记者🏙：曾怡

英语角之“难忘大学生活”于11月14日晚在图书馆如火如荼地举办📈。到场的外籍老师有Mr. Craig Voligny, Mr. Dallas, Mr. Gerard Brent, Dr. Sophia Pimentel Bascaia, Ms. Linda Visner和Mr. Christopher Dockstader。同学们热情高涨👨🏽‍🦳，师生在交流中不断擦出智慧的火花𓀛，外教幽默轻松的交谈更引起同学们的阵阵欢笑，图书馆顿时成了欢乐的海洋👍🏻👇。

大学是个人成长和发展的重要阶段，更是学生对世界及对自我全新认识的过程🦜。Linda首先给大家讲述了中西方大学教育的最大区别👫🏼。她指出，中国是个人口多，教育资源有一定限制的国家👽，但从1949年以来，中国在全民教育这方面做出了巨大的成就👊🏽♨️。相比之下🧑🏿‍🚒，西方国家的教育资源虽比较充裕，但由于西方大学的学费都普遍较高，所以大多数西方的大学生都要靠日常的兼职赚取学费，这也使西方大学生在经济上相对较独立🤕。其次🙎🏿‍♂️，她介绍说外国的教育体系相比中国教育系统会更加灵活，大学生可以较容易的更变自己所学的专业以及申请到国外的大学就读🤽🏻🪁。Linda还跟大家分享道，她想把他4岁的儿子下一年送到中国的幼儿园受教育，希望自己的孩子能够很好的掌握中文。Mr. Dallas在跟大家交流的过程中则说道，作为老师🧙🏼👩🏼‍✈️，印象最深刻的是自己的学生🦨，他们很刻苦地钻研一门学问，并要完成所有的课程，学生们好问的精神让他感动👟👩🏻‍🦯。当回忆自己的大学生活时，他俏皮地跟大家讨论自己的爱情观🏋🏼‍♀️，并指出自信是打开爱情之门的重要因素🤮🥸。Dr. Sophia Pimentel Bascaia则为大家的大学生活提出了宝贵的建议📭，她期望大学生能够加强自理及自制能力🏂🏻，并学会独立地处理好生活中遇到的各种问题👃🏼🛍️。

现场群情激昂，同学们听得津津有味，直到8点半，大家都久久不愿离去。同学们在英语角中不但锻炼了口语能力，同时也收获了一份友谊。

English Corner: Unforgettable College Life

By ZENG Yi

The English corner was held on 14th of November in the library. Mr. Craig Voligny, Mr. Dallas, Mr. Gerard Brent, Dr. Sophia Pimentel Bascaia, Ms. Linda Visner and Mr. Christopher Dockstader attended the activity. With students’ enthusiasm and teachers'' humor, the library was filled with laughter and joy.

College is an essential experience for personal growth, and it''s a stage which leads students to have a better understanding of the world and themselves. Linda pointed out that the education systems of China and western countries are different. She said, although the education resources in China are not enough for the large population, China has made a good use of the limited resource and made a great progress in the field of education. In western colleges, the tuition fee is usually too high for common students, therefore lots of them have many kinds of part-time jobs to support their expenses. And in this way, the western students are more independent on finance than Chinese students. Linda also told the students that she would send her four-year-old son to study in a Chinese kindergarten, as she hoped that her son could learn Chinese well. Also Mr. Dallas shared his romantic stories when he was a college student. He thinks confidence is the most attractive feature of one person. Besides, Dr. Sophia Pimentel Bascaia gave the students some valuable advice, and she expected the students to be self-disciplined and to learn how to confront difficulties by themselves.

The students had good communication with the foreign teachers and didn''t leave until 8:30p.m. They not only practiced oral English, but also earned precious friendship in the English corner.