Inspirational story of self-learning English Part I: The story of a paralyzed girl who taught herself English.
There was a girl who was paraplegic at the age of five. She lost consciousness below the chest and was paralyzed in bed. However, this paralyzed girl who didn't go to school for a day, with unimaginable perseverance, taught herself English, Japanese, German and Esperanto, learned to repair TV sets and radios, and treated people with silver needles and herbs. Last year, she took the preliminary exam for the college entrance examination and even got a good score of 436. Unfortunately, due to her physical condition, she had to give up the chance to go to college. This respectable girl is Zhang Lingling, and now she is engaged in radio maintenance in Shenxian Broadcasting Bureau. There are many touching stories about her tenacious self-study. Limited by space, we only introduce how Lingling taught herself English. Young friends, what do you think after reading this article? A paralyzed girl, through hard self-study, can master several foreign languages and learn many skills to serve the people. Then, shouldn't a strong young man do this more?
When she began to learn English, she didn't even know twenty-six letters. The primary and secondary school students in the neighborhood became her? Little sir? She studies and writes letter by letter. When guests or friends come to our home, as long as they know some English, they will never let go. Lingling has a wide range of English teachers, including teachers with letters, teachers with words, teachers with sentence patterns, and unknown teachers on radio and television. Whenever she sees an English version of a book, she can't help kissing it. A teacher Mao gave her a copy of 900 English Sentences, and Lingling read it greedily while learning. In order to learn English well, she specially arranged it for herself? English environment? The door and wall of the living room are covered with words and sentence patterns. When she ran out of homework paper, she wrote it on books, hands, arms, clothes and sheets.
It is unusual for Lingling to insist on studying. The lower body can't move, leaving the hands to support, the upper body is difficult to straighten, and bedsores in the legs and buttocks sometimes occur. Bedsore purulent blood, sometimes soaked cotton trousers. After the friend saw it, she was heartbroken and advised her: Lingling, forget it! You should pay attention to your health! ? She said:? I am alive, and I will do something for the people in the future. What if I don't study? ? The intercostal nerve hurts, so she uses a comb to clamp it. Sitting is really bad, so I lie in bed reading and writing, and often stay up until midnight. The tenacious Lingling never said a painful word to her parents, and always greeted her parents and friends with a smile.
One winter, the north wind was covered with snowflakes, and the road was white. Lingling drives a wheelchair to Miss Pei's house five miles away to ask for a foreign language. Pushing the door in, Kan Lao saw Lingling covered in snowflakes and said in surprise. Lingling, it's snowing Is it? Teacher Kan quickly carried the car into the house and let Lingling keep warm by the fire. After class, the snow subsided and Lingling insisted on walking back. Teacher Kan looked at the two driving marks and Lingling's back, and excitedly said to himself, What a nice guy! ?
One day, Lingling heard that there was a teacher named Wang Chongyun in Shenxian No.1 Middle School. He was in his sixties and his English was very good. Unfortunately, in "",he was sent to? Cowshed? , to dig the toilet. In order to get Mr. Wang's help, Lingling wrote to beg Mr. Wang for advice, and entrusted her to hand over her translation of the manuscript of Moon Diamond to Mr. Wang for revision. Once or twice, Lingling was turned away. Three or four times, Miss Wang's cold heart was finally melted by Lingling's enthusiasm. Since then, this old man has become a mentor. When teacher Wang corrects Lingling's homework, he always draws some pictures when he sees good places? Circle? , insufficient place, and seriously correct. Whenever she sends her homework, she looks forward to Miss Wang's. Circle? When she got her homework back, Lingling looked at what Miss Wang drew happily again? Circle? . Is this the place where Lingling improves her English study? Circle? Step by step. Recently, she translated and sorted out the illustrated materials in the Encyclopedia of Dogs. Then, she translated130,000 words of seaside clinic.
Self-taught English inspirational story Part II: A story of a chef learning English.
1in the autumn of 992, Zhang Liyong dropped out of school just one month after the second year of high school. ? The economic conditions at home are not very good. Three new adobe houses were just built that year, and all the money for building them was borrowed. I owe a lot of debts, about thousands of dollars. Although parents are frugal, the situation at home is getting worse every day. Sometimes, they are so poor that the newly built house will leak soon, but at this time, the family can no longer afford to repair it, and others are unwilling to lend money to their father? Looking at the back of my parents working day and night, think about the huge debt that was originally on the head of the family. As the eldest son, Zhang Liyong had to drop out of school. Parents strongly opposed Zhang Liyong's dropping out of school, and his father said that no matter how difficult it was, he would provide for him. Mom also said:? If you don't go to school, there is no hope of going to college in the future. ? Zhang Liyong comforted the two old people. Go out to work for a while first, and then take the exam when you graduate from college? In fact, he chose to drop out of school this time, and I don't know if he will have a chance to walk into the campus again and find his beloved textbook again.
From 65438 to 0993, Zhang Liyong went south to Guangzhou with several high school textbooks and started a part-time job. Zhang Liyong first settled down in a bamboo art factory and spent 12 hours on the assembly line every day, but his salary was pitiful, and his reading time was even more extravagant. Soon, he entered a Sino-foreign joint venture toy factory, because the toys here are all sold abroad, so the orders and packaging are all in English letters. He can't understand these foreign characters, so the size, color and filler of the toys can't be determined, let alone laid hands on him. Zhang Liyong took out a high school English textbook from his canvas bag, bought an English dictionary as an assistant, and translated Chinese characters against the English on the box. Zhang Liyong began to feel the importance of English at this time.
Because of the lack of learning atmosphere, Zhang Liyong finally left Guangzhou with a rich nightlife. 1June 1996, Zhang Liyong, who didn't want to waste time, came to Beijing through the recommendation of a relative in his hometown and became a vegetable cutter in the canteen of Tsinghua University. This is a good place for him to study while working. Although the salary is lower than that in Guangzhou, Zhang Liyong said. As long as I can maintain my study life and have an atmosphere and environment for my study, it is enough. Going to Tsinghua University is Zhang Liyong's dream. Now, this dream has come true. Although he stepped into the ivory tower in another capacity, he stood on the grassland of Tsinghua campus, as if touching its warm skin, breathing with it and growing together.
Indeed, for Zhang Liyong, this is really a good place like a duck to water. Although the salary is lower than that in Guangzhou, as Zhang Liyong said: As long as I can maintain my study life and have an atmosphere and environment for my study, it's OK, then? That's enough. ? A four-square-meter hut in Tsinghua University is Zhang Liyong's residence. Zhang Liyong gets up at four o'clock every morning and insists on self-study for seven or eight hours every day, sometimes until one or two in the morning. No matter in the cold winter or in the hot summer, he never stops learning English. At his bedside, Zhang Liyong wrote with a brush? Self-denial? And Tsinghua's school motto? Actions speak louder than words? To tell myself not to be lazy.
The canteen stipulates that chefs should eat before selling meals to students, and the meal time is only 15 minutes. As a result, Zhang Liyong finished her meal in seven minutes, and spent the remaining eight minutes in the cupboard behind the canteen reciting English textbooks. Many colleagues find Zhang Liyong's behavior simply incomprehensible. ? College students can learn English in a formal and systematic way, while Zhang Liyong can only learn English through his own channels. ? Zhang Liyong is different from the college students here. College students here have plenty of time to study formally, but only by accumulating time can Zhang Liyong learn English anytime and anywhere. The packaging bag and seasoning bag of instant noodles are both in Chinese and English, such as R sugar and salt. Then Zhang Liyong practiced English to exercise his courage while selling rice. Zhang Liyong can only buy second-hand books, second-hand tapes and listen to a very ordinary radio station, because he can't study through the formal system like ordinary college students. Frugal English learning method.
During his stay in Tsinghua canteen, Zhang Liyong taught himself English 10, passed CET-4 and CET-6, and scored 630 points in TOEFL, which was called "TOEFL" by Tsinghua students. Steamed bread god? .
His deeds have been reported by Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Education News, CCTV, news broadcast, Oriental Time and Space, Face to Face, Beijing TV Station, Shanghai Oriental TV Station, China Education TV Station, Western Education, Together under the Blue Sky, Parents Club, china national radio, China Radio International, China Hong Kong Phoenix TV Station, Luyu Appointment, China Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao and other media. Nearly 500 mainstream media at home and abroad, such as TVBS TV in Taiwan Province, China, United Daily News in Taiwan Province, China, American World Journal, Financial Times, and Lianhe Zaobao, reported Zhang Liyong's deeds and were cordially received by party and state leaders for many times.