我家門前有一條大約長400米，寬20米的池塘。In front of my house, there is a pond of about 400 by 20 meters.

每年年底都會把水抽幹捉魚。Every year end, the water is drained to catch fish.

去年我回家過春節，Last year I went home for Chinese New Year,

剛好遇上了每年的捉魚時期。It was fortunate that I arrived during the fish catching time.

中午的時候，At noon,

池塘裡的水快要抽幹了。the pond was almost drained.

我和我父母站在菜園子裡看池塘裡的魚游來遊去。My parents and I stood in the garden and was the pond was teeming with fish scampering here and there.

於是我母親叫我下去捉幾條魚。My mother, then told me to go and catch some.

我高興的脫下外套，I was delighted and took off my outer clothes.

卷起褲腳擰著桶就下去了。Upon rolling up my pants, I took a pail along.

水很冷，The water was very cold,

淤泥也很深, the mud was deep

很快我的褲子就弄濕了。and soon my pants were soaked [ to the core.]

看到魚在我身旁四處遊竄，As I saw the fish scuttling all around me,

我很是興奮。I was excited/elated.

由於缺乏捉魚的經驗，Being inexperienced at catching fish,

魚兒總是從我手中溜走。they slipped through my hands easily.

父母站在岸邊不停的指導我，My parents stood on the banks non-stop instructing me [how to catch them]

告訴我哪裡有魚。and telling me where the fish were.

突然看到一條大的鯉魚躲藏在淤泥中，Suddenly I saw a large carp hiding in the mud.

我悄悄的走過去，I went quietly over there,

猛的一抓，With a strong grasp,

牢牢的把魚抓在手中。I caught it tightly.

但是它也有活力，However it was strong [inaccurate translation but livelier, "It put up a strong fight"]

魚尾不停的擺動，Its tail was thrashing violently [inaccurate but livelier, literally: "Its tail waved unceasingly"]

弄的我的衣服和臉上全是泥巴。and muddied all my clothes and face.

由於衣服被弄髒了，With my clothes muddied,

我就更加是無忌憚了，No longer I felt constrained [literally, I no longer care for the consequences (of getting dirty) ]

在池塘裡到處走。I was all over the place.  [This entire sentence is very different in tone from your English version]

有了第一次的成功，With my first success,

我捉魚的技巧越來越成熟了，my fish-catching skill improved

捉到的魚也迅速增加。and was able to catch more fish quickly.

To Catch Fish

There is a pond in front of my house, which is about 400 meters long and 20 meters wide. [This is a grammatically correct sentence but a bit confusing.  However, we can deduce that it is the pond and not the house that is 400X 20 meters.  The important comma there helps but most people will forget this all important comma.  It is better to write as, In front of my house, there is a pond which is 400 meters long and 20 meters wide. You can also write, 400 X 20 meters or 400 by 20 meters.

The pond’s [understood] water would be [this means that it is not definite.  If is always done then using present tense is better ie using "is"]drained at the end of each year. Last year, I went home for the Spring Festival and narrowly met the almost missed the annual event of catching the fish at the pond. At On midday, the water was almost drained. My parents and I stood at our vegetable garden and saw [前面你用簡單過去詞, 後句也應用簡單過去詞. 你也可以用繼續過去詞來形容過去還在目前發生, My parents and I were standing at our vegetable garden and many fish were swimming...] seeing many fish swimming [in the pond] [多餘, 若不在池中, 那就在那兒?]. Then my mother asked me to go down to catch some fish for tomorrow meals. I was delighted and to take took [意思不同, 這是說你喜歡脫衣服而不是說因為你喜歡母親見意而脫衣服去捕魚] off my coat, rolled up my pants legs and go went down with a pail. The water was cold and the silt was very deep, soon my pants was were all wet soon. I was so excited that I saw the fish were swimming all around me everywhere on my sides. Due to lacking experience of catching, the fish Being inexperienced, they always slipped from my hands. My parents stood standing on the bank were telling me unceasingly how continuously instructing how to catch them and telling where they fish were. Suddenly, I saw a big carp hiding in the silt. Quietly, I went to it in a quiet whisper approached it and I was able to catch it by caught strongly, the fish was grasping it firmly held in my hands. But [不許用來做句頭語] However, it was quite alive frisky and its tail was waving frantically.  the trail was continuous to wave, so that made my clothes and face dirtied In the end, my clothes were muddied and my face covered in mud. I couldn't care less and continued with my catching.  Soon I was getting the hang of it and the number of fish caught increased. For my clothes dirtied, I would not worry everything and went everywhere. Upon the first success, my catching skill was more and more skilful and the amount of the fish I caught increased quickly.

To Catch Fish

In front of my house there is a pond in front of my house which that is about 400 meters long and 20 meters wide (your house or the pond!). The pond’s water would be is drained at the end of each year. Last year, I went home for the Spring Festival and narrowly met just arrived in time for the annual event of catching fish. At midday, the water was almost drained. My parents and I stood at outside in our vegetable garden seeing so many fish swimming in the pond. Then my mother asked me to go down to catch some fish for tomorrow's meals. I was delighted to take off my coat, roll up my pant's legs and go down with a pail. The water was cold and the silt was very deep, so my pants were wet soon. I was so excited that I saw to see the fish swimming everywhere around me, on all on my sides. Due to lacking of experience of catching fish, they fish always slipped from my hands. My parents stood on the bank continuously instructing how to catch and telling me where the fish were. Suddenly, I saw a big carp hiding in the silt, I went to it in a quiet whisper and caught grabbed it strongly, the fish was firmly held in my hands. But it was quite alive and the tail was flapping continuous to wave, so that made my clothes and face dirty. I wasn't at all worried about For my dirty clothes dirtied, I would not worry everything and went everywhere???. Upon After the first success, my catching skill was more and more skilful rapidly improved and the amount of the fish I caught increased quickly.













我家門前有一條大約長400米，寬20米的池塘。 每年年底都會把水抽幹捉魚。去年我回家過春節， 剛好遇上了每年的捉魚時期。 中午的時候，池塘裡的水快要抽幹了。 我和我父母站在菜園子裡看池塘裡的魚游來遊去。 於是我母親叫我下去捉幾條魚。 我高興的脫下外套，卷起褲腳擰著桶就下去了。水很冷，淤泥也很深，很快我的褲子就弄濕了。看到魚在我身旁四處遊竄，我很是興奮。由於缺乏捉魚的經驗，魚兒總是從我手中溜走。 父母站在岸邊不停的指導我，告訴我哪裡有魚。突然看到一條大的鯉魚躲藏在淤泥中，我悄悄的走過去，猛的一抓，牢牢的把魚抓在手中。 但是它也有活力，魚尾不停的擺動， 弄的我的衣服和臉上全是泥巴。由於衣服被弄髒了，我就更加是無忌憚了，在池塘裡到處走。 有了第一次的成功，我捉魚的技巧越來越成熟了，捉到的魚也迅速增加。