A Diary
September 20th
Friday Rainy
At the beginning of the term, I made up my mind to learn English well in my plan. Then I carried out the plan full of determination. I stu-died as hard as I could,and so the days and weeks went by. Soon the time for the mid-term exam came. I went over my lessons in earnest,because Iexpected to get good marks. But to my surprise, I got a low mark of 73.I made quite a few grammar mistakes. Besides, I was unable to use some words or idioms correctly. I felt very sorry about it. I sat in the classroom in low spirits.
Knowing about it,my English teacher asked me to go to his of-fice and told me not to be so disappointed. He also told me to listen to the teacher attentively in class,to make notes while listening and to do more reading and writing,and that only in this way could I learn Eng-lish well.
What he said struck me greatly. I am determined to do as my tea-cher told me to. I'm sure I'll make some progress next time.
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日记：如何学好英语
9月20日 星期五 雨这个学期刚开始，我就在计划中下定决心学好英语。然后我充满信心地执行计划。我尽可能的努力学习，日子就这样一天天过去了，马上期中考试就到了。我认真地复习了这门课，因为我期望取得好成绩，但令我吃惊的是，我只得了73分，我犯了很多语法错误。而且，我不能正确的.使用一些词和词组，我感到很难过，我坐在教室里，情绪很低。
知道这件事后，我的英语老师把我叫到他的办公室，叫我不要太失望了，他还告诉我上课要仔细听讲，边听边做笔记，多阅读，多写作，这样才能学好英语。
他说的话令我很感动，我决心按老师教的去做，我相信下次我将会有一些进步。