A：Today I had my first English class.
      今天我上了第一堂英语课。

B：How was it?
      课上得怎样？

A：It was interesting.The teacher gave us three ways to help ourselves learn the language. First, stop talking anything except English. Then learn many complete sentences by heart.Finally, have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with, and always imitate them.
      很有意思。老师告诉我们有三种方法可帮助我们学习语言。首先，除英语外不要用其他语言谈话。其次。背下大量完整的句子。最后请美国朋友告诉我们，我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子，他们是怎样表达的，并且要一直模仿他们。

1. 模仿;仿效;模拟
    If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce.

    e.g. ...a genuine German musical which does not try to imitate the American model.
           不刻意模仿美国模式的真正的德国音乐剧
    e.g. ...a precedent which may be imitated by other activists in the future.
           将来可能会被其他激进分子仿效的先例

2. (为逗乐)戏仿，学…的样子
    If you imitate a person or animal, you copy the way they speak or behave, usually because you are trying to be funny.

    e.g. Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again.
           克拉伦斯又板起面孔,模仿起上校来。