【新视野大学英语】（第一册）学习一门外语(3/5)

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概述：
我参加了远程英语课程。。。
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无So, once again, although for different reasons, I was afraid to speak. It seemed my English was going to stay at the same level forever.
That was the situation until a couple of years later when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course. The communication medium was a computer, a phone line and a modem. I soon got access to the necessary equipment, learned how to use the technology from a friend and participated in the virtual classroom five to seven days a week.
Online learning is not easier than regular classroom study; it requires a lot of time, commitment and discipline to keep up with the flow of the course. I worked hard to meet the minimum standards set by the course and to complete assignments on time.虽然原因与高中时不同，但我却又一次不敢开口了。看来我的英语水平要永远停步不前了。
直到几年后我有机会参加远程英语课程，情况才有所改善。这种课程的媒介是一台电脑、一条电话线和一个调制解调器。我很快配齐了必要的设备并跟一个朋友学会了电脑操作技术，于是我每周用5到7天在网上的虚拟课堂里学习英语。
网上学习并不比普通的课堂学习容易。它需要花许多的时间，需要学习者专心自律，以跟上课程进度。我尽力达到课程的最低要求，并按时完成作业。