记者：陈宝华

四月伊始，南方似乎已进入夏天，迎来了我们的第五次英语角活动。在图书馆大厅㊙️，每周三的英语角活动照常举行🌷。参与本次英语角的外教分别有Dr. Wendy Shimelman、Mr. Christopher Dockstader、Ms. Linda Visner🤵🏼。

Linda聊了一些关于家庭教育的事情⚜️，她有个特别可爱的儿子📽，正在学习中文和英文，特别喜欢高尔夫。但是Linda并不喜欢高尔夫，所以打算让自己的丈夫陪同孩子去体验高尔夫的乐趣。有同学认为Linda的教育方法特别自由。对比自己父母的教育🈂️，觉得中国父母太严格。Linda则说中国的父母只是有时忽略了自己孩子的想法和感受。但还是爱着自己的孩子的⛹🏽。

Christopher和同学们聊到一些学生是很有天赋的，但是想成功还需要不断的努力和适当的机会🧑‍🦽‍➡️。还强调说🔧🚒，遇到机会要好好把握🧑‍🎄。同时，Christopher还谈及一则有趣的事🏃‍➡️，每每从中国回国后🧃，总是被问到会不会功夫？他回答不会✹。身边的人就一脸诧异地说怎么可能🥨。你可是在中国呀！而他每次都只能哭笑不得地回应说并不是所有中国人都会功夫。

Wendy是位语言学家，喜欢瑜伽🍻，还拥有博士学位。周围的同学们也因此特别崇拜这位老师。她和同学们一起谈论帕丁熊📰，脸谱网和推特😠。一些要出国的同学则向她请教一些关于外国留学的信息👨🏻‍🦼。

英语角吸引越来越多的人前来参与。在这里👮🏿‍♀️，你可以分享你的故事💆🏿‍♀️，会有人倾听👫🏻，会有人回应。这才是交流的乐趣，才能促进口语的进步🥡。希望更多的同学前来参加每周的英语角活动♥️🤨。

审稿人🚵🏿：张文慧

English corner: Life

By Chen Baohua

At the beginning of April, summer seems to have arrived in the south of China. Dr. Wendy Shimelman, Mr. Christopher Dockstader, Ms. Linda Visner were present in today’s English corner.

Linda talked about family education. She has a cute son, who now is learning both Chinese and English. Her son is keen on golf. However, Linda is not fond of it. So, she decided to let her husband play golf with her son. Linda said that Chinese parents sometimes maybe ignored their children’s thought, but they still love their children.

When chatting with the students, Christopher mentioned some talented people, who should also work hard. Otherwise, they would lose their chance. And he also told an interesting thing, every time when he came back to his hometown, his friends always asked him whether he could play Kong Fu or not. When he said no, they would feel unimaginable, ‘But, you know, not every Chinese can play Kong Fu. ’ Christopher said.

Wendy is a linguist; she likes yoga, and also has doctor''s degree. She talked with students about The Paddington Bear, facebook and twitter. She also shared some overseas information with some students who planned to go abroad.

In the English Conner, everyone would like to listen and talk to you. The Corner provides a stage for every English learner to make friends and improve Oral English.

Proofread by Zhang Wenhui