Dear Diary,
Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles far away from our farmhouse.
Do you want to know why we move last week? Dad lost his
job and as Mom explained, “He was lucky to find other one.”
His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my classmate,
my school, or just everything else I love in the world.
To make matters bad, now I have to share a room with
my younger sister, Maggie. Tomorrow is first day of school.
I am awfully tiring, but I know I will never fall asleep.
Good night and remember you, dear diary, is my only souvenir from my past life and my only friend.
正文的
1.far去掉(因为far已经被 350 miles代替了)
2.move→moved(由last week可知,谓动应用过去式)
3.other→another(这儿是指"另一个,又一个",应该用another;而other指的是"别的,其他的")
4.classmate→classmates(同学不止一个,故用复数)
5.or→and(这儿表示的是并列关系,而不是选择关系,故用and)
6.bad→worse(to make matters worse是固定短语,"更糟糕的是")
:7.在first前加上my/the(指"我"上学的第一天,或开学的第一天,故必须在first前加上my或the)
:8.tiring→tired(指人"感到累的"用tired;而tiring指物"累人的,令人劳累的")
9.sleep→asleep(形容词作表语,fall asleep入睡,睡着)
:10.is→are (因为 you, dear diary, is my only souvenir .... friend是作remember 的宾语从句,其主语是you;而dear diary是you的同位语;my only souvenir是表语. 语法规则中,只要求"主谓一致" , 不要求"同谓一致"或"表谓一致".因此,此句的be动词应跟主语you相一致,用are.)