我和我的同學(xué)莉莉是我們笑語班上成績最好的學(xué)生.

　　Do you know how we improve our English?

　　你知道我們是如何使英語進(jìn)步的嗎?

　　We meet twice a week in a coffee shop to practice.

　　我們每星期在一家咖啡廳見面兩次練習(xí)英語。

　　We spend the whole afternoon discussing a wide range of topics in English.

　　我們整個下午都用英語討論各種不同的主題。

　　Then once a week an American friend, Stan, does language exchange with us.

　　然后一位美國朋友斯坦每個星期和我們做一次語言交流。

　　We teach him Chinese and he teaches us English.

　　我們教他中文，他則教我們英語。

　　In less than six months, we have improved by leaps and bounds.

　　不到6個月的時間，我們的英語便突飛猛進(jìn)。

　　We have also met other Americans through Stan.

　　通過斯坦我們也認(rèn)識了其他的美國人。

　　Now we have quite a few American friends.

　　現(xiàn)在我們已經(jīng)有了不少的美國朋友。

　　And of course, we always speak English with them.

　　當(dāng)然，我們總是用英語和他們交談。

　　This way of learning English has worked wonders for us.

　　這種學(xué)英語的方法對我們產(chǎn)生驚人的效果。

　　Maybe it could work for you, too.

　　或許這對你也有用哦。

　　短語解析:

　　1. by leaps and bounds 突飛猛進(jìn)地

　　例:After the elections ，the economy improved by leaps and bounds.

　　選舉過后，經(jīng)濟(jì)增長突飛猛進(jìn)。

　　2. quite a few+復(fù)數(shù)名詞 不少的/相當(dāng)多的……

　　例:There were quite a few complaints about the street vendors in our neighborhood.

　　我們社區(qū)有不少對街頭攤販的怨言。

　　3. work wonders 有奇效

　　英語四級寫作精美范文背誦：從錯誤中學(xué)習(xí)

　　Some people think that making mistakes is shameful.

　　有些人認(rèn)為犯錯是可恥的。

　　But the fact of the matter is that mistakes are a common part of everyone's life.

　　但事實上，犯錯是每個人生活中很普通的事。

　　No one is perfect.

　　沒有人是完美無瑕的。

　　It's unreasonable to expect a person to be right all the time.

　　期望一個人永遠(yuǎn)正確是不合理的。

　　However, we should do our utmost to avoid making the same mistake twice.

　　然而，我們應(yīng)該竭盡所能避免再犯相同的錯誤。

　　It is my feeling that making a mistake may turn out to be a good thing.

　　我覺得犯錯反而可能是一件好事。

　　It is through our errors that we can find the path to doing things correctly.

　　通過錯誤我們才能找到把事情做對的途徑。

　　Finally, it is important to remember that few mistakes are so terrible that they cannot be corrected.

　　最后，還有很重要的一點必須記住，那就是幾乎沒有任何錯誤會嚴(yán)重到無法改正的地步。

　　短語解析:

　　1. all the time一直

　　例:When on guard duty, you must be alert all the time.

　　站崗時，你必須一直保持警覺。

　　2. do one's utmost to V 盡某人最大努力……

　　例:We should all do our utmost to protect the environment.

　　我們都應(yīng)盡最大努力來保護(hù)環(huán)境。