威力塔斯每周集會，豐富課堂課余生活

　　本周集會張校和全體老師帶著同學們對上周學習和各項活動進行了回顧，特別提到：在張紹倫主席的帶領下，模擬聯合國社團的成員前往北京二中參加了東城區模聯培訓。隨后，張校向同學們宣布并介紹了將在周三進行的詞匯嘉年華活動即“猜詞游戲”，希望同學們能充分準備。同時，張校提到周四即將到來的美國傳統節日—感恩節，帶著全體同學一起為所有中外教師鼓掌以表達感激之情。作為一個在Veritas的學生，我很享受每周的集會，因為當所有老師和同學聚集在一起的時候，就會有這種家的感覺。當然了不用我說，你也知道我有多么喜歡這個大家庭。

　　(十一年級郭旭東Jeremy供中英文稿)

　　At the weekly assembly, principal Larryand other teachers recapped major activities from last week.One highlight is thatMichael Zhang led members of theMUN clubto attend a MUN seminar held in Beijing No.2 middle school. Afterwards, principal Larry introduced the game of “Taboo”to urge all students to be prepared for the Taboo Competition on Wednesday. At the end, Principal Larry talked about Thanksgiving and asked us to give a round of applause to our teachers.

　　As a student here at Veritas, I enjoy weekly assembly because it feels good when all the students and teachers gather up and have this “family” conversation. To be honest, it is hard to keep me away from loving my Veritas family.

　　模擬聯合國培訓會

　　在本月18日，威校模聯社團參加了由北京二中主辦的東城區模擬聯合國培訓大會。本次會議的主講人均是來自國際關系學院和外交學院的模聯精英。本次會議介紹了模擬聯合國的基本規則以及注意事項等。威力塔斯模聯成員張紹倫，郭旭東，江源昊，張宇嫻，方悅，陸耀輝，李欣旸以及句卓軒同學都參加了培訓。同學們聽完之后對模聯項目都頗有感觸，覺得需要學習的專業知識還有很多。在這里，我們特別感謝李欣旸同學家長為威力塔斯提供了這次寶貴的培訓機會，以及無微不至的照顧與支持!

　　(十一年級張紹倫Michael供中英文稿)

　　On 18th, November, VERITAS Model UN club had attended a seminar of Model UN project. This seminar was held by 2nd Middle School, Dong Cheng district, Beijing.The speakers of the seminar were elites from the College of International Relation and the College of Diplomacy. The speakers introduced the basic routine of Model UN, and the things that we need to notice in the formal MUNconference.The participants of our school were：Michael Zhang, Jeremy Guo, Jimmy Jiang, Rachel Zhang, Elle Fang, Louis Lu, Leo Li, and Daniel Ju. After the seminar,weall hadour own deep thoughts on Model UN. Moreover, we should show our sincere gratitude to the parents of Leo Li, they provided this precious opportunityand the genuine concern and support for us.

　　吐槽大會

　　本周三由學生會開展的吐槽大會(演講活動)活動圓滿落幕。三組競選者各自進行了精彩的演講，分別是：江源昊同學吐槽的王者榮耀游戲的坑人隊友，王雅萱和方悅同學表演吐槽的自殺行為，以及于雪同學談論的時政話題—中國夢。這三組演講者為在場的老師和同學帶來了歡樂。演講結束后，賈子萱和王語洋同學作為評審給予了同學們高度的評價和建議。希望大家以后能積極參與這類活動，這不僅是對我們英文演講能力的鍛煉和提升，也是拉近同學關系、增進友誼的重要橋梁!

　　(九年級王雅萱Emma、十年級方悅Elle供中文稿;十一年級王昭元 Ricky 11供英文稿)

　　This Wednesday, the activity hosted by our student government- The Roast(speech contest)- concluded with a perfect ending. Three different groups of campaigners presented brilliant speeches respectively. These speeches were Jimmy's complains about the stupid teammate in the game of “the glory of the king”, Emma and Elle'stalk on the ways of commit suicide, as well as Celia’s speech about the Chinese dream. They brought enjoyable time for everyone. After the speech, the judge Susan and Aphrodite gave the campaigners admirable compliments and suggestions. We hope everyone will attend activities like this,for it is not only for the sake of training our English speaking ability, but also we can build and strengthenfriendship between students.

　　詞匯嘉年華

　　周三晚, 外教Ms.Deodat組織的詞匯嘉年華--猜詞活動火熱開展了!同學們分成兩隊，一隊由外教Mr. Jamis帶隊，一隊由外教Mr.Novelus帶隊進行比拼。在開始之前Mr.Novelus拿出了事先準備好的宣傳牌，上邊寫著“Mr.Jamis隊必敗，我們才是贏家!”，直接在氣勢上壓倒對方! Mr.Jamis隊的同學們也不甘示弱，集體高呼“Mr.Jamis!”來猛烈回擊。競猜開始后，領隊外教作為代表，用語言來描述屏幕展示的詞匯，同學們來猜。Mr.Novelus一開始與同學們默契配合，領先于對方。但是后來描述過程中優勢不敵對方，被迎頭趕上，以24:24持平。最終Mr.Novelous隊在決勝局犯了一點小失誤，將送給了Mr.Jamis隊!不過同學們沒有氣餒。無論誰輸誰贏，同學們玩得都很盡興，氣氛熱烈，在游戲中鞏固了單詞記憶和詞匯延伸。

　　(八年級江源昊Jimmy供中文稿;九年級張宇嫻 Rachel供英文稿)

　　We had a word competition called “Taboo” which was led by Mrs. Deodat on Wednesday night. First we were separated into two groups, and the leaders were Mr.Jamis and Mr. Novelous. At the beginning, there was a note which had “Mr.Jamis’ team must lose, we’ll be the winner!” on it and it made Mr. Novelous’ team’s momentum stronger than Mr. Jamis’. But the team members of Mr.Jamis weren’t losers, they foughtback with extreme enthusiasm, shouting for Mr.Jamis! Then each side’s leader was the representative, they described the words exactly and the atmosphere began to heat up.

　　Mentor

　　周四晚例行mentor時間，導師們帶著自己的成員用各種特別的方式討論校園話題，比如欺凌、奮斗等。在輕松的氛圍中，同學們敞開心扉，各抒己見，獲益匪淺。

　　Thursday night during mentor time，our mentors employed various methods to discuss campus topics such as school bullying and striving. In a comfortable atmosphere，students opened up and shared their deepest feelings and opinions. This process is beneficial to students' moral development.

　　The tactic understanding made Mr.Novelous’ team had a good start. But the superiority began to disappear when the later students went to join thecompetition. Two teams drew with the score 24:24. At last, Mr. Novelous’ team made a small mistake in the most important round, so Mr.Jamis’ team won the game! But, honestly, no matter who the winner was, all the students and teachers had a lot of fun and solidified their understanding of these words

　　戲劇課《羅密歐與朱麗葉》

　　這周十一年級同學在外教老師的帶領下，上了一堂特別的戲劇課。同學們前往人民大學觀看了英國TNT劇院帶來的經典劇目《羅密歐與朱麗葉》，這也正是11年級同學正在排練的劇目，每位同學都感慨萬千。這場劇的精髓不僅僅因為這個名著的影響力，更精彩的是六位演員以獨特的演繹撐起了整部劇。尤其是羅密歐與他兩個朋友將歐洲上流社會紈绔子弟的作風表演到了。當看到朱麗葉倒在地上時沒有觀眾不感到遺憾，大家都沉浸在劇里了。通過看這部劇，結合自己的角色，每位同學都做了獨特的分析和理解，不僅學到了很多表演的知識技能，更多的是體會到人物所處的歷史時期及社會背景。

　　(十一年級王語洋Aphrodite供中文稿;于雪Celia供英文稿)

　　This week, eleventh graders had a special drama class: they went to Ren Min University and watched a drama show (Romeo and Juliet) with Miss Goodson. This is the exact show students are rehearsing. Every student was amazed by the drama show. This show not only does famous for its reputation but it also has six great actors. Those six actors used unique performing style to play the whole show. For instance, Romeo and his two friends totally showed that how past European nobility look like. At the end, when the play was in the falling action (Juliet and Romeo were both dead), the audiences were involved in the tragic scene and felt sorry for the love of Romeo and Juliet. By watching this show, students analyzed the character they are going to play thoroughly and learned a lot about the historical background and social context of the characters.

　　走進北師大附屬實驗中學

　　本周五，威力塔斯學生有幸走進吳荻老師在北師大實驗中學建立的博物館，見識了古畫，古文物,陶瓷等。之后聆聽了吳老師講授中國語言文化的來源和典故，了解和感受中國語言文化的博大精深. 威校北京向來注重中國傳統文化的傳承和推廣，孩子們將來無論走到哪里，都是中國文化的使者!

　　Thanks for Veritas providing such a great opportunity to our students that visiting the art gallery of the experiential

　　high school attached to Beijing Normal University. They saw lots of precious paintings, antiques, and china, etc. After that, Mr. Wu Di, the master of Chinese culture, gave us a wonderful storytelling performance. His vivid lecture made us understand more the allusions of Chinese culture and taste the extensive and profound Chinese culture.Veritas always values the inheritance and promotion of traditional Chinese culture. No matter where our kids go, they will always be ambassadors of Chinese culture!