my english is poor,but i still want to write something to thank my reading teacher. In those several weeks this term, I think I have learned a lot. At first I not really like reading English news as I have no interest in political issues. But after I went deep inside those writings, I think I have changed my mind and felt better when I read news in English. In fact, I think I really found something to improve my reading. In my opinion, to read English news need enough background information. For example, if you know nothing about the Marvel’s and their characters, you won’t be able to understand why that movie The Avengers in 2012 got a box office record of over six hundred million dollars in three months. Before we read a piece of English news, we should generally know what we are going to read in this article. Is that a report on American government or on western education? Different kinds of article need different background information. So before reading English news, we should broaden our sights, learn necessary worldwide knowledge, and look for some information we might need. The second important thing is try to get the hidden meaning between words. In fact, English news is written in a quite special style. As we all know, there are many sayings in English, some of them are really strange, and a word may have several different meanings. If you can’t understand what this sentence actually stands for, English news would be hard to understand. For further improving on reading English news, there is some plans in my mind. At first, I would like to visit some famous western websites several times a week, such as the CNN news, to know more about what was happening in the world, and to improve my English. The second thing to do is to subscribe an English newspaper, or buy some English magazines together with my friends. I think that’s the most ordinary way to read articles written by native writers. And if there is something left I should do, I will try to create a “vocabulary chain” in my mind when I’m reading, that means to think about what other words could take the place of this written one, so that I could remember more words. After all, I have to say, this course affects my habits on English learning, and I really benefit something from it.