记者：周幸子
12月17日晚💁🏻，Mr. Sean McHugh在丽泽A103带来了一场名为“美国整体概况”的讲座。本场讲座内容极其丰富，涵盖了美国标志👶🏿、地理、历史👭🏼、政治🍫、军事、社会、体育🔚、餐饮🥷🏽、艺术🚴🏼，宗教等各个方面👭🏻，可谓是一场全面的美国知识大扫盲👳♀️。
讲座中🤹🏽，Mr. Sean McHugh除秉持其图片丰富的演讲特色🪭，这次更别开生面地关掉了现场的灯。同学们坐在一片漆黑的环境中👨🏽✈️，一边欣赏大屏幕各种不同的图片💇，一边听着Mr. Sean McHugh娓娓道来的明快解说，颇有观影之感。讲座从秃鹰——最经典的美国标志开始，逐渐延伸到自由女神像、标志建筑物🈳、经典酒店👰🏼、汽车3️⃣、歌手👩⚖️、电影、快餐店等领域⇾，令同学们深刻地感受到美国元素之多元化。之后，Mr. Sean McHugh又简单介绍了美国地理知识，展现了落基山脉🧑🏿🍼、密西西比河等的美丽风光😶🪼。在谈到美国历史与政治时🫷🏼，他更是如数家珍⏩，年份及具体事件说得头头是道，其惊人的记忆力令在座同学深深折服！作为研究音乐历史的专家，他在介绍美国艺术的环节中还特别推荐了《尼克松在中国》的音乐集，另外他也大力推崇了中国的《红色娘子军》芭蕾舞剧。
短短九十分钟的讲座里浓缩了Mr. Sean McHugh对美国深沉的爱，他时不时加入的小评论🌮，以及抑扬顿挫的语气深深感染了教室里的每一位同学。不少同学在讲座结束后仍意犹未尽地向Mr. Sean McHugh询问各种相关问题🗽。
A Lecture: Overview of the U.S.
By ZHOU Xingzi
On the evening of December 17th, Mr. Sean McHugh hosted a lecture entitled Overview of the U.S.. With different aspects of U.S., such as symbolic architecture, geography, history, politics, military, sport, food, art and religion, the lecture has briefly covered most part of U.S. society.
In order to make the lecture more interesting, Mr. Sean McHugh turned off the lights in the classroom in the beginning. Sitting in the dark, the students watched various pictures from the slide shows while enjoying the remarkable demonstration of Mr. Sean McHugh, which made the students feel like watching a movie. Beginning with the bald eagle, the most classical symbol of U.S., the lecture introduced the students to more symbols of the United States, including the Statue of Liberty, some famous buildings and hotels, cars, singers, movies, fast food restaurants and so forth, which showed how diverse the U.S. society was. After that, Mr. Sean McHugh highlighted some brief knowledge of U.S. geography, and he also showed some beautiful landscape in U.S. such as Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi.
When it came to the U.S. history and politics, Mr. Sean McHugh showed his impressive memory of historical events. And majoring in music history in the university contributed to his great passion for American arts. He strongly recommended the musicNixon in Chinato the students, while he also expressed his admiration for the Chinese ballet showThe Red Detachment of Women.
Inspired by the great enthusiasm of Mr. Sean McHugh, many students stayed in the classroom for further questions after the lecture.
