比悲伤更悲伤的故事

Do you know some news as follows?

A huge fire swallowed up

 medieval Notre Dame de Paris

damaged much of the structure

and caused its iconic spire to fall.

一场大火吞噬了建于中世纪的巴黎圣母院

并毁坏了大部分建筑

其标志性的塔尖就此坍塌

Notre Dame is an iconic symbol of 

French culture

as well as an outstanding treasure

 of human civilization.

巴黎圣母院不仅仅是法国文化的标志性建筑物

而且也是属于全人类的瑰宝

Looking at the 800 years of 

European monuments

struggling in a raging fire,

we are very saddened 

by the damage to Notre Dame.

望着800多年的欧洲古迹

在熊熊大火中痛苦挣扎

我们对巴黎圣母院的损坏感到十分地痛心

新闻延伸

法国官方表示

这座已有850年历史的

哥特式建筑的塔尖

和屋顶已经倒塌

但包括两个钟楼在内的主体结构保存了下来

起火可能与修缮工程有关

之前巴黎圣母院的石材

出现裂缝

人们担心结构变得不稳

In addition,

Trevor shared us sad news that

the last female turtle surviving in China

 and even the world

died after the fifth artificial insemination.

In order to continue 

the turtle's descendant

that caused the loss of

 this critically endangered species.

What do you think of it?

除此之外

Trevor和我们分享了让人感到沉痛的消息

中国以及世界唯一一只雌性斑鳖

在进行第五次人工受精后不幸死亡

为了延续斑鳖的后代

而导致痛失这只极度濒危的物种

你对此有什么看法呢

知识链接

斑鳖是目前全球最濒临灭绝的

龟鳖类动物

现所了解到的

斑鳖存活个体仅剩三只

位于苏州的雄性斑鳖已有112高龄

另外两只如今生活于越南

English Corner would not only 

provide a platform for you

to practice oral English,

but also make you attach to

 some hot current affairs

happened in daily life ,

which definitely can 

broaden your horizons.

英语角不仅给大家提供了练习口语的平台

也让你接触到日常生活中发生的一些热点时事

这无疑会拓宽你的视野

Now, let us review what happened

 in English Corner last week.

接下来让我们一起回顾上期英语角的内容吧

小编给你们一些上期的Paraphrase的英文释义

你们能否猜到这是什么单词呢

“a wild animal of the dog family, 

with reddish-brown fur,

a pointed face and a thick heavy tail”

“ the set of keys for operating

 a computer or typewriter”

“ pleasant thoughts that make you 

forget about the present”

想知道答案的小可爱

请划到文末噢

Free talk环节

①   

" How will you spend it in a day

 if you have 25,000? "

And how would you answer this question

 put forward by Tracy?

The majority of people’s answers are that

they want to buy gifts for their families,

but I think money is not everything.

Sometimes they need more company .

“如果你有两万五

你会如何在一天之内将它花完呢”

面对Tracy抛出的问题你会如何回答

大部分人想要买礼物送给家人

但是小编认为钱并不是万能的

有时候陪伴才是家人最需要的

②   

Do you know that

Colin taught in Korea

 for more than decades?

He also shared his 

teaching experiences in Korea

and analyzed the differences

between Chinese and Korean students.

Moreover,

he said he was particularly

 interested in C-POP.

你知道吗

Colin曾在韩国任教十余年噢

他也为我们分享了他在韩国教学的经历

以及和我们分析了中韩两国学生之间细微差别

不仅如此他对C-POP特别的感兴趣哦

If you know something about C-POP,

you might join English Corner

to communicate with our foreign teachers.

如果你们对此有所了解

不妨参与英语角和外教一起交流吧

答案揭晓

时间：4月24、25日（周三、周四）

19:00-21:00

地点：正对中央图书馆门前右边第二个路灯下

如下雨或场地湿滑则改行政楼一楼大厅

活动对象：华商学院全体师生

文章 | 英语角

  采编 | Claire   

    审核 | houxili   

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