На этом фото мне 18 лет, и оно сделано в далеком 1991 году. Я учусь на геолого-географическом факультете.Именно тогда ко мне обратились наши соседи с просьбой подтянуть их близнецов. Я обучала детей всех своих подруг. Так начался мой репетиторский путь
This picture was taken way back in 1991, when I was in school, majoring in geology/geography. That was also when my my neighbors asked me to tutor their twins/help their twins with their schoolwork. I've been teaching all my friends' kids (ever since). That's how my journey as a tutor started.
This photo of me was taken in 1991 when I was 18. I was doing my undergraduate in geology and geography. That was when my neighbours asked me to brush up some gaps in their twins’ knowledge. I taught the children of all my friends. That was the time when my work as a private teacher had begun
I'm 18 in this photo and it was taken back in 1991 when I was majoring in geology and geography/when I was a student at geology and geography department. It was when I was asked to help these twins next door catch up on their school work. Ever since I've taught all my (girl) friends' children (one way or another). That's how my journey as a tutor started.
Anna:
• First and second sentence great 👍🏼
• THAT WAS WHEN usually prefaces something about you that the reader is already familiar with. For instance, if the reader knows you have a little boy, you can write something like THAT WAS WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT WITH SASHA.
• BRUSH UP is usually done for yourself; GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE sounds more Russian than English.
• THE CHILDREN OF ALL MY FRIENDS sounds a bit cumbersome when you can simply say MY FRIENDS' KIDS
• In the last sentence you're pointing at a specific point in the past - this type of scenario almost always begs for the simple past. You used the pluperfect, which would be better suited for a time BEFORE that specific point in the past.
Let me know if you have any questions. Good try!
Thank you Uly
Tatiana:
• Excellent first sentence 👍🏼 (except for the second DEPARTMENT option - that sounds more Russian)
• THAT was when... remember that THAT is more "separate" and emphatic than IT. Here, we're using the timeline of the photo to reference another event that happened simultaneously, but separately, so THAT and ALSO are both in order.
• help the twins next door catch up on their school work 👍🏼
• Ever since THEN, I've taught...
• all my friends' children (IN one way or another)
• Excellent last sentence 👍🏼
Anna, if I can be frank, at your level of English, you’re wasting your time on here. LingvoLive is a garbage can - mostly non-native guessing at English, copying the dictionary, with no idea of whether what they’re writing is current or even used in that context. I do what I can on here as the only native English speaker, and they even argue with ME. You should take a look at and get some REAL help with your English.
Огромное спасибо, Uly!))
Anytime, Tatiana!
Ули, у тебя вместо how случайно now)
That's HOW - очепятка)
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Thank you, Uly. I didn’t know about journaly, I’ll look into it)
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