多年以后，当李莉娟能说一口流利的英语or仍在为聋哑英语而苦恼时，或许还会想起上第一堂英语课的那个下着冷雨的夏日午后……

    呵呵，周二下午上了1994年以来的第一堂英语课。

    老师来自Capital Normal University。她对“首都师范大学”的这个译法甚是不满，但还是不得不这么介绍自己。可见能说一口流利英语的人也有她的为难之处。

    课上老师带着我们做了些自我介绍的练习，还给每人发了张学说英语ABC，带着我们念了念。令我心中窃喜，且信心倍增的是，老师用英文讲课，我竟然基本都能听懂。当然老师为了照顾我们，说得慢而清晰，但毕竟这是一个不错的开端呀！

    把这张“The A B C's of Learning to Speak English”贴在此处，愿与有志于此的诸君共享：

A  aim            (determine a goal to learn)

B  books          (read as many kinds of English books as you can)

C  correspondence (write to another person in English)

D  dictionary     (use it)

E  eyes open   (read any printed English on bottles,papers,boxes,signs)

F  friends     (ask them to speak English with you)

G  games       (use English terms; keep score in English)

H  help others (they will in turn help you)

I  imitate     (verbally copy what a native speaker says)

J  journal     (write a journal using five new words each day)

K  keep on     (don’t give up; keep on studying)

L  listen      (listen to native speakers,the radio,any spoken English)

M  memorize    (commit to memory words and phrases)

N  narrate     (tell a story in English to anyone who will listen)

O  overcome    (take control of any problem; it will get better)

P  practice    (practice every day with anyone you can)

Q  question    (ask questions of native speakers)

R  radio       (turn on any English program—BBC, VOA, music)

S  speak       (talk, talk, talk)

T  talk        (speak, speak, speak)

U  understand  (learn the words and know the meanings of them)

V  value       (estimate the worth of learning English)

W  warble      (sing English songs—if it helps!)

X  Xerox       (make copies of writer English text to study)

Y  yearn       (have the desire to know more)

Z  zest        (strongly enjoy the learning experience)