Rewrite the following by putting the short sentences into compound or complex sentences, or sentences with participial, prepositional, or other phrases: Xu comes from a working-class family. He enrolled in college last fall. The dean issued a bulletin. It said the library would remain open on weekends. Last night was a wild night. The thunder roared. The wind blew a gale. The rain fell in torrents. There are icicles on the trees. The temperature must have fallen considerably during the night. He returned to his hometown. He had been away for twelve years. He looked in vain for the familiar landmarks. We have made some progress. We still have a long way to go. The sky was cloudless. The sun was shining brightly. There were over two hundred passengers on board the plane. About one third of them were foreigners. The girl began to learn to play the piano when she was a child. Her mother was a famous pianist. Napoleon was born in Corsica in 1769. At that time the island had just been acquired by France. She appeared on the stage. A stormy applause broke forth. The gypsies are really a nomadic people from India. They migrated into Europe. Once they were thought to be Egyptians. The new workers are young and inexperienced. They are eager to learn from the veteran workers. It was a poor quarter. There were a lot of small huts. They had mud walls and straw roofs. They dotted a hillside. He heard that his father was ill. He was anxious to go home to see him. He went to the station early in the morning to buy a ticket.