【正文】 即便有完美的發(fā)音、句子結(jié)構(gòu)、措詞，一個外國人所講的英語也會是稀奇古怪甚至難以理解的。 china, with English on top of the list. 就如澳大利亞在全國推廣學(xué)亞洲語言一樣，中國也掀起一股外語熱，在這股熱潮中英語高居榜首。(當(dāng)然不可能是克服全部文化障礙!)Many Chinese translate what they think about in Chinese into English when they talk or write．很多中國人說話或?qū)懽鞯臅r候，將自己漢語思維的內(nèi)容翻譯成英語，This kind of English inevitably affects the fluency and flow of speech，the amount of information conveyed，and，above all，the quality of munication．這勢必會影響英語表達(dá)的流暢、傳達(dá)的信息量，最重要的是，影響交流的質(zhì)量。The confusion caused by the confrontation of Western and Chinese values，to a certain extent，affects the Chinese English learner39。The Western and Oriental values are found to be in confrontation in learning English．英語學(xué)習(xí)中，東西方的價值觀念是相互沖突的。But the problem is that memorizing English words mechanically would be devastating and inefficient if they did not know what had happened in British history．問題在于如果不懂英國歷史，死記硬背英語單詞毫無效率。Meanwhile，the Chinese would be shocked to hear，Oh，it39。re addressed Where are you going?，which is a monly used addressing among the Chinese．你去哪兒?是中國人常用的問候語，若英語母語者被問及你去哪兒?，他們會因此感到不悅，這一點讓中國的英語學(xué)習(xí)者大為不解。Without such a plete understanding of the language, the English a foreigner speaks will inevitably sound strange or even unintelligible though there is not anything wrong with his pronunciation，sentence structure and the words he uses．對英語沒有這樣全面的理解，即使發(fā)音、句子結(jié)構(gòu)、措辭毫無錯誤，一個外國人所講的英語也難免聽起來稀奇古怪甚至難以理解。English is not only taught at schools，colleges and universities，but also at evening classes，on radio and TV．不僅各級學(xué)校教英語，夜校、電臺、電視臺也都設(shè)有英語課程。Parents hire private tutors for their school children；adult English learners would sacrifice the weekend at an English corner in a public park practicing their spoken English with peop1e of the same interest and determination.父母為學(xué)齡的孩子聘請英語家教，成年英語學(xué)習(xí)者會犧牲周末休息日，到公園參加英語角，與志趣相投的英語學(xué)習(xí)者練習(xí)口語。The social customs and habits of the Englishspeaking people contribute a lot to the difficulty a foreigner has in learning it．講英語民族者的社會風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣增加了外國人學(xué)習(xí)英語的難度。Is there anything wrong with the English sentence structure ? Of course not． 這個英語句子結(jié)構(gòu)不對嗎? 當(dāng)然不是。s very nice of you．When?， if the addressee happens to have a craving for Chinese cooking and has not had his dinner yet.如果聽話者此刻正希望品嘗一下中國美食，又碰巧沒有吃飯，他會回答太好了，什么時候?，中國人為此也會大吃一驚。Thus learning English(and other languages as well)involves learning the history of the countries where it is spoken．所以說，學(xué)英語(其他語言亦如此)還包括學(xué)習(xí)使用該語言國家的歷史知識。Native English speakers may plain about Chinese confusion when using he and she，for the two words sound the same，though，different in written forms in Chinese．英語母語的人會混淆漢語中他她的用法，因為這兩個字盡管字形不同，讀音卻相同，他們因此常常抱怨。s prehension of what he／she reads and hears．東西方價值觀的沖突造成的語言上的混淆，在一定程度上影響學(xué)習(xí)英語的中國人對自己所讀或所聽到的內(nèi)容的理解。The above is，not wholly，how difficult English is．盡管不完全，以上就是學(xué)習(xí)英語的困難。IsSocial customs and habits contribute to the difficulty in learning a foreign language. 社會風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣增加了學(xué)習(xí)外語的難度。 cultural barriers（障礙物） in learning English. 中國人在英語學(xué)習(xí)中，只有克服文化障礙，才能很好地掌握英語。You don39。It is the same with Language .語言的變化也是這樣的。Mouse began to mean a small，handheld device which can be used to give instructions to a puter to which it is connected by a short cable(電纜)．Mouse一詞開始表示一種小型的手動裝置，這種裝置通過一根短短的導(dǎo)線連到計算機上，可以向計算機發(fā)指令。綠色標(biāo)志代表該產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)過程對環(huán)境是無害的。First，they are trying to understand how children learn to speak and understand their native language. 一方面，他們致力于弄清楚兒童是如何學(xué)會母語、理解母語的。 This does not mean that they e into the world knowing their native language. 這并不是指一個人的母語是與生俱來的；It means that，along with many other things，they are born with the ability to learn their native language.而是指一個人生來具有學(xué)習(xí)其母語的能力，這種能力與人在其他方面表現(xiàn)出來的能力是相同的。They believe that parents teach their children to produce sounds and words in their language．他們認(rèn)為父母首先教孩子發(fā)聲、吐字。These linguists feel that children learn their language mainly from the environment . 這一派語言學(xué)家認(rèn)為，兒童主要通過語言環(huán)境學(xué)會使用語言的。 Many people are studying the process of language learning by children．This work is being done in many countries．許多國家中有很多人正著手研究兒童學(xué)習(xí)語言的過程。If they knew how children learn their native language，perhaps they would have an easy way to teach adults，as well as children, a second language．他們?nèi)绻纼和绾螌W(xué)習(xí)母語，就可能找到一種簡便的方法教兒童和成年人學(xué)習(xí)第二語言。 learning similar to that of children．這部分外語教師模仿兒童學(xué)習(xí)語言的過程組織教學(xué)：These teachers speak only the foreign language in the classroom．課堂上只講外語，They will not talk to students in the native language．不與學(xué)生講母語。For some students，this method is successful．對一些學(xué)生來說，這種方法是成功的，They learn to speak quickly and easily．他們能夠輕而易舉地、很快地學(xué)會所學(xué)的語言。Some linguists believe that learning a foreign language is different from learning to speak one39。Some students are very successful with this second, rulelearning method．一些學(xué)生使用這種語法規(guī)則學(xué)習(xí)法效果非常好，They learn the language quite quickly and can use it well.他們學(xué)得很快，用得也好。Sometimes teachers use a bination of these methods in class，hoping that everyone will be able to learn the language with one method or the other.有時候，老師在課堂上將兩種方法結(jié)合起來用，目的是讓每個學(xué)生都能受益。Most teachers will try different ways to help students learn a language quickly and easily．大多數(shù)老師也通過不同的教法來幫助學(xué)生輕松快速的學(xué)會一門語言。 For the past six years I’ve been living in the United States．六年來一直生活在美國，I work as a salesgirl in a large department store. 是一家大百貨商店的女售貨員。I really got a shock when I arrived．到達(dá)時，我確實大吃一驚。The houses on the street where I used to live had been torn down and replaced by office buildings．曾經(jīng)住過的那條街上的房子已被拆掉，代之而起的是辦公大樓。While my mother was busy preparing a special dinner in my honor，the rest of the family eagerly asked me questions about my life in the United States．我母親忙著備飯為我接風(fēng)，家里其余的人迫不及待地問我在美國的生活。I decided to talk to my mother．我決定和母親談一談。You speak on matters that are of concern only to men．你就那些只與男人有關(guān)的事情發(fā)表見解。American including American women，are much freer in expressing their thoughts and feelings．美國人，包括美國女性，都非常自由地表達(dá)自己的思想和感情。During the next few days I tried to be a Chinese woman．接下來的幾天，我盡力作一名中國女性，But it didn’t work．My family remained dista