英语翻译3atsunday'sgraduation,su-kyeongkimwillspeaktothe385membersofherclass.thismightseemlikeadreamtoagirllikeher.kimhardlyspokeawordofenglishwhenshefirstarrivedintheusafouryearsago.butnow,herdreamhasbe
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atsunday'sgraduation,su-kyeongkimwillspeaktothe385membersofher
class.thismightseemlikeadreamtoagirllikeher.kimhardlyspokea
wordofenglishwhenshefirstarrivedintheusafouryearsago.butnow,her
dreamhasbecomeareality.
kimwasonly15yearsoldwhenshefirstarrived.withinfouryears,though,she
hasmanagedtobecomesofluentinenglishthatshedoesn'tevenhavea
foreignaccent!shehaswonmanyawards,andhasevenwrittenabookabouther
experiencesinlearningenglish.
kimfirstsawtheneedforthebookwhenshebeganhelpingkoreanstudentsat
herschoolaftertheyhadjustarrivedinthecountry.sheknewtheywere
havingthesametroublesthatshehadexperienced.
"youthinkyouaretheonlypersonfeelingembarrassedwhenmaking
mistakes,"shesaidwhenweinterviewedher,"buteveryonedoesit."shecalls
herbooklookingfortrouble.itmeansthattheroadtosuccessinlearninga
secondlanguagecanbedifficult."iwantotherstoknowthatit'soktomake
mistakes,"shesaid,"thatnothingcanbegainedwithoutrisk.lotsofpeople
thinkotherpeopledonotmakemistakes.it'snottrue.everyonemakes
mistakes.butyoucanturnthosemistakesintoabigsteptowardyour
success."
inthebook,kimwritesabouther"terrible"situations:ataxidriverlefther
andhermotherinadarkparkinglotatmidnightbecausetheyhadnotbeen
abletogivethedrivertherightaddressinenglish;shegavethewrong
pronunciationoftheword"sheet"inaskingforapieceofpaper,andher
teacherthoughtthatshehadsaidarudeword;sheheardagirlsay"doyoumind
ifisitwithyou?"andsheanswered"yes!"loudly.
theseexperiencestaughtkimanimportantlessonaboutlearning
englishwell:youhavetobebrave.neverbeafraidofmakingmistakes.youhave
todaretolearnthelanguage-youcan'tjustsitinyourownroomandonly
studygrammar.youhavetogoandtalktopeopleandlistentothemspeak.
takealeafoutofkim'sbook!