WhydoIkeeponlearningEnglish?

　　IhavelearnedEnglishsinceIwastwelve.IkeepitasahabitwhichIamproudof.Ihaveneverdoneanotherthingforeighteenyears.AlthoughtillnowmyworkhasnothingtodowithEnglish,anditishardformetofindanysituationtousethelanguage,IstillkeeponreadingtheEnglishDigest,listeningtotheEnglishnewsandsometimesrecitetheNewConceptEnglishtexts.

　　Duringmyschooltime,Ilearneditinordertopasstheexamsandgetdegrees.IliketofindtherightchoicetogetahighscoreintheEnglishtesteventhoughIdidnotknowwhatitreallymeans.Igetmuchconfidenceinthetests.IevenbelievethatImusthavesometalentinlearninglanguage.

　　WhenIleftschool,IkeeponlearninginthethoughtthatIhavedonesomuchinthisworkanditwouldbeagreatlossifIgiveup.AtthesametimeIwasinspiredbythesuccessofotherEnglishlearnersandinthehopethat"Ifthereissomebodycando,Ican."

　　ButgraduallyIrealizedthatIhavewastedsomuchtimeinlearningaskillIdonotneed,andmoreover,withanimproperandinefficientway.ThereisnoshortageofadvisorstotellhowimportantEnglishisatthesocalledglobalage.ButlanguageisonlyatoolforcommunicationanditismeaninglessunlessIuseitforcommunication.

　　IusedtohopethatIcanspeakEnglishasfluentlyasChinese,andseriouslybelievethatwitheffortandpatienceIwillgettoitsomeday.ButnowIamnotsocertainwhetheritisnecessarywhenIfailedtofindajobwhichrequiresfluentEnglish.Obviouslytwowaysahead,one,giveupandsavetimeforsomeotherthing;theother,continueandfindtheopportunitytopractice.Choosethebestanswerfromthechoices.