【推荐1】“Practice makes perfect” is a very popular saying in ________ Chinese and English. It means that if you want to learn something new, you have to practice it many times, and then you may remember ________ you learn. Also we can say the more you know something, ________ you can do it. No matter what we do, those words are very ________ to us.

We can take English study ________ an example. If we want to learn some new words by heart, we must learn them and read them again and again ________ we can remember them. Sometimes it will ________ us a lot of time to remember, but once we remember, we can use them ________. If we ________ our best, we will do it very well. When you take an English exam and meet some meanings and usages (用法) you don’t remember, how will you feel at that time? You must feel ________ . So English study means that you ________ to practice more and more.

We can look at ________ example in learning. When we read the same story for many times, we can remember it ________ well that we can tell it to others. At the same time, we can also ________ some stories from what we have heard. So in our study and life, we should keep the sentence “Practice makes perfect” in our mind. ________, we can study well and live a better life.

【推荐2】Have you ever seen the advertisement about learning foreign languages： Learn a foreign language in six weeks, _______give your money back?   Of course, it________happens quite like that. The only language________to learn is the mother language. And think________practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language to study the literature（文学）of the country, Now most people want to________a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning it.

How do they do it? Some people try at home________books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs.________they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week learning it will take a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it________But most people are unable to do this, and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very________, but they cannot do the students' work.________the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.

【推荐3】How can we practice our spoken English?

The first and the most important thing is to believe in yourself. You should always be full of confidence or you will ________ be able to improve your English. You should often ________ yourself, “Come on! Don’t be afraid!” Maybe you are afraid of ________ face, but you should think we are students and we’re learning, there’s no need to worry about anything. You must always be ________ in practicing. It’s no problem that your intonation(语调) won’t be as good as a native（本地的）speaker ________ we are Chinese, and we haven’t had the chance to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there. But you must know ________ the main goal of studying English is to make ourselves understood and understand others. You should believe native speakers will not ________ you. Instead they will encourage you. So if you are ________ enough, you’ll certainly make rapid progress in your spoken English.