2018年5月11日上午，澳门沙金在线平建院十五周年院庆系列讲座第三场开幕， 由西安外语音像教材出版社社长、原《外语教学》主编周世范教授主讲的《读书与人生》主题讲座在乐育楼C108成功举行， 周教授博采众长、引经据典，为同学们带来了一场中华文化盛宴。
周教授首先强调了读书的重要性。腹有诗书气自华，在他看来，读书与吃饭同样重要，读书就是与有智慧的人交朋友。他引用《增广贤文》，说到“有田不耕仓廪虚，有书不读子孙愚”，并以众多杰出人物对读书情有独钟为例，说明了读书带来的积极成效。为更好地引导同学们读好书，周教授指出了读书的四种类型，即基础型、专业型、研究型和消遣型，以此鼓励大家理性选择适合自己的书，同时提出了三点建议，值得每位同学用心领悟，努力践行。
读书不仅为了自己，更为了服务社会做贡献。周教授指出，六个学会最重要，即学会做人生活、学会生活、学会健体、学会创造、学会释怀与放下。他还与同学们分享了从一到十论传统，将自己丰富宝贵的读书与人生经验传授给同学们。
最后周教授表达了自己对青年的殷切希望，他鼓励同学们从今天做起，从现在做起，从脚下做起，带着雄心、信心、恒心、耐心、诚心，为中华民族做出应有的贡献。
澳门沙金在线平近年来十分重视学生的中华文化素养，强调外语学习过程中对中华优秀传统文化的传承与传播。此次周教授的讲座，对于创造良好的读书氛围，提升我院学子的文化素养具有重要意义。
SFL Holds the 3rd Academic Lecture for the 15th Anniversary of the Foundation of School of Foreign Languages
On the morning of May 11th, an academic lecture was held by School of Foreign Languages (SFL) in Room C108 of Leyu Building as a celebration of the 15th anniversary of its foundation. Professor Zhou Shifan, director of Xi’an Foreign Languages Audio-visual Teaching Press and former chief editor of Foreign Languages and Teaching, was invited to give a lecture titled “Reading and Life”, which offered students a banquet of Chinese culture.
Professor Zhou firstly emphasized the importance of reading. Wisdom in hold, elegance in mold. In his view, reading is as important as sleeping, and he suggested that we make friends with people possessing wisdom. He also demonstrated the positive results by taking examples of great achievements made by historical celebrities. To encourage students to read more good books, he pointed out four kinds of reading style which include foundational reading, professional reading, research-based reading and re-creative reading. What’s more, he offered three suggestions which needed students to set their hearts on understanding them.
Reading serves not only for self-development but also society. Professor Zhou pointed that reading is of benefit for us to be a true man, to live , to be healthy, to create, to forgive and forget. He also shared his reading life and learning with students by categorizing into 10 points.
Professor Zhou expressed his best wishes and concluded his speech by encouraging the young students to start now learning to be man with ambition, confidence, perseverance, patience and honesty, devoting themselves to the development of Chinese nation.
SFL always pays much attention to its students’ Chinese culture consciousness and strengths the inheritance and promotion of traditional Chinese culture. Lecture delivered by Professor Zhou provided an opportunity for reading and culture compentency promotion.
