EnglishandMe

　　浙江杭州市外国语学校初三年级叶佳雯

　　Hi,friends!Asyouknow,theEnglishlanguageisgettingmoreandmoreimportantinourstudiesandlives.Why?BecausemostpeopleintheworldspeakEnglish?BecauseitisoneofthefiveworkinglanguagesintheUnitedNations?Tobemoreexact,that'sbecausetheEnglishlanguageisusedastheworldlanguagenowadays.

　　Ihadn'teverseentheEnglishalphabetuntilIenteredHangzhouForeignLanguagesSchool.DuringmyfirstEnglishlesson,theimportanceoflearningEnglishwasclearlyexplained.IsuddenlyrealizedhowbrightmyfuturewouldbeifIlearnedEnglishwell.IwouldbeabletoenjoyEnglishcartoonmovies.IwouldbeabletounderstandEnglishshortstoriesandnovels.Iwouldbeabletocommunicatewithmostforeignersinthisworldwithoutdifficulty.

　　Howcouldallthesecometrue?

　　Textbooksweresurelynotenoughformebecausetheworldtodayisfullofnewinformation.Readingmoreoutofclassbe-camesonecessary.However,themostimportantwastospeakEnglishasmuchaspossible.JustasmyEnglishteacher,MissHua,alwayssays,"WelearnEnglishnotonlyforexams.WearestudyingEnglishtogetclosertotheworld.Wereadtoknowmorewhilewemustspeaktogetknown,orwecannevercom-municatesuccessfully.

　　Littlebylittle,IfoundEnglishareallyinterestingsubjectatschool.Aftertwoyears'hardwork,nowIcanspeakdirectlytomyAmericanteachersandbefullyunderstood.Icansingbeauti-fulEnglishsongsatparties.IcanexchangeideaswithfriendsontheothersideofthePacificthroughE-mails.Icanevenreadorig-inalEnglishnovelswiththehelpofmydictionaries.

　　See!Englishmeanssomuchtome.Ifeelincrediblyhappyaboutmyselftoo.Ithasbecomeapartofmylifeaswell.

　　ItistruethatIamlearningaboutthewesterncountries.Nevertheless,thisisnotmyfinalpurposeoflearningEnglish.Atschool,wehaveAmericanteacherseverysemester.Duringclass,theyinformusoftheircultureaswellastheircountry.Butoutofclass,theyaremoreinterestedinlearningaboutourhometown,ourcountry,ourpeople,ourcultureandcustoms.ThisremindsmetotryhardertointroduceChinatomorewesterners.Ialwayskeepinmind:wearelearningabouttheworldandtheworldislearningaboutChinaatthesametime.Communicationismutual.

　　EnglishhasbecomeabridgebetweenChinaandthewesterncountries.Friends!Let'sworkhardtogethertoimproveourEng-lish1Let'spracticeEnglishwhereverandwheneverwemeet!Let'suseEnglishtolettheworldlearnmoreaboutChina!Comeon!

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