植物— Part 1 評分報告

建議: 「implants」は文脈上「plants」、「buds」はおそらく「bugs」です。最初に“No, I don’t.”と直接答え、その後に理由を1～2文で説明してください。“I’m better at taking care of”は意味が不自然なので、“I’m not good at taking care of plants”と表現しましょう。また、“There is no room at the balcony”より“There isn’t enough space on my balcony”が自然です。植物の話から突然虫への恐怖に移る場合は、“Also”などの接続語を使い、3文程度にまとめると効果的です。

範例: No, I don’t keep any plants at home. I’m not very good at taking care of them, and there isn’t enough space on my balcony. Also, I’m afraid of bugs, so I prefer not to have plants there.

建議: 質問に直接答えられていますが、“any plant”は単数なら“a plant”、または複数なら“any plants”にしましょう。“I have to say”や“naturally”はこの回答では不要で、やや冗長です。家族に園芸の習慣がなかったことを具体的な理由として示し、最後に現在の考えや経験を1文加えると、より自然で内容のある回答になります。

範例: I never grew any plants when I was young. Gardening wasn’t really a family habit, so I didn’t learn how to do it. We usually spent our time on indoor activities instead.

建議: “an expert of growing plants”ではなく、“an expert at growing plants”または“I don’t know much about growing plants”が自然です。質問は知識の有無を尋ねているため、最初に明確に答えた後、祖父の経験や自分が知らない理由を説明してください。“it’s really like some individual hobby”は不自然なので、“I see it as a personal hobby”などに直しましょう。祖父から何か学んだかどうかを具体的に述べると、回答がより発展します。

範例: I don’t know much about growing plants. My grandfather was quite good at gardening, but I never learned from him because I wasn’t interested in it at the time. I only know that plants need enough sunlight and regular watering.

建議: 回答の中心が不明確で、種を贈る説明も文法的に理解しにくくなっています。まず“Not usually, but some people may...”のように中国での一般的な傾向を明確に述べ、その後に具体例や理由を加えてください。“feet”はおそらく“seeds”または“plants”、“buds”は“bugs”の誤りです。“There is so small room”は“There is so little space”に直し、香港の住環境と虫が苦手なことを別々の文で説明しましょう。

範例: I don’t think plants are one of the most common gifts in China, although some people do give flowers or small potted plants on special occasions. Plants can symbolize growth and good luck, so they may be suitable for a new home. However, I probably wouldn’t give one to someone who has very little space in Hong Kong.

× No, I don't keep any implants at home I have to say I am really better at taking care of any implants or other flowers and there is no room at the balcony to take care of them.

✓ No, I don't keep any implants at home. I have to say that I am not very good at taking care of implants or other flowers, and there is no room on the balcony to take care of them.

The original contains a run-on sentence because several independent clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation. Divide the ideas into separate sentences and use a comma before the conjunction and.

× I have to say I am really better at taking care of any implants or other flowers.

✓ I have to say that I am not very good at taking care of implants or other flowers.

Better is a comparative adjective and normally requires a clear comparison, such as better than my sister. Without a comparison, not very good at is more appropriate. Also, use the pattern be good at plus a noun or gerund.

× There is no room at the balcony to take care of them.

✓ There is no room on the balcony to take care of them.

Use on with surfaces or open areas such as a balcony. At is not the natural preposition in this context.

× I never grew any plant when I was young.

✓ I never grew any plants when I was young.

Any used in a negative sentence can refer to one or more items, but the general meaning here is plants in general. Therefore, the plural noun plants is more appropriate.

× Naturally I never think about it.

✓ Naturally, I never thought about it.

The answer refers to the student's childhood and past experience, so the past-tense form thought is required instead of the present-tense form think.

× I'm really not an expert of growing plants.

✓ I'm really not an expert at growing plants.

The usual collocation is be an expert at something or be an expert in something. Expert of is not the correct preposition here.

× It's really like some individual hobby and it didn't influence me at all.

✓ It's really like an individual hobby, and it didn't influence me at all.

Hobby is a singular countable noun, so it needs a determiner. Because individual begins with a vowel sound, use the article an.

× Maybe some will share the maybe the seed poured out and led another person to take care of the feet after watering two or three days and it can grow a plant.

✓ Maybe some people will share seeds, which another person can take care of after planting and watering them for two or three days, and they can grow into plants.

The sentence refers to seeds in general, so the plural forms seeds and them are needed. The plural pronoun they must also agree with seeds. The original sentence contains unclear singular and plural forms.

× Maybe some will share the maybe the seed poured out and led another person to take care of the feet after watering two or three days and it can grow a plant.

✓ Maybe some people will share seeds, which another person can take care of after planting and watering them for two or three days, and they can grow into plants.

The original sentence has several clauses joined in an unclear order, and poured out and led do not form a grammatically clear structure. Use a relative clause and place the actions in a logical sequence.

× There is so small room in Hong Kong.

✓ There is so little room in Hong Kong.

Room is an uncountable noun when it means available space, so use the quantifier little rather than the countable quantifier few. The structure so little room is correct.

× But I never tried once because there is so small room in Hong Kong and I really dislike buds.

✓ But I have never tried it because there is so little room in Hong Kong, and I really dislike buds.

The phrase never tried describes an experience up to the present, so the present perfect have never tried is more appropriate. The pronoun it is also needed as the object of tried.