Dear editor, 

I am a faithful reader of your newspaper and appreciate the positive action that you are always widely promoting environmental awareness by the newspaper. However, the present situation of the environment is still tremendously bad. I hope ("believe that" is correct, but sounds domineering) you will take it seriously.

In my humble (1) opinion, environmental woes can improve only when the public is more deeply aware of the importance of environment protection. There are at least three methods to assuage this problem. Firstly, it is widely that an environmental group should promote the significance of environmental awareness. Secondly, the government should play an active role in it. That is to say, for example, they should punish those who harm the environment. What's more, all the sectors should implement supervision and control system on each other.

Since my voice alone is too weak to be heard, I hope you can call on the public to adopt environmental conservation.

Yours sincerely,
Li Ming

(1) Although "in my humble opinion" is an English phrase, it is often seen as puerile, duplicitous, and especially proud. It is often used when people want to make a statement, but can't defend their argument (or have already lost an argument). Instead, the plain "in my opinion" is preferred. In academic writing, "in my opinion" should not be used.

My favorite pets

Today I would like to say something about my favorite pets. I like all kinds of animals; however, dogs are my favorite. I have three dogs, and all of them have names. I don't regard them only as animals, because sometimes I talk to them (no comma needed here because there is only one subject) and tell them off when they have made mistakes. They are as naughty as kids, and they truly make my life colorful. Because of them, I feel responsible. I need to take care of them and feed them on time.

I know that dogs can’t live as long as humans, but because of this I cherish every minutes that I spends with them. Furthermore, dogs that are protected by their owners will no longer fool around on the street, and they will not be hit to death just for stealing a piece of bread. So if you have a dog, no matter what the reason is, do not abandon him at will. For the reason that You are the whole world for them, if they lose you they lose their home.

thanks for reading my composition. all your words and comments are welcome.

Great job! This was really an excellent composition!

Journal for today

Hello, this is my first journal entry for this site. Actually, I don't have any idea what to write about when we are talking about writing a journal. Although ("As I said" is correct, but "although" is more pleasant) this is my first journal for this site, so it is not my very first journal. I was ("had been" is correct, but "was" is much more natural) asked to write journals by my English's teacher when I was in Form 2 of my high school years.

Straight to the entry, today was not very special if compared to the other days. I went (We usually say "came" if we are still there, and "went" if we are no longer there) to the class at 8 am after doing a bit of exercise as usual. Three (We try not to begin sentences with numerals, but write the number instead) hours straight learning Japanese language plus two (If the number is not part of a name, title, time, or model we usually write it out in the sentence) hours English language really made me exhausted by noon. (Using "by noon" here means there was a gradual progression that finished at noon. Using "at noon" means at 12:00 and only 12:00)

After a short break, I continued the class with another hour of Japanese language and last finally two hours of mathematics (We often say "math" in the U.S., and "maths" in the U.K.). I really used all of my energy, plus I'm fasting today.

What made todayis a bit special was that I received a small gift from a friend of mine. It is a small gift, but worth to making me to remember that person.

So, that's it for my journal ("That's it for ____" means _____ is finished, but it's only used with actions that repeat in cycles, such as: "That's it for class, today!" or "That's it for work, now I can go home!"). I hope whomever reads this can correct all of my grammatical errors, because ("'cause" is extremely informal. It is used most often by children and people who don't speak English well) I know my grammar sucks ("_____ sucks" is a very informal way to disapprove of something. It is used most by people ages 8 to 28).

Thank You.

I haven't spoken English for a long, long time. I have almost forgotten it all (You can also say, "I almost forgot it!"). I need to pick it up again! (You can also say, "I need to pick it back up!)

做得好！

Last Wednesday we got a new English teacher who comes from Canada. Her name is Gaby. On that day, I talked to a native English speaker for the first time and I found my English is really poor, especially spoken English ("oral English" is okay, but we usually say "spoken English"). I am determined to improve my English. Who can help me?

做得好！

My name is Wilson. My Chinese name is WenXin. I am 28 years old. I graduated from Southwest University in 2007. My major is computer science and technology. I learn English because English is so interesting and useful. I want to improve my English ability, especial the oral spoken English and make many friends here. ("oral English" is correct, but we often say "spoken English")

I have a lovely daughter just over one year old. In my spare time I always play with her. It makes my family laugh. My home has a garden in the garret about 200 square meters. We planted some trees and vagetables in there. It is very interesting.
That is all, thank you.

做得好!

I don't know what a "garret" is.

Do you have any questions?

The Mid-Autumn Day is around the corner. It is a traditional festival in China. Mid-Autumn is a harvest time. Many delicious foods will come into season, including a variety of friuts and aquatic delicacies ("products" is correct, but we don't usually use that word for food). Crabs are among them. 

Today, one of my patients gave me several crabs out of appreciation. The crabs are bigger than normal, but I think they are still difficult to eat. I must uncover the shells ("lids" is okay, but we usually say "crab shells") to find the crab yellow and dig out the meat from the hard claws. It's time consuming. I spend an hour eating two crabs.

Because I am from inland, so it is hard to find crabs in my hometown. I never ate them before I lived in Shenyang. I am not used to eating them. Every year, I just eat a few for a fresh feeling.

It is said that people from Shanghai like eating crabs very much, and they have special equipments which can help them digging out every piece of meat from every corner of the crab claws. I think it would be very funny to see Shanghainese eating crabs.

做得好!

Do you have any questions?