记者：何文意
1月8日傍晚6点，新年第一次的英语角在图书馆如期进行🌖🔮。这周英语角的主题是“文化交融”🏤。在场外教Mr. Sean McHugh与同学们在“老地方”各抒己见💇🏼，相谈甚欢👨🍼。
Mr. Sean McHugh问同学们，是否认为中国人和西方人的思维方式是非常不同的🧑🏫。同学们若有所思地点点头，但Mr. Sean却不这么认为。紧接着，他跟同学们讨论自然科学、饮食文化、旅游观光等问题。同学们大胆地表达自己的观点，Mr. Sean McHugh也鼓励大家坚持自我，不要随波逐流。
谈到饮食文化💨，Mr. Sean McHugh大赞中国食物。同时，他表示喜欢奇怪的食物🪶。他在街边小摊吃过臭豆腐、在东北吃过烧蚕蛹、在印度吃过蚂蚁……并不是全部同学能够接受昆虫类的食物，但来自广东的同学听着很兴奋，并跟Mr. Sean McHugh谈起各种吃的经验。有同学甚至迫不及待翻出手机里的照片，给老师介绍澳门的特色餐馆🚶🏻♀️➡️。然后♜，Mr. Sean给同学们介绍了东方生肖和西方星座的相似之处，他对星象展现出浓厚的感兴趣，他还打趣地对同学们说明自己的属性🏆：“那么，我是一头牛又是一只鸡咯！”（金牛座，属鸡）惹得同学们哄堂大笑👂🏽。此外，Mr. Sean McHugh还跟同学们交流了关于外星人奥秘的看法和在各国的旅游经验🦀。
最后，Mr. Sean McHugh总结🔪，东西方的世界观价值观实际上有很多相似之处，希望自己作为一名外籍教师能为文化交融贡献多一份力🕛，也希望同学们乐于了解其他文化🖕，增广见闻。
English Corner-Culture Blending
By HE Wenyi
On the evening of January 8, the first English corner in 2014 was held in the Library. This week’s topic was “Culture Blending”. Mr. Sean McHugh had a chat with the students at the same corner on the left side of the lobby.
Firstly, Mr. Sean McHugh asked whether the students agree there were many differences between Chinese and western people. The students thought for a while and nodded their heads while Mr. Sean McHugh didn’t think so. He discussed a variety of subjects with the students. The students stated their opinions actively and were reminded not to chase the popularity blindly.
When it came to cooking, Mr. Sean McHugh spoke highly of Chinese food. He loved to taste strange food as well. Mr. Sean McHugh had even tried the smelly bean curd, roast pupa and ants in different places. Not all the students can accept insets as food, but a Cantonese student listened to him excitedly and shared lots of experience of eating strange food. What’s more, Mr. Sean McHugh introduced the similarities between Chinese and western horoscopes, in which he showed a great interest. Joking with the students, he said, “so…I’m a cow and rooster! (Taurus and year of Rooster)” Besides, Mr. Sean McHugh shared his views on aliens'' mysteries and the touring experiences around the world.
The wide-range communication tonight covered many similar values between different cultures. As a foreign teacher, Mr. Sean McHugh hoped to make more contributions to promote culture blending. Students were suggested to know more about other cultures to broaden horizons.
