Journal

Jack

May 22, 2021

All the training fees, including food and accommodation expenses, are all paid by our local financial department and this fund is allocated to our department account in advance. For this year's training fee, it's about 700 thousand RMB.
Unfortunately, I don't live in the suburbs. Because my workplace is in urban areas, I have to purchase an apartment in the city.
The most pleasant thing I want to tell you is that the weather is very nice today and I'd love to send you some pictures I took at my residential community and somewhere else. The community covers an area of 100,000 square meters and there are 11 apartment buildings in it.
In China, the majority of people live in this kind of community. I think Americans' housing conditions are better than Chinese's because I see many Americans living in houses, not apartments. But in China we usually call these kinds of houses a villa and it's really expensive. The majority of families in China can't afford it.
Okay, let's call it a day. See you next time.

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Corrections

will_im_not

All the training fees, including food and accommodation expenses, are ~~all~~ paid for by our local financ~~ial~~e department and this fund is allocated to our department account in advance.

Second "all" is redundant.
'Finance department' instead of 'financial department'.
Consider splitting the last bit into its own sentence.

For this year's training fee, it's about 700 thousand RMB.

Unfortunately, I don't live in the suburbs.

Because my workplace is in an urban areas, I have to purchase an apartment in the city.

The most pleasant thing I want to tell you is that the weather is very nice today and I'd love to send you some pictures I took at my residential community and somewhere else.

The community covers an area of 100,000 square meters and there are 11 apartment buildings in it.

In China, the majority of people live in this kind of community.

I think Americans' housing conditions are better than Chinese's because I see many Americans living in houses, not apartments.

But in China we usually call these kinds of houses a villa and it's really expensive.

The majority of families in China can't afford it.

Okay, let's call it a day.

See you next time.

Jack

May 22, 2021

All the training fees, including food and accommodation expenses, are ~~all~~ paid for by our local financ~~ial~~e department and this fund is allocated to our department account in advance.

“Are paid for by our local finance department” I
don’t know why there is a “for” here, could you please teach me about that?

will_im_not

May 23, 2021

I had to look it up, because I wasn't sure myself!
You say "paid for" when you talk about the item that you are actually buying. You just say "paid" when you talk about the amount you paid, or when you talk about who you're paying.
So for example, "the finance department paid $100" or "the finance department paid the bus company". But you would say "the finance department paid FOR the food and accommodations".
Here's another way to think about it: "the finance department paid the bus company for the tickets". At first you don't include the 'for' because you're talking about who the finance department is paying (the bus company). But then when you want to talk about what the finance department paid FOR (the tickets), then you do include the for.

Jack

May 23, 2021

Thank you very much. I kind of see.

Journal

All the training fees, including food and accommodation expenses, are all paid by our local financial department and this fund is allocated to our department account in advance.

All the training fees, including food and accommodation expenses, are ~~all~~ paid for by our local financ~~ial~~e department and this fund is allocated to our department account in advance.

Second "all" is redundant. 'Finance department' instead of 'financial department'. Consider splitting the last bit into its own sentence.

For this year's training fee, it's about 700 thousand RMB.