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.