记者：陈宝华

10月13日晚，Mr. Aaron Richards在综合楼A101和我们分享了他眼中的土耳其。Aaron虽然从美国来，却是在土耳其的首都安卡拉长大，所以十分了解土耳其。

讲座一开始， Aaron告诉同学们上周六有人在安卡拉制造爆炸，导致很多人受伤和死亡，他朋友当时在附近，也受了伤。他非常悲伤，希望大家能一起为那些不幸的人默哀一分钟。安卡拉曾经是奥斯曼土耳其帝国和拜占庭帝国的首都，很多伟人曾居住于此。

长城是中国古代重要的防御工具，为了不受外敌的侵扰而修建。而在当时，中国的外敌包括蒙古的匈奴和土耳其人。有一些土耳其人还是成功穿过长城，并定居在中国。这些土耳其人生活在少数民族生活的地区。他们与国人的生活习惯和信仰大不相同，并一直保持着。

土耳其的食物以辛辣出名，有很多不错的食物，比如烤肉串，鱼和派等。土耳其有一种叫乌得琴的古老乐器，外形酷似吉他。Aaron还跟我们分享了土耳其的民俗音乐和流行音乐。土耳其人擅长跳一种叫做Halay的群体舞，所有人围着圈欢乐地手舞足蹈，非常有趣。

土耳其有着古老的文化，却也不失现代气息，是一个充满魅力的国家。

A lecture: Turkey—Antiquity to the Future

By Chen Baohua

On Oct. 13th, Mr. Aaron Richards shared stories about Turkey with the students in Zonghe Building A101. Aaron came from America but he grew up in Turkey. Many students came to the lecture.

At the beginning of the lecture, Aaron told students there was a bomb explosion in Ankara last Saturday, which caused injury and death, one of his friends got wounded. He felt very sad and asked everyone for a minute of silence for all of those who died on Saturday.

Ankara was the capital of the Ottoman Empire and Byzantine Empire, and now is Turkey’s capital. A host of great ancient people lived there.

There were delicious foods in Turkey, such as kebabs, fish and pie. They had traditional instrument called Oud, which looked like guitar. Aaron also introduced us the folk music and pop music in Turkey. In Turkey, people danced in groups, called Halay.

Turkey is a land of antiquity, a land of Islam, a land of modernity. Students learned a lot about Turkey this evening.