English Speaking Day 2nd December 2019

Students: 5A Lily and Eleanor

Eleanor	Lily, do you know what FFF refer to?
Lily	Final Fantasy Forever
Eleanor	No. No. No. it stands for Fridays for Future, an international movement of school students who take time off form class to participate in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.
Lily	Oh I see. It’s important for all of us to reduce carbon footprint. Eleanor, how do you go green?
Eleanor	Given the seriousness of the climate crisis, it is vital that people make big changes in the way we live our lives. For me, this includes things like using a fan instead of the air conditioning and reducing the amount of meat in my diet. However, individuals can only do so much to deal with the climate emergency. The world’s economy is designed to use up much of the planet’s resources, making drastic action by business and governments is important as well.
Lily	To reduce my footprint, I try to avoid wasting food and I have “Green Mondays’ at home which means my family do not eat meat on Mondays. I also walk instead of using transport if I know I’m only going a short distance. More importantly I donate money to groups that tackle the climate crisis. They promote sustainable lifestyles and raise environmental awareness.
Eleanor	All of us should have a responsibility to protect the environment.
Lily	Take action now to reduce carbon footprint. We can have a better environment to live in.

English Speaking Day 30th September 2019

6C Fish Wong Good morning everyone, I am Fish from 6C. today, I want to talk about a well-known person – Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was the British prime minister during the Second World War. He used his determination to led Britain to win over Germany. His famous speech “We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing ground. We shall fight in the field and in the street. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. And as a F.6 students, I believe Winston Churchill can be a good role model for all the F.6 students because DSE is coming soon. All of the F.6 students face heavy academic pressure now. We may give up easily, but we can learn from Winston Churchill to use our determination to overcome it. Despite the pressure and stress from DSE, we will never surrender! In the end, I hope every F.6 students can do our best to get good grade in DSE. That’s the end of my sharing, thank you.

English Speaking Day 25th February 2019

Students: 5C, 5D

5C:

Darius:	Last week, I had a man-date marathon with two of my friends. We watched green book in Shatin Movie Town. We watched Green Book because we wanted a movie with depth. Let me introduce the plot first. The film is inspired by the story of African-American pianist Dr Shirley and Italian-American driver Tony Lip. Dr Shirley hired Tony for his eight-week concert tour through the peep South which is racism at that time. Dr Shirley’s recorded label gave tony a copy of the Green Book, a guide for black traveler to find motels, restaurants that would served black that what the name of the film came from.
Edison:	In this film, the African-American pianist, Dr Shirley had a difficult situation. Despite its superb piano skill, the strong racism in the United States at the time. He couldn’t change the characteristic of his dark skin and he was treated differently in real life. It was impossible for him to think that his success could be able to keep peace with the whites.
Collison:	In the movie, I like Dr Shirley’s choice of words. He was highly educated. For example, he wanted to tell his friends he didn’t understand him. Instead of saying ‘you don’t understand me’, he said ‘you have a very narrow assessment of me Tony’, such language pattern could not be learned in the textbook. And, there are many good quotes in this movie. Dr Shirley said ‘you never win with violence. You only win when you maintain your dignity. Watching movie is the best way to learn English.

5D:

Jason	Happy new year James! Welcome to the year of the pig!
James	What? Did you just call me a pig?!
Jason	No No, I said it’s the “year of the pig” 2019 is the Chinese year of the Pig
James	Oh yes, I know what you mean now. Chinese New Year has a lot of traditions and unique aspects that we can all experience
Jason	That’s right! For instance, family members will exchange red pockets that are full of money.
James	Yes. That’s my favorite part of Chinese New Year, its better than winning the mark 6!
Jason	That’s true! I was very grateful for all the red pockets I received. What else did you do during the new year?
James	Well, I spent a lot of time with my family and relatives. Its important to spend Chinese year with your family as it’s an important tradition.
Jason	That’s correct. Many families will travel back to their country of origin, which is the country their ancestors came from.
James	Yes, many families travel back to mainland china during the holiday to see their grandparents, aunties and uncles. We also eat special traditional food during this holiday. Can you think of any examples?
Jason	Hmm, well, there are lots of examples. But, my favorite is a dessert called gok jai which is a delicious cake filled with coconuts and peanuts
James	That sounds delicious Jason. So happy new year to everyone in BWWTC. We hope you have a year of good fortune and success starting with todays English speaking day.
Together	Thank you

English Speaking Day 14th January 2019

Students: 5BC

Good morning everyone. Last Friday, I went to the AIA the Great European Carnival along with some schoolmates. I appreciated the school for the opportunity to take part in such a fun event. we had a really fun evening, and I got to meet people from all walks of life. And that got me thinking: our life as secondary school students can be rather out off from the outside world. Let me explain.

As students, we are either bust with school or just hang out with friends. Rarely do we pay much attention to what really goes on in society. Honestly, I didn’t expect much from an event that lasted only a few hours, but it taught me that ‘school life’ should not be limited within school campus or covers of textbooks. We can learn through participating in various extra-curricular activities. For example, the F.1 study trip to Shenzhen during the winter break. It was fun and memorable, and they learned a lot about conservation of marine animals.

So my message to you: Don’t hesitate to take part in activities that will expand your horizons, because they will enrich your school life and you, Thank you!

English Speaking Day 7th January 2019

Students: 5A

ALL:       Good morning Principal, teachers and fellow students. Suki:        We are students from Form 5A.  I am Suki. Auston:    I am Auston. Suki:        We are now in the new year 2019.  How do you feel? Auston:    I feel very excited as a new year means a new start. Suki:      Do you have any wish for this new year? Auston:    Of course.  My wish is to improve my English.  Do you have any suggestions? Suki:      Sure.   In order to improve your English, you need to form a habit of reading English storybooks.  It helps you learn more vocabulary and sentence structures.  Besides, you can listen to English news on TV or watch English movies to improve your listening ability. Auston:    I see.  How about your new year wish? Suki:      Hmmm.  I just hope that the world can be in peace.  Wars kill many people.  I don’t want to see that.          Auston:    I agree.  By the way, how did you celebrate the new year? Suki :   I went to Tsim Sha Tsui to join the count down and watch the fireworks with my friends. Auston:    Ha Ha.  Was it great? Suki:        Of course.  It was really fantastic.  I want to watch it again next year. Auston:  Can I join you then? Suki:      Sure.  Let’s keep in touch.  Bye-bye. Auston:    Bye-bye.

English Speaking Day 17th December 2018

Teacher: Mr Sheedy
Students: 6E

     

Tim (T):	Good morning everybody! I’m Tim from 6E.
Katherine (K):	I am Katherine from 6E
T:	Why are you so tired?
K	I stayed late last night because I needed to study for my Chinese test today
T:	Me too. We have so many tests these days and I am so tired. Luckily, in December, we have a lot of school activities. For example, the school picnic.
K:	It is so memorable and interesting to play with classmates.
T:	Yep. And this week, we will also have our AC Day and sports day. You know what? This is the last time we join sports day, I mean before we graduate. Have you joined any events?
K:	Of course, I’ve participated in long jump, how about you?
T:	I have participated in shot put and 200m sprint. So, have you started to prepare for the events?
K:	Sure, I have to go to practice every night.
T:	Me too. Hopefully, we can win some events.
K:	Hope everyone can have a great time in Sports days. That’s all we want to share today. Thank you.

English Speaking Day 3rd December 2018

Students: 5BC, 6D

5BC:

Good morning everyone, today I am going to talk about pop culture. The term pop-culture holds different meanings depending on who’s defining it, but it is generally recognised as the people’s culture that the majority of a society shares at a point in time.

Example of pop-culture are like movies, book, tv shows, music etc. One of my favourite pop cultures is the slang pop-culture. Slang is a type of language consist of words and phrase that are regarded as very informal and usually being used by teenagers on the internet. Slangs words are everywhere in our life.

There are two types of slang. The first one is the abbreviation, such as “RIP”, which means rest in peace, usually use when something unfortunate happens to someone. “LOL”, which means laugh out loud, being used when something funny happens and someone wants to make fun of it. “OMG” as in oh my god, say when some unpredicted things happen or something that surprised you. The short form slang is so famous among teenagers, especially when they are messaging on the phone since it is very convenient.

Another is the words and phrases that are informed and use in daily life. Examples like that can be as simple as the phrase “piece of cake”, which means when someone is facing a problem but tackles it easily, we call it a piece of cake. And a similar phrase that foreigners often use, “easy peasy lemon squeeze” which shares the same meaning with “piece of cake”. Other examples like “what’s up”, “how’s it going” is also the examples of slang.

I love slang so much since I think this is a part of the English culture, and those are some words and phrase that nearly the whole society created together. While I use slang, it feels like I am talking like a typical local English.

I definitely recommend everyone to go check out slang, as it is an interesting way for us to learn and discover the fun of English.

6D:

Krystal: Hey, Carlos, how did you do in the exam? Carlos: [Sigh]! Not very good, I have to admit. K: Really?! I thought you went to tutorial classes. C: Yup, I did. K: So they are not useful? C: I don’t know. I only started two months before the exam. But I didn’t really understand what the tutor was teaching. K: Then did you spend time studying the material from the tutorial school? C: [Hesitate] Looking back, I guess not enough. K: Oh, that’s why you did not do well. C: I know. K: Well, I guess the lesson you should learn from this is that tutorial classes cannot do magic. C: What do you mean? K: I mean if you want to make the most of tutorial classes, you must work hard. Don’t expect you can get good results without making any effort. C: Now I know. As they say, ‘No pain, no gain’. K: That’s right. C: So, to my fellow Form 6 students, I hope you will not make the same mistake I did. Both: Let’s work hard for DSE. Bye bye.