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　　Here are a few tips we’ve put together to help you learn English well．

　　Tip 1　Speak, speak, speak!

　　Practise speaking as often as you can－even speaking to yourself is good practice．

　　Try recording yourself whenever you can．Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another go．If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last．

　　Tip 2　Why not learn with someone else?

　　It helps if you can learn with someone else．If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working．Agree times to meet and set goals for the week, and test each other regularly．

　　Tip 3　Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know

　　Ptactise improvising(即兴的)ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地), even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases．Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time．A basic example is the rise of tenses．If you don’t know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word for “yesterday”．Use facial expression, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across．

　　Tip 4　Language learning is also about intuition(直觉)

　　Guesswork is an important strategy in learning a new language．When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything first time round．If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time．Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up．For example, what do the speakers sound like? Happy? Angry? Calm? etc．

　　Tip 5　Build up your vocabulary

　　A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once．It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time．Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them．Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later．Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic．

　　And above all, have fun!

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　　Jenny likes her work with computers and can do a lot of clever things with them．

　　“Computers are really like 　　1　　 to me nowadays,” Jenny told her mother one day．“I can ask them questions, and they 　　2　　 just like people, but more politely and without arguing(争论), and you don’t have to 　　3　　 whether you are going to hurt their feelings．And they never lie!”

　　“I should hope not!” her mother answered．“It 　　4　　 a nice thing, doesn’t it?” “But can 　　5　　 of them think for themselves?”

　　“I’m afraid 　　6　　,” Jenny said．“you can get no more out of them than what you’ve put in．It’s called programming．But it’s wonderful what you can 　　7　　 them to do．”

　　“Well,” Jenny’s mother said, “I’d like to 　　8　　 whether you can program me one of them to give me some advice．”

　　“I hope so,” answered Jenny．“I’ll try it 　　9　　, what do you want advice about?”

　　“Well,” her mother answered, “I have 　　10　　 watches：one of them gains(走快)one second every minute, and the other has stopped and 　　11　　 start again．I would feel pleased if I know which I should 　　12　　．Do you 　　13　　 to ask one of your computers?”

　　Jenny laughed and answered, “That’s 　　14　　 to ask a computer, but I’ll do so．I’ll ask Donald．He’s my best 　　15　　．

　　The next evening when Jenny got home from 　　16　　, she said to her mother, “Donald advised you to keep 　　17　　 has stopped．”

　　“Really?” Jenny’s mother said．“　　18　　 did he advise that?”

　　“Because he pointed out that watch will 　　19　　 the right time once every twelve hours, 　　20　　 the other one will be right only once every five years．”

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　　When Miss Hughes entered the classroom, the children stopped playing and talking．In one body, they stood up and 　　1　　 the teacher in a loud voice, “Good morning!” Miss Hughes smiled and told the class to sit down．She found at a 　　2　　 that there seemed to be thirty five pupils in the class, 　　3　　．They were all watching her with fixed eyes, waiting no 　　4　　 to find what sort of person she was．

　　“I 　　5　　 you want to know my name,” she said．But before she could tell, a student 　　6　　, “It’s Miss Hughes．” Hughes laughed．“　　7　　 travels fast,” she said．“I’m afraid it will take me 　　8　　 to learn all your names．”Miss Hughes 　　9　　 a list and began to call the pupils’ names in 　　10　　．When she came to the last one, John, she noticed that he had been 　　11　　 for over a month, “What’s the matter with John?” she asked, looking 　　12　　．“He’s in hospital．He had his leg broken, ” said a girl in the front 　　13　　．“He slipped while skating,” 　　14　　 a boy．“Has anyone 　　15　　 to see him?” Miss Hughes asked．No one 　　16　　．

　　It was 　　17　　 to start the lesson．The pupils 　　18　　 Miss Hughes to tell them a story．“Very well”, she said．“But first of all I’d like you to write a letter to John：We’ll 　　19　　 the best ones to him and 　　20　　 him up in hospital．Now I’ll tell you a story, if you are good．”