记者𓀅：许翠梅

5月29日🤩，天气格外闷热，但北师学子一如既往地积极🧹，未到6点便早早地等在图书馆一楼了。本次出席英语角的外教有Mr. Tim Musgrave⏸🤸、Mr. Chris Dockstader📉2️⃣、Mr. Leck Wall和Mr. Stephen Keen。图书馆内，来自几个国度的老师与众多同学热情地交谈着🐦‍🔥🧱，这个盛暑点燃了大家的热情。本次英语角的主题是“男性与女性的社会角色”👩🏼‍🏫。

谈到男人女人，Mr. Leck Wall有自己的见解，他表示在美国不管是男人还是女人都能煮得一手好菜👞，因为他们从小就懂得要自力更生，所以厨艺是必备的一门手艺。而来到中国，他看到了不一样的习俗😗，女人似乎都是进的厨房出的厅堂的，相反男人都是忙着事业。有一名女同学自豪地说起自己烧得一手好菜的爸爸📛。这也显示出目前社会中越来越多的男主内女主外的社会现象🈺。Mr. Tim Musgrave则向同学们引申了政治生活中的女强人。他介绍说西方社会在20世纪开始👩🏽‍🍼，男女平等观念日益普遍，女性接受教育，以至在社会发展事业的机会不断增加。于是逐渐有杰出成就的女性出现♣︎，她们巾帼不让须眉🙈，比如英国的“铁娘子”撒切尔夫人。

每次来到英语角🏋🏽，同学们都能学习到全新的东西，这种全新的体验就是英语角给予我们的最大的收获✊。

English Corner: Men And Women

By XU Cuimei

The English Corner was held on 29th of May in the Library. Even though today was very hot, many students had been looking forward to the arrival of the foreign teachers before six o’clock. Later, the overseas teachers, namely Mr. Tim Musgrave, Mr. Chris Dockstader, Mr. Leck Wall and Mr. Stephen Keen came to the Library. Topic of today’s English Corner is “Men and women”.

When it came to the topic of men and women, Mr. Leck Wall had his own opinion. He explained that in US, both men and women knew how to cook for themselves because they were taught to be independent at an early age and cooking was an essential skill for human beings. And when he came to China, he noticed that the situation was different. Most women are good at cooking and lots of them stay at home doing all the housework. On the contrary, men are only responsible for working outside. A girl proudly mentioned that her father could cook different kinds of dishes. And nowadays there are more and more women working. Mr. Tim Musgrave mentioned that at the beginning of the 20th century, western countries started to treat men and women equally. Women are accepted to have education so that the opportunities in having their own career continues to increase in society. At the same time, there are lots of outstanding achievements made by women such as the British Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher.

Every time the students came to English Corner, learning all kinds of new things outside China is the biggest harvest that English Corner offers.