1. I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school, but it was a bit challenging for me at first because all the homework was in English.

我发现这儿的家庭作业没有我原来学校的多，但一开始对我有些挑战性，因为所有作业都是英语的。

As.....as, 中间加形容词或副词,一般要连接两个相同的句子成分, 请比较下面两句话:

You hate him as much as I (=You hate him as much as I hate him).

You hate him as much as me(=You hate him as much as you hate me).

Used to 过去常常, 隐含的意思是现在的情况已经不同。例如:

She used to study very hard. ( She does not study so hard any more).

Used to 的否定形式是usedn't to/ didn't use to

注意：be used to sth/doing 表示习惯于....

2. Cooking was really fun as I learnt how to buy, prepare and cook food.

当我学着怎样买菜、洗菜、烧饭时，烹饪真的是一件有趣的事。

fun是名词,有趣的事情, 副词really并非修饰它,而是修饰前面的be动词was

试比较: He is really a funny guy. 和 He is a really funny guy.这两句意思虽然相同, 但really修饰的对象不同,因此说话的侧重点也不同。

3. I do like eating desserts after meals as you mentioned in your article.

就像你在文章中提到的那样，我的确喜欢在饭后吃甜食。

Do、did在陈述句中，用在动词前表示强调，可译作的确、确实。

4. Upon finishing his studies, he started travelling in China.

完成学业之后，他开始在中国旅行。

介词upon/ on加doing相当于带as soon as 的时间状语从句。

Upon finishing his study＝As soon as he finished his study

5. Former student return from China

一位校友重中国归来

former, past, old 虽然都和过去有关，但 侧重点不同。 former："过去曾经是...的、 前任....", past: "过去的" old"老的、从前的"。例如: former president前总统，past experience以往的经验，my old school我的母校。

6. earn, achieve和gain

这三个单词的基本意思都是"get"但含义不尽相同, earn ：get as the reward of work（挣