Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, __1__ give your money back、 Of course, it __2__ happens quite like that. The only language __3__ to learn is the mother language. And think __4__ practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language __5__ the literature(文学) of the country. Now most people want to __6__ a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning __7__.    How do they do it、 Some people try at home __8__ books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. __9__ they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will __10__ a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or __11__ hours a day. It’s much easier to learn the language in the country where it __12__. But most people are __13__ to do this, and many people don’t have to do so. Machines and good books will be very __14__， but they can not do the students’ work. __15__ the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.    语篇解读：本文主要想告诉读者，学英语是一个长期而艰苦的劳动，没有任何捷径可走。无论你用什么方法学习——用书、机器或在学校，不多实践就无法达到预期的目的。