2015年12月8日，英国杜伦中学八年级的学生迎来了他们的第二节中文课，这节课的主题是中国的传统文化节日，王梦璐老师（语文）、任艳老师（英语）以“每逢佳节倍思亲”为线索展开课堂活动。

授课老师用精彩的讲述、生动丰富的视频、图片资料等让英国学生直观的感受中国的传统文化习俗。在介绍春节的时候，授课老师带去了由七中初中学生自己书写的春联，现场教授英国学生张贴春联。当介绍到端午节，授课老师也提到了西方文化中龙的内涵和中国文化中的龙的区别，龙是中华民族的图腾。

整堂课最让英国学生兴奋的一个环节，是在介绍到七夕节时，授课老师安排的剪纸，剪“喜”字的环节，并风趣地说这是送给他们的“十年后的结婚礼物”。每个孩子都热情投入的参与其中，对中国的传统文化技艺赞叹连连！

整堂课在“中国红”“中国味”的愉快氛围中结束，让中国元素走向世界，这是我校国际化交流的又一突破！

“Chinese Factor”Whirlwind inBritish School

On Dec. 8^th,2015, the Year 8 students in Durham School, Britain had their second Chineseclass. The theme in this class is traditional Chinese festivals. Menglu Wang(Chinese teacher) and Yan Ren(English teacher) gave the students vividpresentations and various classroom activities.

The Britishpupils have experienced traditional Chinese culture through the excitingdemonstrations and interesting videos. When introducing the Spring Festival,the teachers showed the couplets made by the students in No.7 Middle School andtaught them how to put up the couplets. When it came to Dragon Boat Festival,the teachers mentioned the cultural difference between “Long” and “Dragon”.Long is the symbol of power and courage while dragon is usually the evilcharacter in western culture.

The most excitingpart came when the teachers taught the students how to make a paper cut of theChinese character “Xi” and joked with them that “it was their wedding presentin the future.” The children got very passionate and active, and were greatlyimpressed with the traditional skill.

The class ended in apleasant red atmosphere. The Chinese Factor has again struck the heart of thechildren around the world. This is another breakthrough for the internationalcommunication in our school.