翻译一下这篇文章Well at the very beginning I'd have to declare that

翻译一下这篇文章
Well at the very beginning I'd have to declare that the following opinions could be very personal. It is after all up to you which way to go, because you know what's best for yourself better than anybody else. You need to build this self-trust before you start learning English. It is not the splendidly advertised courses that will offer you a shortcut to success; you should seek the right access to your destination, not the "said access".
To me, learning English is not exactly like learning other subjects, to be frank; I haven't tried seriously learning it yet. I prefer self-taught though, because a language is not like Chemistry or geography which requires hours in the classroom and a whole lot of textbooks, and most importantly, a teacher there to tell you what to do from one detail to another. I have definitely rejected to follow. I don't know, I figured that English is more like an art, like symphony or a movie that can't be understood through the description of another person. This might sound gross but it's true, you have to be there, try to feel the words and grasp the rules. Just like how you've learned to say your first Chinese words. The only difference is that it is not the language everybody around you speaks, you didn't spend the past 16 years or something getting used to the expressions and tones, so what, it's just a time problem, you've started late but not too late yet, you don't have to go abroad, it is no way the magic to speaking native English. One thing to remember, English is a language, only that it is not your mother language.
There's this one summer when I was at the most boring and wandering age, 14 maybe. I had nothing to do all day except suffering from the hot weather during my vacation. I picked up this VOA tape of my dad's which was covered up with dust. In the following days I spend much time listening to that tape, for it was what I then thought the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. There were news about the wars in middle-eastern Asia and instructions of making tofu out of beans. My favorite part was the story of cowboys in the western desserts of America. From what I remember, I chewed each every pronunciation as if they were strawberry gums, they were perfect. I guess I could fall in love for another language such as French or Spanish just like so. There's a whole wide world hiding behind the scene consisted with letters and words, there's history, there's culture, there are pounding hearts. The language itself is alive. That summer is what I call the real gateway to English learning, and that tape is the best English tape I ever owned.

首先我要阐明的是以下全部为个人观点；一个人的路该如何走全在于自我,因为没有人比你更了解你自己.在你学英语之前你就要建立起这样的自信.一个再好的英语课程也不能为你提供学习英语的捷径,要自己去追寻达到目标方法,而不是所谓的捷径.
对我来说,学英语并不像学其他科目,坦白的说,我并没有真正的学习过.我更倾向于自我教学；因为一门语言并不像学习化学或地理一样要在教室里花上很多时间或者读一大堆的教科书,而且老师还会告诉你如何去做以及每一个细节.我是完全不会去这样做的；我不理解.其实我觉得英语更像一门艺术,犹如一曲交响乐或一场电影一样并不是单凭解释就可以被理解的.也许这个比喻听起来略显粗俗但是确实一个事实.你要身临其境,去感受每一个单词并抓住它的精髓.就像你如何学中文一样,唯一的不同就在于英文并不是你周围的每个人都在说.你没有用16年的时间去习惯英语的表达方式和发音方法,归根结底,其实仅仅是时间的问题.你的起点虽然有点晚但是还不算太晚,你也不用出国.没有说好纯英语的魔法.唯一要记住的是,英语只是一门语言,唯一的不同是它不是你的母语.
在一个夏天,那也是我处于烦躁且彷徨的一个年龄,大概14岁.我每天无所事事的忍受着这个炎热的季节荒废着我的假期.我拿起了爸爸的落满尘土的VOA磁带.剩下的日子里我几乎所有时间都在听这盘我后来认为是我世界上听过的最好的东西的磁带.磁带里有提到中东战争以及从豆子到豆腐的制作过程.我最喜欢的内容是有关美国西部牛仔的故事.我记得当时我就像嚼草莓味口香糖一样细细品味每一个单词的发音,真是棒极了!我想我也会同样爱上其他语言的,像法语,西班牙语.幕后一个广阔的充满着字母,单词的世界,有无数的历史,不同的文化,以及无数颗跳动的心.语言是有生命的!
那个夏天的学习就是我通往学习英语道路的大门,而那盘最棒的磁带我也一直保留着.
（这篇文章的措辞不是很好,我已经尽力去理解他的意思并用恰当的中文翻译出来了,