It has been five years since I began to get touch with English, a beautiful language. When I recall(回忆,回想) my experiences of learning English, I realize that when you have lost yourself to the world of English, you can never get out of it. When I first learned English at the age of 13, I couldn’t help getting involved(使陷入) in it. I quickly grasped(抓住, 掌握) all the words the teacher taught us. I had a strong feeling that I love English. That is the power for my further English study. I believe in the simplest saying:“Interest is the best teacher”.

　　At the very beginning there were many students in my class who had a better knowledge of English than I did, because most of them took all kinds of English courses such as New Interchange(《剑桥国际英语教程》)and New Concept English(《新概念英语》) while I just stayed at home. For me, I don’t copy other students’ way of learning English. I did it myself. I read a lot of English materials, small or large, short or long. I remembered the first book I read was called English Highly, the articles of which I kept reading all the time and could even recite(背诵). And also I became quite sensitive(敏感的) to English. Whenever English appeared I would try to read them. As day passed by, all this that I did really made the English words accumulate(积聚) in my mind. Gradually I discovered that I was able to use many English words that others didn’t know. My vocabulary was enlarged(扩大).

　　Name: Liu Yang

　　Birthday: December 21

　　Height: 173cm

　　Weight: 63kg

　　Hobbies: music, sports, English

　　Awards of English:

　　Second prize for the Spoken English Contest of Jiangsu (2002)

　　First prize for the 2002 National English Proficiency Competition For Secondary School Students

　　First prize for the 2003 National English Proficiency Competition For Secondary School Students

　　First prize for the Eighth National English Debate For Secondary School Students

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