生机蓬勃 “英”你而精彩

近日，合肥世界外国语学校小学精品班迎来了一年一度的英语节。本次英语节主题为“学习英语 热爱生活”，学生们身着色彩缤纷的服装，尽情施展自己的才华，欢声笑语充满了整个会场。

Bright lights, students in their colorful cheering and singing attire, excited and jovial encounters filled the school’s theatre as HWFLS Elite Primary Division celebrated its 4th Annual English Festival.

主持人Miss Winnie和Miss Yuna致欢迎辞，活动缓缓拉开帷幕。

The program started with the welcome address of Miss Winnie and Miss Yuna, the emcees of the event.

看！一至六年级学生的啦啦操表演来了！本次表演的主题是《野生动物》。活动中，每班选择一种野生动物作为班级代表，结合该动物的特点，全班成员参与节目表演。学生们在学习相关知识的同时，也更加懂得要关爱野生动物，关爱生命。除啦啦操表演之外，还有诗歌朗诵、主题歌曲表演和绕口令游戏等。

Then, came the cheering and chants of students from Grade 1 to Grade 6 with poem recitals, The Sound of Music songs and tongue twisters in between. The theme of cheering and chant is wild animals, which is one of the learning topics this semester. Every class chose a wild animal to represent their class and incorporated the features and characteristics of their chosen animal into their performance. All students enthusiastically joined in the activity. With this theme, not only did students gain relevant knowledge about these animals, but also learned how to help and protect wildlife.

为了给活动增添更多的欢乐，老师们也为大家展示了在舞蹈方面的才艺。师生们热情参与，尽情享受着施展才华的过程，真是令人着迷。

Adding merriment to the event, teachers also gave students a glimpse of their talents in cheering and dancing. It was truly fascinating to witness students and teachers’ fervent participation as they exhibit their talents and skills with confidence and sheer enjoyment.

当学生与同伴一起互相鼓掌欢呼时，他们会建立起友谊，并激发自己的同理心和其他积极情绪。这对于师生们来说，无疑又是一次奇妙的学习和成长经历。

When students clap and cheer with and for their peers, they build camaraderie, inspire empathy and other positive feelings. Indeed, it was undoubtedly another amazing learning and growth experience for the teachers and students.

精彩纷呈的英语节活动提高了学生的语言能力，增强了他们的自信心，满足了他们在情感领域的需求。在活动中，学生们丰富了知识，开阔了眼界，享受了英语学习所带来的乐趣。

Hence, to improve students’ English language abilities, develop their confidence, foster a sense of camaraderie and united as one encapsulate the English festival program. With its many wonderful performances, this annual activity showcased the efforts and dedication of both teachers and students to create abundant opportunities for English learning and gave students a chance to improve their language abilities by using it on stage. In addition, this event was about having fun with English learning, invigorating and harnessing better student engagement and nurturing their affective domain which is as important as strengthening their cognitive domain of learning.

文字：Michelle、张玉洁

图片：束菊艳

初审：周丹

复审：王雪

终审：张年华