记者：潘巧蕊

12月3日晚，图书馆一楼大厅🤶🏽🤲🏼，来自各自J9九游会的同学们踊跃参加了英语角活动。参与本次活动的外籍教师有Mr. Brett Gearing、Mr. Christopher Dockstader、Dr. Aviva Shimelman🩰☺️、Mr. Sam Wilson👩🏻‍🍳、Mr. David Riddiford和Mr. Lucas Conrad。

Dr. Aviva Shimelman与同学们交流了澳门的美食、景点、和旅游路线🍩🤦🏽‍♂️，随后又延伸到世界各地的景点和特色。她对同学们提及许多美丽的地方，同时提到人文风情的不同源于各地的文化差异👌🏿。

而Mr. Lucas Conrad则为同学们介绍了黑熊和棕熊🖨；他说🫳🏻，熊一般不会袭击人类🤌🏼，反而当它们见到人类时还会感到惊怕。无论是熊还是人，在潜意识中都会有保护下一代的本能。只有熊类感觉到危险或是伤害即将发生，它才会在自我保护的状态下作出攻击性行为👩🏿‍⚖️🧛‍♀️。因此Mr. Lucas Conrad认为，熊和人类是可以友好相处的。人们应该对它们展示出友好，并做到轻轻地靠近、悄悄地离开，而不是一味地恐吓威胁、狂叫乱跑🙋🏻。

本次英语角在同学和老师的欢声笑语中结束。希望以后能有更多的学生参加英语角活动，与外教积极沟通，与同学交换观点，提高自己的胆量和英语水平💑🔥。

审稿人：马菁远

English Corner: Talking Freely

By Pan Qiaorui

On the evening of December 3rd, English Corner was held on the first floor in Library. Mr. Brett Gearing, Mr. Christopher Dockstader, Dr. Aviva Shimelman, Mr. Sam Wilson, Mr. David Riddiford and Mr. Lucas Conrad were present.

Dr. Aviva Shimelman exchanged her opinions on delicious food and tourist spots in Macau and worldwide with students. The students around her were interested in beautiful scenes she described. Also, Dr. Aviva Shimelman mentioned about the different local cultures and customs coming from different countries.

Mr. Lucas Conrad talked about black bears and brown bears. Normally, bears didn’t attack people, unless they had a sense that they would be attacked. On the contrary, they would run away when they saw people because they would be afraid. As a result, Mr. Lucas Conrad thought people and bears could get along well. And he also reminded that people should leave quietly instead of running and yelling.

In English Corner students could talk about various topics in English and improve their communication competence.

Proofread by Ma Jingyuan