WhydoIkeeponlearningEnglish? 　　IhavelearnedEnglishsinceIwastwelve.IkeepitasahabitwhichIamproudof.Ihaveneverdoneanotherthingforeighteenyears.AlthoughtillnowmyworkhasnothingtodowithEnglish,anditishardformetofindanysituationtousethelanguage,IstillkeeponreadingtheEnglishDigest,listeningtotheEnglishnewsandsometimesrecitetheNewConceptEnglishtexts. 　　Duringmyschooltime,Ilearneditinordertopasstheexamsandgetdegrees.IliketofindtherightchoicetogetahighscoreintheEnglishtesteventhoughIdidnotknowwhatitreallymeans.Igetmuchconfidenceinthetests.IevenbelievethatImusthavesometalentinlearninglanguage. 　　WhenIleftschool,IkeeponlearninginthethoughtthatIhavedonesomuchinthisworkanditwouldbeagreatlossifIgiveup.AtthesametimeIwasinspiredbythesuccessofotherEnglishlearnersandinthehopethat"Ifthereissomebodycando,Ican." 　　ButgraduallyIrealizedthatIhavewastedsomuchtimeinlearningaskillIdonotneed,andmoreover,withanimproperandinefficientway.ThereisnoshortageofadvisorstotellhowimportantEnglishisatthesocalledglobalage.ButlanguageisonlyatoolforcommunicationanditismeaninglessunlessIuseitforcommunication. 　　IusedtohopethatIcanspeakEnglishasfluentlyasChinese,andseriouslybelievethatwitheffortandpatienceIwillgettoitsomeday.ButnowIamnotsocertainwhetheritisnecessarywhenIfailedtofindajobwhichrequiresfluentEnglish.Obviouslytwowaysahead,one,giveupandsavetimeforsomeotherthing;theother,continueandfindtheopportunitytopractice.Choosethebestanswerfromthechoices.