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华文中心小学段线上中英故事大赛
肆虐的疫情虽然阻碍了我们进入校园的脚步，但它却挡不住我们学习的热情和表达的愿望。阅读，是居家学习中重要组成部分。孩子们在书海中发现了一个个美妙的故事，他们迫不及待得想要和大家一起分享这些故事。这些有趣的故事犹如一副画卷，明丽的色彩伴着奇特的幻想，游荡在脑间，久久不能忘却……
Despite the restrictions of physical movement during lockdown, our footsteps to explore the world have never stopped. Reading, as an important part of our life studying from home, has opened the door to colorful wonderlands for our students. As the memories of exciting stories and experiences are still fresh, they cannot wait to share their discoveries with you all.
4月，华文中心小学段举办了网上中英故事大赛，互联网给孩子们提供了一个施展才华、传递书香的舞台。大赛分为初赛和决赛两轮，根据孩子们的语言水平和年级分为各个组别。在故事大赛的初赛中，孩子们踊跃参与，我们收到了上百份录制的故事视频，故事题材十分广泛，有中外童话故事、寓言故事、原创故事，还有紧扣时事的大战新冠病毒故事。每一个娓娓道来的故事都凝聚着孩子们的勇敢尝试和努力付出，每一个故事都精彩绝伦！请大家一起来欣赏他们的故事。
In April, the online bilingual story-telling contest organised by the primary section of Gold Apple Bilingual School International Department gave the students a great stage to share their stories and let their talents shine. The contest was held in two rounds and the participants were divided into different sub-groups based on their language abilities and grades.
In the first round, we received over 100 story-telling video clips, featuring classic fairy tales, fables and original stories. There was even a creative story about combating corona virus! It was indeed not easy for the judges to select only a few “most excellent” ones for the final round because every single story is equally amazing. It is the fruit of tremendous courage and hard work!
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老师们在一百多个参赛视频中选拔出了最优秀的“故事大王”参加决赛。决赛当天，“故事大王”们在电脑屏幕前声情并茂地讲述他们的精彩故事，更多的老师和同学们在线聆听他们的精彩演绎。孩子们在比赛过程中仪态大方、妙语连珠，传递出天真烂漫的童心。
On the big day, the finalists shared their stories in front of the screen with the presence of many teachers and fellow students. Look! How confident and elegant our little story-tellers are! You may feel so amazed by their wittiness and childlike innocence if you were there.
对孩子们来说，这是一个特殊的舞台、一次全新的尝试，他们的精彩表现让老师们赞不绝口！家长们也纷纷发来感谢：“讲故事比赛为孩子们的居家网课生活增添了一抹亮丽的色彩，鼓励和培养了孩子们和世界对话的勇气和语言能力！”
Telling stories in this way was a new experience for most students. Their excellent performances not only impressed their teachers but also many of the parents. Some commented, “Story-telling contest is so much fun! It not only polishes up the kids’ language abilities but also develops their confidence in speaking to the world.”
教师点评最后，让我们一起来看看评委老师们对孩子们表现的评价。
Last but not least, let’s see what our judges have to say about the students’ performances.
教师代表彭丽君老师感言视频，Helaine老师评语。
Comments by Teacher Representative Ms. Rita Peng and Miss Helaine.
Helaine老师评语
Storytelling Contest Remarks
Firstly, thank you to all competitors andstudents for trying their best and
sending through their videos. It was apleasure for us teachers to see how hardyou had practiced and tried your best tolearn the words off by heart.
lt is always difficult trying to choose the"best” students out of each class andeach grade.We looked for how well thestudent knew their stories and if theywere able to say their stories withoutreading it directly from a book or paper;which showed us how much time andeffort was put into practicing. We
listened to your tone of voice and howanimated you were when you readthrough your story.Were you hawing agood time and was it interesting to hearyou read the story,were you animatedand excited and interested in your story?lt is recognized when students havedone very well in these areas and theyare chosen to compete.
We were very impressed by the creativethinking and imagination used by
students to create stories from theprompts given. it is extremely difficult tothink on one's feet and to try and
pronounce the words clearly at the sametime.English is a second language formost if not all students and to translatethe words in your mind from your firstlanguage into English is a battle withinitself.
We are so proud of all contestants andthe families who worked and practicedfor so long with their children as well asmaking sure that the Tencent chat wasworking and connection was strong.We hope all students enjoyed thecontest and most importantly had fun!Untill we have our next competition,continue reading and expanding yourvocabulary!