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A Good Experience in the Countryside (please correct if there are any mistakes, thank you!)
Speaking of the experience of being in the countryside, I would like to write about a time in 2008 when I spent a Spring Festival living in the countryside with my family. Since my uncle lived there, we stayed at his house at that time. It’s a small town which is half an hour’s drive away from my city. Following traditional Chinese custom, we got up early and wished each other a happy New Year. Then, we planned and prepared to climb the mountain, even though I had already been to its summit several times. Since it snowed that year, an event which is quite uncommon in the south of China, I was especially thrilled about the upcoming climb, and later that morning, I did, in fact, climb the mountain with my parents. With snow covering its sides and the sunshine reflecting off of it, the mountain’s scenery was particular wonderful. It was not very high, so we soon reached the top of this mountain and I enjoyed the view overlooking the small town. After lunch, my aunt invited us to hang around in her vegetable farm, as well as to pick whichever ones I would like for dinner. That was my first time to truly understand where and what vegetables, such as peanuts and potatoes, come from and naturally look like.
By way of explanation, I was born and grew up in city, but I do like to spend a leisure time in the countryside and enjoy a totally different kind of environment and vibe. In modern society, the end result of industry and a dramatically increasing number of cars have unavoidably combined to create air pollution which, in turn, affects its citizens’ living standards. For example, people in those cities often have to wear masks when they go out in an effort to filter the air. In contrast, residents in the countryside enjoy a much cleaner environment and simply breathe in fresher air naturally.
Hi. Good job! While I easily understood everything that you wanted to share with me as the reader, I reworded and recomposed a few passages to allow them to sound more natural to my native ears. I hope that this helps you. J.
Good experience in countryside, please correct if there are any mistakes, thank you
Speaking of experiencing the countryside, I would like to talk about the time when I spent a Spring Festival living in the countryside with my family in 2008. As my uncle lived in the area, we stayed at his house. It’s a small town, half an hour's drive away from my city.As is the custom in China, we got up early and wished each other a happy New Year. Then we made plans to climb the mountain, even though I had been there several times before. Since it had snowed that year, which is quite uncommon in the South of China, I was thrilled about the upcoming climb.
In the morning, I climbed the mountain with my parents. Being snow-covered and glowing, the mountain was particularly wonderful. It was not too high, so we soon reached the peak, where I was able to look down on the small town below. After lunch, my aunt invited us to hang around in her vegetable garden and pick whatever we liked for dinner. That was the first time I understood what vegetables looked like: vegetables such as peanuts and potatoes.
I was born and bred in the city, but frankly, I do like to spend my leisure-time in the countryside enjoying a different kind of environment and vibe.
In modern society, a dramatic increase in the number of cars has unavoidably caused an alarming increase in exhaust gasses, which negatively impact on the health of citizens. For example, people have to wear breathing masks when they go out. In contrast, residents of the countryside can share and enjoy a cleaner environment.
Good experience in countryside,please correct if there are any mistakes, thank you
Speaking of the experience in countryside, I would like to talk about a time when I spent a Spring Festival living in the countryside with my family in 2008. Since my uncle lived there, we stayed at his house at that time. It’s a small town which was half an hour drive away from my city.As Chinese traditional custom, we got up early and wished each other a Happy New Year. Then we planned to climb the mountain, even though I had been there for several times, since it snowed in that year, which is quite uncommon in south of China, I was thrilled about the upcoming climbing. In the morning, I climbed the mountain with my parents. With snow covered and glowing, the mountain was particularly wonderful. It was not pretty high so we reached at the top of this mountain soon, where I overlooked the small town. After lunch my Aunt invited us to hang around in her vegetable farm and picked whatever I like for dinner.
That was my first time understanding what vegetables look like such as peanuts and potatoes. (I am not sure what you mean by this sentence)
Frankly speaking, I was born and grew up in the city, but I do like to spend my leisure time in the countryside and enjoy a different kind of environment and vibe. In modern society, a dramatically increasing number of cars have unavoidably caused a large number of automobile exhausts, which affects citizens’ living standards. For example, people have to wear breathing masks when they go out. By contrast, residents in countryside can share and enjoy a cleaner environment.
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