copies of On the Road written by Jack Kerouac, this book is the Bible for China's hippies.

Thanks! I will care more about details about Grammar and Usage.

You can include this "copies of On the Road written by Jack Kerouac, this book is the Bible for China's hippies" to make it clear.

Nice catch! - “(…) it also is known as”

“(…) it is also known as” is slightly more natural.

Nothing wrong with “battered by” but you’re quite right it should be “battered by the”

I want to express a feeling that I really want to visit there haha, how could I name it? A fabulous Dali Trip?

I believe that’s the intention with “languid” and it is a perfect description

as regards THIS and IT, I am a little confused, if I want to coreference a thing, should I use THIS not IT?

Your correction and encouragement make my day! :)

(Replying here as I can't directly reply to your replies on my comments, lol)

Regarding "battered by..." yes, it's understandable but I believe the point is to make it sound more natural. You don't usually hear people say that tourism has been "battered" but rather that tourism has "taken a hit."

Re: "languid" : Yes, the reason I did not directly replace the word is because it works just fine, but it might not match the tone of what she wanted to write if she was going for a more casual journal entry.

I’d say combining both your ideas would be great! i.e. “(…) cookie-cutter goods run rampant, littering the pedestrian streets.”

Nothing wrong with cookie-cutter to describe the mass production takeover of the street! It’s a cool metaphor.

Disagree re: battered by - it is a really good expression.

I often hear it btw and I am British. I would suggest you try to reconsider carefully whether your regional English language background affects your sense of what constitutes “natural” English.

Sorry if that sounded cold btw I am in a huge rush to get out the house and have no time

No worries, it happens; I will admit that I did search it on Google and 2000+ results came for "tourism has been battered by" vs. almost 9000 results for "tourism has taken a hit." So yes you are right in that it is used but given this, I would argue that "has taken a hit" is still more common.

As for the "cookie-cutter goods" part, it sounds too much like literal cookie-cutter products in my opinion to work—though I do feel it would work if the noun was something more specific than "goods."

Hi tana_gao! Sorry for the late reply!

“But all that is in the past.”

“as regards THIS and IT, I am a little confused, if I want to coreference a thing, should I use THIS not IT?”

I’m really sorry I can’t explain it well, but I felt that saying “all that” was your intended meaning. Your original sentence seemed to refer to “everything” that you were just writing about. So I suggested “all that is in the past” as a “catch-all” type phrase (it’s a pretty common and useful expression - “All that is in the past”)…

I wish I could make it clearer but I’m a bit useless at grammar 😭

By the way I linked a really good video in my profile and totally recommend his channel. Otherwise, I think Kirisen is probably much better at explaining technical grammar details than me!

@kirisen thanks for understanding! Sorry again, I hadn’t slept much at all yesterday and wasn’t thinking clearly when I replied to you! Cheers

I want to express the products are all made by machine and featureless, how to say that?

Your correction is always helpful! I need to pay more attention to Tense.

Nice catch! - “(…) it also is known as”

“(…) it is also known as” is slightly more natural.

Nothing wrong with “battered by” but you’re quite right it should be “battered by the”

I believe that’s the intention with “languid” and it is a perfect description

啊，懂了，那我觉得你可以说："boring, factory-made goods littered the pedestrian streets."

(Replying here as I can't directly reply to your replies on my comments, lol)

Regarding "battered by..." yes, it's understandable but I believe the point is to make it sound more natural. You don't usually hear people say that tourism has been "battered" but rather that tourism has "taken a hit."

Re: "languid" : Yes, the reason I did not directly replace the word is because it works just fine, but it might not match the tone of what she wanted to write if she was going for a more casual journal entry.

I’d say combining both your ideas would be great! i.e. “(…) cookie-cutter goods run rampant, littering the pedestrian streets.”

Nothing wrong with cookie-cutter to describe the mass production takeover of the street! It’s a cool metaphor.

thank you both! it really helps!

No worries, it happens; I will admit that I did search it on Google and 2000+ results came for "tourism has been battered by" vs. almost 9000 results for "tourism has taken a hit." So yes you are right in that it is used but given this, I would argue that "has taken a hit" is still more common.

As for the "cookie-cutter goods" part, it sounds too much like literal cookie-cutter products in my opinion to work—though I do feel it would work if the noun was something more specific than "goods."