记者：梁芷晴
6月13日晚，Mr.Robert Kerry Mateja为我们带来了一场关于美利坚的诞生之地——费城的精彩讲座，而这座被称为“友爱之城”的城市也正是Robert生长的地方。
首先,Robert向我们介绍了费城的基本状况，费城在19世纪之前曾为美国首都，19世纪，费城成为美国第一个工业城市，许多欧洲人移民到这里，比如爱尔兰人。时至今日，走在街头，找到一家爱尔兰酒吧也是轻而易举的事。作为革命之城，费城具有重要的历史意义，《独立宣言》曾在这里宣布，托马斯·杰斐逊、本杰明·富兰克林等历史名人也和该城有着紧密联系。Robert说，去年费城被时代杂志评选为世界旅游目的地第三名，并为我们介绍了费城的一些旅游景点，如自由钟、费城艺术博物馆、独立会堂等。
当讲到费城的饮食时，同学们都聚精会神地盯着屏幕上的费城特色美食：椒盐饼、番茄派、起司牛肉三明治等。Robert说，每个三明治都会按你想要的口味来制作，只需尝一口三明治，你就可以感受到费城。最后，Robert和我们分享了一些地道的费城趣事。Robert幽默的演讲方式令同学们频频发出逗乐的笑声。
通过Robert内容充实的讲座，同学们表示对费城有了更深的了解，有机会都想去费城看看。
A Lecture: Philadelphia—Birthplace of America
By Liang Zhiqing
On the evening of June 13, Mr.Robert Kerry Mateja held a lecture about Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, where he grew up.
Firstly, Robert roughly made an introduction about Philadelphia, which was the capital until the 19th century. It became American first industrial city in the 19th century. Many immigrants from Europe such as Irish came here at that time. Even now it was easy to find an Irish bar when you were walking down the street. What’s more, as the City of Revolution, the Declaration of Independence was made here, and many famous historical figures were related to the city, like Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. Besides, according to Robert, The New York Times last year also named Philadelphia as the Number 3 travel destination of the whole world, then he introduced some tourist sites, including Eastern State Penitentiary, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Independence Hall and so on.
When it came to the part of food&drinks, all the students fixed their eyes on the screen,which was full of pictures of tasty Philadelphia food like soft pretzel, tomato pie, cheese steak (a kind of sandwich).etc. Robert said people would have a taste of Philadelphia by taking a bite of the sandwich. For every sandwich, they made it whatever the way they wanted. Finally, Robert shared some trivia of Philadelphia with students. Students burst into laughter from time to time.
Students had gained a better understanding about Philadelphia and said that they couldn’t wait to go to Philadelphia in the future.
