大学英语Unit01[教材]

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1、UnitOneALearningaForeignLanguageLearningaforeignIanguagewasoneofthemostdifficultyetmostrewardingexperiencesofmylife.Althoughattimes,learningalanguagewasfrustrating,itwaswellworththeeffort・Myexperiencewithaforeignlanguagebeganinjuniormiddleschool,whenItookmyfirstEnglishclass・Ihadakindand

2、patientteacherwhooftenpraisedallofthestudents・Becauseofthispositivemethod,IeagerlyansweredallthequestionsIcould,neverworryingmuchaboutmakingmistakes・Iwasatthetopofmyclassfortwoyears.WhenIwenttoseniormiddleschool,IwaseagertocontinuestudyingEnglish;however,myexperieneeinseniorschoolwasver

3、ydifferentfrombefore・Whilemyformerteacherhadbeenpatientwithallthestudents,mynewteacherquicklypunishedthosewhogaveincorrectanswers・Wheneverweansweredincorrectly,shepointedalongstickatusand,shakingitupanddown,shouted,nNo!No!No!HItdidn'ttakemelongtolosemyeagernesstoanswerquestions・Notonlyd

4、idIlosemyjoyinansweringquestions,butalsoItotallylostmydesiretosayanythingatallinEnglish.However,thatstatedidn'tlastlong.WhenIwenttocollege,IlearnedthatallstudentswererequiredtotakeanEnglishcourse・Unlikemyseniormiddleschoolteacher,mycollegeEnglishteacherswerepatientandkind,andnoneofthemc

5、arriedlong,pointedsticks!However,thesituationwasfarfromperfect.Asourclasseswereverylarge,Iwasonlyabletoansweracoupleofquestionsineachclassperiod.Also,afterafewweeksofclasses,InoticedthereweremanystudentswhospokemuchbetterthanIdid.Ibegantofeelintimidated.So,onceagain,althoughfordifferent

6、reasons,Iwasafraidtospeak.ItseemedmyEnglishwasgoingtostayatthesamelevelforever.Thatwasthesituationuntilacoupleofyearslater,whenIwasofferedanopportunitytostudyEnglishthroughanonlinecourse.Thecommunicationmediumwasacomputer,phoneline,andmodem・丨soongotaccesstothenecessaryequipment,learnedt

7、hetechnologyfromafriendandparticipatedinthevirtualclassroom5to7daysaweek・Onlinelearningisnoteasierthanregularclassroomstudy;itrequiresmuchtime,commitmentanddisciplinetokeepupwiththeflowofthecourse・Iworkedhardtomeettheminimumstandardssetbythecourseandtocompleteassignmentsontime・