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參加英語角的同學：如果你全程參與英語角活動，在當晚活動結束時，可領取英語角官方出具的活動參加證明，用于沖抵周三晚上的晚自習考勤。經學校領導同意，“云南大學英語角”可作為星期三晚自習形式之一。不參加活動的學生不可領取。
WHAT CAN?I?DO?
When we talk about environmental protection, many of us would think of big deals the government should do, but few would really start doing anything from themselves. This time we talk about?our duty?to protect the environment. Not just to blame others for their fault but to take action, from little things, to make a difference.
What have you done, so far, no matter how small it is, to protect our planet? What can we do in our life to reduce pollution, waste and damage? If many people are still doing the wrong things, what can you actually do to wake them up and change their habits?
We do not only speak. We talke?action, too.
Please come to the English corner to share with us your ideas about the topic!?
Queen Elizabeth's War on Plastic
Source:?news.com.au
Queen Elizabeth II Has Banned?Plastic Straws and Bottles from Royal Estates
QUEEN Elizabeth II has declared war — on plastic — with a newwaste plan put into place across the royal estates.
Theenvironmentally-conscious move was said to be inspired by nature documentarianand naturalist Sir David Attenborough, after the pair worked together on adocumentary about wildlife in the Commonwealth,?according to?TheTelegraph.
Buckingham Palace has said the royal household has a “strongdesire to tackle the issue” and would do so by cutting back plastics, such asstraws and plastic bottles.
A spokesman for the Palace said, “Across the organization, theroyal household is committed to reducing its environmental impact.
“As part of that, we have taken a number ofpractical steps to cut back on the use of plastics,” he said.
These steps would include phasing out plasticstraws in public cafes and banning them completely from staff dining areas.
Royal cafe takeaway food containers will nowbe compostable or biodegradable, while those working and living withinBuckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburghwill only be able to use crockery and glasses, or recyclable cups.
The initiative comes after the EU announcedplans to make all plastic in Europe recyclable or reusable by 2030.
The Queen’s stance follows that of her sonPrince Charles, who often talks about environmental issues, including thedamage plastic garbage is doing to the oceans.
Last year he said climate change was“catastrophically underestimated”?and urged that world leaders act urgentlyto protect our marine environments.
Prince Charles has a long history ofenvironmental advocacy and established the International Sustainability Unit in2010 to address major environmental challenges across the globe includingmarine degradation, deforestation and animal conservation.
He has even weighed in on the degradation ofthe Great Barrier Reef, saying: “The fact that significant portions of theGreat Barrier Reef on Australia’s eastern coast have been severely degraded orlost over the last few years is both a tragedy and also, I would have thought,a very serious wakeup call,” he said.
According Cleanup.org.au, an estimated 1trillion plastic bags are used and discarded worldwide each year — and many ofthose bags are only used once.
Australians alone use around 5 billion plasticbags a year — with some 50 million entering the litter stream.
Single-use bags will soon be banned across allstates and territories in Australia, except NSW. Meanwhile, major supermarkets— Coles, Woolworths and IGA — have already announced they will phase outsingle-use plastic bags this year.
This story originally appeared in?news.com.au.
英語角為誰而辦？
英語角是為英語口語不夠好的同學、英語口語不夠好的同學、英語口語不夠好的同學而存在的。重要的事情說三遍，因為廣為存在的誤解是：英語不好為什么要去英語角？以為英語不好就不去英語角，那就大錯而特錯了！為了說明這一點，請容我分析一下口語是怎樣練出來的：
一、英語課堂幫我們發現問題、指出方向。每周一次聽說課上，由于學生很多，老師是不可能讓每個學生都講上45分鐘的。老師只能通過練習、作業告訴你，你的聽力和口語都有什么優勢、什么不足，該怎么練。很多同學上完一學期的聽說課，課堂上加起來講英語的時間都沒有兩個小時，如何提高口語？很明顯，簡而言之：單靠課堂無法練好聽力和口語。所以，課堂是發現問題、了解學習方法的地方。假如你每學期參加10次英語角、每次去兩小時，那么每學期你將會有10x2=20小時的每周持續性口語練習，口語練好自然不是問題。
二、練習口語的一個環節：正音。老師告訴你你的哪些音有問題，你就要警覺，課后要通過操練來糾正。正音糾正常見辦法有兩個：(1)錄下自己的發音，對比標準錄音進行比較，比如用復讀機/復讀軟件；(2)找人練，在對話中讓對方給你糾正，比如去找老師、老外或者去英語角。通常情況下，一個人的語言定式思維，會讓自己很難聽到自己發錯的音，需要別人幫忙。
三、練習口語的二個環節：語言輸入。沒有輸入的口語聽起來是很錯誤百出和弱智的。聽力、閱讀都是語言輸入的手段，進步最快的是聽外文節目和朗讀/背誦。你的讀寫課、快速閱讀、聽力練習都是語言輸入。你輸入的好句子多了，忘記的好句子也就多了。為了不讓好句子都忘掉，有一個辦法：用。怎么用？方法是寫作（如：作文）和口語交流（如：去英語角）。
四、練習口語的最有效的環節：真實交流。很多口語練習效果不好是因為我們背誦一段，然后假裝交流。很遺憾，那是假的。真實的交流中，你根本不會有那么多時間思考，必須迅速給出回應。這一點，有幾種辦法可以改進：1、和不懂中文的老外交流；2、和老師用英文交流；3、去英語角。
這就是英語角的作用：（1）補充課堂時間不足的問題、（2）幫助正音、（3）提供語言輸出場所、（4）營造真實語言交流場景。如果英語不夠好，就應該去英語角。
同時，你還可以知道的是：這個英語角是永久免費的，所有負責英語角活動的大外部老師和學生會干部都是志愿為大家服務的。我們負責辦好英語角，練好口語是你自己的事情。
英語角，就是為你而辦的。
For you,?for free, for ever.
FOR YOU, FOR FREE, FOR EVER
感謝楊勇堅教授幫忙審校！ ?
