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Some people say it is not easy for a middle-aged person to learn a foreign language. But is it (real) true?
Several years ago, I worked for English newspaper which was doing such a research. They asked me to learn a new language for one month. Then I had to go to the country and do some "tests" (see) if I could "survive(挺过来)" in different situations.
I chose Spanish and one-month course at a language school and (find)some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. example,"hola" isn't very different from "hello". Of course, there are other things which are more difficult. In Spanish you have to change the verbs for each person. But my (big) problem of all was the pronunciation. I found very difficult to pronounce some letters in Spanish especially "r" and "j". So I had to download (sentence) onto my phone and I listened and practiced them again ang again.
A month later I went to Spain. A Spanish teacher (call) Paula came and began the test. "Will I survive?" I wasn't sure enough but I wished I would!