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Jack

July 22, 2023

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As far as I can remember, my family didn't have our own farmland. The people in my village own the farmland of my village together. My village was a production team.

The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybean, sesame, mung bean, sorghum, pea and so on.
You know, because all the villagers owned the farmland together and worked together, no one really worked hard, so the farmland didn't produce too much. That was why we often felt starving.

Back then, there was no insecticide. People caught pests manually. I remember sometimes I went to the cotton field with my mom to catch the pests. When we caught the pests, we put them in a small glass bottle and reported to the leaders of the village how many pests we had caught.

It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family. Since then, the living conditions for the villagers have started to get better. The villagers could at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour. They no longer faced hunger anymore.

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As far as I can remember, my family didn't havehas never had/owned our own farmland.

The people in my village own the farmland of my village togethercollectively own the village's farmland.

My village woperated as a production team.

The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybean, sesame, mung bean, sorghum, peas and so on.

You know, becauseDue to the fact that all the villagers owned the farmland togethercollectively and worked together, no one really worked hard, so the farmland didn't produce too mucha lot/enough food.

I removed 'you know' to make it sound a bit more sophisticated. Also, 'too much' signifies an abundance. In your next sentence, you say that it felt like you were starving and this implies that not enough food was produced.

That was why we often felt like we were starving.

Back then, there was no insecticide.

You can also say pesticide if you are referring more generally to pests and not just insects.

People caught pests manuallywith their hands.

I would say 'with their hands' instead of manually because manually implies that the opposite is using electronic devices. The use of pesticides/insecticides is not necessarily electric.

I remember that sometimes, I went to the cotton field with my mom to catch the pests.

When we caught the pests, we put them in a small glass bottle and reported to the leaders of the village how many pests we had caughthe number of pests that we caught to the leaders of the village.

It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family.

Since then, the living conditions for the villagers have started to get betterimproved.

The villagers couldan now at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour.

They no longer faced hunger anymore.

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Jack

July 22, 2023

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Thank you very much.

As far as I can remember, my family didn't have our own farmland.

Your sentence is grammatically correct, but I doubt that it says what you mean. “As far as I can remember” means “据我所知” in this context. I suspect you mean, “I am too young to recall a time when my family had its own farmland” or maybe “I’m too young to recall the time before the farmland in my village was owned and managed collectively.”

The people in my village owned the farmland of my village together.

My village was a production team.

The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybeans, sesame, mung beans, sorghum, peas and so on.

You know, because all the villagers owned the farmland together and worked together, no one really worked hard, so the farmland didn't produce too much.

That was why we often felt like we were starving.

This means you weren’t really starving.

Back then, there was no insecticide.

People caught pests manually.

I remember sometimes I went to the cotton field with my mom to catch the pests.

When we caught the pests, we put them in a small glass bottle and reported to the leaders of the village how many pests we had caught.

It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family.

This sounds like the families still didn’t own the land, but a specific plot of land was assigned to each family for it to use.

Since then, the living conditions for the villagers have started to get better.

The villagers couldan at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour.

Because you used “since then… have” in the previous sentence, it’s more natural to describe the present here (using present tense).

They no longer faced hunger anymore.

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Jack

July 22, 2023

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As far as I can remember, my family didn't have our own farmland.

我的意思是:自我记事时起,我家没有属于自己的田地。村里的田地属于村民集体所有,集体耕种。

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Jack

July 22, 2023

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It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family.

... the farmland started to be assigned to every family. Now, in the countryside, families are still the smallest production units. They do farm work respectively. They have their own farmland.

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Jack

July 22, 2023

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That was why we often felt like we were starving.

那时候因为粮食收成低,我们的确经常吃不饱,挨饿。

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Jack

July 22, 2023

3

非常感谢您的修改,谢谢您。

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As far as I can remember, my family didn't have our own farmland.


As far as I can remember, my family didn't have our own farmland.

Your sentence is grammatically correct, but I doubt that it says what you mean. “As far as I can remember” means “据我所知” in this context. I suspect you mean, “I am too young to recall a time when my family had its own farmland” or maybe “I’m too young to recall the time before the farmland in my village was owned and managed collectively.”

As far as I can remember, my family didn't havehas never had/owned our own farmland.

The people in my village own the farmland of my village together.


The people in my village owned the farmland of my village together.

The people in my village own the farmland of my village togethercollectively own the village's farmland.

My village was a production team.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

My village woperated as a production team.

The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybean, sesame, mung bean, sorghum, pea and so on.


The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybeans, sesame, mung beans, sorghum, peas and so on.

The villagers planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, corn, soybean, sesame, mung bean, sorghum, peas and so on.

You know, because all the villagers owned the farmland together and worked together, no one really worked hard, so the farmland didn't produce too much.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

You know, becauseDue to the fact that all the villagers owned the farmland togethercollectively and worked together, no one really worked hard, so the farmland didn't produce too mucha lot/enough food.

I removed 'you know' to make it sound a bit more sophisticated. Also, 'too much' signifies an abundance. In your next sentence, you say that it felt like you were starving and this implies that not enough food was produced.

That was why we often felt starving.


That was why we often felt like we were starving.

This means you weren’t really starving.

That was why we often felt like we were starving.

Back then, there was no insecticide.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Back then, there was no insecticide.

You can also say pesticide if you are referring more generally to pests and not just insects.

People caught pests manually.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

People caught pests manuallywith their hands.

I would say 'with their hands' instead of manually because manually implies that the opposite is using electronic devices. The use of pesticides/insecticides is not necessarily electric.

I remember sometimes I went to the cotton field with my mom to catch the pests.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I remember that sometimes, I went to the cotton field with my mom to catch the pests.

When we caught the pests, we put them in a small glass bottle and reported to the leaders of the village how many pests we had caught.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

When we caught the pests, we put them in a small glass bottle and reported to the leaders of the village how many pests we had caughthe number of pests that we caught to the leaders of the village.

It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family.


It was in the early eighties that the farmland in my village was assigned to every family.

This sounds like the families still didn’t own the land, but a specific plot of land was assigned to each family for it to use.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Since then, the living conditions for the villagers have started to get better.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Since then, the living conditions for the villagers have started to get betterimproved.

The villagers could at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour.


The villagers couldan at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour.

Because you used “since then… have” in the previous sentence, it’s more natural to describe the present here (using present tense).

The villagers couldan now at least eat steamed buns made of wheat flour.

They no longer faced hunger anymore.


They no longer faced hunger anymore.

They no longer faced hunger anymore.

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