2007年12月17日 星期一
Dec 17th, 2007
Yesterday was the celebration day that our school has been run for 38 years. One of the most important activities is the cars' exhibition. I went back to school for taking a look after work yesterday afternoon. There were so many cars that made me start to think about saving some money to buy a car for myself after I graduate as my graduation gift. Having a car is really convenient no matter where I want to go. However, there is only a problem that I need to concern about is that the price of the gas has become much more expensive. As a result, I think I will just keep using my scooter, and deal with that after I graduate.
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Your first sentence is not natural or idiomatic English. The day you're talking about has three different names, one formal name and two informal names. The informal names are "birthday" and "anniversary". The formal name is "founder's day". That suggests that a good sentence might be "Yesterday was the thirty-eighth celebration of our school's founder's day" or "Yesterday was the thirty-eighth anniversary of our school's founding".
"the car exhibition" is English, but your version is a direct translation from Chinese.
"to take a look" is English.
You said "Having a car is really convenient no matter where I want to go", but that's only because you don't have one but want one. Cars may be convenient in the rain and the cold, but when there's no parking or the traffic is heavy, or there's an accident or road construction ahead, they are inconvenient. And when you have to make major repairs, they are a financial drain. They are also a financial drain when you have to take them to the auto shop for their regular maintenance: the fancier the car, the more expensive the maintenance charge.
This is a weird way of saying things: "However, there is only a problem that I need to concern about is that the price of the gas has become much more expensive." It should be more like this: "However, there is one problem that I need to be concerned about: the price of gas has become much higher recently." You could also say "gas has become much more expensive lately".
The point about "higher" versus "expensive" is that prices are high(er) or low(er), not more or less expensive; gas is more or less expensive, though.
Don't spend your money until you have it to spend. It's not worth putting yourself into hock for anything so space-wasting and financially draining as a car.
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