Unit 8 Reading

English: fun for life

英语：快乐生活

English Week at Rosie Bridge School

罗西桥学校的英语周

Last week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week a big success.

上周，在罗茜桥学校学生的共同努力下，英语周（活动）大获成功。

There was an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt.

在图书馆有一个英语书博览会和寻宝活动。

Some students put on an English play.

有些学生投身到一个英语剧。

Other students took part in an English singing competition.

其他一些的学生参加了英语歌唱比赛。

There was also a speaking competition. The students had to speak on a topic in English for two minutes.

还有一个演讲比赛。学生们必须围绕主题做两分钟的英语演讲。

We spoke to the winner, Henry.

我们采访了冠军——Henry。

“I'm so happy that I won,” he said.

“我很高兴我赢了，”他说。

“I advise people to speak slowly.

“我建议讲得慢一点。

- If they want to be good public speakers they'd better speak clearly and confidently.”

- 如果他们想成为优秀的公开演讲者。（那样）他们会说得更清楚，更自信。”

We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of them was Amy.

我们还采访了英语周的其他几个同学。其中之一是 Amy。

“I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new words.

“我真的很喜欢英语周（活动）。它给了我一个机会学习新单词。

- In my opinion, every school should have an English Week. It's well worth doing,” she said.

- 在我看来，每个学校都应该举办英语周（活动），很值得做。”她说。

On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a speech to the whole school.

英语周的最后一天，校长对整个学校发表了讲话。

He gave students some suggestions on how to improve their English.

他给学生如何提高英语水平提出了一些建议。

“You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you can.

“你应该尽你所能用英语与你的朋友进行门交流，

- You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television programmes.

- 应该多阅读英文书籍和杂志，收看英语电视节目。

- Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.

- 最重要的，你应该享受英语！”他说。