Journal

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I started to learn English when I was in middle school grade 1.

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I still remember that school didn't have an English teacher.

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They just hired an English teacher from another town.

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That teacher was an old man, short, thin, and looked like he was in his sixties.

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According to what I have learned nowadays, his pronunciation was not so accurate and natural.

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An English sentence in my textbook that I can still remember was "Dongfanghong tractors are made in Luoyang".

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I learned reading, vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, translation, but not listening and speaking, because learning English in Chinese school is only for passing exams, not for speaking.

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I remember that my textbook had many English stories.

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I liked to read them and translate them into Chinese.

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I didn't like to translate Chinese into English because I couldn't remember how to spell much English vocabulary.

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In the high school entrance exam, English only accounted for 50 points and I only received 32.25 points.

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That was not too many.

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After middle school, I stopped learning English because I really didn't need to use English in my work or my daily life.

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This time, I learn English just to not waste my time because I think I am old and I should use my limited time to do some meaningful things.

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According to what I have learned nowadays, his pronunciation was not so accurate or natural.

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An English sentence in my textbook that I still remember was "Dongfanghong tractors are made in Luoyang".

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I learned reading, vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and translation, but not listening and speaking, because learning English in Chinese school is only for passing exams, not for speaking.

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I remember that my textbooks had many English stories.

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I didn't like to translate Chinese into English because I couldn't remember how to spell a lot of the English vocabulary.

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That was not a good score.

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Now, I learn English in order to not waste my time.

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Over all, I think I am old and I should use my limited time to do some meaningful things.

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