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Betty: How much progress do you think you've made in English this year, Lingling?

Lingling: I think I've achieved a lot. I hope my English is good enough for the exams, anyway.It's also the subject that I'm best at, although my spoken English is not that good.

Betty:I can see you really enjoy learning English. Some people think English is too difficult and it requires too much effort to learn it well.

Lingling:English is difficult to learn at the beginning. But if you keep trying, you can make progress quickly and find a lot of fun in learning it.I hope I can continue to make progress next year.

Betty: I think you've done really well. Have you ever been to an English corner?

Lingling: You mean those clubs where people go to practise their English? I always thought they were for people who speak good English already.

Betty: Well, I went to an English corner once, and there were some people who didn't speak English very well. But they were happy to try, and other people, including some English speakers from the UK and the US, were happy to talk to them.

Lingling: I don't have to go to an English corner. I can speak English with you whenever we meet.

Betty:Yes,I'm always happy to speak to you in English. At the same time, you can also help me with my Chinese.I think Chinese will be more and more popular in the future.

生词表：

have  ever been to 曾经去过

English corner 英语角

progress  进步

I've achieved  我已经进步

hope  希望

exams 考试

anyway 总之

subject  学科

although 尽管

spoken  口语

enjoy  乐于

difficult  困难的

requires 需要

effort  努力

at the beginning 一开始

keep trying 坚持

make progress 取得进步

continue to  继续

next year 明年

you've done 你已经做到

mean  指的是

clubs  俱乐部

practise  练习

already 已经

once 一次

including  包括

the UK  英国

the US  美国

whenever  任何时候

in English 用英语

at the same time 同时

more and more 越来越

popular  流行

in the future 将来

汉语译文：

贝蒂: 你觉得今年自己的英语取得了多少进步，玲玲？

玲玲:我觉得进步很大。总之，我希望我的英语足够好，能够考试顺利。英语还是我学得最好的学科呢，尽管我的英语口语不是那么好。

贝蒂:看得出来你很乐于学英语。有些人觉得英语太难学了，需要投入很多的精力才能学好。

玲玲:英语入门难，但如果坚持下去，很快你就能取得进步，并发现学习中的很多乐趣。我希望明年能继续进步。

贝蒂:我觉得你已经做得很好了。你去过英语角吗？

玲玲:你指的是人们常去练英语的那些俱乐部吗？我原来一直以为，这些俱乐部是为那些英语已经说得很好的人开办的。

贝蒂:呃，我曾经去过一次英语角，那里也有一些人英语说得不太好。但他们乐于尝试，其他的人，包括英国人和美国人，也乐于同他们交谈。 玲玲:我不必去英语角，我们一见面就可以说英语呀。

贝蒂:对，我一直都很愿意和你用英语交谈。同时，你还能帮我学汉语。我想将来汉语会越来越流行的。