Kim：What do you want to do in the future，Bob?

Bob：I want to become a well-known writer．____1____

Kim：I want to be a singer．I enjoy singing very much．

Bob：I always hear you sing in your classroom and in the dormitory．

Kim：You know，practicing is Very important．My teacher always asks me to practice as much as possible．

Bob：____2____

Kim：Three hours a day on weekdays and six hours a day on weekends．

Bob：Do you think it is boring to practice singing every day?

Kim：____3____ Singing is a great pleasure for me．I have entered for the “Future Star Cup” singing contest．It will be held next week．

Bob：Do you think you will win in the contest?

Kim：Yes．Before I entered for this contest，I had already taken part in many singing contests，and I had won some prizes．I'm very confident about myself．By the way，I've heard that our school held a composition（作文）contest last week．____4____

Bob：No．I didn't think I would win it．I don't practice writing compositions much．you know．

Kim：You should write more and take every chance to practice，or your wish to become a great writer will not come true．

Bob：____5____

Kim：You're welcome．

Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don’t want or need to learn too much.
The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don’t necessarily want to be able to run a marathon (马拉松). You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning.
Let’s get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency (流利), unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way.
It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won’t have to spend too much time.
The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn’t the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity.
【小题1】In the writer’s opinion, it is easy for adults to learn English if _______.