The 18th Recommendation of Good Books Party

The 18thRecommendation of Good Books Party


The 18th Recommendation of Good Books Party from School of Foreign Languages in Southwest Jiaotong University was held on October 26, 2018, at the No.2 Library lecture hall. The guests presented at this event were associate professor Wang Junqi, the deputy secretary of the Party committee in School of Foreign Languages, professor Xu Xiaoyan, the dean of the Department of Translation and Interpreting, counselor Zhang Xi, counselor Hu Yonghua, counselor Liu Tong, counselor Huang Qian, teacher He Jianqin, the instructor of Gezhi Academy and the representatives of Student Union, Youth League Committee, Young Volunteers Association, Media Center and Gezhi Academy.

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The Recommendation of Good Books Party aimed to recommend great books to students and increase their enthusiasm of reading through making presentations about the books selected by each departmentSchool of Foreign Languages, in various way such as drama, recitation, song and so on.

The recitation "Walden" and the song "Lake Baikal" from the Department of Japanese were rising and falling, melodious and beautiful. The drama "Secret Love for the Peach Garden" played by Department of International Chinese were a classic drama of sadness and joy. The Department of Translation and Interpreting combined the plots in "Snow Country" with our campus life, which gave a new aesthetic feeling. The Department of English dubbed "The Great Gatsby" in English,showing a good play for us. The recitation "Spring Will Blame" from Department of French gave the opportunity for us to repeat the poet’s dreaming journey. AndDepartment of Germanalso provides us a very thought-provoking and wonderful drama, "Dorogaya Yelena Sergeevna".

The 18th Recommendation of Good Books Party brought to a successful close following a result that the Department of English won the first prize, the Department of International Chinese and the Department of Translation and Interpreting won the second prize, and the Department of French, the Department of Japanese and the Department of German won the third prize. Zhang Yunlai from Class 2 of the Department of English, Zhang Ruijun from Class 1 of the Department of International Chinese, Wang Haoze from Class 1 of the Department of Japanese and Zhang Zhuoran from Class 1 of the Department of Translation and Interpreting won the Individual Excellence Award.

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Reading classic works enriches our spiritual world. Reading should be a great cause of everyone's life. May our students can enjoy reading and seek truth from great books, and get the unique vitality in our beautiful youth.

Photograph & Editor: Gezhi Academy of School of Foreign Languages