By Chen Jiaping

At 7:00 p.m. on May 5th, Mr. Xie Qingli, vice dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, gave a lecture on English learning after the TEM 4 in Room A302 of Liyun Building.

At the beginning of the lecture, Mr. Xie introduced the successful experience of the graduates of our faculty , which was a great inspiration and encouragement to the students. Then Mr. Xie recommended four original English novels for the students to read; he pointed out reading original English novels is of great importance to English majors. Finally, Mr. Xie introduced some English-related certificates and encouraged the students to sit for those exams. At the end of the lecture, Mr.Xie quoted a remark made by Li Ka-shing, “To think whether you can or you cannot, it’s just a shift of mind.”

This lecture gave the students motivation and encouragement and allowed them to understand that they are the master of their future and should be responsible for themselves and pursue their dreams bravely.