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Unit12dA:Annie.I’malittlenervous.IhavetofinishreadingabookandgiveareportnextMonday.B:Thatdoesn’tsoundtoobad.A:ButI’maveryslowreader.B:Justreadquicklytogetthemainideasatfirst.Don’treadwordbyword.Readwordgroups.A:ButIdon’tunderstandmanyofthewords.Ihavetouseadictionary.B:Trytoguessaword’smeaningbyreadingthesentencesbeforeandafterit.Youprobablyunderstandmorethanyouthink.A:Thatsoundsdifficult!B:Well,bepatient.Ittakestime.Youcanbecomebetterbyreadingsomethingyouenjoyeveryday.Themoreyouread,thefasteryou’llbe.3aLastyear,IdidnotlikemyEnglishclass.Everyclasswaslikeabaddream.TheteacherspokesoquicklythatIdidnotunderstandhermostofthetime.ButIwasafraidtoaskquestionsbecauseofmypoorpronunciation.Ijusthidbehindmytextbookandneversaidanything.ThenonedayIwatchedanEnglishmoviecalledToyStory.Ifallinlovewiththisexcitingandfunnymovie!SoIbegantowatchotherEnglishmovies,too.AlthoughIcouldnotunderstandeverythingthecharacterssaid,theirbodylanguageandtheexpressionsontheirfaceshelpedmetogetthemeaning.IalsorealizedIcouldgetthemeaningbylisteningforjustthekeywords.MypronunciationimprovedaswellbylisteningtotheconversationsinEnglishmovies.Idiscoveredthatlisteningtosomethinginterestingisthesecrettolanguagelearning.Ialsolearnedusefulsentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”or“Itservesyouright”.Ididnotunderstandthesesentencesatfirst.ButbecauseIwantedtounderstandthestory,Ilookedthemupinadictionary.NowIreallyenjoymyEnglishclass.IwanttolearnnewwordsandmoregrammarsothatIcanhaveabetterunderstandingofEnglishmovies.