Bi contrasts this with her own experience, recalling that when she studied English, most students could read and write with some facility, but had great difficulty understanding spoken English and speaking it themselves. She says that, as they couldn't carry on the simplest of conversations, many were effectively mute in English.
比較自己以前學英語的經驗，畢秋紅說，一般學生的讀、寫能力還可以，但聽、說能力就很弱，很多人連簡單的對話也不會，變成啞巴英語；現在他們希望是「聽、說領先，讀、寫跟上」。