英国暑期夏令营课堂分享
英语文化课
“你了解英国吗？”我们的第一节英国文化课，老师首先抛出了这个问题。接着，他发给同学们每个人一张纸条，让每位同学把自己对于英国的印象写上去。“FISH AND CHIPS” “GENTLEMEN” “BECKHAM”……念着纸条，老师脸上出现了各种表情---惊讶、开心、沉闷，似乎这群中国学生对英国的想法让他感觉特别有趣。
“Do you know anything about England?” Inthe beginning of first English culture lesson, the teacher asked this question. He gave each student a note to write down their impressions of England."FISH AND CHIPS", "GENTLEMEN" and " BECKHAM "… When he read the note, the teacher's face lit up with expressions of surprise, delight and upset, as if he were particularly amused by the Chinese students' ideas about Britain.
当然，作为“外国人”，同学们的看法无可避免地包含有一些刻板影响。接下来，进入正题，为了让大家真正了解英国，老师特意讲解了英国的历史，从不列颠岛上的第一个人类开始，纵览了英国的整个历史过程，这个发达的岛国，更加立体地呈现在了同学们脑中。
Of course, as "foreigners", students' opinions inevitably contain some stereotypes. Next, in order to let students really understand Britain, the teacher explained the history of Britain specially. Starting from the first man on the British island, the whole history of Britain was surveyed.
城市生态学可持续城市设计
在风趣的英语文化课程后，紧跟“城市生态学可持续城市设计”的课程。Eugene Mohareb教授问大家，城市到底更像是什么？是一种组织，还是一架机器，亦或者是一个巨大的生态系统？大家给出了不同的观点，课程在一种极其热烈的氛围下展开了。城市是有它自己的新陈代谢的，每一个城市都不同，这取决于地理环境，气候，文化差异，人口状况，支柱产业等等，在综合因素的权衡之下，城市的可持续性就显得复杂多变。能源输入，废物输出，城市生生不息的运作，认识它的规律并加以辅助，才能最大程度的使它在生态学层面展现出惊人的可持续性。“工程师是改变世界的人。”教授在最后打出一张PPT。世界很复杂，应当成为一个探索者，而不是一个观众。
The interesting English culture course was followed closely by the course of "Sustainable urban design in urban ecology". Professor. Eugene Mohareb asked, “what is cities more like”?Is it an organization, a machine, or an eco-system?Different opinions were given, and the course was held in an extremely enthusiastic atmosphere.Cities have their own metabolism, and each city is different, depending on geographical environment, climate, cultural differences, population status, pillar industries and so on. In the balance of comprehensive factors, the sustainability of cities is complex and changeable.The input of energy, the output of waste, the continuous operation of cities, and the understanding and assistance of its laws can maximize its amazing sustainability at the ecological level."Engineers are the people who change the world. "The professor typed out a slide at the end.He told students,” The world is complex and should be an explorer, not an audience”.
仿真实验室
下午，我们来到仿真实验室，Ian Ewart博士让同学们设计电话支架并生成设计的三维模型，同学们对于陌生的软件积极探索，集思广益，设计出各式各样的手机支架。之后，Ian Ewart博士将设计模型导入虚拟现实，并让同学们使用iPhone 8的虚拟现实模型进行测试。最后，Ian Ewart博士浅析了虚拟现实的利弊，告诫同学们分清虚拟与现实，不要沉迷虚拟世界。
In the afternoon, we came to the simulation lab. Dr. Ian Ewart asked students to design the phone holder and generate the 3D model of the design. Students actively explored the unfamiliar software and put their ideas together to design various mobile phone holders.Then, Dr. Ian Ewart imported the design model into virtual reality and let students test it using the iPhone 8's virtual reality model.Finally, Dr. Ian Ewart analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality, and warned students to distinguish between virtual reality and reality.