My hometown is a beautiful place.It stands beside a wide river at the foot of low green hills. It has many fine buildings and wide streets. They are trees and flowers everywhere.
But it has not always been like that. In the old days, it was a sad ,dirty little town.Landlords and merchants lived in the few good houses.For the working people there were only dark , unhealthy rooms in old buildings ,and hurts on narrow muddy streets. Nearly everyone was poor and many had no work.
Everything has changed since liberation.The people led by the Party, have got rid of the mud and dirt.They have put up schools,theatres, shops and flats.They have an assembly hall and and hospital.Along the river they have built offices , hotels and a big park. Factories wit-h tall chimneys have sprung up.On the river steamers and boats come and go busily day and night. They carry the product products of our industries to all parts of the province.
I love my hometown , and I love its people.They too have changed. Healthy and happy.Th-ey have going all out to built Socialism.
第一：But it has not always been like that.
可是过去并不一直是这个样子。例如：
They lived like that until liberation. 。解放以前，他们一直是这样生活。
Don't talk like that .不要这样说话。
第二，In the old days, it was a sad ,dirty little town.
在过去，他是一个凄凉肮脏的小镇。
Little做“小”解时常常有感情色彩，例如：
a poor little girl，可怜的小女孩儿。
A beautiful little flower。 如果只是说形状，规模很小，可以用small，比如:
a small house ; a small factory。
第三，For the working people there were only dark , unhealthy rooms in old buildings ,and hurts on narrow muddy streets.
劳动人民住的却只有老房子里的昏暗、不卫生的房间和泥泞小街上的小房子。
句子中rooms、 buildings、 streets都是可数名词，用的都是复数形式，前面不加冠词，表示泛指。
句子中派生词，health健康，healthy健康的；mud 烂泥，muddy泥泞的；build。修建，build-ing建筑物。
第四，The people led by the Party, have got rid of the mud and dirt.
在党的领导下，人民清除了污泥和垃圾。
led by the Party在党的领导下，作状语，修饰谓语。
to got rid of 是一个习惯。
第五，Healthy and happy.The-y have going all out to built Socialism.
他们都健康愉快，鼓足干劲，建设社会主义。
第六，Everything has changed since liberation.
解放以来，一切全变了样。
since所连接的时间状语是现在完成时句子里常用的。例如：
I haven't seen him since monday/since he moved to Wuhan/since I left in1970。