Children are amazing! They pick up languages so naturally and easily. Have you ever why? It's because of the way they learn.

Children learn by doing what comes naturally—they listen, copy, and talk. Let's take a closer look at how children learn languages. Perhaps we can d{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a better, more natural way to learn English.

    Listen as often as possible. When people talk to children, they often use s{#blank#}2{#/blank#} words that children can understand. That's really important to the children's language development. In order to learn, children must be able to understand what they hear. If they don't understand it, it's just m{#blank#}3{#/blank#} noise. Listen to radio or TV programs that use English at your level. If you r{#blank#}4{#/blank#}that you can't understand every word or sentence, don't give up. Just pay attention to what you can understand. And listen as often as you can.

    Be a Copycat. Children like to copy their parents, their friends or other r{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. This helps teach them how to pronounce the language. As you listen to English, repeat what you hear as much as p{#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

    Use English to talk. O{#blank#}7{#/blank#} to those who usually practice grammar rules, some students use language to talk about things they are interested in. This helps them learn to express themselves d{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. They don't worry about their small vocabulary or poor grammar.

    Students should also pay more attention to real c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. So try your best to communicate by talking with people in English. If you can't find a foreigner to talk to, talk with other English students i{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. Start an English discussion group and talk about music, movies and so on. Don't worry about making mistakes. You can learn English better by correcting mistakes.

    Chinese writing is one of the world's greatest writing systems. It is more w{#blank#}1{#/blank#}in use than alphabetic(字母的) writing systems. More than half of the world's books are written in Chinese, including historical writing and novels, along with writing on government and law.

    At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based l{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. It dates back several thousand years to the u{#blank#}3{#/blank#}of animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved(刻) by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in t{#blank#}4{#/blank#}hanzi.

    By the Shang Dynasty, these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were d{#blank#}5{#/blank#}geographically, leading to different dialects(方言 ) and characters. This, however, c{#blank#}6{#/blank#}under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty.

    Emperor Qinshihuang united 统一) the seven major states into one country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. That writing system was of great i{#blank#}7{#/blank#}in uniting the Chinese people and culture. Even today, no matter where Chinese people live or what dialect they speak, they can all still c{#blank#}8{#/blank#}in writing. Written Chinese has also become an important method to c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}China's present with its past. People in modern times can read the classic works which were written by Chinese in ancient times.

    Today, Chinese writing system is still an important part of Chinese culture. As China plays a g{#blank#}10{#/blank#} role in the world, an increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate(欣赏) China's culture through this amazing language. Written Chinese spreads Chinese culture wherever it goes.

    Lao She is the pen name of Shu Qingchun. He was born in 1899. At the age of 19, he became a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(校长) of a primary school. Six years later, he went to England and taught Chinese there. He wrote the famous {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(戏剧) Teahouse in 1957. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(描述) the lives of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(普通的) people. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(顾客) . Lao She's plays, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(小说) and short stories are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(主要地) about people's lives, so he was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(给……命名) "the People's Artist". Today, you can find his books in Chinese as well as in some other {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(语言) . He is really one of the greatest Chinese writers in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(第二十) century.