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The Same Dream
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The English Language and Culture Festival at Beijing Foreign Studies University
Summer at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is filled with the shadow of green trees and the scent of beautiful flowers. With much expectation and enthusiasm from the student body of BFSU, the English Culture Festival is beginning.
This year, we have organized a series of activities in our festival. We will hold the 3rd English Speech Contest for non-English Majors of our school, the 2nd English Singing Invitational Competition Finals, the Drama Night, the Movie Show, the Introduction of Cocktail Culture, and lectures on various topics given by famous professors and minister or counselors from embassies of the US, UK, South Africa and Australia.
The most important activities among the series of festival activities are the "Drama Night", the "Introduction of Cocktail Culture" and the "Beijing English Singing Invitational Competition Finals."
Drama Night
"Drama Night" is the first activity of the festival and it also has the most participants. Each play involves the entire class.
Tonight there were seven teams and seven dramas which are "Growing Pains", "The Little Mermaid", "The Story of Little Mermaid", "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", "Sound of Music", "The Queen from The Nether World", and "The Chaser." About these seven, most scripts are adapted from the original movies or novels. Others are just created by student themselves. So it has got very exciting.
After careful adjustment of lighting for the play and a dress rehearsal, it is finally time for "Drama Night."
The play performed by the International Cultural Exchange Department is "Midsummer Night’s Dream." The actress who left the deepest impression on the audience was the clever little girl wearing leaves. She was not the leading role, but her lively and lovable performance added much beauty to the drama.
"Growing Pains" is an American sitcom that is very familiar to Chinese students. The students from the English Department changed some parts of it before performing on the stage.
"Daughter of the Sea" won two important awards -- the award for best drama and for best leading actress.
I was actually invited to be the judge for the "Drama night. " I was very impressed by the students’ creativity because they designed all by themselves. Nowadays young people are more interested in entertainment values, so they make the show really entertaining and interesting. You can see that they have a lot of teamwork because you know to put up any to stage a show, you need a lot of people to cooperate. And I think they did a very good job.
The Introduction of Cocktail Culture
Because cocktail is a special kind of alcoholic drink representing western countries, the Student Union held an activity to introduce cocktail culture to the students.
The students know more about cocktail culture after watching the wonderful performance which was given by expert cocktail preparers. After tasting a glass of cocktail which was mixed by the experts, the students also had a chance to try themselves. Look, how carefully the boy is working!
I think the festival now contains not only the information of English knowledge, but also the culture. It is very wonderful, and it is a very good way to communicate with people here from other campus, talk each other and share happiness together.
The English Singing Invitational Competition
The English Singing Invitational Competition was the last but the most important program in the festival. Although the festival was nearing its end, the students were still busy perfecting the final details of the competition.
The competition attracted 18 contestants from 8 universities including Beijing University and Renmin University. The competition revealed the spirit of current students. It also combined the students' enthusiasm for learning English with their desire to participate in literature and art competitions.
Today, it's my honor to represent Renmin University to take part in this English Singing Competition. I think it’s a very big and special competition because in our school, there were also some famous ones but seldom related with English. So I think it is a very good opportunity for me to exhibit my skills of singing English songs and the ability of speaking English.
Every scene from the competition consists of spirited songs and lively conversations. The hard work of the students enabled them to realize a common dream. The English Culture Festival ended satisfactorily. The students will weave another dream together, drawing on the experience and hopes that came out of the festival.
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共同的夢想
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北外英語文化節
夏季的北外，綠樹成蔭，花香四溢。盛載著同學們的期待，洋溢著同學們的熱情，北外英語文化節正式拉開了帷幕。
（戴佳採訪）：介紹文化節的活動內容
在藝術節中我們將舉辦一系列的活動，有“北外第三屆非英語專業演講比賽”，“第二屆北京高校英文歌曲邀請賽”，“戲劇之夜”，“原聲電影展播”，和“雞尾酒文化介紹”。 我們還從美國使館、英國使館、南非使館以及澳大利亞使館邀請了許多專家、教授等給我們做有關西方文化的講座。
在眾多的活動中，“英文短劇之夜”、“雞尾酒文化介紹”以及“北京高校英文歌曲大賽”是文化節的系列活動中的重頭戲。
英文短劇之夜
“英文短劇之夜”是文化節的第一項活動，也是參與人數最多的一項活動，每一部戲劇的排練都調動了全班的力量。
（組織者採訪）
今天晚上一共有七個英語短劇，它們是“成長的煩惱”、“小美人魚”、“海的女兒”、“仲夏夜之夢”、“音樂之聲”、“冥後”和“毒藥”。大部分劇都是選自原聲電影或原版小説，也有的是同學們自己改編的。相信內容會很精彩。
經過緊張的燈光調試和走場之後，“戲劇之夜”終於和大家見面了。
國際交流學院選送的戲劇是“仲夏夜之夢”，整場戲劇中給人印象最為深刻的是一個渾身穿著樹葉的“小精靈”。 她雖然不是女主角，但是其活潑可愛的表演為戲劇增色許多。
“成長的煩惱”是大家耳熟能詳的一部美國電視劇，英語學院的的同學經過了重新的編排之後將其搬上了舞臺。
“海的女兒”在此次活動中獲得了最佳短劇、最佳女主角兩項大獎。
(評委老師採訪)
我是“戲劇之夜”的評委。學生們的創造力給我留下了很深的印象。現在的學生更注重表演的娛樂性，他們的表演真的很有意思。同時你也能看到他們很注重團隊的合作精神。大家都知道，戲劇表演需要很多人合作，我認為他們這一點做的都很好。
雞尾酒文化介紹
雞尾酒是西方國家特有的一種酒，它代表了一種異域的文化，因此同學們在藝術節中舉辦了“雞尾酒文化介紹”這一活動。
觀看了調酒師一段精彩的表演，同學們對雞尾酒文化有了總體的認識。在品嘗了調酒師們調製的雞尾酒後，同學們也紛紛親自動手試一下。瞧，這個男孩子學的多麼認真。
（參與者採訪）
我想這個活動除了介紹語言知識外，還介紹了很多文化知識，這個活動辦的很好。通過這個活動，我認識了許多別的學校的同學，和他們一起交流，分享彼此的快樂。
英文歌曲邀請賽
“英文歌曲邀請賽”是本次活動的壓軸戲。雖然活動已接近尾聲，但同學們仍舊緊張忙碌著，力求將每一個細節都達至完美。
本次邀請賽吸引了來自北京大學和人民大學等8所高校的18名選手。英文歌曲邀請賽展現了當代大學生的精神風貌, 它將同學們學習英語的熱情和參與文藝比賽的願望相結合。
（人大學生歌手採訪）
能代表人民大學來參加這個英語歌曲大賽，我感到很榮幸。這個比賽規模很大，形式也很新穎。我們學校也有類似的活動，但是與英語有關的卻不多。所以我覺得這是一次讓我展示自己英語水平的好機會。
歡歌和笑語，凝結成了一幅幅美麗的畫面；汗水和成功記載下了共同的夢想。本屆外語文化節圓滿結束了。帶著收穫和祈盼同學又將編織另一個新的夢想。
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