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| There are about fifteen hundred
languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is
one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but
also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own
language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign
language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult
to learn English Different people may have different answers. Have you ever
noticed ads (广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines "Learn English in
six weeks, or give your money back . . .", "easy and funny ...", "Our records
and tapes help you master English in a month". Of course, it never happened
quite like this. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and takes much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the students’ work for them. |