记者 周幸子

11月9日晚上七点，外院特色活动之外籍教师系列讲座第五场在励耘楼B410成功举行。本次讲座由来自日本的佐藤航老师主持♟，其题目为“我的家乡和北海道——其历史和日本的近代”。

首先，佐藤老师通过一张函馆的夜景照片为同学们详细地介绍了函馆的各种情况，并由此引申到北海道的整个历史👹。他以北海道来讲述日本近代化的开端，使同学们更加深入理解日本的近代化💐。接着，他讲述了最开始的黑船事件，以及标志着日本走向近代化的函馆战争，同时他还介绍了许多外国留下的历史遗迹。

佐藤先生在讲座中时不时会插些粤语🪺，其幽默的语言和妙趣横生的演讲使现场笑声不断👩🏻‍🎓。很多同学都表示希望以后还能参加佐藤老师主持的讲座。

A Lecture：My Hometown—Hokkaido

By Zhou Xingzi

At 7 p.m. on November 9, School of Foreign Languages held the fifth lecture given by overseas teachers in Liyun Building B410. Mr. Wataru Sato from Japan held this lecture, which was entitled "My hometown — Hokkaido (the history of Hokkaido and the modern times of Japan) ".

Firstly, with a picture of the night Hakodate, Mr. Wataru Sato introduced Hakodate to the students. Through the Hokkaido’s history, he introduced the beginning of modernization of Japan, which made students know Japan better.

Except for the Black Ships Event and the Hakodate Campaign which signified the beginning of the modernization of Japan, Mr. Wataru Sato also showed some pictures of Japanese monuments left by other countries.

During the lecture, Mr. Wataru Sato sometimes spoke in Cantonese. With his humorous words and interesting speech, he always made students burst into laugher. Many students wanted to attend his lecture again.