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Life at the Ports (10)

On a sunny day, a large cruise ship arrived at the port with over a thousand guests in it. It was the first time for most of us to see such a huge cruise ship including me, even the local newspaper had reported it. They had arranged some excellent English tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ, I believe all the guests would enjoy a wonderful time in this city.

I didn't know the precise figure of guests on this ship, whereas there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port. The newspaper reported that it was the first time for such an international standard luxury cruise ship visited this city. This symbolized that SZ had already developed into another high level, their next destination was Singapore. We chattered about this huge ship curiously, excited.

I really want to get on the ship to broaden my vision, then describe it to my girlfriend. She often complained to me about how boring she was because so many kids surrounded her all day, she wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten. She always focused on my every story with opening eyes when I spoke with her.

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Life at the Ports (10)

On a sunny day, a large cruise ship arrived at the port with over a thousand guests ion it.

It was the first time for most of us including me to see such a huge cruise ship including me, e. Even the local newspaper had reported on it.

They had arranged for some excellent English-speaking tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ,. I believe all the guests would have enjoyed a wonderful time in this city.

I didn't know the precise figurenumber of guests on this ship, whereas there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port.

The newspaper reported that it was the first time forthat such an international standard luxury cruise ship visited this city.

This symbolized the fact that SZ had already developed into another high level,now reached a high level of development so their next destination was Singapore.

We chattered about this huge ship curiously,with curiosity and excitedment.

I really wanted to get on the ship to broaden my vision, and then describe it to my girlfriend.

She often complained to me about how boring she was because so many kids surrounded her all day, s. She wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten.

She always focused on my everall of my storyies with openingwide eyes when I spoke withtold them to her.

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面白い話です。よく出来ました!

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Scarlett_Father

Jan. 16, 2023

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いつもとても感謝しています! :-)

Life at the Portsharbour (10)

I think that "port" is not wrong, but I see "harbour" much more frequently; beside, "port" is used when you want to describe a commercial place, where no people other than workers are allowed.

OnIt was a sunny day, and a large cruise ship arrived at the portharbour with over a thousand guestspeople in it.

The sentence is not wrong, but it can be further improved: "It was a sunny day and a thousand people arrived at the harbour on a large cruise ship.
I don't like "guest" because I see it that a guest is always linked with the host; if you do not explicitly tell what type of guest they are (for example there could be a party or an event) I suggest you use a more general "people"

It was the first time for most of us, including me, to see such a huge cruise ship including me,; even the local newspaper had reported it.

For what you have written, one may infer that no one has seen a huge ship with you in it.

They had arranged some excellent English tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ,; I believed all the guests would have enjoyed a wonderful time in this city.

Pay more attention to the verbs.
The last part does not sound too good for me but I have no clue on how to improve it.

I dicouldn't knowtell the precise figure of guestsnumber of people on this ship, whereasbut there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port.

"Couldn't tell" is better in my opinion as it indicates that both you don't know the number but also that you cannot deduce it.
I don't know why you used "figure"; perhaps due to expression such as "an eight figure number" indicating a number with eight zeros, but I'm not sure.

"whereas" is used when you want to indicate two actions that happen at the same time and are in opposition (sometimes); in this case I don't find it correct.

The newspaper reported that it was the first time for such an international standard luxury cruise ship to visited thise city.

This symbolized that SZ had already developed into another high level,reached a high level of development; their next destination was Singapore.

Just modified the sentence to make it clearer

We chatteredwere curious about this huge ship curiously,and chatted about it excited.ly

Just rearranged some words to make it clearer

I really wanted to get on the ship to broaden my vision, thenview the landscape(?), and describe it to my girlfriend.

I don't know what you wanted to say with "broaden the vision" (it should be "broaden the view"): maybe you wanted to understand more about this ship, or much more simply you wanted to enjoy the landscape.

She often complained to me about how boringmuch bored she was because so many kids surrounded her all day,; she wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten.

If you say she's boring you mean that you or other people find her not interesting, to talk to for example. If you say that she is bored, you mean that other people or things have annoyed her .

She always focused on my every story with opening eyes when I spoke with her.

I really don't understand this sentence. Maybe it's something like:
"She always tell me, in every story I tell her, to open the eyes while spoking with her.

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Scarlett_Father

Jan. 16, 2023

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She always focused on my every story with opening eyes when I spoke with her.

She always concentrates to listen to me, while opening her eyes widely. Maybe "focus" is not right here. :-)

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Scarlett_Father

Jan. 16, 2023

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I really wanted to get on the ship to broaden my vision, thenview the landscape(?), and describe it to my girlfriend.

I guess "broaden the view" can express my idea.

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Scarlett_Father

Jan. 16, 2023

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Thank you so much! You explained a lot to me. :-)

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anouk

Jan. 16, 2023

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She always concentrates to listen to me, while opening her eyes widely. Maybe "focus" is not right here. :-)

Oh yes my bad; it was not that hard to understand really.

Life at the Ports (10)


Life at the Portsharbour (10)

I think that "port" is not wrong, but I see "harbour" much more frequently; beside, "port" is used when you want to describe a commercial place, where no people other than workers are allowed.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

On a sunny day, a large cruise ship arrived at the port with over a thousand guests in it.


OnIt was a sunny day, and a large cruise ship arrived at the portharbour with over a thousand guestspeople in it.

The sentence is not wrong, but it can be further improved: "It was a sunny day and a thousand people arrived at the harbour on a large cruise ship. I don't like "guest" because I see it that a guest is always linked with the host; if you do not explicitly tell what type of guest they are (for example there could be a party or an event) I suggest you use a more general "people"

On a sunny day, a large cruise ship arrived at the port with over a thousand guests ion it.

It was the first time for most of us to see such a huge cruise ship including me, even the local newspaper had reported it.


It was the first time for most of us, including me, to see such a huge cruise ship including me,; even the local newspaper had reported it.

For what you have written, one may infer that no one has seen a huge ship with you in it.

It was the first time for most of us including me to see such a huge cruise ship including me, e. Even the local newspaper had reported on it.

They had arranged some excellent English tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ, I believe all the guests would enjoy a wonderful time in this city.


They had arranged some excellent English tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ,; I believed all the guests would have enjoyed a wonderful time in this city.

Pay more attention to the verbs. The last part does not sound too good for me but I have no clue on how to improve it.

They had arranged for some excellent English-speaking tour guides from Beijing and Shanghai only for this one-day tour in SZ,. I believe all the guests would have enjoyed a wonderful time in this city.

I didn't know the precise figure of guests on this ship, whereas there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port.


I dicouldn't knowtell the precise figure of guestsnumber of people on this ship, whereasbut there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port.

"Couldn't tell" is better in my opinion as it indicates that both you don't know the number but also that you cannot deduce it. I don't know why you used "figure"; perhaps due to expression such as "an eight figure number" indicating a number with eight zeros, but I'm not sure. "whereas" is used when you want to indicate two actions that happen at the same time and are in opposition (sometimes); in this case I don't find it correct.

I didn't know the precise figurenumber of guests on this ship, whereas there were about 50 travel buses awaiting them at the port.

The newspaper reported that it was the first time for such an international standard luxury cruise ship visited this city.


The newspaper reported that it was the first time for such an international standard luxury cruise ship to visited thise city.

The newspaper reported that it was the first time forthat such an international standard luxury cruise ship visited this city.

This symbolized that SZ had already developed into another high level, their next destination was Singapore.


This symbolized that SZ had already developed into another high level,reached a high level of development; their next destination was Singapore.

Just modified the sentence to make it clearer

This symbolized the fact that SZ had already developed into another high level,now reached a high level of development so their next destination was Singapore.

We chattered about this huge ship curiously, excited.


We chatteredwere curious about this huge ship curiously,and chatted about it excited.ly

Just rearranged some words to make it clearer

We chattered about this huge ship curiously,with curiosity and excitedment.

I really want to get on the ship to broaden my vision, then describe it to my girlfriend.


I really wanted to get on the ship to broaden my vision, thenview the landscape(?), and describe it to my girlfriend.

I don't know what you wanted to say with "broaden the vision" (it should be "broaden the view"): maybe you wanted to understand more about this ship, or much more simply you wanted to enjoy the landscape.

I really wanted to get on the ship to broaden my vision, and then describe it to my girlfriend.

She often complained to me about how boring she was because so many kids surrounded her all day, she wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten.


She often complained to me about how boringmuch bored she was because so many kids surrounded her all day,; she wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten.

If you say she's boring you mean that you or other people find her not interesting, to talk to for example. If you say that she is bored, you mean that other people or things have annoyed her .

She often complained to me about how boring she was because so many kids surrounded her all day, s. She wanted to see the interesting world outside of her kindergarten.

She always focused on my every story with opening eyes when I spoke with her.


She always focused on my every story with opening eyes when I spoke with her.

I really don't understand this sentence. Maybe it's something like: "She always tell me, in every story I tell her, to open the eyes while spoking with her.

She always focused on my everall of my storyies with openingwide eyes when I spoke withtold them to her.

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