B1: Submit
Date: August 03, 2000
Time: 17:27
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1. This is the third time I come to England, but Exeter is quite different from other cities I've ever visited. Though it's small, it's pretty beautiful. But, it's a pity that I do not have a car so that I can visit this city around. Thus, from the past one week I only have the chacne to be in the campus and the city center. After all, it's too hard to walk far in this hilly city.
As to the class, the most interesting thing and helpful skill for me till now is the skill of "presentation", which is what I wish to learn for my job when I go back to Taiwan.
2. Till now the most surprising thing to me is that many of my classmates are so young and still students. Thus, they do not have any working experience. Before I come, I thought I can have the chance to share the experience with the others in the class.
As to the weather, it surprised me that it doesn't rain a lot here in Exeter during the past one week.
3. Actually, many people in Taiwan think that English people are not so friendly campared to other west countries, like America or other European countries. However, during the long trip from Taiwan to England and one-week stay in Exeter, I found it different. I guess I am quite lucky.
4. I've worked for about 4 years in the trading companies. What I want and need for continuing my job and upgrading myself is the skill of presentation, negotiation, marketing and management. For the first two issues, I believe I can learn from this class. Furthermore, for the next two issues, I think I can learn from the further master course in the University of Exeter.
| Instances | Description |
| 3 | ARTICLE - you have made a mistake with the use of the article ( ie a, an, the or zero) with a noun or noun phrase. First check that you know whether the noun is countable or uncountable, and singular or plural |
| 1 | NOT THE BEST CHOICE - your meaning is clear but this is not a good way, or not the best way, to express it. This may relate to one word, or a phrase or a whole sentence. You may need to change the syntax or the vocabulary or both. |
| 2 | PHRASE CONSTRUCTION - you have used the wrong construction after the verb/noun/adjective/adverb; for example, you might have used 'to' instead of 'that', or an '-ing' form instead of 'to' etc |
| 4 | PREPOSITION - you have used the wrong preposition, or the preposition is missing, or you don't need a preposition |
| 2 | PUNCTUATION - punctuation mistake. For example, you may have used a comma when it is not necessary, or a capital letter is required. |
| 1 | NUMBER OF NOUN - you have put a word in the singular when it should be plural, or vice versa. Or perhaps the noun is countable and you thought it was uncountable, or vice versa. Check that you have used the right article, as well. |
| 1 | SPELLING - the word is wrongly spelled. |
| 5 | VERB TENSE - you have put the verb in the wrong tense eg present instead of future, or continuous instead of simple. |
| 1 | WORD FORM - you used a word in the wrong form. For example, you have used the adjective form when you should have used the noun form, or adverb instead of adjective etc. |