Making Friends With Foreigners 与外国人交朋友

Since I was in primary school, my parents hired a tutor to teach me English, because they knew the importance of the international language. Though I have learned English for many years, I never had the chance to talk to the local people. The chance came as I went to high school. The school had a project to promote the communication between countries, so there were some foreign students studied here for a year. I was lucky to become a foreign student's partner. My job was to assist her in solving the daily problems. We talked in English. At first, I was so nervous and spoke very slowly, then my partner encouraged me and she wouldn't correct me. As we communicate more, she taught me some local language, which made me sounded like a local person. This experience is such valuable for me. 
在我在小学的时候，我的父母就请了一位家庭教师来教我英语，因为他们知道国际语言的重要性。虽然我学习英语已经很多年了，但是我从来没有机会和当地人交谈。我上高中时，这样的机会就来了。学校有一个项目，为了促进国与国之间的交流，所以有一些外国学生在这里学习一年。我很幸运成为外国学生的搭档，我的工作是协助她解决日常问题。我们用英语交谈。起初，我很紧张，说的很慢，她就鼓励我，她也不会纠正我。随着我们深入的交流，她教了我一些当地的语言，这让我听起来像本地人。这对我来说是很有价值的经历。