记者：翁泳欣
12月16日晚👆🏽，刚过6点就已经有很多同学在图书馆等候了🪂，同学们有许多都是通过每周英语角互相认识的🥼，有种“相约每周三”的友谊👶。今晚到场的外籍教师有Mr. Martin Stannard👼🏼、Mr. Brett Gearing🥉、Dr. Thomas James Hughes和Mr. Aaron Richards。
下周就是圣诞节了，这也是今晚各位外教都有提到的话题。Martin说他今年圣诞节只会和几位朋友去吃顿饭🧑🏻🦳。被问到有没有为房子进行应景的装饰时🚣🏿♀️👨🏻🦯➡️，Martin说自己的公寓比较小，东西比较多也就没有购置圣诞树，但有一些小小的其他装饰。他还提到庆祝圣诞节的真正意义以及中国人过圣诞节的原因🚶♂️。其实对于中国人来说🎊，很多人都不明白其中的真正意义，大家只是为了跟随潮流⛓️💥，喜欢那种节日的气氛🪯。
另一边的Brett也和同学们聊得很开心🙀，他跟同学们分享说小的时候在平安夜他们一家都会准备很丰盛的晚餐，所有的小孩子拆礼物玩游戏很开心🏺。可是由于现在离家太远，也没什么机会可以像小时候一样一大家子的人一起度过圣诞节⤵️。但他很享受布置圣诞节装饰的过程。
Thomas谈到了自己对于美剧英剧电影的喜好👩，还谈到了一些关于英语口音的话题。在英国👮🏽🐵，英式英语也分为很多种，各有各的特色。Aaron在今晚则和同学分享了美国的男女之间约会的一些文化，他说来到中国之后发现中美文化相差甚远。他还告诉同学们要珍惜大学时光👨🚀，在保证好学习的同时🍏😑，应该多参与社交活动，丰富自己的大学生活🧎🏻。
本周的英语角外教们又为同学们带来不一样的英美文化🔎👩，在对比中国文化的同时👨🏼🏭，同学们可以学习到更多与外国人沟通交流时的注意事项🤱🏽。
English Corner : Christmas
By Weng Yongxin
On December 16th, many students who knew each other via the English Corner came early to the library. Mr. Martin Stannard, Mr. Brett Gearing, Dr. Thomas James Hughes and Mr. Aaron Richards joined the students tonight.
Since Christmas was around the corner, it became the hottest topic for tonight. Martin said this year he would celebrate Christmas by having dinner with some friends. In terms of decorations, he said due to the limited space, he only bought a Chistmas tree and didn’t decorate his apartment a lot. He also mentioned the true meaning of Christmas. In his opinion, many Chinese people celebrated Christmas because they just followed the trend and loved the festive atmosphere.
Meanwhile, Brett shared his wonderful childhood memory about Christmas Eve with students. He mentioned the dinner, the gifts and his little friends. He told us that he did not have chances to spend Christmas with his family anymore since he came to China. However, he stated that it was always a great time during decorating his place for Christmas.
Thomas showed his interest in British and American TV shows and movies, followed by the phenomenon of accents. Aaron dwelled on American dating culture which was really different from that in China.
Foreign teachers shared with students different cultures, adding flavor to students’ everyday life. Through comparisons, students could learn more to enhance their social skills with foreigners.
