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Today many Chinese people want to im prove their English in different ways.Fo r example,twenty-four young singers fr om across China entered a contest by s inging popular English songs.Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looke d comfortable on stage.Some of these s ingers were able to sing English songs j ust as well as native speakers.The singers really came from all age gr oups and from all over China.The winn er of the men's competition was a 40-y ear-old man from Xi'an,and the winner of the women's competition was a 19-y ear-old girl from Dalian.Both winners w ere very modest and said that they did n't think they were better than the othe r singers.Jiang Mei,the winner of the wo men's competition,said studying Englis h helped her win the prize.Six months earlier,she felt her English was not goo d enough,so she had to study hard.She also said that singing English songs ma de her more interested in learning Engli sh.This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English.Many people agree that they make progress by singi ng English songs and that it is a good id ea to have fun with English.Have you ever heard of the Beijing Spe aks Englisb program?If not,why don't y ou find out about it?It suggests ways fo r Beijingers to take an interest in learni ng English.Besides singing English song s,there are many other fun ways to lear n English.What about watching English movies,or reading English books?Mayb e you could even make friends with a n ative speaker of English.If you look har d enough,you'llfind a good way to learn English bette