记者：马菁远

12月25日，冬至以来，寒意渐起。圣诞之夜👩‍🦲，英语角在图书馆温暖开展。本次英语角的主题是“圣诞节在英国”。出席活动的外籍教师有Mr. Brian Anderson和Mr. Sean McHugh👩🏼‍🎨。来自英国的他们💇🏿，与在场的同学分享了自己在家乡欢乐的圣诞时光🧜🏻。

首先，Mr. Brian Anderson讲述了圣诞老人的传说🛀🏿。他兴致盎然地说道👨‍👩‍👧‍👦，圣诞老人源于德国，而非英美。每逢圣诞，让英国的孩子们最开心的事便是收到圣诞老人的礼物。平安夜，他们会把彩色的袜子挂在床头☛；天一亮，睁开眼，可爱的礼物便会静静地躺在袜子里。“对于孩子们来说，这有趣的戏法儿实在是太妙了！最后，孩子们挂在床头的袜子变得越来越大，像袋子一样🦻🏿！”Mr. Brian Anderson打趣道。

接着🧷，Mr. Sean McHugh与同学们聊起了平安夜的晚餐。他说他自己不是很喜欢餐桌上的食物，尤其是火鸡。“因为它的味道实在太差，”“英国人选择烹饪火鸡的原因是它体积较大，能够喂饱一大家子人🤴🏼，而不是单纯地考虑它的滋味⛱。这点确实很让人难过。”听到此处，同学们的笑声淹没了大厅，厅外的凉风似乎也无意打扰这段乐呵呵的时光了。

本次英语角似乎有说不完的往事，听不尽的欢乐。听着外教们的讲述✡️，同学们都渴望能到国外感受一个真实的圣诞节。

English Corner: The Christmas in Britain

By MA Jingyuan

On December 25th, there has been such a chill in the air since the Winter Solstice. At the night of Christmas, our English Corner was held in the Library as usual. The topic this time was “The Christmas in Britain”. Mr. Brian Anderson and Mr. Sean McHugh from Britain were the overseas teachers who attended the activity.

Mr. Brian Anderson told the students the tradition of Santa Clause with gusto. Santa Clause stemmed from Germany rather than Britain and America. On Christmas what makes children in U.K. joyful is receiving gifts from Santa Clause. On Christmas Eve, they hang their colorful socks over the head of their beds. When they wake up at dawn, those lovely gifts are lying in the socks silently. “It’s really great fun for children. However, the socks that kids hang over are getting bigger and bigger just like bags!” He bantered.

Mr. Sean McHugh talked about the dinner on Christmas Eve. He said that he does not really like the food on Christmas Eve, especially turkeys. “Turkeys taste extremely bad, and the reason why British people choose turkeys is that the super size of the bird is enough to feed a whole family but not for its flavor. It makes people quite upset.” The lobby was flooded with laughter of the students.

Listening to the teachers’ description, all of the students are dying to have a wonderful Christmas in Britain.