My parents moved from New Jersey to Germany when I was a child. After a few weeks of playing with neighbors of the same age. I was speaking fluent German. That' s probably not an option if you want to learn a language 【小题1】 your next international trip. However, there are some new ways to learn key words and phrases before your departure.

The last few years 【小题3】 (see) a lot of language-learning software hitting the market .These programs, many of 【小题4】 have popular mobile apps, help beginners learn language basics.

Take Memrise for example. This language-learning platform uses flashcards(教学卡片) as memory aids. Memrise offers instruction in 25 languages, and its basic level is free, 【小题5】   some advanced features available at $4.99 per month.

There are so many language apps, all claiming to be the best, 【小题6】   there are even sites to help you sort if out. You can find detailed reports on these programs on Compare Language Apps: 【小题7】 independent testing site run by Professor Roumen Vesselinov at Queens College in New York.

I’ve had access to most of these apps over the years. However, I found that they were   【小题8】 too complicated or too time-consuming to help me learn a language before an international trip. Perhaps my experience of acquiring a language early in life and then trying to acquire 【小题9】 in a classroom(three years of French, which didn’t really stick)also contributed to my skepticism (怀疑).

The language experts I spoke with say you shouldn’t allow the promises of a course or an app 【小题10】 (convince)you that learning a language is easy. Experts agree that there is no substitute for "on-the-ground" experience practicing a new language with native speakers.

On arriving in the United States，I felt everything was different. There were many new things I had to adapt to.One thing that really【小题1】(take) me a long time to adapt to was speaking the language.

I remember 【小题2】(clear) that I had to struggle to learn English because I couldn't even write a short paragraph to introduce myself at the first day of my English class.The teacher asked me 【小题3】it was difficult for me.If it was，I could change to level one!

However，I was stubborn and swore that I was going to succeed.I started to spend many 【小题4】(hour)per day，even though it was stressful，because I wanted to take advantage 【小题5】this special chance to study English in the U.S.A.

I felt depressed because I couldn't understand 【小题6】people were saying even though I made great efforts.However，I still kept 【小题7】(try) and never gave up.

Now， I can tell you that I have improved a lot， but sometimes it is still easy for me to get【小题8】(confuse) if I don't know what topic people 【小题9】(talk) about.To adapt to this new language， I had to tell 【小题10】( I ) that I could do it.I really believe I can!

Have you ever asked 【小题1】 （you） why people often have trouble 【小题2】 （learn） English? I hadn’t, until one day my five-year-old son asked me 【小题3】 there was ham in a hamburger. There isn’t. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn. Even the smallest of words can be 【小题4】 （confuse）. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in 【小题5】 a house can burn up as it burns down, and in which an alarm 【小题6】 （hear） once it goes!

English 【小题7】 （invent） by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race. That is why when the 【小题8】 （star） are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are 【小题9】 （visible）. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, 【小题10】 when I wind up this passage, it ends.