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　　I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang．　　1　　 voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon．I miss you so much!” I judged that it was a 　　2　　 number．A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely 　　3　　, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then 　　4　　．

　　During the following days, I got the same call 　　5　　．But I didn’t care much about it．

　　Then one day she constantly called me, 　　6　　 I didn’t answer．Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back．I miss you so much! Dad, I’m 　　7　　 so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take 　　8　　 of me．But, dad, please 　　9　　 me again, OK?” The innocent(天真的，无邪的)　　10　　 was difficult to reject(拒绝)．I made a 　　11　　 kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”

　　Shortly after this, I became 　　12　　 about who had been on the other end of my phone．So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir．I am really sorry to have 　　13　　 you．My daughter has suffered from bone cancer 　　14　　 she was born．And her father…died in an 　　15　　 a short while ago．I dare not tell her this 　　16　　．Poor baby．When she couldn’t 　　17　　 the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always 　　18　　 her．I really couldn’t bear it, so I gave her a random(随意的)phone number…”

　　“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to 　　19　　．

　　“She has 　　20　　．You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”

　　Tears blurred my eyes…．

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　　I truly hope that at the end of this short essay(短文)you will know how to learn English．

　　I was born in Somalia, and Italian is my mother tongue．　　1　　 enough, soon after I arrived in London when I was 17, I was admitted to a sixth-form college．I found caring teachers there, who patiently taught me English．This, I think, was a(n)　　2　　 factor(因素)that encouraged me to learn the language．The most important thing, 　　3　　, is to work hard．So those of you who don’t have such good teachers should not 　　4　　．When I was in London, I 　　5　　 myself to English learning as I wanted to go to university very much．Mastering(精通)the language was the only 　　　6　 to achieve my goal．

　　Now I have 　　7　　 my master’s degree from Oxford University．Looking back,　I 　　8　　 I was quite innocent(天真的), for I never imagined learning English was going to be so much 　　9　　．The more fluent I become, the 　　10　　 the language became．One can master it only 　　11　　 years of tireless efforts．

　　Some basic 　　12　　 which I would give to people who are interested in learning the language are：

　　1．Buy a good dictionary．Successful English learners use their dictionaries all the time．

　　2．　　13　　 English newspapers．Don’t forget to check the new words in your dictionary．

　　3．Listen to the radio 　　14　　 watching TV as listening to the radio helps you more．

　　4．Talk, talk and talk to anyone at anytime and anywhere．

　　And even though at times it may be embarrassing(尴尬的)to make 　　15　　, you will finally correct them and remember them．Soon you will start to become fluent．