everyday passage

However, I am not the→an expert in→on repairing computer. In the other words, I have no idea to repair it. After about 1 hour attempting, I gave up this wrong idea and prepared to cost→spend 200 yuan. At the last time, I took a tissue and cleaned the electronic connecting’s position and attempted the last time. However, it made a success at last! Which→It surprised me a lot!

However, I am not expert in repairing. After trying for about one hour, I gave up and prepared to buy another. Before making a final decision, I tried again by cleaning where the power was plugged into. To my surprise, the indicator light was on!

 Grammar: 

1. be an expert on（…field）/be expert in sth 在非领域非常擅长

前面expert是名词，后面的expert是形容词。 

ex: I am an expert on computer/i am expert in computer

2. 换句话说 in other words（不是in the other word）

3. 我放弃了 I gave up! （I gave up this wrong idea 太罗嗦？）

4. spend，cost，take的“花费”区别

I spent 300yuan to buy it.（主语是“I”，是“人”，spend的主语只能是“人”）

I took 300yuan to buy to/It took me 300 yuan（take的主语既可以是“人”也可以是“物”）

It costs me 300yuan（cost的主语只能是“物”） 

Thanks for god! And don’t give up even without hope.

Summary:

1.描述时间时，不忘记选择合适的介词；

2. 叙述故事或者记日记时，动词的失态选择过去式。

3. 花费spend，cost，take的区别

4. 开/关可以用on/off来表示，并不一定需要close/open

Wrong Correct

I am very lucky today. About→At about 2 pm, I turned up→on my computer and connected→plugged power into an electronic→electrical outlet as usual. However, suddenly I find→found the electronic connecting light→laptop power indicator light was closed→off. It means my computer electronic charge→laptop power adapter was broken!

I was very lucky today. At about 2pm, I turned on my computer and plugged power into an electrical outlet as usual. Unexpectedly, I found the laptop power indicator light was off. It may hint that my power is broken.

Grammar:

1. 时间前要加介词 At 2pm/On Tuesday/On holiday/In the morning/At night

2. 打开 turn on 关闭 turn off；平常也可以用on/off直接表示机器或者指示灯的开关。

3. 电脑的几个词汇掌握：

笔记本laptop；电源power；电源适配器power adapter；电源指示灯 power indicator light; 电源插上电源 plug power into laptop；电源插在插座：plug power into electrical outlet 

It was a very bad thing to me. I will→needed to repair my computer if the charge→power was broken. However, there are→would be a lot of other things need to be done in this month, such as party in the dormitory, internship and so on. They all will→would all cost me lots of money. It→I can’t imagine if the computer electronic charge→laptop power was broken.

It was really bad! I needed to fix my computer if the power was broken. However, there would be lots of other things need to be done in this month, such as party with roommates, internship and so on. They all would cost too much! It's hard for me to imagine another unexpected cost.

Grammar：

1.写日记，故事时的时态，一般都用过去式。但是涉及到将来的动作时，一般都用过去将来时

我将要去修理 I will repair/fix it. 在日记里就变成，I would repair it.

有许多事情需要被完成 There are（…lots of things）need to be done

有许多事情将要被完成 There will be(……things) need to be done/solved/dealt with

在日记中记载，或写故事时，就变成：There would be……

2. 花费很多 it costs too much/a lot...不需要说(it cost me too much money 啰嗦？)

I searched the Mac pro electronic charge’s→original laptop power price on net. Then the lowest→cheapest charge→power will even cost me 200 yuan. It is so expensive that I can’t afford it. I feel very worried and try to repair it.

I searched how much it would cost for an original Mac laptop power online and found it would cost 200yuan at least.It was so expensive that I could not afford it. I was very anxious and tried to repair it myself.
Grammar:  1.原装电池：original power