You might dream of fluency in this or that language, and maybe you've already achieved fluency in a foreign language.____.

    Fluency, like all abstract terms, has no universal meaning. Each individual must determine what the term means.____.

    Perfect fluency means knowing every word you encounter, speaking quickly, clearly and easily and having no accent.____. You aren't familiar with every word of your native language, and sometimes you have to search for the right word, even in your mother tongue.

    Quick fluency is the type of fluency you see in advertisements, because “Master a Language in Two Months!” sounds way catchier than “Fluency in Twenty Years!”____. It is possible to achieve quick fluency, but the fluency achieved after such a short time frame will be a very thin, superficial fluency.

    ____. Native-like fluency means that you generally know all the same words that a native knows and can speak at the same pace with the same amount of ease as a native speaker. You will likely have an accent, but as long as your conversation partner can understand you, it doesn't matter.

    Literary fluency is like graduating from native-like to educated-native-like fluency. It focuses on the more intellectual（知识性的） side of a language: indulging in literature, attending university, composing song lyrics, etc.

    There are a ton of other things that fluency could potentially（可能地） be, but that's up to you to figure out.

A. It sounds too good to be true.

B. However, Nobody is “perfectly fluent” in any language.

C. Quick fluency is good if you have some sort of deadline.

D. But have you ever considered what fluency really means?

E. But does fluency have the same meaning to other person as it does to you?

F. Unlike perfect fluency, native-like fluency is a reasonable and attainable goal.

G. To assist you in determining what fluency is, I'll describe a few different types of fluency.

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    Ray Charles，a black singer and pianist of the USA．He had won 12 Grammy Awards （格莱美奖） and performed at 10，000 concerts around the world．Many musicians called him simply"the Genius"（天才）．

    Ray Charles was born into a poor family，without a father．When he was 5 years old，his younger brother died，and around the same time，Charles started to lose his sight．By the age of 7he was completely blind．He had already been learning the piano for a year，and when he went blind，his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future．All his life，Charles remembered her saying："Do it right，or don't do it at all．"

    Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children．There the teachers also encouraged him to study music．Sadly，while he was still at school，his mother died．He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players．He sang，played the piano and wrote music．

    He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles．

    In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made．The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx．The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles．After they had been playing together for two hours，Charles，then aged 73，jumped up and said："He's the one…he can do it．"A year later Charles died aged 74．The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles'music will live on．

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没钓到的大鱼

       这是34年前的事了。今天我已经是纽约市一个小有成就的建筑师了。

       七岁那年，我家在岛上有所美丽的小房子。在鲈鱼钓猎开禁前一天傍晚，我和妈妈早早又来钓鱼。安好诱饵后，我将鱼线一次次甩向湖心。落日的余辉下，水中泛起一圈圈色彩斑斓的涟猗。当月升中天的时候，那湖水中的波纹又变成了银白色，景象十分美丽动人。

       忽然，钓杆的另一头倍感沉重起来。我知道一定有大家伙上钓，急忙收到鱼线。母亲在一旁静静地看着我熟练的操作，十分惬意欣慰。

       终于，我小心翼翼地把一条竭力挣扎的大鱼拉出水面。好大的鱼啊！在此之前我还没见过这么大的鱼呢！它是一条鲈鱼。

       我们紧盯着这条漂亮的大鱼看呆了。月光下，美丽的鱼鳃一吐一纳的翕动着。母亲揿亮小电筒看看表，已是晚上10点﹣﹣但距允许钓猎鲈鱼的时间还差两个小时。

      “                     ”母亲说。

      “不！妈妈！”我哭了。

      “还会有别的鱼的。”母亲安慰着我。

      “再没有这样大的鱼了。”我仍然伤感不已。

       我环视了湖的四周，月光下，也看不到一个鱼艇或钓鱼人。又看看母亲，虽然没人看见我们，也没有人知道这事，但我从母亲那平时温和慈祥而现在却十分坚决的脸色中知道：决定是不可更改的。只好慢慢解开大鱼嘴上的鱼钓，把它放了生。

       暗夜中，那鲈鱼抖动笨大的身躯慢慢扎向黑色的湖水深处，渐渐消失。

       回想刚才钓大鱼时兴高采烈的情景，我就像做了一场梦。

       如今，母亲的小房子还在那个湖心小岛上，我还是常到那里钓鱼。

       如我所说，我再也没有能钓到很久前那一夜晚钓上的那样漂亮的大鱼。但我却为此终身感谢母亲。以后的生活中我碰到过许多类似于那一夜晚的问题，但从未因无人知道而放松自律，有损公德。我通过自己的诚实，勤奋，守法，仍然能猎取到生活中的大鱼﹣﹣事业上成绩斐然。我至今仍怀念母亲那一夜的教诲，并常常对自己的儿子和女儿讲述起这件平常而又动人的小事。