记者：郭冰倩
11月5日傍晚，英语角在图书馆一楼大厅如期举行。今日到场的老师有Mr. Christopher Dockstader、Mr. Lucas Conrad、Mr. Brian Harrison📤👩🏿🎓、Ms. Dulene Cipriano和Dr. Aviva Shimelman❤️。各位外籍教师就近期社会热点，苹果CEO库克“出柜”事件畅所欲言👠。他们对此看法各异🏄🏼♂️。
社会总是无时无刻不在变化❕，Mr. Lucas Conrad认为库克的做法是勇敢的举动❤️🤷🏻，“勇敢表达就是正常”他是这样诠释“正常”二字的。 他认为越来越多的人选择“出柜”是社会发展的正常现象🫄，正如镜子一般，倒影出人类将何去何从，这是社会发展的必然阶段🤸🏻♂️。Mr. Brian Harrison则从实际问题出发🎿；他认为库克首先作为一个商人👨🦼➡️👩❤️👩，他的主要目的仍是盈利。他应该考虑到他的举动对整个企业的影响🫵。Ms. Dulene Cipriano的观点是😕，之所以社会会出现越来越多的“出柜者”⚜️🧑🏿🦲，媒体在其中起着不可忽视的作用。电影🧑🏽🎤、电视剧👨🏫、网络平台等媒体形式，潜移默化地影响着人们的认知🛌🏿、改变着人们的思维与观念。
此外❕，同学们还和老师们积极交流了“女性是否真的想要孩子”等有趣的话题👩🏼⚕️，不得不说这是一次思想的荟萃。
审稿人⛔️：马菁远
English Corner: Ideas Sharing on Hot Topics
By Guo Bingqian
The library witnessed the English Corner on November 5th as usual. Mr. Christopher Dockstader, Mr. Lucas Conrad, Mr. Brian Harrison, Ms. Dulene Cipriano and Dr. Aviva Shimelman were the overseas teachers who attended the activity this week. They shared different ideas about the hot social topic: Tim Cook, Apple’ s current CEO, admitted being gay bravely.
With the society changing sharply, Mr. Lucas Conrad considered that Tim Cook was a brave man. “Being brave is normal”, Mr. Lucas Conrad said. It was a normal phenomenon for an increasing number of people to come out of the closet because of the development of society. “It’s a reflection of society for where we are and where we go.” Mr. Lucas Conrad added. Mr. Brian Harrison paid more attention to practical things. He thought that as Tim Cook was a leader of a company, especially a company that had a big influence on all parts of the world, he should be more careful about what he said and how he acted. Anyway, making money is a business man’s real job. Ms. Dulene Cipriano wondered that social media should be responsible for this, since it broadcasts various kinds of thoughts through films, TV dramas, Internet platforms and so on to influence people’ s thinking.
Moreover, they talked about some other interesting topics like studying abroad and whether women really want to give birth to babies etc..
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