英译汉 I started learning English when I was 6 years old.

英译汉 I started learning English when I was 6 years old.
I started learning English when I was 6 years old. For 8 years I learned English the way everybody does – by going to English classes. It was awfully ineffective. I did everything that the teachers told me to do ; the homework assignments, everything. But I didn’t get any results. At least, no impressive results. I mean , I was always one of the best students in class. Still, reading English texts took me a long time, I made lots of mistakes when writing, my pronunciation was bad, and I could only speak English very slowly. Eight years of sacrifices, and these were the results…