This Weeks "essay"

[Yezze]

Would anyone mind checking my "essay" for this week? Mostly just to see if the characters are correct, if the words are appropriate (as always, i looked up ones i didn't know in a translator, so i might have used the trad characters on accident), and there may be a few (hopefully 0) sentence structure errors also. Also, any tips on how to make it more authentic would be greatly appreciated!

这是我学汉语的第三年。今年我学了很多比如 。。。

在中国传统婚礼女子穿旗袍。传统婚礼放鞭炮 。传统婚礼还有茶典礼和红色的布置。我学到中国烹饪。中国有很多地区的风味。

我自己也经验了中国的文化。在春季解冻时我去圣弗朗西斯科去看我的舅父。我们去了华人街。我尝了鸡爪和较子。

今年八月份我们全家要还迎一位中国交换学生。他是西安人。他要住在我的房间住九个月。我希望他能够帮我学更多的中国文化和汉语。我知道我会帮他学英文。

Thanks!

[gougou]

Nice essay! A few things I (not a native speaker, so use at own risk) found:

还迎 --> 欢迎

烹饪 is not very commonly used; 做饭 is much more frequent in daily usage.

他要住在我的房间住九个月。 I think you need to get rid of the first 住 in this sentence.

Oh, and San Francisco has a beautiful name in Chinese, 旧金山.

[Guoke]

在中国传统婚礼女子穿旗袍。

=> 女子（新娘？）在中国传统婚礼上都穿上旗袍。

中国有很多地区的风味。

=> 中国有很多不同地方风味的菜肴。

我自己也经验了中国的文化。

=> 我自己也亲身体验了中华文化。

在春季解冻时我去圣弗朗西斯科去看我的舅父。

=> 在春季解冻时我去了旧金山探望我的舅父。

我们去了华人街。

=> 我们去了唐人街(or中国城)。

我尝了鸡爪和较子。

=> ......饺子。

今年八月份我们全家要还迎一位中国交换学生。

=> 今年八月我们家将迎接一位中国交换学生的到来。

他要住在我的房间住九个月。

=> 他将在我的房间(or我们家)住上九个月。

By the way, Can I 顺便 ask a question about the use of the phrase 'on accident' here? I've noticed that it's becoming very common among the younger generation in the states to use 'on accident' instead of 'by accident'. Is 'on accident' considered grammatically correct? How common is this phrase used in the UK and Australia?

[skylee]

I will give you limited advice if it is what you want.

As the others pointed out 圣弗朗西斯科 should have been 舊金山. It is also very commonly know as 三藩市.

PS - 鸡爪 is very commonly called 鳳爪.

[Yezze]

Thanks for all the help. Guoke, I don't know about the UK and Australia, but it seems to be all over(on accident), in the states.