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Hilary, Oxford grad
Chinese (Cantonese)
Feb 6, 2021
Thanks for having a lesson with me! Today, we talked about different issues and your background and level. We clarified on some words and tones too.
Joe IELTS Examiner
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Jan 9, 2021
Hi Elsie!! Great work today!! Your writing skills have really improved already!! Great job. Click here to view all the feedback - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zMdmxWetJkOLG0u-CBkz9_8NfhwWULVxF0fkCGP2zgI/edit?usp=sharing You can view all your classes here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X4L-Bg-YZZcC4P9miC6sGxdspc97JtVM?usp=sharing See you again soon!! Joe
Joe IELTS Examiner
English
Jan 7, 2021
Hi Elsie!! Well done today!! You did a great job with a really hard task. Good job!! Click here to view all the feedback - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-wGj3-bJe7yjjRDENhbDbvEzzUhbAIrm2ILuxh0XT8/edit?usp=sharing You can see all your classes by clicking here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X4L-Bg-YZZcC4P9miC6sGxdspc97JtVM?usp=sharing See you again soon!! Joe
Joe IELTS Examiner
English
Jan 7, 2021
Hi Elsie!! Well done today!! You did a great job with a really hard task. Good job!! Click here to view all the feedback - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-wGj3-bJe7yjjRDENhbDbvEzzUhbAIrm2ILuxh0XT8/edit?usp=sharing You can see all your classes by clicking here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X4L-Bg-YZZcC4P9miC6sGxdspc97JtVM?usp=sharing See you again soon!! Joe
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  • Corrected

    有中文例子

    我有很好的新闻。今天,我的第一翻译的作业被给我。

    my guess is you are trying to say "i've got a good news", which is 我有个好消息 in Chinese.

    i don't know what to say, it is absolutely correct grammar-wise, but we just don't use passive voice here. We say (老师)给我留了/布置了第一次翻译作业。we say留/布置作业 when you say assign homework.


    我难过。。。 她的手机被丢了。

    the passive voice in Chinese is tricky. here, we just don't use 被 although it means "is lost". think it as an adj rather than a verb.

    昨天,我的房间被我姐姐打扫了。well done

    

    我生病了。你把那些礼物送给我的同学们。

    don't ask me why, we just talk like this.

    要是你不并害怕,你把包打开。

    i know, open means 开 in Chinese. but here it is an adj rahter than verb. For no reason.


    上课!大家把你们的手机放在桌子上。perfect.

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    November 15, 2016
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  • Corrected

    爬虫(my guess is that you are trying for reptile, which is 爬行动物 in Chinese )也想长得(again, i think you meant "looking" good. Tricky part is, there may not be a fixed translation for that without taking into account the context. To me 穿的很时髦 or 打扮的很时髦 will do)很时髦!

    我的好朋友告诉我他计划开(sometimes we drop out definite article, but more often than not indefinite articles are kept )卖乌龟衣服的商店。我觉得那个主意没有道理,所以我告诉他说 ”我已经六十八岁了,但我还没见过穿衣服的乌龟。” 他的回答是 ”那就是我为什么要开一家商店的原因嘛!”


    This is rather impressive!

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    November 3, 2016
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    October 26, 2016
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  • Answered
    The tricky thing is that 厉害 can also be sarcastic. But basically it is more commonly used in a good way if you give or receive such comment in person. There is really no sure way to know which is which unless a context is provided. Try compare the differences with those between "frightful" and "frightfully", "terrible" and "terribly".
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    October 26, 2016
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  • Corrected

    练习生词用生词造句子。

    (富有) 这个城市富有历史和文化。

    富有is more like "rich" than “rich in"(富含)

    He is a rich businessman: 他是一个富有的商人(sometimes we shorten it as 他是一个富商)

    Lemon is rich in Vitamin C: 柠檬富含维生素C

    However, if you want to say “this city is rich in history and culture”, it goes more like this: 这座城市具有悠久的历史和丰富的文化。But this sentence will be verbatim translated into English as: This city has long history and is rich in culture. And alas this translation basically destroys everything. 

    The ways of Chinese and English expressions are very different. While you make sentences, you can also try working on collocations. There are a lot of subtleties in Chinese collocations as in English counterparts. 


    (格外)(酷似) 你最好对这位客人格外礼貌 (very good but bit odd, and I even don't know why. you don't have to change it.),酷似他的脾气不好 (what others said.)

    格外 means especially, particularly, etc.

    今天天气格外好。

    他开车格外小心。



    (连接)(尺寸)英吉利海底隧道连接英国和欧洲大陆(perfect),尺寸(we tend to say 全长=the total length is )50多公里。


    (委托) 议会把这件事委托(+给)你了,我希望你不会让他们失望!(quite good but i doubt Parliament can be let down. Anyway I'll never know. We don't have one in China)

    (拱形)(构成)(横跨) 30个拱形(+结构)构成这个桥梁,横跨山谷。(excellent)

    (环状)环状的身体是这种动物的特征。(perfect)

    (悬)(交织) 有的蜘蛛只用丝绸(we would just call it 蛛丝, i know it is technically silk but it's Chinese, so...)悬在空中,有种蜘蛛会把丝绸(same)交织成网。

    (象征)十字架象征基督教,新月象征伊斯兰教。(perfect)

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    October 26, 2016
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