I fully support the assertion that to learn a languagewell, we should also learn about the country as wellas the cultures and lifestyles of the people whospeak it.
Let’s first see how we normally define “learning a language really well”. By my understanding,learning a language well would mean being able to speak the language in a proper way. Here,with speaking it properly, we need to know that due to cultural differences, many things arejust so different from culture to culture. For example, the Chinese often greet each other byasking ‘Have you taken your meal?’ which, to the Western ears, would make an invitation tolunch or dinner. Therefore, the lack of a knowledge of the cultures of different countries will giverise to wrong interpretations of the message issued or received and as a result, lead tomisunderstandings. In this way, we can not say that we are speaking the language properly andfurther, we can not say that we speak it well.
Second, the ultimate purpose for us to learn alanguage is to use it in our communication withother people who speak it, mainly the nativespeakers. Suppose we know nothing about the USor Britain, including its government, its people, itstradition, and its other aspects. Do you think youcan speak English properly, thus achieving effectivecommunication with the American or British people?I’ll say at least I can’t.
Third, the lifestyle of the people whose language we are learning is also something we need toknow in order that we can speak their language properly. For instance, the Chinese eat pork,but this is not the case with Muslims. Also, Muslims are very religious people and performrituals many times a day. If we don’t know these things, how can we expect to communicatewith them without incurring troubles? In this logic, if we cannot make sure that we are speakingtheir language properly, how can we say that we have learned their language well?
From the above discussion, we can draw the conclusion that to learn a language really well, wealso need to learn about the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people whospeak it.
第二篇:学习英语的作文总结范文
终于放假了,我真高兴。这回我可要疯玩一番。谁知一进门,爸爸便给我布置了一份作业,每天上午学一小时新概念英语。唉,这下我的疯玩计划可泡汤了。不过你别说,一个假期下来,我的“学英语”生活一点儿都不枯燥,不信你看——
偷乐篇
因为我每天都是在电脑上学习英语的,所以我就趁爸爸不注意到时候用鼠标一会儿把英语屏幕弄大,一会儿弄小,换换颜色;有时候把屏幕缩小,干点儿其什他的么,神不知鬼不觉地“公私兼顾”,岂不乐乎?
专心篇
当然,我也不是全用电脑玩儿,现在这会儿,我就在专心致志的学习单词,因为老爸说一会儿要考我单词,他说我考得好就可以放一天假。你说我不临阵磨枪吗?
滥竽充数篇
时间长了,我就发现了一个小秘密。每次老爸考我,只是他念我写,却不检查对与错。那么我当然就当南郭先生了,不会写就蒙,只要不说我不会就行了。
狂风暴雨篇
这次爸爸又要考我了。因为有了前几次“成功”的经验,所以我一点儿也不着急。可出乎意料的是,爸爸这次却搞了一个突然袭击,我写完后他便拿去检查了。结果可想而知,肯定是一阵“政治说教”加“武力惩罚”
雨过天晴篇
经历了上次的狂风暴雨,我终于明白老爸的良苦用心,所以我在以后的学习中也就真的“好好学习,天天向上”了。回报我的是最后英语测试的100分和爸爸的表扬。
怎么样,看了我的文章,你是不是也想加入学英语的行列呢?