外语节活动是北外附校传统活动之一，至今已举办了十五届。在这次历时两个星期的活动中，我们初一和初二年级的同学们各显其能，从开幕式以来我们举办了英语朗诵比赛、外语嘉年华等多项活动。4月19日下午3点50，外语节闭幕式暨戏剧展演活动在我校国瑞厅拉开帷幕,同学们表演了外语歌曲、英语短剧，英语读物演讲以及小语种歌曲等节目。形式多样的精彩节目激起全场观众的阵阵欢呼。
初一年级的英语短剧，给大家留下很深的印象。他们表演的是莎士比亚名剧《威尼斯商人》片段，讲述聪明的鲍西亚女扮男装，扮成法官，在法庭上智斗阴险狠毒的犹太商人夏洛克，成功营救好朋友安东尼奥的故事。小演员们流利的英语口语，绘声绘色的表演，将台下的每一个人带进了那场“官司”，剧中安东尼奥和朋友们之间的友谊，更令我们为之感动。初二年级的《暴风雨》短剧，情节跌宕起伏，全程热情居高不下，感染了全场的师生。
随后，本届外语节朗读大赛优胜班级初一4班给我们展示了精彩的经典朗读表演《绿野仙踪》。
初二（3）班的学姐姜思琪，为我们带来了《哈利•波特》故事的演讲。她细致生动的演讲，将大家都带到了那个神奇的魔法世界中。她说《哈利•波特》中的爱与勇气，是最最吸引她的地方，这也是我印象最深的内容。哈利波特是我们这代人心中的经典和兴趣所在。但是将书中的故事融入自己的感受分享给大家让我们收获颇多。
一首法语歌、一首韩语歌，将闭幕式的气氛推向了最高潮。这一方面展示了北外附校学子的外语水平，更展示了我北外附校的小语种特色。
本届外语节至此告一段落。让我们一同期待明年的第十六届外语节吧！
On April 19th 2018, the 15th Foreign Languages Festival's closing ceremony was held in BFLS! It is a traditional festival in BFLS, which has already taken place for over 15 years. Students and teachers come together to work hard every year in preparation for this highly esteemed festival and this year was no exception.
The festival took place over 2 weeks and many students from both grade 7 and grade 8 had the opportunity to give performances and show their interesting games.
I would like to pay particular attention to the closing ceremony which happened on the afternoon of April 19th 2018. During this final event, several gifted and talented poets, actors, singers and speakers all took part in order to draw an honourable conclusion to the foreign languages festival of 2018. These performances made the ceremony a truly breath taking experience!
The closing ceremony included a dramatic play of the ‘Merchant of Venice’ along with a presentation of the famous book ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’. This was followed by a fantastic retelling of the wonderful Wizard of Oz as well as another play of ‘The Tempest’. Finally, the ceremony concluded with some foreign language songs.
The first show was written by the famous British playwright William Shakespeare and the play was acted out by grade 7 students. Their stunning performance was enough to entertain the entire audience at the ceremony.
The story ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is about a Jew named Shylock who demands a pound of flesh from a merchant, known as Bassanio, after a trade deal went wrong. Bassanio’s wife, Portia, is able to save her husband from a gruesome death by using her intellect and wisdom to outsmart Shylock. Most of the play took place in a courthouse and the actors and actresses from grade 7 did a wonderful job of bringing the play to life. It was clear from their performance that they had all worked phenomenally well in order to present this high class English-speaking performance at BFLS.
Another performance was a speech about ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ which was given by Jiang Siqi from grade 8. She discussed how the themes of courage and love were represented in this famous novel through the characters Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Jiang Siqi was by far one of the most fluent speakers at the show and she is to be commended for her gallant presentation.
It would be a shame to not include the act of ‘The Tempest’, given by students from Grade 8. This was by far the most bizarre and outlandish performance of the ceremony! The actors and actresses had sword fights on the stage which captivated our attention for the entire 30 minutes of their act.
Finally, the show ended with the touching performances from the Korean song ‘Stay’ and the French song ‘On Ecrit Sur le Mur’. Although we could not understand the meaning of these songs, we were nevertheless taken aback by the heartfelt performance from these two singers.
We are all grateful to have been given the opportunity to take part and observe during this year’s foreign language festival. The festival has without doubt offered unforgettable memories that all the students at this school will cherish for years to come. I cannot wait for the foreign language festival next year!
作者：初中英语记者团 范清文 高沐阳
编辑： 李丽丹 Liam Morgan
