4.learning any language takes a lot of effort.but don"t give up. (学习任何语言都是需要花费很多努力，但不要放弃。)

3.A great man once said it is necessary to dill as much as possible,and the more you apply it in real situations,the more natural it will become. (一位伟人曾说，反复操练是非常必要的，你越多的将所学到的东西运用到实际生活中，他 们就变的越自然。)

2.The way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as often as possible(学习一门语言的方法就是要尽量多地练习说。)

1.What is language for?some people seem to think it"s for practicing grammar rules and　 learning lists of words---the longer the words the better.that"s wrong.language is for the　 exchange of ideas,for communication. 　(语言到底是用来干什么的呢？一些人认为它是用来操练语法规则和学习一大堆单词--而且单词越长越好 。这个想法是错误的。语言是用来交换思想，进行交流沟通的！)

11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you"ll end up working for one. 善待乏味的人。有可能到头来你会为一个乏味的人工作。

10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 电视并不是真实的生活。在现实生活中，人们实际上得离开咖啡屋去干自己的工作。

9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don"t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time. 生活不分学期。你并没有暑假可以休息，也没有几位雇主乐于帮你发现自我。自己找时间做吧。

8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they"ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn"t bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. 你的学校也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生，但生活却仍在作出类似区分。在某些学校已经废除不及格分；只要你想找到正确答案，学校就会给你无数的机会。这和现实生活中的任何事情没有一点相似之处。

7. Before you were born, your parents weren"t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents" generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room. 在你出生之前，你的父母并非像他们现在这样乏味。他们变成今天这个样子是因为这些年来他们一直在为你付账单，给你洗衣服，听你大谈你是如何的酷。所以，如果你想消灭你父母那一辈中的"寄生虫"来拯救雨林的话，还是先去清除你房间衣柜里的虫子吧。

6. If you mess up, it"s not your parents" fault, so don"t whine about our mistakes, learn from them. 如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的过错，所以不要尖声抱怨我们的错误，要从中吸取教训。