Our British English teacher Alex recommended a book called ‘Manna’ to us for its simple grammar and vocabulary. After reading it, we all agreed on that it was an extremely attractive fiction.

The author of ‘Manna’ is Marshall Brain, who is a writer, a well-known national speaker and a consultant in U.S. In his fiction, he tells us his point of view on robots’ coming out in near future. It seems to be a science fiction, maybe a political fiction, who knows, because almost any book could be associated with politics.

The following is the link of this fiction:
Manna by Marshall Brain

If you have your own options after reading the book, I am looking forward to talking with you about that.

最近南方台风肆虐，不知道是不是大连也受到了影响，天气也很糟糕，特别凉。今天由于两个同事临时有事回沈城了，我们就决定暂时休息一天。顺便抽出时间复习一下前段时间学习的内容。

在上次写作课上，Michael给我们讲了一下如何在正式写作中给句子加标点，的确这各问题让我们很头疼。他给我们举了三个例子：
[Ex.]
(1) It’s too far to walk to school it is snowing.
(2) It’s too far to walk to school, it is snowing.
(3) It’s too far to walk to school, moreover, it is snowing.

看看上面的三个句子有哪些错误：
句子(1)中间缺少标点(No punctuation)；
句子(2)使用’,'来分割两个完整的并列句，不符合标准语法(Tow or more complete sentences joined by comma)；
句子(3)使用了一个副词moreover来连接两个并列句，但是标点有问题。(Two complete sentences joined by adverbs incorrectly punctuated)

那么我们如何来修正上面的句子呢，我们可以有若干方法:
(1) It’s too far to walk to school; It is snowing.
(2) It’s too far to walk to school, and it is snowing.
(3) It’s too far to walk to school; moreover, it is snowing.
 
总结一下连接两个简单句(并列句)的方法有几种：
假设A、B为两个简单句
1、A ; B
2、A, conj(and/but/so) B
3、A; adv(moreover/however/therefore/thus), B

还有一种叫复合句，复合句的标点相对简单，一般是：
主句, if/when/because + 从句
或者 If/When/Because + 从句，主句