IhavehadmanydifficultiessinceIstartedtolearnEnglish.SinceIcomefromthesouthofChina,Icannotdistinguishnasalsoundsfromnon-nasals:theysoundexactlythesameinmydialect.Thus,Ihadahardtimetelling“night”from“light”attheverybeginning.MypoormemoryalsoaddedtothedifficultieswhenIdecidedtoenlargemyvocabulary.EnglishwordsweresoelusivethatIcouldonlyrememberthemforawhile.

　　Ihavesparednoeffortstoovercomethedifficultiesandfinallysucceeded.Inordertotelltheslightdifferencebetweennasalsoundsandnon-nasals,Iforcedmyselftospeakmandarineveryday.WheneverIstartedtospeakEnglish,Iremindedmyselfthedifferencebetween“night”and“light”.AtfirstIfeltitratherunnatural,butasIwentonIwasgraduallyaccustomedtospeakinginthisway.Asformywretchedmemory,Igaveupmechanicalmemorizationandtriedmanyothernewways.AtlastIfoundamostefficientwayforme:memorizingEnglishwordsbytheirstemsandaffixes.ThisishowIhaveovercomesomedifficultiesinlearningEnglish.