Xiaojian's last blind date, who prefers to be called her by her English name, Zoe, only checked him out for three seconds before deciding his height was a deal-breaker.

Carefully write ane-mail message in English, using a dictionary or a Web search every 20 seconds to make sure every word is correct, and taking 5 minutes to write one sentence.

Carefully write emails in English, using a dictionary or a Web search every 20 seconds, to ensure that every word is correct, then 5 minutes to write a sentence 5.