材料一：2014年，巴西世界杯足球赛精彩纷呈；“汉语桥”大赛赛展汉语魅力；海外“欢乐春节”续传中国春节文化的魅力；美国国际艺术节，让人们越过海洋的握手……
材料二：10月29日，中国国际文化交流中心成立30周年纪念大会在京召开。******作出重要批示：中国国际文化交流中心成立30年来，为扩大对外文化交流、推动中华文化走向世界、服务国家工作大局、增进中国人民与世界各国人民的友谊，作出了重要贡献。希望认真总结经验，坚持社会主义先进文化前进方向，大力弘扬中华优秀传统文化，在推进人类各种文明的交流交融、互学互鉴中，增强我国的文化软实力，维护世界和平。
结合上述材料，运用所学知识，思考下列问题：

    O. Henry was a pen name of an American writer. He wrote short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was lost from the bank, others believed O. Henry took it. So people sent him to prison﹡. He stayed in prison for three years. There he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because they always finished with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

We should do some more listening, reading, speaking and writing           often          , when we learn a foreign language.