There are about fif hundred languages in the world. But 36 a few of them are very 37 .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but 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 38 language. Many millions are 39 to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different40 Have you ever41ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? 'Learn English in six weeks, or your 42back...' 'Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 43you your English in a month.44 the first day your45will be excellent. Just send …'Of course, it never 46quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should47that we all learned our own language well when we were 48 . If we could learn English in the sameway, it would not seem so difficult.49what a small childdoes. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 50 in it allthe time. Just imagine how much 51that gets!
So it is52 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 53upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 54much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 55 . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）
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