Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don’t want or need to learn too much.

The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don’t necessarily want to be able to run a marathon (马拉松). You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning.

Let’s get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency (流利), unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way.

It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won’t have to spend too much time.

The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn’t the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity.

1.In the writer’s opinion, it is easy for adults to learn English if _______.

A．they are especially talented people

B．they don’t want or need to learn too much

C．they have to spend a lot of time on it

D．they have a chance to go abroad

2.The writer believes that if you want to be good at a foreign language, you will probably _______.

A．forget your own goals

B．become a talented language learner

C．get tired of learning it

D．reach your learning goal

3.The best title of this passage would be _______.

A．Easy Language Learning                   B．Hard Language Learning

C．Fluency in a Foreign Language              D．A way of Language Learning

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things to quickly and you can’t understand them. But  if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem t be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is, “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”

1.What is the best way for you to learn a language according to the writer?

A. writing.            B. using it.         C. listening.

2.What should you do in learning English?

A. Write as quickly as you can.

b. Speak English as much as you can.

C. Laugh more often.

3. When people laugh at your mistakes, what should you do?

A. Not care.            B. Be happy.         C. Feel worried.

4. What should you do when you make a mistake?'

A. Keep quiet.

b. Get angry.

C. Keep your sense of humor

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Anyone will make mistakes.          

B. People never make mistakes.        

C. Few people make mistakes.

Listening is just as ______ as speaking in language learning.

We each have memory (记忆力).That’s why we still remember things after a long time.Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a shot time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again.Many of the great men of the world have surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language.Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child.He learns the sounds, remember them and then he learns to speak.Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries.They can learn two languages easily because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day.In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
【小题1】Why can some people easily learn many things in a short time?

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things to quickly and you can’t understand them. But  if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem t be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is, “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
【小题1】What is the best way for you to learn a language according to the writer?
A. writing.            B. using it.        C. listening.
【小题2】What should you do in learning English?
A. Write as quickly as you can.
b. Speak English as much as you can.
C. Laugh more often.
【小题3】When people laugh at your mistakes, what should you do?
A. Not care.            B. Be happy.        C. Feel worried.
【小题4】What should you do when you make a mistake?'
A. Keep quiet.
b. Get angry.
C. Keep your sense of humor
【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?
A. Anyone will make mistakes.
B. People never make mistakes.
C. Few people make mistakes.