But, in an age of social networking, it is very difficult to control what people want to talk about. Yesterday an unnamed tweeter posted several tweets in quick succession making claims about different celebrities who may or may not have asked for injunctions from courts. The fact that they are super-injunctions means you can't even talk about whether or not someone may have asked for one.

People who use Twitter are warned about following the law but take no responsibility themelves for what people write.

Tell us what you think? Should people be able to stop stories about their private lives being published? Or are there times when it is in the public interest to know if a married person may have had an affair with someone else for example? Do we have the right to talk about what we want to on social networks, even if they can be seen by other people?

People are now talking about privacy laws. Are there strict laws about privacy in your country? Should everyone have the right to privacy? Or are there times when it is in the public interest to publish stories about people in the public eye - politicians, actors, celebrities? And please don't write about particular celebrities - our messages will be removed.

Language:

super-injunction - court order banning all public mention of a person's private life
gag - stop somebody from talking, or in this case publishing
high-profile - well-known
allegations - claims that somebody has done something
tweeter - somebody who sends a tweet on Twitter
in quick succession - one after the other very quickly
in the public interest - legal term, meaning for the good of everyone
in the public eye - somebody well known to the public, a celebrity or politician

Most people in the UK have left it til the last minute to apply for tickets. Applications for London 2012 Olympics tickets have hit the roof apparently as the deadline approaches.

Oversubscribed events will be decided by random ballot.

Children under the age of 16 will pay the same number of pounds as their age, and those over 60 are charged £16 for some events.

There are 650 sessions across 26 sports and 17 days to choose from and people will be limited to a maximum of 20 events each.

The most popular events, including the men's 100m final, have a limit of four tickets per person.

Despite the attempts to make this an event for everybody, there are still complaints that too many tickets are given to corporates or officials.

Have you ever attended a major sporting event? How did you get tickets? Was it fair? Will you be applying for tickets to the London Olympics?

designated - on a particular list
left it til the last minute - left it very late to apply
hit the roof - reached a very high level
oversubscribed - more people applying than there are places
ballot - a draw where everybody has a fair chance of winning
corporates - businesses or sponsors

It's made me think about the most viewed shows or programmes on TV. I know that the Spring Festival Gala in China regularly has almost a billion viewers. And I imagine the opening ceremony to the Beijing Olympics must be one of the most viewed TV events ever. In fact, can anyone tell me if it was the most viewed TV event ever?

In the United States the Super Bowl is a very popular TV event. It's the final game played between the top two American Football teams that season. What is interesting is the buzz around the advertisements which are shown during the game. Companies spend millions of dollars promoting their products with state-of-the-art, witty, creative adverts which try to grab the viewers attention. Sometimes there is more discussion about the adverts than the game itself!

Tell me about the most watched TV event or programme in your country?

Why is it so popular? Do you know how many viewers it has?

holds out - stays good
Spring Festival Gala - entertainment show to celebrate the Chinese New Year
buzz - attention, gossip, talk about something
state-of-the-art - modern, up-to-date

I think I wanted to be a novelist or a ballet dancer. I used to write long, complicated diaries even at the age of 6! They make me laugh when I read them now.

The government says that only seven percent of school children in Britain go to private schools - but they make up more than half of the people in top jobs in professions like law, banking and in the media. There are reports that social mobility is lower than it used to be. It is harder for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve 'their lot in life'.

Nick Clegg the Deputy Prime Minister says he wants to improve social mobiilty so that children from less advantaged backgrounds will be able to get better jobs. For example if a student wants to do a work placement - an internship - at a government department they won't be able to arrange it through personal contacts but will be chosen on ability.

How does social mobility work in your country? Is it more important who you know than your abilities or experience? Does it matter what kind of school you attend as a child?

Here are some words and phrases you might find useful:

advanced educational qualifications - university degrees
manual - jobs done with your hands
private schools - schools where you have to pay fees
disadvantaged - in this case, poorer

Up until the coming of the railways in the UK, people kept time by looking at the sun and the stars. We used sundials to measure the shadow of the sun. In a relatively small country there weren't too many inconsistencies as the sun rises and sets at more or less the same time across the country. In 1880 GMT was adopted across the UK - which stands for Greenwich Mean Time.

The Greenwich Meridian is marked on the ground at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London. From this point time can be measured relative from one set place on the earth.

While we're on the subject of clocks - can anyone identify these three famous clocks?

Do you change your clocks every year? Why? Do people mind changing their clocks? I'd like to know how it works in large countries which have wide geographical areas but don't change their time zones. Does that mean you always wake up in the dark and always go to bed while its light at certain times of year? In the United States it's called Daylight Savings time. What do you call it? How would you translate it into English?

Some of the words and phrases we've come across today:

toddler - child aged 1-3 years old, has recently learned to walk
sundials - instruments which measure the time by the position of the sun
inconsistencies - here, differences
Meridian - an imaginary vertical line across the earth from north to south pole

People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow. It's a secular holiday celebrating the harvest and giving people a reason to reflect and say thank you for the things and people they appreciate in life.

I read a blog that says people are using message boards to invite strangers into their homes to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. People who can't afford to make their own Thanksgiving dinners are being invited by kind strangers for a good meal.

What are you thankful for? Do you celebrate the harvest or the beginning of winter?

Words and phrases which might need explaining:

open-air - outside, not in a building
ice-rinks - skating rinks
festive season - the period from the end of November to early January when people celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanuka and other holidays
secular - non-religious
reflect - to think seriously

I'd like to know which recent events have united your nation? What makes you feel like you are part of something bigger?

But apparently we're not doing ourselves any favours. A Productivity Consultant Eugene Chinal says we're not very good at getting on and off trains. We waste time and energy. Isn't this obvious?

The most effective way to board a train apparently is:

a. to wait for everyone to get off allowing them lots of space to leave the train
b. keep a consistent flow of passengers getting on
c. don't push even if everyone else is!

So what are your fellow commuters like? Do you feel you're all in it together or do you secretly hate them? I got told off for taking up too much space reading the newspaper last week. And I often tell people off for speaking on their mobiles in the 'quiet carraige' so I think I'm probably not a very nice commuter!

I want to hear about your journeys to work.

Mine: I cycle furiously down to the train station, buy a ticket in the machine and run up and down two flights of stairs until I'm completely out of breath. Then I run down one end of a platform, to a place where I think there might be spaces on the train when it arrives. I do my make-up on the train, write my to-do list and send lots of quiet texts. My journey on the train is about 35 minutes. At the other end, I get a 'Boris bike' to the BBC building and cycle over the Thames admiring the view of St Pauls and the Houses of Parliament.

I'll tell you about 'Boris bikes' later..... do you know what they are?

Now let's hear about your commutes.

Some words and phrases:

crushed - lots of people packed together
public transport - trains, buses, tubes, trams, boats for commuter travel
urban areas - towns and cities
we're not doing ourselves any favours - we aren't making things easier for ourselves
Productivity Consultant - somebody who gives advice on how to do things better and faster
consistent flow - steady stream of people
commuters - people who travel to work
all in it together - we're experiencing a difficult situation as a group
out of breath - exhausted
to-do list - list of tasks you need to finish

It made me think of great long-term achievements - events that have taken a long time to happen. My personal one is learning to drive at age 37!

And it also gives me an excuse to show you a beautiful picture of a Micronesian island which I hope you will enjoy.

Do you have any cheerful news to share with everybody? And any successes which took you a long time to achieve?

For people in Britain, November is synonymous with fireworks and the beginning of winter. It's often very cold and drizzly and everybody worries that the fireworks might be spoiled by rain.

On November 5th in 1605 a man named Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, Britain's government buildings in London. He and a group of plotters put gunpowder in a cellar under the building. Their plot was uncovered and Guy Fawkes was arrested. Every year British people come together for bonfire parties and lots of fireworks.

This year Bonfire Night is in the news for other reasons. Firefighters in London who are upset about changes to their contracts are planning to go on strike on November 5th - usually their busiest night of the year.

I'd like to know about the biggest firework celebrations where you live. There's 4th of July Independence Day in the United States, and National Day in China. What do fireworks mean for you? Do they remind you of summer or winter?

Some of the language I've used today:

gearing up - getting ready and prepared
Bonfire - large burning pile of wood
synonymous - here, equivalent in meaning, strongly associated
drizzly - light rain
to blow up - to explode
plotters - people who develop a secret plan
gunpowder - explosive material
bonfire party - a large organised fire outside
on strike - employees refuse to work

I'm really looking forward to reading your comments and communicating with you all.

Best wishes

Alice