As English is more and more important recently, we all have to study English carefully. In another word, we have to sailing in the English ”sea”.
When we were children, we left for the “island” called perfect English. It means we wanted to have a good knowledge of English. At first, we often had a great interest in learning English because English brought us a new world that we had never known. We learned it very carefully, remembered it very hard and spoke it very frequently. We are just like a new ship, whose material is up to date and energy is abundant.
But after a period of time, we became tired and might think the new world is just so so or even a little boring, so the learning “ wave” fell down quickly. When we lost our interests, it was easy for the waves to swallow us. What interest to our English study is what energy to ship. Interest often turned very fast. Even through we might start learning English with interest, we can’t only rely on the interest.
If we could come over this difficulty , we would reach a high wave again. We could have a wider view of our English study. We could notice many more sceneries of English.
But sometimes the wider we see in English, the deeper we learn in English, we would be more unsatisfied. At that time, we might have a insight of English, but we felt not only excited but also hopeless. Because it seems the knowledge of English is endless. And it’s likely that the perfect English “island” is too far to reach. The difficulties may be vocabulary, grammar, writing or spoken English which most of our Chinese students afraid of. We would fell down from a high wave immediately.
Through it is not easy to learn a language, of course including English, it doesn’t means we can’t success in learning English. If we only have interest, it’s impossible to sail in the English sea. But if we only have willpower, it’s impossible either. For example, we learn English is like sailing in the sea, so the interest is like energy and willpower is like anchor. Energy can make our “ship” sail fast and powerful and anchor can help us steady direction in violent storm. When we have interest and willpower, the “island” called perfect English is not an easy thing, but we cab accept many benefits and be the captain of our learning!