Dear Mary,
I am sorry to learn that you quarrel with your friend Lily. Don’t upset yourself, for all friends don’t agree each other. I think you can renew your friendship with her by follow the advice below.
Were I you, I would apologize and talk to him frankly about this. That would show that you value her friendship high. You can also take her to some outdoor activity, such as a football match, a picnic and so on, where is an effective way to bridge the gap between you. Besides, trying to do something to show you are willing to forget what was happened and move on. Always remember that a friend without faults will never be found.
I hope that all of you can make peace soon.
Yours
ZhengKai
第一句中,改quarrel为quarreled或者quarrelled。既然是根据你的信已经得知你和Lily吵架了,那么吵架就是发生在过去,用过去时。
第二句中,在agree后添加with。此处为固定用法,agree with sb.,同意某人的看法、意见等。
第三句中,改follow为following。by是介词,根据意思,其后是它的宾语,“通过采纳以下建议”,既然是它的宾语,就受制于它,介词后要跟名词或者动名词,所以follow应该改为它的动名词形式following。
第四句中,改him为her。根据上下文可知,Lily是女性,应该用her作talk to的宾语。
第五句中,该high为highly。high/highly、deep/deeply、close/closely等等,不带ly的形式既可以是形容词,也可以是副词,带ly的形式是副词,两个副词之间的区别在于,前者表示具体意味,比如The kite flies high in the sky,风筝在空中飞得很高,这种高是具体的、看得见的;后者表示抽象意味,比如词组think highly of,意为“高度评价”,这种高是抽象的。再比如,stand close to me,这种近是看得见的,而watch closely,表示“密切地观察”,closely在这里表示抽象意味。本题中value highly表示非常看重,是抽象意味,所以不用high,而用highly。
第六句中,改activity为activities。activity是可数名词,前面有some修饰,所以要用复数形式。
第六句中,改where为which。根据上下文判断,此处是定语从句,从句谓语是系动词is,谓语前面需要有从句的主语,where是副词,不可以充当句子主语,定语从句缺主语指物的时候本来是that和which都可以的,但是前面有逗号,逗号后不用that,用which。(注:改错中凡是遇到定语从句的时候都停下来思考一下是否有从句引导词、从句引导词是否用得正确,考虑的方法可以是:先假定该引导词不存在,从句缺主语或宾语、空格中的词指物的时候填which或者that,缺主语或宾语指人的填who、that或者whom,不缺主语也不缺宾语时用关系副词where、when、why,缺定语时用whose。)
第七句中,改trying为try。该句是祈使句,祈使句指命令或请求的语气,用来要求别人做什么或不做什么。祈使句应该是动词原形开头,该动词顺便作该句子的谓语动词,动词原形前可以有适当的副词,如下一句Always remember …。该句中,一是祈使句,要用动词原形,二是,trying是非谓语形式,不可单独作句子谓语,如果不改动,句子就没有谓语。
第七句中,去掉was。happen这个词没有被动形式,英语中,凡是某种形式的be加过去分词,都是表被动,再根据上下文,该句应该用过去时,所以直接去掉was就可以了。
第九句中,改all为both。句子意思是“我希望你们能够讲和。”根据上下文,这个“你们”指的是you和Lily两人,两者都both,三者或三者以上采用all。