Hi again guys. Let's pick up where we left off in the last post. We were talking about the expression "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" that, as you already know, refers to people who mean well but do bad things. Like that expression, there are some more containing the word Rome. Let's get to learn some of them!
As an English student, I've witnessed many discussions around which way would be the best to learn English. Sometimes, people strongly believe the way they learned English is the best one just because it fits them better. But as we all know very well, every student is different and may learn English in a way that may not be good for you, but it's perfect for them [and the other way around]. That's why discussions like that will never end. And to some extent, that's a good thing because the more people worry about it, the more ways will be developed to make the process of learning English easier and faster. But on a personal note, I believe all roads lead to Rome.
Wait, what did I just say? What does "all roads lead to Rome" mean? It's a way of saying that there are many different routes to the same goal [in our example, language acquisiton]. I meant to say, no matter how many methods there are to learn English, or how exactly you learned English yourself, every attempt should count and works towards the same goal. But don't get me wrong. Of course there are some ways of learning english that are clearly considered wrong, or go by some rules that clearly do not work. Well, they may work or may not work. We'll never know. There's always someone claiming to have learned English through a very peculiar way. That's why I still say "all roads lead to Rome". Do you agree with me? Let me know in the comment section!
Whatever you believe, though, there's something you can never deny: It takes a lot of time to achieve a goal like learning a different language. After all, "Rome was not built in a day"; and that's one more expression with the word Rome. If you take it to the letter, you'll see it says something very obvious. Of course Rome was not built in a day. That would be impossible, right? And why is it impossible? Because it takes a lot of time to build an entire city, or to achieve something that important. So, if you've been studying english for very little time and someone comes up to you and asks if you're already fluent, you can say: It'll take me a while. Rome was not build in a day.
Take care!
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