19 One Way to Improve Your English

My classmate, Lily, and I are the best students in our English class.

Do you know how we improve our English?

We meet twice a week in a coffee shop to practice.

We spend the whole afternoon discussing a wide range of topics in English.

Then once a week an American friend, Stan, does language exchange with us.

We teach him Chinese and he teaches us English.

In less than six months, we have improved by leaps and bounds.

We have also met other Americans through Stan.

Now we have quite a few American friends.

And of course, we always speak English with them.

This way of learning English has worked wonders for us.

Maybe it could work for you, too.

短语解析:
1. by leaps and bounds 突飞猛进地
例:After the elections ，the economy improved by leaps and bounds.
   选举过后，经济增长突飞猛进。
2. quite a few+复数名词  不少的/相当多的……
例:There were quite a few complaints about the street vendors in our neighborhood.
   我们社区有不少对街头摊贩的怨言。
3. work wonders  有奇效