To a Chinese， the task of learning English well is not easy. So I， like many other English learners， have met with difficulties in learning English during the past seven years. But I managed to overcome them and made much progress.
　　 The spelling and meaning of words can be said to be the first difficulty I met as a beginner. But I found our my own way to deal with them. As to spelling， I never copied a new work again and again to remember it， but tried to find its relevance to the sound. In fact， as long as I can read the word out， I can write it out. As to the meaning， I rarely recite its Chinese translation but often put the word into the sentence to learn its meaning. Moreover， if you use a word quite often， its spelling and meaning will be no problem. After all， we are learning English in order to use it.
　　 Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty. But I have also got over it. I have not read lots of grammar books. But I spent much time reading the articles written by native speakers or specialists in English. By doing so， I came to gain “a sense of English language”. I began to gain a feel for which sentences are “good English” and which are not.
　　 Finally， I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties requires perseverance. In the past seven years I spent at least an hour on English each day. I believe this is an important reason why I am able to make progress in learning English.