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InterestIstheBestTeacher
iwasnotabletogethighmarkswheniwasinprimaryschool.teachersdidn'tlikemebecauseiwasnotagoodstudent.motherconsideredmeasabadkid.theyhurtmebythinkingiamaretardedchild.butiamnofool.
almostallofmypaintingswereshowedinpublic.manyfamousartistshadpraisedmeformypaintings.theycalledme"littleprodigy".anddadwasonmysidetoo.heencouragedmetodowhatilikedandwhatithoughtwasproper.
hetoldmethatinterestisthebestteacher,daddidwhathecouldtodevelopmytalentfully.ibelievethatinteresttogetherwithhardworkwillmakemeasuccessfulartistinthenearfuture.
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thereisasayingsays"interestisthebestteacher".italsomeansthatyouwilllearnbetterifyouareinterestedinit.it'samatteroffact.iwillgiveyoumyopinionsinthefollowing.
let'shaveacleardefinitionofinterest.whatisinterest?interestmeanshobby.lifewillbeboringanddrearyifonelivesalifewithoutanyhobby.hardlyanyoneisamanwithoutanyinterest.forinstance,someoneslikesinging,somelikepainting,somelikeplayinggames,somelikehandwriting,etc.nomatterwhathishobbyis,hemustdevotehimselfintothisfieldbecausehelikesit.
forexample,iwasveryinterestedinhardnibcalligraphywheniwasateenager.myidlowasPangZhonghuaatthattime.iadmiredhishandwritingverymuchandiregardedhisworksasworksofarts.ibeganmytrainningofhardnibcalligraphy.iwassoaddictedinitthatiwasnotwillingtodootherthingseventhoughit'stimeformealsorgotobed.owingtomyinterestandhardtraining,myhardnibcalligraphymadeagreatprocessafteraperiodoftime.fromthen,ourteachersbeganletmehelpthemwritesomearticles.iwasoneofthethreebeststudentsonhardnibcalligraphybeforeigraduatedfrommyseniorhighschool.
wheniwasatgradesix,iwasnotgoodatenglishespeciallyongrammar,ioftenfeltshamedwhilemyenglishteacheraskedmetoanswersomequestionsaboutgrammer.oncebyaccident,igotanenglishgrammarbookformmysister.ireadsomelinesandfounditwassoeasywithabitoffunsandtechniquesinit.thenireadthegrammarbookaslongasiwasfree.someweekslater,myenglishwasimprovedtobetheNo.2ofourclassandamongthetopthreeinourschool.
thereisanotherexampleofmyown.it'snoneedtodetailithere..inawhole,ifyouhaveainterestonsomething,doitandpersistittotheenduntilyousucceedinit.
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Thesedays,ihavebeenkeepingonreadingarticlesfromNewConceptEnglish.It'sanicewaytosendyourvoiceintoourspace,youcanenjoyyourownvoicewhenyouarefree,anotheradvantageisyoucancomparethevoiceyoureadnowandbefore,youcanfeelyourprogressaccordingtothevoicerecord.Whenyoureadanotherarticle,youhavetriedtoadjustthepronunciationandtoneofsomewordsandsentencesyouthinkyoucan'treadwellbefore.
AfterihavenearlyfinishedreadingthetextsN0.2NewConceptEnglish,Ifeltit'snotenoughtobeonlysatisfiedwithcorrectpronunciation,ihopetohaveanactiveexpressionanddifferentspeeds,differentcharactersshouldusedifferenttones.Whenyougiveyourselfahigherstandard,sometimesyouhavetoreadmanytimes,butidontfeelboringandtiredtoreadthearticleasusual.Itseemsiamcorrectingmyworks.Ifyoureadthesearticleswithsuchattitude,don'tyouthinkyouwillbe
