The Festival of Lanterns

Even though it was rainy yesterday, the people were still happy to visit Yu Garden to celebrate Festival of Lanterns, the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month in Chinese New Year. Luckily, when they went there early, it had just become cloudy. The parents brought dumplings to their children, and the kids were glad to pull the lanterns that have rabbit, dragon, or other Chinese symbols. At night, there were many firecrackers and fireworks here and there around the buildings.
The Chinese New Year celebration is over when the days of Festival of Lanterns end. In addition, many people wished good luck on themselves and their families for a prosperous New Year.

Hi, the corrections in bold red are my corrections, along with Gary's corrections in bold black. James, let me or other English speakers know if you need help.

Gary, you did a good job on the corrections. I want to add some extra corrections.

I am not sure about Anna!

On the second day of school, Anna returned home early. She did not finish her homework assignments, because she was playing games and hanging out with friends. As bedtime approached, she began to do her homework quickly. I stopped her from doing her homework and ordered her to go to bed immediately. She was not willing but had to stop. I am not sure if I should let her finish all her homework before she goes to bed. When I was young, my parents told me to ‘never leave today's job for tomorrow’, but I prefer to teach her how to manage her time and the importance of doing homework. Should an eight-year-old girl do homework or play with friends, first?

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My name is Liu Guosheng, I am 24 years old, born in ChangSha of Hunan province. I earned a bachelor degree from Shandong Agricultural University in 2008 with a major in electronics. Currently, I am a graduate student at Shenzhen University pursuing a Masters in Information and Signal Processing. I expect to graduate in summer 2013. During my undergraduate studies, I spent most of my time on studying, acquired many scholarships, and mastered fundamentals of my major. As a post-graduate student, I spend majority of my time studying theoretical knowledge, researching, and discussing objectives with my tutor.

With seven years’ of university education, this endeavor provides me opportunities to learn, practice my skills and knowledge, and to improve myself. Furthermore, I know how to think, be accountable, and teachable. I am a good team player and a person of great honesty to others. In the university life, I have made many good friends. We engage in recreation and communicate together to help each other. They help me improve my study and research ability and provide good guidance during unexpected hardships. Through college life, I learn how to balance between study and entertainment. In my spare time, sometimes I prefer to stay alone while writing down my inner heart and listening to music or Chinese traditional opera. However, I do have a social life outside of studying. I like to chat with my classmates and my friends; talking about different things We participate in different recreational activities such as basketball, ping-pong, badminton, and football.

You did a great job on your introduction. I made some changes for you.

My QQ number is 1828695834.

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First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am an universty student majoring in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. So I have to learn and speak English. Moreover,I want to meet soneone who wants to learn Chinese.We can help each other and progress together.

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太好了！你可以说：

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「I wanted to sleep all night. However, I awoken because of an earthquake. Later, the earthquake stopped and I was okay.」

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