A: What are you reading?
B: The midterm exam is just round the corner, so I’m cramming English.
A: My English is terrible. Could you give me some tips on how to learn English?
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B: Simple: read an English newspaper every day!
A: 你在讀什麼啊?
B: 期中考快到了,我在K英文啦。
A: 我英文好爛唷,快教教我怎麼學英文。
B: 很簡單啊︰每天看英文報紙嘛!
(Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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