For most people, learning English is not an easy job. However, it can be child’s play! Why?Have you ever watched how children learn their mother tongue. If you have that experience, youwill realize it. As soon as children are born, they listen to a lot of words in their native languageand pick them up naturally. Moreover, to let babies to follow, adults around usually use simplewords when talking to them.         After a year or two, children begin to utter the single words, and then they say phrases oreven sentences. Most important of all, not only their pronunciation but their grammar doesn’tmatter. Because as time goes by, they will improve. Besides, if they make mistakes, others won’tlaugh at them. They enjoy asking questions or talking like a chatterbox even with limitedvocabularies.
        As they get older, their vocabulary will grow large enough for daily conversation, and thenthey won’t have difficulty with real conversation. That’s how children pick up a language.＊ mother tongue 母語 ＊ native 本國的 ＊ utter 表達 ＊ phrase 片語 ＊ realize 理解 ＊ pronunciation 發音 ＊ grammar 文法 ＊ improve 改善 ＊ chatterbox 話匣子 ＊ limited 有限的 ＊ vocabulary 字彙 ＊ conversation 對話

【題組】37. What is the main idea of the reading?
(A)Being a copycat is the key to learning a new language.
(B) Using correct grammar and pronunciation is important when learning a new language.
(C) Adults are not able to learn a new language because they are not babies anymore.
(D)Teenagers have trouble talking to others with limited vocabularies.