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Do you know how to learn a new language quickly? The best way is to put yourself in the language.

Talk with a native speaker(讲母语的人).People often spend too much time learning grammar. However, speaking with a native speaker can help people learn better. If a friend around you can speak the language you plan to learn, try to ask him or her for help. If it's hard to find such a person in your real life, you can make a pen friend online. Of course, you can travel to a country where the language is spoken. It doesn't matter whether you speak the language well or not. When you communicate in it, you are improving your speaking.

Use the language as much as you can. People often say they have learnt a language for many years, but their speaking is still not fluent (流 畅 的). In fact, they perhaps speak the language for only a few hours a week in these years. If you want to learn a new language quickly, remember to use it every day. If you can save your break time, you can learn extra (额外的) 20 or 30 words a day.

Yesterday was Mary Alston's birthday. She is 109 years old, and she is one of the oldest people in the world. And she likes eating hamburgers.

Mrs. Alston had a party with her family. Her daughter, Jenny Morgan, who is 85, said,"My mother loves chocolate, and she eats popcorn(爆米花), pizza and hamburgers. She also likes to eat vegetables and fruit."

Mrs. Alston lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was born on a farm in Pennsylvania, and worked as a teacher. In 1935 she married(结婚) James Henry Alston. He died(去世) in 1983.

Her granddaughter, Annie, who is 65, said,"Grandma gets up every day at 6 o'clock, and goes to the cinema every Friday. She enjoys her life every day."

Annie asked her grandmother what she wanted to eat on her birthday. Mary smiled and said,"I'd like a hamburger and some fries. Of course, I also want to eat fruit and vegetables."

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How to Learn English

提示：下周五你的学校将举行一次以"How to Learn English"为主题的英语演讲比赛，你将作为班级代表参加此次比赛，请你根据你的实际情况写一篇演讲稿，分享你学习英语的经历。

要求：1. 根据所给题目，写一篇演讲稿，词数不少于60个；

2. 语言流畅、书写规范、卷面整洁；

3. 文中不得使用真实姓名、校名，否则以零分计；

4. 请将演讲稿写在答题卡上，写在本试题卷上无效。

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What are school days of junior high like in America? Do American students have the same school life as we do in China? And what do they often do on weekends?

In fact, it takes about six hours a day for American students to study from Monday to Friday. They don't have morning reading. They have four lessons in the morning and three lessons in the afternoon. They don't have lessons in the same classroom. They often go different classrooms to have different lessons. And students often sit around teachers and discuss(讨论) problems with them. They have little homework after school. They often do sports, listen to music or read books.

American students' weekend life is very colourful. On Friday evening, they usually have a party, go to the movies or have a meal at a restaurant. On Saturday, they often help their parents with some housework. On Sunday, they do their homework and stay with their family.

Everybody loves oranges. They are sweet and juicy and it is easy to eat them. 

The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny (闪亮的) green leaves. The small white flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same time. 

Farmers in other parts of Asia (亚洲) and the Middle East (中东) learn to have orange trees from the Chinese. Then they teach Europeans (欧洲人) how to plant orange trees. Later, Europeans take oranges to America. 

In English, orange means both a fruit and a color. We use the name of the fruit for the color.