（The boy（B）has talked with some foreign teachers at the English Corner．Now he is telling his English teacher（T）about it．）

B：I've just been to the English Corner．

T：Oh? ___1____ Did you talk with Ben and Andy?

B：____2____ And I'm not sure if they understood me．

T：No problem．You have a good start．

B：But I'm afraid of making mistakes when I speak．

T：____3____ Be confident of yourself．

B：But do you think they like to talk with us beginners?

T：____4____

B：Well．I'm still not so confident．Yon know my pronunciation is poor．

T：____5____ Try to talk with them as much as possible．

B：All right．Thank you，sir．

Once a Frenchman lived in England．He did not know English very well．One day he went to the post office with a letter．He bought a stamp and gave it with the letter to the girl at the desk．

"Oh, no," the girl said．" You must stick（贴）the stamp on yourself．"

The Frenchman stood there and he didn't understand her words．"Why must I stick the stamp on myself? And where must I stick it?"

"Oh," said the girl．" I mean that you must stick the stamp on the letter．And you must do it yourself．"

At last, he understood the girl's words and posted his letter．

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．This story happened                ．

A．in an American city                       B．in a place of England

C．in Australia                           D．in a small Japanese town

2．The Frenchman                ．

A．knew English very well                   B．didn't know English

C．knew much English                    D．knew a little English

3．He went to the post office to           ．

A．give the letter and a stamp to the girl           B．buy a stamp

C．post a letter                           D．buy a book

4．At last               ．

A．the girl didn't say anything

B．he understood the girl's words

C．he didn't post his letter

D．the girl didn't give the Frenchman any help

5．Which of the following sentences is true?

A．The Frenchman could speak very good English．

B．He knew the girl in the post office．

C．He understood the girl very well．

D．He stuck（贴）the stamp himself at last．

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is to speak it as much as you can. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up (混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too 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(错误). Don’t be unhappy if people seem to 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】The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is        .