為什麼我堅持學英語？Why I insist on learning English？

For many people, learning English was a tough task when they were in school. Once leaving school, they will probably not improve their English. But if you insist on learning English, there will be much benefits you will have.

Firstly, a foreign language can shape the way you think. When you use a foreign language to think or to speak or to write, you will probably behave different compared with your native language usage. For example, when you use English, you will be more precise, because you should notice some points that Mandarin Chinese doesn"t have such as tense, singular or plural and so forth. When you use Japanese, you should notice the relationship with whom you are speaking, because the relationship between communicators decides that you use a formal expression or informal expression.

Secondly, a foreign language can help us absorb a different culture. Living in a single culture is tedium. Multi-culture is a strength that builds human being"s understanding of each other. English is the most wildly used by people around the world, making it a colorful language that spreads most people"s ideas. Once you use English, no matter you are a beginner or a master, you will see a different world.

Thirdly, a foreign language does good to you healthy. It may sound strange, but study shows that learning a new language can prevent dementia. So bilingual is healthy.

Fourthly, knowing a foreign language is just fun. Some English words are vividly, like "bomb" which means something that can explode and "bling-bling" which means something shiny. The word order can be compared in different languages to find something. For example, English has postpositive attributes, which is in common with classical Chinese but different from modern Chinese.

The above four points are kind of repetitious words that you may find in a book or a language professor"s speech. But for me, having a good knowledge of English can help me read English books which are of best qualities. Although we can easily find massive translated editions in bookstores or online shopping sites, I believe that the language the author use can best express what he or she want to convey. Sometimes, I want to read a particular book that happens to be of no Chinese version. At this time, the language barrier will not block me and I can understand what I want to read.

So, learning English is a good habit, a way of lifestyle. It is worth making efforts to improve day by day.

自譯：

對於很多人來說，在學校里學英語曾經是他們痛苦的任務。一旦離開校園，他們很有可能不會再提高他們的英語。不過，如果你堅持學英語，你將會獲得很多好處。

第一，一門外語能夠塑造你的思考方式。當你用一門外語來思考或說話或寫作時，你可能會表現得與你使用母語時不同。例如，當你使用英語時，你會變得更嚴謹，因為你要注意以下要點，例如時態、單複數，這些都是漢語中所沒有的。當你使用日語時，你會關注你與說話人之間的關係，因為兩位溝通者的親疏遠近決定了你用不用敬語。

第二，一門外語能夠幫助你吸納不同的文化。生活在單一文化中是單調乏味的，而多元文化是一種力量，能夠構築人類之間互相理解的橋樑。英語是這個世界上被最廣泛使用的語言，使得它成為一門能夠傳播大多數人思想的多姿多彩的語言。一旦你使用英語，無論你是一名初學者還是大師，你都會看到一個不同的世界。

第三，一門外語對你的健康有益。這聽起來可能很奇怪，不過研究表明，學習一門外語能夠預防痴呆。所以雙語是健康的。

第四，會一門外語是有趣的。一些英語辭彙非常生動，例如「bomb」的意思是一種會爆炸的裝置，「bling-bling」的意思是閃閃發光。不同語言的語序也可以用來對比，以此來作出一些發現。例如，英語有定語後置，這與古漢語相同，卻不同於現代漢語。

以上四點是車軲轆話，你能在書中或者語言學教授的演講中得知。但對於我個人來說，會英語能幫助我閱讀那些高質量的英文原版書。儘管我們能在書店或者網上買到大量的翻譯版本的書，但我認為，用作者所用的語言才最能表達他想表達的內容。有時，我想讀某本書，恰好沒有中文翻譯版。這時，語言的壁壘就不能阻礙我讀我想讀的書。

所以，學習英語既是一種好的習慣，也是一種生活方式，值得我們每一天付出努力來提高英語。

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