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Is Learning English Easy or Not? There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of these. Many, many people use it. Not only in England and the U.S.A. but also in other parts of the world. About 200 000 000 speak it as their own language. it is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. many millions are to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or your money back…” “Easy and fun! Our records and tapes help you master your English in a month. From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send…” Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he wants something, he has to ask for it. He is using the language, talking in it, thinking in it all the time. Just imagine how muck practice that gets. So it is hard to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English depends upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and takes much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will help. But they cannot do the students work for him. 学习英语容易吗？ 在世界上约有1500种语言。但其中只有少数是非常重要的。英语是其中之一。有许许多多的人在使用它。不仅仅在英国美国，世界上许多地方都在使用。大约有20亿人把英语当成母语使用，而有多少人把它作为第二语言使用就不得而知了，事实上，成百上千的人即将把英语作为第二语言学习和使用。 学习英语容易吗？仁者见仁，智者见智。你曾经是否在报纸或杂志上看到“六周内学好英语，否则原价退钱...”“轻松有趣的英语学习。我们的唱片和磁带帮你在一个月内掌握英语。从第一天起你的发音将会超级棒。只要发送...”等这些信息呢？当然，事实肯定不是这样的。 唯一容易学习的语言就是母语。我们都记得当我们都是孩子的时候就讲母语，于是把母语学习的很好。如果我们能以同样的方式学习英