By CAI Shaowei

On the evening of June 4th, the teacher and students took part in the English Corner as usual in the lobby of the library. The foreign teacher present was Mr. Sean McHugh. The topic was New Experience in Chinese Supermarket.

Supermarket is unquestionably a great convenience for people. How does a foreigner like local supermarket? Mr. Sean McHugh showed a number of pictures of “less-known items” with slides. He did like Chinese supermarket, because he found a lot of interesting things there, which made him very surprised. For instance, pomelos, mangosteens, carambolas, loquats and so on. And the funniest thing was watching Mr. Sean McHugh eat the Chinese authentic food-- a preserved egg, a nightmare for many foreigners. But for him, it was OK!

Through such a pleasant context, students were given a chance to learn English of various vegetables and fruits and more importantly to experience the difference between Chinese and foreign supermarkets. When you go to the supermarket another day, could you name the items in English?