Corrections · 5
If I know nothing about English. - 20120207
The cute A pretty lady asked was asking me, :"What does USA stand for?" what does USA stand for. I got shcoked. I was very surprised because people all over the world know of this country. about America, how could she get confused about USA? How can she not know?
After I explained explaining that USA is short for, the means "United States of America", she was curious about "United States". I was sort of stuck with that. and asked, "Why United States?" I was dumbstuck.
My classmate called me last weekend. She complained that she could hard can hardly speak English after graduating from university. I am a professional no fluent speaker myself neither.
When As I was watching some videos, I thought about of a "what if" question. an unrealistic question: "What if I knew nothing do not know any about English?
I got the answers as below: Some answers,
Everyday, I will spend less time in learning this language every day.
I will read fewer books.
I will not keep writing entries essays to for practice.
I will feel puzzled not understand when any foreigner someone speaks English to me. Maybe I would only reply with "no.....bye....", whcih I happned to learn in kindergarten. Such kind of words are used worldwide. We have even forgotten that they are English, aren't they? Maybe, I may reply with "No. Bye!". These words are so commonly used that we forget that they are English words!
I will not keep a watchful eye on the be observant on the translations in on the food packaging. package. (Unfortunately I just noticed that I bought something called "plum suop". How can I enjoy this soup so trustingly with a wrong such spelling errors!)
I will talk to fewer people, and only those who speak Chinese.
I will not be using Skype, unless as it is more not popular in China.
I will not be an adore an adoring fan of Cesc Fabregas and as I won't be watching his the matches.
Then what will I be doing?
Maybe!
I will Perhaps reading more review the Chinese poems, I will go hiking more often, I will watching soap operas, or I will go shopping more often frequently.
Everything depended on the original decision I had made. During the time I have been busy learning, I felt at peaceful during my time learning English.
Choose the way we want to live in, and strive for our goals. then struggle for a better result. Step by step, but surely we overcome and attain our dreams. till get what we want. Give ourselves enough time to enjoy whatever we are interested in our interests and passions. Try everything we wanted to do and encourage our resolve to stick to those It is good to encourge ourselves to stick to our dreams.
Want to progress faster?
Join this learning community and try out free exercises!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!
Start Learning Today
