Learn to speak chinese

I found this Chinese book in our book shelves the other day my instinct is right my husband bought this book about 5 years ago when he met this Chinese girl over in the Internet how i knew this ? simply because my husband told me when we still communicating before anyway he want me to throw it away but i want to keep it maybe one of these days i surprise my husband that i can speak Chinese . When i tried read the books its pretty tough i could barely pronounce the right words but i wanted to give it a try theres also DVD attached inside so i hope i can learn quick im really serious about it .The story behind this book it was year 2003 he met this girl in some kind of a dating site to cut the stories short they made communication to one another he wrote letters to the girl but the problem is she could not understand in any english word she need to get a translator for her to understand what was the letter all about and she need to pay to get a translator and they broke up maybe language barrier is the main problem and a year later in 2004 he met another chinese girl my husband likes asian girls i think hahaha he tried to learn chinese but he failed he knew only a little thats good for him tho lol they never last long and 2005 he found me which im not chinese lol. Anyway back to the topic im going to spend time to learn chinese mark my word guys lol.