Writer： Qu Danqi        Instructor：Maria Jiang

Spring is a beautiful season, flowers come into bloom, grass become green again and people become more energetic than winter. In spring，an English story-telling competition was held in every class in Grade 8 of Meiyuan Middle School. A lot of students took part in this activity which could show themselves and knew their weak points. We could see every story from the students is well-prepared. They wanted others to see their best. During the activity, many students made a PPT which showed us some beautiful pictures and interesting articles, such as fairy tales, short novels, stories and so on. There were also some questions at the end of it. The other students were all very positive, when there was a question, they all raised their hands, and the speaker was excited to choose anyone because it was the first time for him or her to be a ‘teacher’. The activity will end soon, but the things we have learnt will never be over. From this activity, we could see our weak points, for example, some students are too quiet or too shy. So, we should practice more, or we will lag behind other students. We learnt that most of us were not very perfect, so we should change ourselves, we should be confident, we should be talkative and we should be fearless because they can keep spring alive. Spring has just come to the world, and it will never be back because spring is in everyone’s heart.

三月份，八年级组在各班英语老师的带领下，正式拉开了英语小故事演讲比赛的帷幕。在我班，同学们都为这次活动积极准备，大多数同学还制作了精美的ppt，一张张吸人眼球的演示文稿，一个个熟悉的英文字母，再配上小小演讲者响亮流利的发音，让坐在底下的同学们沉浸在有趣的英语课堂中。除了这些，演讲者还开动小脑筋从故事中引出问题，让同学们带着问题看短文，其中有许多问题都是开放性的，没有标准答案，更让同学们从多角度来理解短文，所以，这一活动不仅锻炼了同学的演讲能力，还增强了学生的阅读理解能力。不仅如此，通过同学们与我们分享的笑话，寓言等故事题材，不仅给了同学一个展示自我的舞台，更让我们拓宽了视野，领悟了一些课本中没有的知识。

总而言之，本月开展的英语小故事演讲比赛在某些方面提高了同学们的种种能力，更让同学们对英语的学习产生了浓厚的兴趣。（撰稿：八一班 周翠红）

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