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Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways 1.________ (recent) ?twenty-four young singers from all over China 2.________ ( enter) a competition by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked  3.________ (comfort) the stage. Although some of them took part in the competition for the  4.________ (one) time were able 5.________ ( sing) English songs just as well as native speakers.

The winner of the  6.________ ( men) competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi'an am winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both of   7.________ (they) were very modest and they didn’t think they were  8.________ ( good) than the other singers. Jiangmei the winner of the women’s said studying English helped her win the prize and she would have to study hard.

This kind of competition encourages people  9.________ (speak) English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it’s a good idea to have fun with English.

Maybe you   10.________ ( hear) of The Chinese Speak English program before. If not, why don’t you find out about it? It suggests lots of ways for us to take an interest in  11. ________ ( learn) English.

Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. If you look hard enough, you  12.________ (find) a good way to learn English better.