作者：周幸子

春去夏至，转眼一个学期又近尾声👷🏻。本学期各种外籍教师活动层出不穷，各放异彩。无论是以拓展教学为主的外教讲座🧑🏽‍🏭🤵🏽‍♀️，以分享交流为主的英语角亦或是以观赏讨论为主题的电影之夜都深受同学青睐。

本学期共办外教讲座六场，其中两场为博士论坛。讲座内容包罗万象，涵盖历史🚵🏽‍♂️、语言、文化、西方生活、娱乐等多种主题，在极大程度激发同学们兴趣的同时，也扩大了他们的知识面🚢。本学期的六场讲座分别为：

第一场😵：《1960年到1990年英国的生活》

主讲人🧚‍♀️：Mr. Gerard Brent

Mr. Gerard Brent从历史上的重要事件🤿😷、科技、时尚趋势等各方面描述了英国早期的生活面貌👨🏼‍🦲🦝，引起了众多英语爱好者的兴趣。

第二场：《纵观世界赛车以及赛车在珠海的发展》

主讲人：Mr. Joe Nicolas Rudynski

Mr. Joe Nicolas Rudynski通过大量的图片以及视频辅助𓀗，形象生动地为同学们展开了一个他们或许从未涉及的领域⛹🏻。许多同学通过这次的讲座深入了解了赛车，并表示非常有兴趣到珠海的赛车场体验一把㊙️。

第三场：《在美国成长》

主讲人：Ms. Cecily Hurst

成长是一个永恒的话题，也最能引起大学生的共鸣🧺🧛🏻‍♀️。Ms. Cecily Hurst与她四个活力十足的孩子共赴讲座🧎🏻。她通过介绍孩子们的成长经历让同学们切身体会了美国文化的独特性🛀，也让他们认识到了一个真实的美国☝🏿。

第四场🏊🏻‍♂️：《粤语的读音与日语的汉字发音（音读）的对应关系》

主讲人🧑‍🚀：佐藤航

面对这样一个学术性十足的主题，佐藤航老师充分发挥了他天生的幽默及精通中粤日语的优势🙎🏼，为日语系的同学们展开了一场语言的盛宴🙋🏻‍♀️。

博士论坛第一场：《潜藏的问题🖐🏼：从史蒂文森的 《化身博士》的书中透视英国维多利亚时代后期的社会状况》

主讲人：Dr. Phillip Stevenson

Dr. Phillip Stevenson通过介绍他最喜爱的书《化身博士》为同学们解说了书中多出隐藏的反映英国维多利亚时代的社会状况的暗示。

博士论坛第二场：《中澳文化👨🏿‍✈️：《最后的筹码》中所见的博弈》

主讲人：Dr. Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia

讲座中Dr. Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia提到🌧，在以前，澳大利亚对多样化有着称得上独特的观念💇‍♂️，他们一方面用尽全力去排除印第安人种，另一方面却宣扬应给予移民者一种宽容的文化。后者渐渐升级为后来长期存在的政策——中澳政策。而《最后的筹码》这部电影正是对这种现象展开了更为细致深层的讨论🧑‍⚕️。

除了外教讲座，每周三在图书馆举行的英语角也极富人气㊙️。在那里🥾👩🏻‍🎤，众多的同学们成了话题的主导🍐📎，讨论内容从旅游到电影🤌，又从青春话题到灾难防救🧝🏿，各种话题应有尽有，且与时事热点极为贴近🤱。许多同学经过一学期的英语角“磨练”后，不仅口语水平提高了，而且学到了许多课本上学不到的国外知识☝🏿。另外还有一部分同学们成了每周四晚上电影之夜的忠实粉丝。“在那里真的给人一种在电影院的感觉。”某位同学的感慨道出了所有粉丝的心声🤵🏼‍♂️💀。

多年来⚙️，九游会平台一直致力于让同学们不仅在课堂，而且在课后能获得全方位的英语学习机会。让“说英语”真正成为习惯融入同学们的生活🚆。这些活动无形中也推动了同学与外教的交流⛺️，促使他们真正从课本中走出来，把英语用顺，把英语用活。

Special English Events by the SFL Came to an End

By ZHOU Xingzi

As the summer is coming, the semester is approaching to the end. The School of Foreign Languages held many different kinds of activities in this semester, including overseas teachers'' lectures, English Corner and the Movie Night. All of these activities serve a purpose to improve students’ English as well as broaden their horizon.

There are six overseas teachers'' lectures in this semester and two of them are Doctor Forums. The lectures and forums have covered all kinds of topics such as history, language, culture, life in the west and entertainment etc. and have aroused great interest of the students and expanded their knowledge in different fields.

Lecture 1: Observations of British Life from 1960 to 1990

Hosted by: Mr. Gerard Brent

Mr. Gerard Brent described the early life of British from different aspects such as the important events happened in the British history, science, fascine and so on, which captured all the students attention successfully.

Lecture 2: Racing: an Overview of Motor sports Worldwide and in Zhuhai

Hosted by: Mr. Joe Nicolas Rudynski

By showing a large number of pictures and videos, Mr. Joe Nicolas Rudynski showed a magical world of motor sports to the students, some of who never had a chance to know about it before. Many students expressed that they would like to visit the circuit in Zhuhai after the lecture.

Lecture 3: Growing up in America

Hosted by: Ms. Cecily Hurst

Growing up is an everlasting topic, and it also touched the students most. Through introducing the life experiences of her children, Ms. Cecily showed a special culture of America and also demonstrated a real America to the students.

Lecture 4: The Relation between Cantonese and Japanese

Hosted by: Mr. Wataru Sato

In the lecture, Mr. Wataru Sato, who is a very popular Japanese teacher in the SFL made good use of his humor and the advantage that he could speak both Chinese, Cantonese and Japanese. All of these merits helped him to hold a “language feast” to students.

Doctor Forum 1: Hyde-ing the problem: what Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde tells us about late Victorian Britain

Hosted by: Dr. Phillip Stevenson

In the Doctor Forum, the attendees mainly came from the graduate school. Dr. Phillip Stevenson introduced his favorably book Jekyll and Hyde and analyzed the condition of British society in the late Victorian-era through the book.

Doctor Forum 2: Chinese-Australian Cultures: Gambling in The Last Chip by Heng Tang

Hosted by: Dr. Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia

Dr. Maria Sofia introduced that in the old times, Australia had a so-called “special” notion about multiculturalism. On the one hand they tended to exclude immigrants from their own land, and on the other hand they spread a notion of tolerance to the immigrants. And the movie The Last Chip could show the special background thoroughly and make a further study of the narrow concept of multiculturalism.

Apart from the overseas teachers'' lectures and doctor forums, the English Corner held every Wednesday was also really popular among the students. The topics of the English Corner were always hot spots or close to our daily life. Many students not only improved their oral English but also learned a lot about culture that they could not get from the textbooks. In addition, some other students became a big fan of the Movie Night, which was held every Thursday night. “I can watch movies with my friends here, and it really feels like we are in the cinema,” a feedback of the students represents everyone’s thought of the Movie Night.

For years, the SFL is always committed to encourage students to learn English as a habit in daily life. And the special activities stimulated communication among students and overseas teachers, which helped students speak out after class and use English more frequently in their daily life.