Dear Editor,

  I have some problems with reading in English.

When I read in English, I always want to understand every one word,

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so I spend a lot of time look up words in my dictionary.

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This made reading difficult for me because

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by time I've looked up the word in my dictionary,

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I've forgotten what the rest of the sentence is about.

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I like reading short stories in English, and there's one thing

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I find it very difficult in English. I'm never quite sure

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if the writer is serious or not. Several times I read Something

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I thought was seriously and later I found out it was Supposed

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to be funny. Could you give me some advice on my problem?

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Yours truly,

　　When Billy was very small, he loved pictures. His mother often

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drew some to him on old pieces of paper. She was very

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bad at drawing, and Billy enjoyed her pieces and always

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wanted more. Then when he was a little old, Billy was

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given some picture and a drawing book, and began drawing, too,

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but they were never good. One day he was tried to draw a picture of

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his father .He drew lines and rub them out. About ten minutes later,

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when he looked at his picture, he was not unhappy.“well,”

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he said to his mother.“I will put a tail on it, make it

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a monkey.”Heard this, his mother couldn't help laughing.

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　　The number of people smoke because they think that smoking is

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enjoyment, especially after meals. They also believe that when one

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feels tired or sleepy during work, this is refreshing to

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have a smoke. As a matter of facts, smoking is a very bad habit. First

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doctors and scientists have discovered that it's harmful to the

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smoker's health. It may cause some serious diseases, such heart

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trouble or cancer. Smoke will pollute the sir or is also harmful

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to others' health. Second, many big fires have caused by careless

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smokers. These have resulted in the losses of life and property,

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besides, the cigarettes are usually very expensive and smokers have

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to spend a lot of money on them every year.