I was very interested in learning English when I was still in mychildhood. It caused me to try to enter a secondary school in which I couldlearn English. But my dream was crushed because of my father's politicalproblem. I entered Huangpu Middle School at last,where I could only learn Russian.
I was so taken with English that my father taught me the English alphabetand phonetic symbols. From then on, I started to learn English by myself.
The unexpected always seems to happen. When the Cultural Revolutionbegan, I became a child of what in those days were the so-called “black seven”.Every day the coming political movement frightened me. How could I go onlearning English?
It seemed at times that fortune was taunting me. In answer to the call,“The educated youth must get re-educated from the poor and lower middlepeasants”, I had to go to the countryside. I was not willing to do so at firstbecause of my eagerness to study.
I went to a farm that is located in the Zhanjiang area, while my mother was beingconfined. As we worked and lived there as peasants, I changed into a weak girl.Life was hard, but I still maintained my interests in English. I couldn’t findan English textbook there, let alone any English materials. But I alwaysthought,“Where there is a will, there is a way.”Finally, I borrowed an oldtextbook from one of my friends and started to learn from the beginning. Irecited new words and learned some simple grammar. Studying brought new lifeinto my soul.
This feeling didn't last long however since I had been given a warning bythe head of the production team. Once he said at a team meeting,“There is someonewho is learning English. What a serious problem and what a terrible idea!” Meanwhile,another head of the team asked me if I wanted to escape overseas. I could onlylearn English in bed with a small, dim lamp from that day.
A long eight years passed. I finally had a chance to return to the sideof my parents. It was a great turning of my fortune. In order to make progress,I learned English lessons on the radio.
Then I was fortunate to enter a TV University, where my English improvedextensively. I spent all my leisure time memorizing words, reciting tests, anddelving into the difficult grammar rules.
I valued my time at TV University. So I devoted my heart and mind tostudy. I gave birth to my daughter during those very busy days while I waspreparing for the graduation examination.
I am sofond of English that I have not given it up through all these years ofadversity. As the saying goes, “One is never too old to learn.” I hope that Ican continue learning English for the rest of my life.










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