As we all know,"No pain,no gain".That\’s a perfect saying for Lai Shixiong,an excellent English learner from China,to describe his experience of learning English well.
Like many speakers who are not from English-speaking countries,Lai failed when he first started learning English.When he was in high school,he once got a very low mark of 7 in an English test.The full mark was 100.He almost gave up English,but after he entered a military school（军校）,he met a classmate who was good at English.
Surprised by his classmate\’s great spoken English,Lai decided to start learning English from the beginning.As he wrote down his experience in the diary,"I saw myself as a baby who had just started to learn a language." To correct his pronunciation,Lai practiced phonetic symbols（音标） hundreds of times every day by listening to records.
When he was able to pronounce words,Lai said he began to practice conversations（对话）.Not being able to find someone to practice with,Lai created learning atmosphere（氛围） on his own."I just talked to myself as if I were in a conversation,"he said.
Lai also thought of ways to improve his skills.He used English to describe everything he saw.He even translated（翻译） speeches when he went to class meetings at the military school.He also read and listened to English news to learn new expressions.
"There is no other way to learning language well.You have to practice,"Lai said.

（1）Who is Lai Shixiong? ______
（2）Why did Lai Shixiong decide to start learning English? ______
（3）How did Lai improve his pronunciation? ______
（4）How do you learn English?Share your way（s）!Write 30 words or more. ______