Sept. 18, 2023
“Camping”
When I was a teenager, living in the countryside in summer was a lot of fun: catching cicadas, swimming in rivers, shooting birds and sleeping outside.
Today, let me talk about sleeping outside.
In the middle of May, it was already summer, and wheat was almost ripe. In order to prepare for harvesting wheat, the adults started making threshing ground.
They looked for a piece of space ground on the field, flattened and wet the ground, then evenly placed wheat straw on the ground and rolled the ground by a stone roller. Then the threshing ground was made, its surface was very even and there were no cracks on it. So when people threshed the wheat, the wheat seeds won’t lose.
Every night, almost all the teenagers in my village would like to sleep on the ground. After they ate dinner, they carried a mat, a quilt and maybe a pillow to the ground.
The mat was made of reeds and its shape was a rectangle. When they took these things out to the ground, they used their two arms to hold the quilt and the pillow, and with the reed mat on their heads.
When teenagers slept on the ground, they stayed up very late because they would like to talk to each other until they felt sleepy. They usually told the stories that they heard from the adults and the stories were mostly related to legends, ghosts, and stars in the sky.
Sometimes, they would go to other villages to watch movies if they heard the sounds of a power generator. If so, they often returned back at midnight.
Sleeping outside on the ground, they could hear the insects whispering, feel the breeze flowing and watch the moon and stars shining. But they also had to suffer the mosquitoes, and the dews in the early morning.
Although they often woke up early in the morning because of the wet quilt, and suffered the mosquitoes in the fields, the primitive “camping” still brought them unforgettable memories.
When I was a teenager, living in the countryside in summer was a lot of fun: catching cicadas, swimming in rivers, shooting birds and sleeping outside.
Today, let me talk about sleeping outside.
In the middle of May, it was already summer, and the wheat was almost ripe.
In order to prepare [for harvesting wheat | to harvest (the) wheat], the adults started making a threshing ground.
They looked forfound a piece of spaceopen ground on thea field, flattened and wet the ground, then evenly placed wheat straw onevenly on / over the ground and rolled the ground bywith a stone roller.
I assume you mean “open ground.”
ThenIn this way, the threshing ground was made, i. Its surface was very even and there were no cracks on it.
alternative: In this way, an even, crack-free threshing ground was made.
So when people threshed the wheat, they wouldn’t lose any wheat seeds won’t lose./ kernels.
We usually call them “kernels.”
Every night, almost all the teenagers in my village [would like tosleep | sleept] on the ground.
alternative: Almost all the teenagers in my village liked to sleep on the ground every night.
After they ate dinner, they [carried | would carry] a [mat | rectangular reed mat], a quilt and maybe a pillow to the ground.
The mat was made of reeds and its shape was [a rectangle | rectangular].
If you call it a “rectangular reed mat” in the previous sentence, you can delete this one.
When they took these things out to the ground, they used their two arms to hold the quilt and the pillow, and withbalanced the reed mat on their heads.
When the teenagers slept on the ground, they stayed up very late because [they would | they liked to] talk to each other until they felt sleepy.
If so, they often [returned | got back] at midnight.
We don’t say “returned back.” We say they “returned,” “came back,” “got back,” etc.
Sleeping outside on the ground, they could hear the insects whispering, feel the breeze flowing and watch the moon and stars shining.
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It does sound unforgettable. :-)
Sept. 20, 2023
If so, they often [returned | got back] at midnight.
Return, no back. Thanks.
Sept. 20, 2023
ThenIn this way, the threshing ground was made, i. Its surface was very even and there were no cracks on it.
Crack-free. Thank you.
Sept. 20, 2023
So when people threshed the wheat, they wouldn’t lose any wheat seeds won’t lose./ kernels.
Kernel.
Sept. 20, 2023
Thank you very much. I like your correction style, which tells me the different ways of expressing the same meaning.
Sept. 20, 2023
ThenIn this way, the threshing ground was made, i. Its surface was very even and there were no cracks on it.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you like my correction style. :-)
It just occurred to me that we would normally say “level” in this context instead of “even.”
“Camping”
When I was a teenager, living in the countryside in summer was a lot of fun: catching cicadas, swimming in rivers, shooting birds and sleeping outside.
Today, let me talk about sleeping outside.
In the middle of May, it was already summer, and the wheat was almost ripe.
In order to prepare for harvesting wheat, the adults started making threshing ground.
They looked for a piece ofspare space of ground on the field, flattened and wet ithe ground, then evenly placed wheat straw on ithe ground and rolled the ground by a stone roller.
Then the threshing ground was made, its surface was very even and there were no cracks oin it.
So when people threshed the wheat, the wheat seeds won’t be loset.
Every night, almost all the teenagers in my village would like to sleep on the ground.
After they ate dinner, they carried a mat, a quilt and maybe a pillow toand placed it on the ground.
The mat was made of reeds and its shape was a rectangle.
When they took these things out to the ground, they used their two arms to hold the quilt and the pillow, and with the reed mat on their heads.
They usually told the stories that they heard from the adults and the stories were mostly related to legends, ghosts, and stars in the sky.
Sometimes, they would go to other villages to watch movies if they heard the sounds of a power generator.
If so, they often returned back at midnight.
Sleeping outside on the ground, they could hear the insects whispering, feel the breeze flowing and watch the moon and stars shining.
But they also had to suffer the mosquitoes, and the dews in the early morning.
Although they often woke up early in the morning because of the wet quilt, and suffered the mosquitoes in the fields, the primitive “camping” still brought them unforgettable memories.
Sept. 18, 2023
In the middle of May, it was already summer, and the wheat was almost ripe.
Thw?
Sept. 18, 2023
So when people threshed the wheat, the wheat seeds won’t be loset.
Seeds won’t DIE? What did you mean? Thank you.
Sept. 18, 2023
Thank you very much.
Sept. 18, 2023
Thw?
Apologies, that should of said "The".
Sept. 18, 2023
Seeds won’t DIE? What did you mean? Thank you.
I have updated my response. My original response did not make sense as you pointed out,
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When I was a teenager, living in the countryside in summer was a lot of fun: catching cicadas, swimming in rivers, shooting birds and sleeping outside. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Today, let me talk about sleeping outside. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In the middle of May, it was already summer, and wheat was almost ripe. In the middle of May, it was already summer, and the wheat was almost ripe. In the middle of May, it was already summer, and the wheat was almost ripe. |
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In order to prepare for harvesting wheat, the adults started making threshing ground. This sentence has been marked as perfect! In order to prepare [for harvesting wheat | to harvest (the) wheat], the adults started making a threshing ground. |
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They looked for a piece of space ground on the field, flattened and wet the ground, then evenly placed wheat straw on the ground and rolled the ground by a stone roller. They looked for a They I assume you mean “open ground.” |
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Then the threshing ground was made, its surface was very even and there were no cracks on it. Then the threshing ground was made, its surface was very even and there were no cracks
alternative: In this way, an even, crack-free threshing ground was made. |
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So when people threshed the wheat, the wheat seeds won’t lose. So when people threshed the wheat, the wheat seeds won’t be los So when people threshed the wheat, they wouldn’t lose any wheat seeds We usually call them “kernels.” |
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Every night, almost all the teenagers in my village would like to sleep on the ground. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Every night, almost all the teenagers in my village [would alternative: Almost all the teenagers in my village liked to sleep on the ground every night. |
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After they ate dinner, they carried a mat, a quilt and maybe a pillow to the ground. After they ate dinner, they carried a mat, a quilt and maybe a pillow After they ate dinner, they [carried | would carry] a [mat | rectangular reed mat], a quilt and maybe a pillow to the ground. |
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The mat was made of reeds and its shape was a rectangle. This sentence has been marked as perfect! The mat was made of reeds and its shape was [a rectangle | rectangular]. If you call it a “rectangular reed mat” in the previous sentence, you can delete this one. |
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When they took these things out to the ground, they used their two arms to hold the quilt and the pillow, and with the reed mat on their heads. When they took these things out to the ground, they used their When they took these things out to the ground, they used their two arms to hold the quilt and the pillow, and |
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When teenagers slept on the ground, they stayed up very late because they would like to talk to each other until they felt sleepy. When the teenagers slept on the ground, they stayed up very late because [they would | they liked to] talk to each other until they felt sleepy. |
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They usually told the stories that they heard from the adults and the stories were mostly related to legends, ghosts, and stars in the sky. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Sometimes, they would go to other villages to watch movies if they heard the sounds of a power generator. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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If so, they often returned back at midnight. This sentence has been marked as perfect! If so, they often [returned | got back] at midnight. We don’t say “returned back.” We say they “returned,” “came back,” “got back,” etc. |
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Sleeping outside on the ground, they could hear the insects whispering, feel the breeze flowing and watch the moon and stars shining. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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But they also had to suffer the mosquitoes, and the dews in the early morning. But they also had to suffer the mosquitoes |
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Although they often woke up early in the morning because of the wet quilt, and suffered the mosquitoes in the fields, the primitive “camping” still brought them unforgettable memories. Although they often woke up early in the morning because of the wet quilt |
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