短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下面画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
A wise man once told a happy and satisfied farmer that if he had a diamond as bigger as a thumb , he could have his own city , and if he had a diamond the size of his fist , he could be the owner of his country . The wise man left , the farmer sold his farm and left his family in the search of his intended diamonds . He looked across the country and couldn’t find a single one . He was so disappointing that he threw him into the river . Meanwhile , one morning the new owner of the farm was fed his camels by the stream when he found a stone shinning in the water . He returned for the stone and was told it was a diamond . To everyone’s astonish , the farm was in fact covered with countless diamond .