记者🆘：陈宝华

5月13日，每周三晚的英语角照常举行🫱🏽。今天出席英语角的外教有Mr. Martin Stannard，Ms. Dulene Cipiriano🧴，Mr. Jeremy Jenkin

Martin是第一位来到图书馆的外教💄，不一会儿便有很多学生陆续到来，围在Martin身边，眼尖的同学发现他手上的纹身，其实是老师的中文名字。Martin觉得来到中国，有个自己名字的纹身显得非常有意义🏊🏿。Martin是一位喜欢享受生活变化的人😛，来中国已经有十年，一直没有离开中国的一个重要原因是他很喜欢中国的天气🌶。当然，当到了年老的时候， Martin还是希望能回到故乡和自己的孩子团聚👳🏿‍♀️。

而另一边🕶，同学们和Dulene聊着作为大一新生的烦恼🟡。学生们认为校园活动太多，放松的时间少👶🏻🪶，感觉过的比高中还累🔤。Dulene说，作为大一新生🍹，多参加一些活动是好事，不过应该选择一个最喜欢的，这样才不会觉得负担太重。另外，学生更应该多参与社交活动，社交是大学的必修课。如果只是一昧地学习🤷🏽，可能不利于毕业后找工作💩🤽🏼‍♀️。公司不喜欢太呆板的人。Dulene说她最喜欢就是教儿童文学，还跟同学们推荐了一本叫《戴帽子的猫》的书🚡。

Jeremy分享了他在纽约以及台湾的旅游经历。当同学问到如何提高听力时🔯，他笑着说🥷，多看些英文视频而不是只看中文视频。

不论是Martin 喜欢的有变化的人生，还是Dulene所谈论的大学生活🦸🏻‍♂️，都表达出了共同的观点，那就是：在生活上，只有自己才是人生的掌舵人🙋🏻，你完全可以权衡选择自己想要的不同颜色的人生。

审稿人🐀：张文慧

English Corner: Colorful Life

Reporter: Chen Baohua

The English Corner was held in the Library lobby at 6 p.m. on May 13th. Mr. Martin Stannard, Ms. Dulene Cipiriano, Mr. Jeremy Jenkin attended it.

Martin was the first teacher to arrive at the library. After a while, students came and sat around him. Some careful students found that Martin had a tattoo on one of his hands. Martin explained that it was very meaningful to have a tattoo about his Chinese name. Martin told us that he had been in China for about ten years. He was a person who liked changes in life, so ten years were a long time for him. An important reason why he had not left China was that he liked the weather in China. When he became old, he would like to go back to his hometown, and reunite with his children.

Dulene was talking about the freshmen. Some students complained about the pressure. They had too many campus activities, and less time to have a rest, feeling more tired than in senior high school. Dulene suggested that students should take part in one of the activities which they liked best. Most importantly, students need to learn some social experience. It’s good to study hard, but don’t make yourself be stiff.

Jeremy shared his experience in New York and Tai Wan. When the students asked him how to improve listening ability, he smiled and said it was a good choice to watch more English videos.

Through today’s activity, it can be known that life can be colorful if you are the master of your own life.

Proofread by Zhang Wenhui