A very interesting thing happened to me last year．One night，long after most people had 1 to a musical show and were talking about the people we had seen and heard in it．“The show made him 2 overnight，”my friend said about one of them．“He was unknown before．And now thousands of people 3 him presents and letters．”“I 4 him quite good，”I said，“but not worth thousands of letters．In fact，one of his 5 gave me a shock (惊奇)．It gave people too much 6ndline．”“What was that?”My friend asked me．“7 it to me．”I began to sing at the top of my voice．“No，no，you will give everybody a shock and 8 them up for kilometers round．Maybe there will be a policeman 9 us．”“Never mind．”I said and 10 singing loudly．
Just at that time there came a policeman．11 in front of me with his note
book open．“12ndline，sir，”he said，“you have a very good voice．Who taught you
singing? I am very 13ndline to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons，she likes it very much．Would you be 14 enough to tell me your name and 15? Then my wife and I will visit you and we can talk about it．”
Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English．But not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother tongue．Actually Chinese is much more difficult 1 than English．
Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very well．If you didn't see them, you would 2 them for Chinese．What makes them 3 ?
“For me, conversation is the most helpful．I try to speak 4 Chinese．If you only listen to what others 5 , you'll be good at listening, but if you talk as much as you 6 , you'll find you can speak good English,”says Jenny Brown, an English girl now 7 Chinese at Beijing University． 8 is interested in Chinese and its history．She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know 9 about the country．
Chinese is different from English, 10 we can use the same way in learning them．
