學(xué)部建設(shè)

    On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the 2016 English Speech Competition was held in the library on the first floor from 4-5:00p.m. English judges included foreign English teacher Mr. Carter and English teachers Lulu and Piddy. All of Grade 10 was asked to participate in the speech during an in class competition during the week of October 10 and 4 winners were chosen from each class. The in class competition winners from Class 10A were Charles, Delen, Ella, Jackie, and Eric; Class 10B winners included Arvin, Frank, Bonnie, and David; Class C winners included Sybil, Jason, Lily, and Alysia.
    2016年10月20日周四下午4:00-5:00，國際部在階梯教室舉行了2016年度新生英語演講大賽。評委包括英語老師Carter, Lulu以及Piddy。所有10年級學(xué)生都要求參與各班的預(yù)選，從中選出4名種子選手。10A班的優(yōu)勝者為李佳淞，曹俊杰，劉瑩瑩，鄺奕捷和張鼎逸；10B班的優(yōu)勝者為褚浩天，陳宗孚，郭嘉寶和聶大衛(wèi)；10C班的優(yōu)勝者為馮繪霓，柯伯承，樹亦婷及楊妍鋆。
    Winners were chosen based on a criteria of delivery, content, organization, and audience awareness and were chosen by Mr. Carter. Topics of discussion included the legalization of gay marriage, climate change, the 2016 presidential debate, the newly enacted two-child policy, television violence, nature versus nurture, copyright infringement, high stakes testing, mental health, and evolution versus creationism. Afterwards, students were instructed to perfect their speeches and choose an additional speech topic such as a poem, additional speech, or monologue to give in addition to their amended first round speeches.
    優(yōu)勝者的選撥是根據(jù)一系列的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，如表達(dá)、內(nèi)容、組織和觀眾意識。演講的主題包括同性婚姻合法化，氣候變化，2016年度總統(tǒng)競選辯論，新實(shí)行的二孩政策，電視暴力，版權(quán)侵犯，高利害測驗(yàn)，心理健康以及進(jìn)化與神創(chuàng)論。隨后，同學(xué)們被引導(dǎo)完善他們的演講并選取一個額外的演講主題，例如詩歌，額外演講，戲劇獨(dú)白來優(yōu)化他們的第一輪演講。
    Participants were permitted to elect their own order of delivery and were given a maximum of five minutes to deliver their speech as well as dramatic interpretation of a poem, speech, or monologue. The judges them critiqued each performance based on three criteria established beforehand in the preliminary round. The winners’ scores were then averaged based on the three judges and the scores were ranked from first to third place.  The winners included:
    參賽者可以自己選擇他們的演講順序，并被給予5分鐘的時間進(jìn)行演講，并進(jìn)行詩歌，演講或戲劇獨(dú)白。評委的評分根據(jù)預(yù)賽時的三個標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來評判他們的每個表現(xiàn)，優(yōu)勝者的分?jǐn)?shù)是三個評委的平均分，由高到低從第一名排到第三名。優(yōu)勝者包括以下：
    1st place: Bonnie (10B)- High Stakes Testing, Sybil (10C)- 2016 Presidential Race
    第一名：郭嘉寶（10B）-高利害測試，馮繪霓（10C）-2016年總統(tǒng)競選辯論
    2nd place: Jason (10C)- Gay Marriage Equality, Lily (10C) – Two Child Policy 
    第二名：柯伯承（10C）同性婚姻平等性，樹亦婷（10C）-二孩政策
    3rd place: Jackie (10A) – Nature vs. Nurture in Determining Intelligence
    第三名：鄺奕捷（10A）-決定智力的先天因素vs.后天因素
    Congratulations to all the winners and may the spirit of speech move everyone towards enhanced English learning. 
    恭喜所有的獲勝者，并希望所有同學(xué)能夠延續(xù)演講的這種精神,提升英語學(xué)習(xí)。