毛泽东从青年时代就开始接触英语。长征胜利后,在延安的窑洞里,他跟着来访的美国记者学英语、学唱外国民歌,甚至学跳西方的交谊舞。就是在解放战争中,他也没有忘记学习英语,常常拿着一本《学英语》手册看。1946年8月6日,毛泽东在延安杨家岭会见了美国女记者 Mao Zedong began to contact English from his youth. After the victory of the Long March, in Yan’an’s cave, he followed the visiting American reporters to learn English, learn to sing foreign folk songs and even learn to dance in the West. It was during the War of Liberation that he did not forget to learn English and often read a handbook on learning English. On August 6, 1946, Mao Zedong met with a U.S. female reporter in Yangjialing, Yan’an