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BecauseofdifferentreasonsIcouldneithergoabroadnorattendalanguagecoursetoimprovemyEnglish.SoIfinally(66)d ___toreadbooksinEnglish.IchoseIrving’snovelAwidowforOneYear.
Whatwasmyexperience(67)l __?Verychallenging(有挑战性的)!AtthebeginningItriedtostopthinkinginChineseabout(68)w ___Iwasreading.Ijustkeptreadinginsteadoflookingupthenewwordsinthedictionary.Atfirstitseemedtobe(69)i __toreadandunderstandwithoutusingadictionarybutthenIbegantogetthemeaning(70)s __.FinallyIwassointerestedinthewonderfulcharactersandthesurprisingplotofthenovel(71)t __IcompletelyforgotthatIwasreadingthebookinEnglish.
(72)R __thisnovelwasverygoodformyEnglishlearning.IfoundthatIrving’swayofwritingwasveryclearandeasytoread.Thismademefeelreallysatisfiedandencouragedmetoread(73)m __otherbooks(notonlybyIrving).IdiscoveredthatwhenyoureadabookinEnglishyouwillstopthinkinginyourmothertongueatsomepoint.It’sjustasifyouwerethereinsidethestoryamongthecharacterswhospeakEnglishinthebook.
ReadingIrving’snovelalsoenabledmetolearnalarge(74)n __ofnewwordsandexpressionsusedindifferentcontexts.Itisreallyagood(75)w______toimproveourEnglish.