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（1）、至2002年7月起由新矸镇牡丹小区发起并提供日常经费支持的小山公园英语角旨在为社区居民提供一个轻松良好的英语学习、交友平台；
Brief introduction: XiaoShan English Corner, a comfortable language learning and social-networking platform for local inhabitants, came to existance in july 2002 with a running expense support from peony community, Beilun, Ningbo.

（2）、位置：明州路南侧， 新老板娘大酒店南面，新世纪花园东面，英语角位于公园西面，即从西门进，右侧经走廓，临池最大一间即是（墙壁有英语角标志及相关活动照片）；
Location: XiaoShan Park is on the southern side of MingZhou Road, facing straight to New Landlady Hotel and sitting on the east of Garden New Century. Our English corner inside the park adjoins the pool and is the biggest camp alike hall, which you can be lead by the right hand corridor of western entrance (there are Corner’s label and pictures hanging on the wall obviously).

（3）方式：出入自由，不需任何手续、经费，唯一需要的是你的真诚与参与。通常每次聚会分为自由交谈与主题讨论两阶段；（时逢节日或晴好日子朋友们会一起举办 Party 或郊游）
Requirement of joining in: It is FREE of charge, but your sincerity, enthusiasm and devotion are the tickets. Usually, we get two parts, the free conversation and themed topic (Parties and outings are also included on feast days or when good weather comes across).

（4）活动时间：每个周五晚七点至九点；
Time for activity: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm every friday

You are welcome, 欢迎每位英语爱好者的加入！
Anyone who has a great passion in language learning is highly regarded to join us, and you are welcome at any time.

牡丹社区小山公园英语角
Detailed introduction of XiaoShan English Corner

诞生于中国改革大潮中的宁波市北仑区（宁波经济技术开发区）是浙江省乃长江中下游经济区的改革开放的门户，云集了世界各地企业前来投资。经过二十年的建设，北仑区已发展成为一个基础设施配套齐全、文化生活欣欣向荣的现代化港口城区。
Popped out with the vigorous china’s reforms, Beilun district of Ningbo city(also named as Ningbo economic and technological development zone), even in the whole economic area of lower reaches of Yangtze delta, is a portal of reform and openning-up gravitated huge investment from the globe. With 20 years of rapid growth, Beilun district has turnned out to be a modernized port which is well infrastructured as well as leading a living of civilization.

新矸镇牡丹社区位于北仑区政治、经济、文化中心的新矸镇， 是是浙江省文明社区。近年来，该社区越来越多的居民为提高自身文化素质、更好地适应改革开发的新形势纷纷学习英语、法语等外语，迫切需要社区提供一个外语学习交流的平台。为此，2002年7月，由牡丹社区发起并提供日常经费支持的小山公园英语角正式成立。
Peony community stands in XinGan town, Beilun’s core area of politics, economy and culture. It is laurelled as civilized community in Zhejiang province. In recent years, more and more inhabitants settled here are realising the need and importance of foreign languages are becoming more and more serious in their daily lives, both for self promotion and the new trend of being engaged in the world. People need a platform to communicate in foreign languages or exchange their experience and share their learning skills. At this point, Peony community launched a programme to set up an English Corner and provided it fare of running expense, the result was the XiaoShan English Corner’s erection.

其宗旨为：
The tenet is:

（1） 营造外语学习的良好氛围，为社区居民提供一个轻松良好的英语学习外语（特别是英语）的平台；
(1).To forge the touchable atmosphere of language learning(mainly focus on English issues), in order to provide a comfortable platform for local learners.

（2） 丰富社区居民业余生活，为大家提供一个清新、健康的交友平台，一个奉献爱心、互帮互助的桥梁；(2).To make local living of spare time rich, and give A fresh, fine social net-working place as well as bidge between the warm hearts.

（3）为在宁波、北仑的外藉人士提供一个感知、了解中国文化窗口，传播友谊的纽带。
(3).To open a window for foreigners and give them another choice to get a deeper understanding of China and its people. Further more, make the friendship more tighter.

春华秋实，牡丹社区小山公园英语角成立四年来已累计开展英语交流活动近200次，大致情况为：
Delightful festival after effort(这句瞎翻译的). For four year, XiaoShan English Corner has held much many activities, totals up to nearly two hundred times. Highlights are below:

（1）利用网站www.bl35.org和www.newbeilun.com为牡丹社区小山公园英语角构建良好有效的网络信息平台，由社区英语志愿者在网上公布每周英语角的话题并收集资料、展开讨论；
(1).Sites, such as www.bl35.org and www.newbeilun.com, are used to facilitate the communication among the members. And volunteers will collect information from the sites and discuss the topics with others there.

（2）每个星期五晚上七点至九点，由社区英语志愿者组织英语爱好者在小山公园凌云阁进行英语爱好学习与交流。通常每次聚会分为自由交谈与主题讨论两阶段，主题讨论一般针对大家感兴趣的国内外政治、经济、文化等热点话题；组织者有时会邀请一些外藉朋友或出国留学人士加入以活跃气氛；
(2).Every Friday, from seven pm to nine pm, there will be activities for language fans. Often, the party consists of two parts, free conversation and themed topic, the themed topic is generally focused on foreign and domestic politics, economy, culture and so forth. Sometimes, foreigners will be invited to make it more active and more real.

(3) 热心参与北仑团区委和北仑区志愿者协会的系列活动，特别是积极为2005年中国女排在北仑主赛区的外语志愿者服务。2005年3月26日北仑外语志愿者基地在牡丹社区小山公园英语角挂牌成立，牡丹社区小山公园英语角作为北仑外语志愿者基地配合区北仑团区委和北仑区志愿者协会开展了一系列外语志愿者宣传、招聘及信息整理及赛事外语志愿服务工作，引得一致好评。
(3).We were engaged in participating activities held by Beilun district committee and Beilun district association of volunteers, especially during the home games of the national team of woman vollyball in 2005. On march 26th 2005, Beilun Foreign Language Base of Volunteers was set up at XiaoShan English Corner. Being as a volunteer organization for language service, handed with Beilun district committee and Beilun district association together, we started a series of language volunteer introductions, offering volunteer positions and pucking up the works on language service of the games.

（4）在牡丹社区的大力支持下，英语角定期可不定期组织大家举办 各种聚会或郊游。如：春节写对联、圣诞新年晚会、七夕晚会、英语角周年庆祝晚会、儿童烧烤聚餐、端午节包粽子、乐器演奏表演，春季踏春、夏天观海、秋季登山、冬天赏雪，迎女排摄影展与专题英语讲座.
(4).With an effective support from the local administration, the Corner can now hold virious activities nonscheduled. Such like:Writing couplets, Christmas party, Chinese Saint Valentine’s Day, Corner’s anniversary party, Children’s barbecue, dragon boat festival(包粽子怎么说啊*_*), spring outing, summer sea observing, fall climbing, winter snow sight-seeing, picture show of the vollyball team and english specialised lecture.(其实这句话说得有些不合逻辑，比如不定期举办圣诞晚会就让我不舒服了)

由于活动持之以恒，节目丰富多彩, 牡丹社区小山公园英语角影响面的越来越大扩大，不仅吸引本社区的英语爱好者，还吸引来自宁波大市区及全北仑的英语爱好者的加入。已成为广大外语爱好者学习与交友的乐园
As the activities are long lasting and have virious programs, Peony community’s English Corner has got a wide influence, and it is still growing gradually, not only the members but also the language learners from the whole area of Ningbo are attracted by it and gatherred here happily. It has become an Eden for the language learners.


长嘘一口气啊～