洲际嘉年华开幕式的精彩场景还历历在目，当孩子们还沉浸在各学科丰富多彩的探究学习中时，图书馆为期一个月的上海青浦区协和双语学校美洲嘉年华即将落下帷幕。
We are still reminiscing about the Opening Ceremony of the Intercontinental Carnival, and we continue to immerse ourselves into our inquiry studies of the Americas in each subject. Yet, the Intercontinental Carnival activities in the Learning Resource Center (LRC), which have been occurring over the past month, are coming to an end.
LRC为同学们准备了丰富多彩的延伸与拓展活动，例如面向低年级的美洲故事讲读会，面向中高年级的故事分享与讨论会；美洲主题知识竞赛；手工制作活动以及寻宝活动，以期从多个维度带领同学们进行为期一个月的“美洲深度游”。
Our LRC prepared a variety of extension and expansion activities for students throughout November, such as Americas-themed storytelling for lower grade students and story sharing and discussions for middle and upper grade students. An Americas-themed knowledge contest as well as hand craft activities and treasure hunting activities were also held. All in all, LRC teachers have led students through a month-long ‘deep tour of the Americas’ across multiple dimensions.
接下来让我们跟随协和学子的脚步，一同回顾一下今年LRC美洲嘉年华实录吧！
Next, let us follow our SUIS Qingpu students and review this year's LRC Intercontinental Carnival – the Americas!
1.美洲主题图书展示
Americas-themed Book Display
11月1日至11月11日，LRC开辟专区展示与美洲相关的中英文书籍，方便师生借阅，并在过道摆放希沃，播放视频资源，可供学生们在大课间前来观看。
From November 1 to 11, the LRC set aside a special area to display Chinese and English books related to the Americas, making it very convenient for both students and teachers to borrow them. We also set up videos of the Americas for students to watch during their play time.
2.故事分享会
Story Sharing
故事对每一个孩子来说，都是成长过程中不可或缺的精神食粮，它就像一颗颗播种在孩子心田的种子一样，启迪孩子的心灵，引导着孩子慢慢地去感悟，去思索。
For every child, stories are spiritual food in the process of growth, it is like the seeds sown in the child's heart, enlightening the child's mind, guiding the child to gently feel and think.
第一周我们邀请到了5位故事妈妈，在LRC图书资源的帮助下，妈妈们挑选了5本图书给孩子们娓娓道来了精彩的故事。
In the first week of the Carnival, we invited 5 ‘story moms’ to visit the LRC to spend time with students. With the help of our LRC teachers and supported by our book and technology resources, the mothers selected five books to use for telling wonderful stories to the children.
11.7《奇迹男孩》
Wonder
11.8《追梦的小王子》
The Little Prince Who Chases the Dream
11.9 《魔力小镇》
Magic Town
11.10《全世界最穷的爷爷来演讲》
The Poorest Grandfather Came to Have a Speech
11.11 《传家被》
Heirloom
三年级也有两位同学报名了故事分享会，他们用稚嫩的语言讲述着迪士尼故事以及美洲著名人物事迹，精彩的表现赢得了观众的阵阵掌声。
Two students from Grade 3 also volunteered to lead a story-sharing session! They shared about the deeds of some famous American characters through the telling of several Disney stories using their wonderful child-like language skills – their wonderful performance won warm applause from the entire audience.
3.LRC手工活动
LRC Handcraft
看书怎么能少了书签呢？趁着下午大课间休息，同学们在美洲嘉年华的第二周参加了手工咕卡书签盘的活动，报名的队伍都快排出图书馆了，可见活动的火爆程度！
How can we read a book without using a bookmark? Taking advantage of play time, students participated in a handmade bookmark activity in the second week of the Carnival. Line-ups for the activity almost extended out of the LRC, showing how popular the activity was!
同学们凭借着自己的创造力和想象力，在图书馆老师的协助下，用富有美洲元素的贴纸制作出了精美的书签，也借此机会认识到了美洲的动物，植物以及地理元素等等。
Using their own creativity and imagination, and with the assistance of the LRC teachers, students made beautiful bookmarks rich in elements from the Americas. They also learned about the animals, plants and geographical elements of the Americas though the activity.
4.美洲知识竞赛&寻宝
America Quiz Contest & Treasure Hunt
第三周迎来了每年最受欢迎的寻宝活动，今年的寻宝活动有所不同，同学们需要将跨学科知识融会贯通才能破解最终挑战赢得奖项。
The most popular activity was the Treasure Hunt, held during the third week of the Carnival. This treasure hunt was different than those conducted in previous years. Students needed to combine interdisciplinary knowledge to solve the final challenge and win the prize.
11月21日 加拿大知识竞赛-探索落基山脉
Canadian Quiz Contest- Exploring the Rocky Mountains
11月22日 墨西哥知识竞赛-寻找卡拉克穆尔遗迹
Mexican Quiz Contest- Looking for Karakul
11月25日 美国知识竞赛-会跳舞的草裙
American Quiz Contest- A dancing hula
11月28日 巴西知识竞赛-巴西运动大奖赛
Brazilian Quiz Contest- Brazilian Sports Grand
11月29日 加勒比知识竞赛-横渡加勒比海
Caribbean Quiz Contest- Crossing the Caribbean Sea
11月30日 阿根廷知识竞赛-寻找失落的乐章
Argentina Quiz Contest - Finding the lost piece of music
孩子们绞尽脑汁破解一个又一个书中的谜题与时间赛跑，最后酣畅淋漓地解开谜题，满载而归。
Children tried their best to solve puzzles in a race against time, finally solving them and winning the prize!
嘉年华活动一年一次，而阅读学习无时不刻在发生。学习资源中心会不断丰富资源，为各位读者搭建阅读的通道，打开阅读的视界，让大家真真切切感受到阅读的魅力、学习的快乐。
Intercontinental Carnival events are held once a year, while reading and learning happens all the time. Our LRC will continue to enrich resources, build reading channels for all readers, open the horizons of reading, and let everyone truly feel the charm of reading and the joy of learning.