记者 厉云

作为外院经典特色活动的外籍教师系列讲座在学院的支持和学生的期待中再次拉开了帷幕。9月27日晚7点，我院在丽泽楼C403举办了本学期首场外教讲座。这次讲座的主讲人是本学期新来的17名新外教之一的Miss Amy Van Gundy, 她来自美国的加利福尼亚州，其讲座主题为Caliniforlia---fact or fiction。

首先，Amy对加利福尼亚州作了简单的介绍。有趣的语言以及生动的图片和视频，令在场的同学们无一不被吸引到加州这个神奇的地方。同时，Amy老师还借“fact or fiction”这个互动环节逐一指出大家对加州的误解，并加以纠正，以此加深了我们对加州的了解。然后，她又详细地给我们讲述了加州的文化风俗和风景名胜，还提及了我们中国人熟悉的区域---唐人街，这有效地提高了大家学习中西文化差异的兴趣。到了最后，老师还让同学们尽情提问并详细地解答了同学们心中的疑问。

最后，讲座在一阵阵掌声中结束。同学们表示对外教讲座很感兴趣，这种寓教于乐的形式让他们受益匪浅。

A Lecture: California ---Fact or Fiction

By Li Yun

As one of the typical activities of the School of Foreign Languages, lectures by overseas teachers were held again. At 7 p.m. on September 27, Miss Amy Van Gundy, an American from the state of California, held the first lecture of this semester, and the topic was "California---fact or fiction".

The lecture began with a brief introduction to California by Amy. With humorous words, vivid pictures and funny videos, all of students were attracted by this topic. At the same time, Amy used a mini game “fact or fiction” to correct their misunderstanding about California, which made students learn more about it. Then, she also introduced the culture, custom and views of California in details. Especially, she mentioned an area we’re quite familiar with--the Chinatown. This lecture really increased students'' interest to learn different cultures. At last, she gave students opportunities to ask questions and answered them patiently.

This lecture ended with a round of applause. Students who attended this activity said that it was very interesting and helpful, and they liked to study English in this way.