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- 我的北京游记 今年(2014)五月我去了北京参加一场会议。可是对我来看,会议只是去中国到处看看的接口!我以前两次去了中国,可是那些旅行是跟我老婆的。我特别喜欢跟我老婆去中国吃饭、看望她爸爸妈妈、坐火车、什么的。但是当时我一个人把去旅行日常的活动不要弄。这趟旅行我一个人需要坐地铁,点菜和到处看看北京!我的目的是,第一,别说英文,第二,每天做有的新活动。这样的“新活动”包括吃我没吃过的饭、去没去过的地方、什么的。 我到来的时候才是第一个问题:我在酒店不可以入住!酒店电脑没有我老婆的名字,还有没有她(预约我酒店的)朋友的名字。我真吃惊了,就给我老婆打电话,可是时差太大,所以她在睡着。结果是,我老婆的朋友到了(她在北京做工作),了解了预约的名字是我的!当时我真不好意思,脸都是红的! 我在北京非常有意思做的活动太多!我所吃的饭是好吃的,特别是”棒骨”和热干面。连坐地铁也很有意思,因为用百度地图让我找到有意思的地方。我一个人把到天津的火车票买好了。在天津我吃了狗不理特别有名的包子。在北京我去看看两个大学。最后我在王府井买礼物,然后吃肉夹馍喝啤酒。 我在北京最后天坐着地铁觉得我真在假扮北京人。我希望有的天可以再有那个感觉。 可是污染还是非常严重的。December 16, 201430
- 英文比中文更难学? 我考虑这个问题几天:什么“外语”是更难学,英文还是中文?我是学中文的美国人,你可能是学英文的美国人,谁有更难的情况?当然,美国人感觉学汉字特别难,但是我们也感觉中文语法比较容易(因为中文语法没有verb conjugation 和 tense)。还有,我感觉中文发音比英文发音很容易。我看有个字的时候,一定知道发音是什么,但是英文发音不一样。“a” 在 “apple”里和 ”a” 在 ”able” 的发音不一样。小时候我学了西班牙文,当时我非常讨厌学 verb conjugations。我高兴我不需要还学西班牙文。 我真的不知道答案是什么。都有很难的部分,都有比较容易的部分。你的意见是什么?(还有,请给我更正,谢谢!)April 1, 2014150
Both are grammatically correct sentences, but they mean (slightly) different things.
"Rice grows in the south of China"
This means that rice <em>is able</em> to grow in the south of China. For example you could also say "Strawberries grow in the summer." There is a passive feeling to this sentence, there is no "doer" (i.e. no person in the sentence who is doing the growing)
"Rice is grown in the south of China"
This means that rice is grown (by someone) in the south of China. This sentence is basically the same as "Rice is grown by farmers in the south of China."
So the difference is, the first sentence is about the ability of rice to grow, and the second sentence is about rice being grown (by some farmers). I hope that helps!
0 votedMarch 31, 20140Attending a wedding
I went to attend a wedding today (you can either say "I attended a wedding today" or "I went to a wedding today") with my mom. The bride and bridegroom's ("bridegroom" is correct, but it is rarely used) parents sent two buses to pick us and other guests up at 11 o'clock, then sent us to the wedding hotel where the wedding was (or "where the wedding was being held"). The wedding started at 12 o'clock, and we had already sat down at that time. It's was really beautiful and romantic there. First, the bride’s father led his daughter walked out; (or, "walked his daughter down the aisle." This is what we would normally say.) she was a very beautiful bride., and The bridegroom walked in front of them, then, while the bride's father was hand his daughter to the bridegroom,. It was a moving scene. After the couple exchanged the ring and finished some the ceremony, we can started to have dinner.
Looks good! Remember to keep your tense consistent. If you're talking about something that happened in the past (like this wedding), make sure to always use past tense. I made a lot of corrections, but I had no problem understanding what you wrote.
0 votedFebruary 21, 20141Your letter is good, I don't see anything "wrong" with it, but I will make some changse to make it sound more fluent. Corrections in red, comments in blue.
Dear Mr. Smith,
I am the human resource manager of CMCC. Our company is the single largest mobile network operator in China and a leading telephone network operator and internet service provider in the world (see note 1 below). We provide our customers with first-class communication means and various information sources.
Currently, in order to boost our company’s morale (see note 2), we plan to hold a big meeting next month. We need a guest speaker to give our staff a speech in the meeting on ‘Collaboration and Trust Building’. Considering your background, we would like to ask if you are interested (see note 3). If you can take the job, please let us know the times you will be available.
A meeting room that is big enough for 100 people and equipped with a projector for giving presentations will be available at that time. Additionally, a dedicated internet connection will be used to transfer broadcast the speech to all our branches for all employees to watch.
We will be grateful if you can give us a reply at your earliest convenience so that we can supply more details to you and make appropriate preparations in time. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Nelson Lee1. "...largest mobile network operator in China and a leading telephone network operator and internet service provider in the world." This should be changed. If you say "...the leading network operator..." this means you are the largest in China. If you say "...a leading network operator and internet service provider." this means you are <em>one of</em> the biggest (but maybe not <em>the</em> biggest). What you currently have is a mixture of the two, so change it to whichever one you mean.
2. "Currently, in order to boost our company’s morale..." First, saying "in order to boost our company's morale" makes it sound like the company's morale is very low (perhaps because something bad happened, like a death or a natural disaster). I would suggest changing it to "In order to help motivate our employees..." or "In order to boost employee productivity...". You can also simply remove that part and start with "We plan to hold a big meeting next month, and would like..."
3. "Considering your background, we would like to ask if you are interested." The problem with this sentence is that "...ask if you are interested" does not directly relate to "considering your background..." Instead I would write, "Considering your background, we feel you would be an excellent (or exceptional, perfect, etc.) choice. If you are interested in taking the job..."
Looks great!
0 votedJanuary 7, 20142Truth vs Lies
I always have said I appreciate the “truth,” which can help me growing more quickly. But I don't think I can handle it very well.
One day, my sister told me that the skin of my face looked really “terrible,” and had so much many speckles on it, which devastated me badly, me because smooth and good skin has always been my unbeatable advantage best attribute. (saying "unbeatable advantage" makes it sound like you're competing with other people. "best attribute" just means it's the best thing about your appearance.)I didn't want to hear this at all. Then I understand understood the reason why people love to hear beautiful lies,; it actually makes you really happy and confident. I accepted this truth after this thought hanging in my head a the whole day,. So then I decided not to stay up late and eat healthy.
It's better your relatives say it out loud, than having others laugh at you in their hearts. At In the end, I still value the “truth.”0 votedDecember 18, 20132Introduceing my hometown
I was born in Beijing, It's the capital of China. The city is very large and has very many people (or "has a lot of people"). It's a very beautiful and modern city, and of course there are many places of historical interest in history, like The Great Wall, Summer Palace, Temple of heaven, The Imperial Palace and so on (or "and so forth").
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