记者：黄嘉华

12月5日晚上6点，英语角在图书馆如期举行👭🏻。虽然天气寒冷💽，但同学们的热情并没有因此减少🚣🏿‍♂️。还未到6点，台阶上早已坐满了老师和学生。本次到场的外籍老师有Mr. Christopher Dockstader、Mr. Leck Wall和Mrs. Linda Jean Visner👬🏻😐。

这次，Mr. Leck Wall与同学们讨论了一个与众不同的话题——婚姻。他说到结婚有各种原因，有的人因为真爱而在一起，而有的人却因为钱而结婚🕵🏻‍♀️。他还向同学们介绍了美国家庭的生活习惯，并共同讨论了中西婚姻的不同👩🏻‍🏭。比如说⚾️，中国的女性更注重对方的事业🔲、房子，而西方注重内涵；中国结婚为的是组建家庭，赡养老人，西方则更看重感觉；中国大多数是男主外，女主内🚾，西方强调男女平等🐼💩。大家就不同婚姻观引起家庭观和社会现象进行了进一步的探究，这让同学们从细节上更深入地了解了西方文化。

本次英语角的主题与社会生活息息相关，体现出同学们对现实问题的思考与探究，而与外教的畅谈更是让他们大开眼界，获益匪浅♾🐧。

English Corner - Chinese and Western Views of Marriage

BY Huang Jiahua

The English corner this week was held on 5th of December at 6 p.m. in the library. The cold weather didn’t reduce students’ enthusiasm. The present overseas teachers were Mr. Christopher Dockstader, Mr. Leck Wall and Mrs. Linda Jean Visner.

This time, Mr. Leck Wall and students discussed a special topic -- marriage. He told students that there were many reasons for a couple to get married. Some people get married because of love, while some people do that for money. He also introduced the American families’ living habits to the students, and shared the opinion about the difference between Chinese and Western marriage. For example, the Chinese women take the employment and property seriously, while the Westerners cherish the quality of life. The marriage for Chinese means to build up a family and support their parents. However, for the westernerss it is all about feeling and affection. And the Chinese consider men should raise money, while women take care of their home, which is a big difference from the Westerners who advocate the equality between men and women. Regarding the family views and social phenomena, they had a further discussion, which helped the students know western culture from the details.

The topic today is related to the social life, which showed the consideration and exploration of students towards a social issue. They have learned a lot by communicating with overseas teachers.