1、来自镜子里的忠告——如何学习英语CHINESE is one of the hardest languages on earth. I knew that when l started out learning it ten years ago. At that time a friend of mine who had studied the language told me that the task of learning Chinese was "a five-year lesson in humility." I assumed that what he
2、 meant by this was that after five years of hard work I would have succeeded in mastering Chinese, while learning humility along the way. After five years, however, I realized the true meaning of his words: I still had not mastered Chinese, but I had definitely become a more humble pe
3、rson. 汉语是世界上最难学的语言之一，这一点我在十年前开始学习它的时候是知道的；当时我一个学过汉语的朋友告诉我说，学习汉语的过程是一个“五年谦卑之旅”；我当时以为他说这话的意思是通过五年的艰苦努力在学会谦卑的同时就能掌握汉语了；五年之后我才明白这句话的真正含义：我还没有掌握汉语，但毫无疑问，相比以前我已经谦虚得多了。Now I am in China living, working and teaching English. Having grappled with Chinese for a decade or so, I also have a dee
4、p understanding and sympathy for the difficulties faced by Chinese learners of English. When I look into the face of a Chinese person struggling mightily to construct an English sentence, it's like looking into a mirror -- I see my own tortuous difficulties reflected in theirs. Englis
5、h is awfully hard, too, of course, if it's not your native language. Many of my Chinese friends have asked me for advice on ways to improve their English. What follows are just some of my observations and suggestions on how to better study foreign languages based on many years of hard
6、 experience studying Chinese.目前我正在中国生活、工作、教英语；在我本人和汉语你来我往地较量了十多年之后，对于中国人学英语所面临的艰难困苦有了更深的理解和同情。每当我看着一个中国人为了说出一句像样的英语那种抓耳挠腮、山穷水尽的样子，我仿佛觉得自己面对的是一面镜子，里边照出来的就是我自己当年所经历的千辛万苦。英语如果不是你的母语，那学起来也难得很；我的许多中国朋友都曾经问过我有什么好办法能帮助他们学好英语，下面就是我在自己多年苦学汉语经验的基础上总结出来的学习外语的规律和建议。Adopt a realistic attitudeFirst
7、 of al1, we all know there are no shortcuts. Despite the inflated claims of certain language teaching methods, language learning takes a long time, and requires lots of hard work. There is no magic technique, book, or tape that will solve all your problems for you. Shouting English se
