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My cousin lives in a northern city and studies English every evening.我表姐住在「北方」的一座城市，每天晚上学英语。 She reads one short novel each month nowadays.她「如今」每个月读一本短篇「小说」。 Last week she began a story about a poor family in a cold town.上周她开始读一个故事，讲的是一座寒冷小镇里的穷人家。 She kept a small notebook beside her bed.她床边放着一个小本子。

Her tutor asked her to mark every noun on the first page.她的辅导老师让她标出第一页上每个「名词」。 She gave a quick nod and started at once.她「点头」答应，马上就开始。 When he asked if the work was easy, she said nope.老师问她这活儿容易吗，她说「不」。 He laughed and called her honest.他笑了，说她很诚实。

She had a strange notion that grammar was only rules.她有个奇怪的「想法」，以为语法只是一堆规则。 Her tutor said that was nonsense and told her to read for joy.老师说那是「胡说」，让她为了快乐去读。 Her reading speed was notably faster after two weeks.两周后她的阅读速度「明显」变快了。 The story felt alive in her hands.那个故事在她手里活了起来。

By the end she could point at a line and say why it worked.到后来，她能指着一行字说出它为什么好。 She even wrote a few pages of her own novel.她甚至自己写了几页「小说」。 Her nose was always in a book, her mother said.她妈妈说，她的「鼻子」总是埋在一本书里。 Reading, not memorizing, made the language hers.是阅读，而不是背诵，让这门语言成了她的。