记者：张文慧

5月16日晚上七点，本学期第四场外教讲座“粤语的读音与日语的汉字发音（音读）的对应关系”在丽泽楼A204如期举行，本次主讲人是来自外国语学院的日本外籍教师佐藤航。

开始的时候，佐藤老师先用粤语做了个简单的自我介绍，这逗乐了在场的学生。之后，佐藤老师从他在大学时期的经历谈起，分享了一些关于他与粤语结缘的故事，使得讲座内容更丰富生动。接着，他又通过幻灯片的展示，系统地讲述了粤语的音韵，以及粤语与日语从古到今的关联，为日语系的学生学习日语提供了很大的帮助。讲座期间，佐藤老师多次走下台，亲切地和同学们互动交流，使得全场的气氛活跃到极点。

通过这次讲座，同学们感到获益良多，这为他们在课堂上学到的知识起到补充和启发作用。讲座后，佐藤老师还留在教室，与众多同学进行更深入的探讨。

A Lecture: The Relation between Cantonese and Japanese

By ZHANG Wenhui

At 7 p.m. on May 16th, Mr. Wataru Sato held a lecture entitled “The Relation between Cantonese and Japanese" in Lize A204, which was the fourth lecture of the School of Foreign Languages this semester.

Mr. Wataru Sato made a simple self-introduction in Cantonese at first , which surprised the students a lot. After that, Mr. Wataru Sato gradually felt relaxed and shared some experience he had gone through when he was a college student. And then, by means of Powerpoint, he taught students Cantonese’s tales pronunciation and the similarity between Cantonese and Japanese systemically, which could help the students to learn Japanese more easily. During the lecture, Mr. Wataru Sato interacted with the students and made the lecture more interesting and relaxing.

Finally, all the students benefited a lot by the lecture. When the lecture ended, Mr. Wataru Sato still stayed in the classroom and had further discussion with the students.