新视野大学英语第一册,英文+翻译电子版.docx

— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 新视野大学英语第一册,英文+翻译电子版 Learning a foreign language  学外语  Learning a foreign language was one of the most difficult yet most rewarding experiences of my life. Although a language was frustrating, it was well worth the effort.  学习外语是我一生中最艰苦也是最有意义的经历。虽然时常遭遇挫折，但却非常有价值。  My experience with learning a foreign language in junior middle school, when I took my first English class I had kind and patient teacher who often praised all of the students. Because of this positive method, I eagerly answered all the question I could, never worrying much about making mistakes. I was at the top of my class for two years. 我学外语的经历始于初中的第一堂英语课。老师很慈祥耐心，时常表扬学生。由于这种积极的教学方法，我踊跃回答各种问题，从不怕答错。两年中，我的成绩一直名列前茅。  When I went to senior middle school ,I was eager to continue studying English ; however, my experience in senior middle school was very different from before. While my former teacher had been patient with all of the students, my teacher quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers. When we answered incorrectly, she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted,”NO!no!no!”it didn’t take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions. Not only did I lose my joy in answering questions, but I also lost my desire to say anything at all in English.到了高中后，我渴望继续学习英语，然而高中时的经历与以前大不相同。以前老师对所有的学生都很耐心，而新老师则总是惩罚答错的学生。每当有谁回答错了，她会用长教鞭指着我们，上下挥舞着，大喊道：“错！错！错！”没有多久，我便不再渴望回答问题了。我不仅失去了回答问题的乐趣，而且根本就不想再用英语说半个字。  However, state didn’t last long. When I when to college, I learned that all students were required to take an English course. Unlike my senior middle school teacher, my college English teachers were patient and kind, and none of them carried long, pointed sticks! The situation was far from perfect, though. As our classes were very large, I was only able to answer a couple of questions in each class period. Also, after a few weeks of classes, I noticed there were many students who spoke much better than I did. I began to feel intimidate