Things That I `d Learned Through Learning English(写作练习)

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My purpose of learning English is that I hope I could communicate with my clients and my boss fluently with  less misunderstandings.  The ways I have tried to reach my purpose are, beside  improving my skills in reading, writing, intonations and  pronunciations, I  also  manage to learn expressions  via talking with native English Speakers. 

 

My determination for achieving  my goal seems to be strong and unbeatable in the eyes of my friends.  It is not because  the sky is not limit for me, it is because my recent schedule allows me to squeeze some time to improve myself.  So to help myself to make a difference, lately I have been  writing  at least one article per day  and  have never skipped reading the Great Gat*****y that has been a sort of hot patootie in the forum. Speaking of  reading this book,  although so far  I have encountered  quite a few new words and expressions  that  always drive me  frustrated, especially when I was very tired and could not keep my eyelids from fighting against each other,  I still did not want to give it up. I found that  splashing some cold water on my face or drinking some hot coffee really could keep me away from drifting off and help me keep reading for a few more mintues.   Isn`t it  normal to go through a lot of frustrations when it comes to study a difficult book like this one?   I realized that it is not like practicing my Marathon running,  that I could  manage to choose a shortcut as I wish.  I believe that there is no shortcut in learning a language beside working hard to make a progress little by little. 

 

Through  learning English I have learned something useful for life, too.  As an adult, I  study at no one`s bidding,  of course. I am independent and  responsible for myself and  my behaviours, and I know that  I should improve myself  only but other people's  behaviours,  and I never should give it a try.  My strong motivation of improving my English can be traced back a few years ago when I was working for a call center as a customer  service representative and a property management office as an Executive Assistant 2  years earlier.  Things that I will forget are, in the call center, one of my customers asked me twice to go back to learn more English in an extreme mean voice over the phone,  and the property manager stared at my eyes and said  how much she had been disappointed with my bad English.  Facing those insults I was speechless.  I comforted myself that maybe the customer was so frustrated by the wrong bill he had received so he took it out on me,   and my boss, she must be stressed out through  her divorce case. However,  I admitted that I was not able to use English effectively as others including  those people whose English is their second language.  It is that customer and my former boss helped me realize how bad my English was, and still is not good till now.  I never want to recall those unhappy experience until recently.  That day,  out of my expectation,  I received a very offensive message in my post,   I was mad and was about to say something back to protect my dignity.  However, a friend of mine comforted me and  she asked me to remain calmed,  she said that  because maybe that person had been  stressed out  at his work and he just wanted to take it out on me, so do not even give it a damn.  The more I pay attention to what he said the more he would get excited. When nobody pays  attention to him he would be dead like a dead duck .  I thought my friend was right. Let those  who have unfriendly mindset take their time to calm down.  I am not able to have the control over  those who like to hurt other people's feelings , but I can manage myself not to  give  people those  villainous words that could  be even more hurtful to myself, if I am in an unhealthy mentality.

 

There are still a lot out there for me to learn,  not only English.  No matter what,  I think as long as I can manage to hold a positive attitude toward learning,  and be respectful to everybody in the learning environment.,I will be respected as well. Learning is like rowing boat  in a river where is not always peaceful and quite, sometimes I need to prepare myself for the currents  as well.  Anyway, where there is a will there is a way, and  it is a good idea not to  throw stone at my neighbors' windows  when I am living in a glass house.  Dear friends, do you agree with me? Many thanks and gratitude  to all who have helped me a lot!

 

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谢小蔓撰写的学英语的一些心历路程。学海无涯,与小蔓共勉。 -珈玥- 给 珈玥 发送悄悄话 珈玥 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 19:30:36

Thanks 珈玥 !When one's English grows, when one understands jokes, -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (478 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 21:01:52

:D probably I will hover in one point for a long period of time. -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (101 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 21:27:52

Thanks for your reply.Good night. -珈玥- 给 珈玥 发送悄悄话 珈玥 的博客首页 (269 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 21:51:37

这个 :D 就是没事就傻笑,哈哈大笑的意思。:是眼睛,D是嘴巴。哈哈! 谢班长鼓励! -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 21:59:55

总算明白了,谢谢你告诉我,看来许多的网络符号,我还得补课。 -珈玥- 给 珈玥 发送悄悄话 珈玥 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 22:02:38

坚持就是胜利!小蔓! -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (2037 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 22:33:43

多谢文青鼓励!改良后简洁多了,原话比较冗长,以后要注意。:) -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/29/2012 postreply 22:55:08

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