10 . Do you love learning foreign languages? I love it so much that I like to learn a new language every two years, now working on my eighth one. As a successful language learner, people always ask me, “How do you speak so many languages like a polyglot?” They wanted to know why they are spending years trying to learn even one language, never making it.
To be honest, I really don’t know why. I’m curious to know what makes me speak several languages faster than other people. I decided to meet other people like me and find that out. I met Benny from Ireland, who told me that his way is to start speaking from day one. He learns a few phrases from a travel phrasebook and goes to meet native speakers and starts talking with them right away. He doesn’t mind making even 200 mistakes a day, because that’s how he learns, based on the practice.
I met some people who always start by learning sounds of the language, and others who always learn the 500 most used words of the language. And yet others who always start by reading about the grammar. As I was listening to these people telling me about their ways, it suddenly hit me that we simply found ways to enjoy the language learning. All of them use different ways, but they always make sure it is something that they personally enjoy. I realized that this is actually how I learn languages myself.
We are not geniuses (天才) and we have no shortcut to learning languages. It is really important to know how to turn language learning from a boring school subject into a pleasant activity which you don’t mind doing every day. In that way, you will love learning a language like me.
1. Which of the following best explains “polyglot” underlined in paragraph 1?
A.Successful English learners. | B.Experienced and trusted advisers. |
C.People who can speak several languages. | D.Someone who can master one language quickly. |
2. What do we know about Benny?
A.He learns languages by communicating in real life. |
B.He reads words and grammar from a book every day. |
C.He is afraid of making many mistakes while speaking. |
D.He always talks with Irish people without mistakes. |
3. Why did the author learn languages successfully?
A.She spent a lot of time on grammar. |
B.She only learned 500 most used words. |
C.She talked with native speakers at the beginning. |
D.She found happiness on the way of learning languages. |
4. What is the text mainly about?
A.Find shortcuts to learning languages. | B.Share ways of learning several languages. |
C.When to choose a new language to learn. | D.Never give up when learning a foreign language. |