English Writing Exercise
Describe your best friend
Describe your best friend using the vocabulary words from this lesson. What does he or she look like? Does he or she have a unique feature? Do you and your friend have similar features? Ex: My friend has blue eyes and broad shoulders. I do not have blue eyes; I have green eyes.
There are many specialty meals in my country, such as jiaozi(dumpling), zongzi, xiaolongbao, tangyuan, and more. Actually there are many various specialty meals in the different places.
However, I favorite meal is dumpling. Dumpling is stuffed with various mixtures, and popular mixtures are pork with Chinese cabbage, lamb with spring onion, leeks with eggs, etc.
However, I favorite meal is dumpling. Dumpling is stuffed with various mixtures, and popular mixtures are pork with Chinese cabbage, lamb with spring onion, leeks with eggs, etc.
Submitted: 2008-12-30 01:16:52
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Awesome Job Louis.
There are many specialty meals in my country, such as jiaozi(dumpling), zongzi, xiaolongbao, tangyuan, and more. Actually there are many various specialty meals in the different places. However, I My favorite meal is dumplings. Dumplings is stuffed with various mixtures and popular mixtures are pork with Chinese cabbage, lamb with spring onion, leeks with eggs, etc.
"....Actualy there are many OR various...in ALL the different places. My favorite meal......."
Louis, your written exercises are imprvoing :)
Great job, Louis! I have very few corrections. :-)
There are many specialty meals in my country, such as jiaozi (dumpling), zongzi, xiaolongbao, tangyuan, and more. Actually there are many various specialty meals in the different places. However, I my favorite meal is dumplings. Dumplings is are stuffed with various mixtures, and popular mixtures are pork with Chinese cabbage, lamb with spring onion, leeks with eggs, etc.
-- In English, dumplings are always plural, unless you are talking about one specific dumpling for some reason.
Very good~ keep learning!
My favorite meal is dumplings. Dumplings are stuffed with various mixtures
Good. It is advisable to put an English translation in parentheses as with "jiaozi" (dumplings - which is generally plural) because English-speaking people rarely know the Chinese names of food and can't even pronounce them. Therefore, some English-language orientation for the various dishes is essential. Admittedly, an English translation or explanation is often extremely difficult.
Very good job. I had some very good dumplings yesterday! I have a minor comment, explained after your writing.
'There are many specialty meals in my country, such as jiaozi (dumplings), zongzi, xiaolongbao, tangyuan, and more. Actually there are many various specialty meals in the different places areas of China. However, I my favorite meal is dumplings. Dumplings is are stuffed with various mixtures, and popular mixtures are include pork with Chinese cabbage, lamb with spring onion, and leeks with eggs. etc."
Extremely well written. My italicized comments are only suggestions. Your use of 'etc' is acceptable, but to make your writing even better, you should refrain from using it. It literally means 'and so on'. Well, most people really don't know what other combinations would be in dumplings, let alone what the popular mixtures would be, so it is meaningless to say to them 'and so on'. However, this is a minor point.
Many thanks for all the comments and helps above.
Best regards!
Louis
great work... I have nothing to add to the other comments ! keep doing great!