I will remind myself to try not to stray from the text when I am writting.

I will remind myself to try not to stray from the text when I am writting.
Congress fails (has failed?) to approve this agreement about non-interference.
As students, we should conform to the school rules.
Liu An maintained that things interact with each others.
He is pious, and he has a prayer rug.
The division of a team into two groups can push efficiency much higher.
He resents his mother's criticism.
There is a ritual vessel in the temple.
The talks proceeded in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
If you want to win the title, you ought to overtake the runner before you.
Portable Power Bank is a perfect complement to iPhone.
The completion of a course means the final exam is coming.
The delicate symmetry of a leaf is very beautiful.
We accorded the freshman a warm welcome.
We should pay for excess luggage.
Wang Sicong sued SINA Corporation for slander.
I am striving for the realization of my dream.
Kim Jong-un is the perpetual president of North Korea.
Witnesses are identifying the criminal.
After having a swim, he scrambled up the bank.
It hard for me to distinguish the identical twins.
The chimney ejects emits smoke. ("eject" implies force involved)
The nurse injected potassium into the patient's vein.
Internet is a requisite condition for renewing Weibo. (I would just say "required for")
Please have the stereo on.
The policeman is executing a warrant of arrest.
The central city of peripheral region also has a strong concentration function. (Hmm, no idea what this means?!)
Fabricating evidence is illegal (or immoral?) guilty.
A blue sky indicates fine weather.
His reply is indicative of a willingness to help.
The teacher tacked the notice on the board.
Boat trackers are towing a boat with a rope.
His teacher complimented him on his good grades.
He had no opinions of his own but simply followed the herd.
Don't take to crooked ways, or you will regret it. (This sounds old-fashioned)
We are all beneficiaries of the compulsory education.
Our instructor has a masculine voice.
Those so-called patriots are boycotting foreign imports.
Our teacher made a slide representation for us. (a slide show?)
Chopin dedicated his life to music.
This garment is a tight fit, and I like it.  (Hmm, this sounds rather suggestive :)  )
My friends are attempting? contriving a new career.  (contrive has a negative connotation)
He had a bowel surgery last week.
She was dressed in a gorgeous costume.
The kid hurled stones at the snake.
Years fly by elapse like a shuttle. ("elapse" is slower)





Thank you for correcting my grammar mistakes. :）

About Reading

Recently I borrowed a novel called Kary Sister from our school library. It is a very famous novel written by the American Novelist Theodore Dreiser. I have just started reading it. The reason I want to read it is because I like British and American literature very much. When i was in the fifth grade in my primary school, I started to read the first novel called Little Princess, which made me interested in world-famous classic novels since then. Of course, at that time I could only the Chinese translated version. I remember during my fifth grade and sixth grade, I had finished reading about more than 20 more novels like that, among them are novels like Little Prince, Pirde and Prejudice，The Count of Monte Cristo, Robinson Crusoe, The Lady of the Camellias，The Hunchback of Notre Dame ，Gulliver's Travels，The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.....others I cannot come up with their names right now.
Since now I have been learning English, I began to read the original English verisons, but I found there are so many hard words in the novels. Maybe wirters at that time they just had a larger vacubulary? or Maybe some of those words are no longer used by people today? Or maybe it is just that I have to get a much larger vacubulary?
I am confused that about whether reading this kind of novel could do help me a lot of favor in improving my laguague ability? Should i try modern ones instead of those written hundreds of years ago? Do you have any good novels to introduce to me in order to improve my English skill?

Hi Cathy, Wow, you have read a lot!  It is true that novels written 100 years ago tend to have a different vocabulary -- not necessarily larger, but the words we use frequently have changed.  If you like reading classic novels, then by all means keep doing that, but if you want to improve your English faster, then I would recommend reading more more modern work.  It depends on what you like.  There are many books for young adults that are really good (Harry Potter, for example, but also books by Ursula LeGuin, Jean Craighead George, and many others).  For more adult-themed books, you could try authors like Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, or Neil Gaiman.  If you spend some time poking around on Amazon, I'm sure you'll find something you like!

Someday I hope I can read well enough in Chinese to ask for recommendations!

My hobbies, in English and in Spanish.

Thanks you in advance to check my text.As far I am as concerned, there are a lot of people on this website who are learning Spanish so if you are one of them you got lucky because I'm going to write this text in Spanish to help you too.
I need to change my mind about my hobbies (I would say "I need to change how I think about my hobbies".) , I used to get home after a hard work day and switch on my laptop to play any random computer game, and while I spent my free time doing that, in that activity I used to smoke at least one packet of cigarettes, however thank God nowadays I have given it up.
Regardless of the fact that I love playing with PC games I had to change my habits, because my health was being damaged. Nowadays I'm able to run 6 km in 30 min, I know that it not a gorgeous mark (doesn't sound natural -- maybe "a great time") but for me it's enough to feel me proud about my little achievement. Today I use my computer for learning English, I download a lot of postcard (podcasts?) from BBC, and I allocated them (stored them?) in my earphones, so when I go for a run, I'm listening to those postcard as well. On the other hand, I think with any kind of doubt that my pronunciation is improving also.
To sum up, my hobbies are to try keeping my on fit ("to keep fit", or "to get in shape") and learning English, I want to make a remark at this point; there is a subtle difference between to learning and to studying.

Hi Guillermo,

This was fun to read in Spanish and English!  Congratulations on your better habits and hobbies!

I'm not sure which word you should use -- playing computer games could be a habit or a hobby -- it is a hobby if you also put a lot of effort into it, like reading online about computer games, etc.  It is a habit if you just do it to unwind or to kill time.  Smoking is definitely a habit (a bad habit!) and not a hobby.

When you say "cualquier juego", you could translate as "any old game" or as "any random game" -- to show that it doesn't really matter WHAT game you play, as long as you're playing something.

I agree, I would say there is a big difference between "studying" a language and "learning" or "mastering" the language!

Hi Yuriy,

I agree with Dominic, your writing is very clear and fluent.  I just thought of some expressions that sounds natural that you might like.  (I am American, by the way, so that may influence my choice of words).

Instead of:

I learned it in my school and have a good mark

I studied English in school and got good grades.  -- If you say "learned", it implies you learned everything about it, or mastered it.  In the U.S. we say "grades", I think in the UK they say "marks".

our teacher couldn't interest students

The teacher couldn't get the students interested.  OR

The teacher couldn't hold the students' interest.  OR

The teacher couldn't motivate the students to learn.

(In the 2nd sentence, interest is a noun, so you need the possessive apostrophe.)

Maybe you overcomed this barriers.

Maybe you have been able to overcome these barriers?

Maybe you have found ways to overcome these barriers?

It sounds like you are good at making your own motivatio\n! 

I used to study Russian as well, in highschool, but that was a long time ago.  I can still read pretty well, but I can't speak or write.  Maybe some day!!

A personal experience of migration

Most of people fled from the conflict zone and took refuge in neighboring countries. Ethnic and religious minorities were uprooted so that and their houses were assigned to extremists, so they (who is "they"? extremists or minorities?) built up a new neighborhood. People who were discriminated against applied for asylum.

In my native country, there is prejudice against religious minorities. Unfortunately we were discriminated against for our studies and social activities. When I applied for an asylum I was afraid and disappointed. But when I moved here, people accepted who I am. They have seen beyond stereotypes so in return I have tried to live at peace with my neighbors and helped them in any way. I tried to integrate into my new society and I get accustomed to the new culture, but I still have a feeling of nostalgia for my native country. I'm not hopeless and I'm sure one day I'll be back there to rebuild my home and take my rights.

This is a very good explanation -- very clear and interesting to read. My major suggestion is to remember to use a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence, and also to put a space before the capital letter.  I tell my students that if an English speaker sees you write without capital letters, they will not take you seriously!  :)  Also remember to capitalize the word "I".