英国驻广州总领事莅临斐特思校园 将全力支持发展 | British Consul-General - Fettes College Guangzhou 广州斐特思公学

3月18日，春意盎然，惠风和畅，英国驻广州总领事贺颂雅女士（Mrs. Jo Hawley）一行莅临广州斐特思公学，参观了广州斐特思公学的校园，并与我们的管理团队及师生进行了亲切交流。

On March 18th, Mrs. Jo Hawley, the British Consul-General in Guangzhou, visited the campus of Fettes College Guangzhou visiting classes and meeting with our School leaders, teachers and pupils. 

行程第一站，客人一行来到活力十足的幼儿园，我们的小小斐特思唱着欢快的歌曲，迎接客人们的到来。英领事贺女士十分欣赏我们幼儿园优质齐全的硬件配置，从鲁班木工坊到森林图书馆，从梦想剧院到优美的户外原木游乐场，处处都体现出学校给予学生广阔的学习体验空间。

On the first stop of the tour, our guests were welcomed into the Early Years School. Our young Fettesians sang cheerful songs to welcome their arrival. Mrs. Jo Hawley expressed her admiration for the range and quality of the facilities available at our FCG Early Years. The tour passed through the carpentry Room to the forest themed Library, the dedicated EY Theater and the beautiful natural wood products in our outdoor playground. All of these reflect the breadth of experiences of Fettes College Guangzhou.

行程第二站，客人一行来到斐特思小学和初中的课室进行参观，和各个年龄的学生们近距离交流。学生们组成小组向客人们演唱了斐特思校歌，并表演朗诵了他们从文学中学习到的诗歌。因为不想错过这次增长见识的机会，学生会主席Jenny带领着小学和中学的学生，一起采访总领事贺女士，询问英国领事馆的职能，她自己的学校经历以及对于广州斐特思公学的印象。学生们感兴趣的问题包括：

From our Early years, Mrs Hawley moved on to visit the classrooms of Primary School and Middle School, taking the chance to stop and speak with pupils across all ages. In small groups our pupils sang the FCG school song and performed recitals of poems learnt from their literature studies.  Not wanting to miss the opportunity to grow their knowledge, led by our Pupil Council leader, Jenny from Grade 8, pupils from Primary and Middle School, sat with Mrs Hawley to quiz her about her role as British Consul-General; her own school experience and her impressions of Fettes College Guangzhou. The collected questions of interest to the pupils were:

英国驻广州领事馆都要做什么工作？

当您刚来到中国时，是如何克服语言问题的？

您来中国这些年来有遇到什么有趣的事情吗?

您会将把中国文化的哪些方面纳入英国文化？

斐特思的价值观中，您认为最重要的是哪个？

What does the British Consulate do here in Guangzhou?

How did she overcome the language/communication barriers when she first came to China?

Have there been any funny or embarrassing moments for her since she came to China?

What facet of Chinese Culture would she take and implant in British Culture if she could?

Which our Fettes Values does she think is most important? Family, academics, nurture, collaboration, personality, inspiration.

贺女士愉快地回答了学生们的问题，并且分享了很有价值的见解。她分享了一些在中国生活的有趣事情，包括她带着新生宝宝第一次来到中国。她对比了在两国的不同经历，并得出结论：获取知识的关键在于保持开放的态度去体验和学习新的事物。她很高兴她的儿子从一出生就接触了中国文化。她非常欣赏我们斐特思的价值观，其中，她认为，对她来说最重要的是“赋能”，这让我们充满活力，对工作和学习充满热情。贺女士解释，找到一件让你每天都感到兴奋、让你的生活有意义的事情是非常重要的。在采访结束后，贺女士表示，学生们在广州斐特思公学拥有着各种各样的机会，她认为学生们在学校拥有这样的机会是非常幸运的。

Mrs. Hawley gladly answered the questions and gave valuable insights across the full range of areas. Amongst these she shared interesting moments of her life in China, including when she first arrived in China with a new born child.  She drew comparisons of different experiences in both countries and concluded that the key to knowledge is by being open to experience and learning new things. She is pleased that her son has been exposed to Chinese culture since birth. She appreciated our FCG values very much and believed that the most important one for her is ‘inspiration’. Inspiration fills people with energy to have full enthusiasm for study and work. Mrs Hawley explained that it is very important to find a thing that excites you every day and that will make your life meaningful.  Mrs Hawley finished her time with the pupils by saying she felt that they have many varied opportunities at Fettes College Guangzhou and she thought them very fortunate to have that in their school.

中午，客人一行与学校教职员工一起享用了午餐。贺女士在学校的visitors book上签名，并分享了鼓舞人心的话语：

After lunch shared with staff from across the school, Mrs Hawley signed our visitors book and the shared the inspiring words:

致斐特思大家庭:

非常感谢你们，这是一次让人赞叹不已的参观——多么优秀的学生、教职工和设施！

你们在这里创造着独一无二的事物。在未来几十年里，这将是开展真正的中英合作的机会。

我们领事馆感到十分自豪，能够在这一伟大的旅程中支持你们前行。

致以最诚挚的祝福

贺颂雅

总领事（广州）

To the Fettes Family:

Thank you so much for an incredible visit – such wonderful students, staff and facilities!

You are creating here something very special. An opportunity for some real UK-China collaborations for decades to come.

We are proud at the Consulate to support you on this great journey.

With all our best wishes

Jo Hawley

HM Consul-General (Guangzhou)