that's why I bought it. It is a very interesting book and tells about old times in the U.S.