自新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情發生以來，世界各國的友人們紛紛祝福中國，為中國加油，並以自己的方式，與中國一起，共同抗疫。生活在石家莊的外國友人們也行動了起來，積極加入到防控疫情中來，讓燕趙大地感受到了一股不一樣的“溫情”。為了保證教學，河北聯邦國際學校國際部來自英國的外教Brendan放棄了全家回英國的機會，堅持留在學校，以校為家，為國際部的同學們帶來一節節精彩的外教課。
On February 25th, Brendan shared some details about his daily life at home during the emergency period.Brendan comes from England, and he teaches English in the international department of Hebei Lianbang International School. He loves China and his Chinese students in the school.
Since the outbreak of the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus in China, people stay at home in order to prevent and control the virus. “Life for me has been very easy compared to the majority of people that live in China during this epidemic situation. I am lucky enough to live on campus in my school (Hebei Lianbang International School, Shijiazhuang). ” Brendan said when talking about his daily life.
Brendan is doing some sunbathing in the school football field
Enjoy school life
“At the start of the epidemic, I would spend time building snowmen in the school using the snow/ice left over from the big snowfall in January. I spend a lot of my free time watching TV and movies and skim reading books for useful stuff that I can use in my teaching or develop my own learning. I am teaching classes online with my students but I can use the classroom and so have access to the blackboard which is really useful for explaining things to them. ” said Brendan. He likes baking and lives a healthy lifestyle.
Brendan built a snowman on campus
Brendan usually bakes at home
“I have been sharing teaching resources with my colleagues for over a year now, but I wanted to expand it. I thought the best thing to do would be to create a Wechat group with all English teachers in the school with the primary objective of sharing resources so that everyone could benefit. I will try to share things relevant to everyone. I think that this virus outbreak has given the students a huge opportunity to further their studies in ways that could only have been dreamt about before. For the first time they have access to the internet, a computed dictionary, thesaurus and a billion or more web pages at their disposal. From a teachers perspective this is the perfect opportunity to set them research projects, and for this, they will need resources.
Resources Group
Teaching in class
As a foreigner lives in Shijiazhuang, Brendan is concerned about the people in Wuhan and he said: “The outbreak of course is a difficult situation but I do believe that the Chinese government have handled it well. Take my city for example, there have been relatively few cases with no deaths. I feel sorry for China, as I have made it my home. However, I do believe China will bounce back stronger than ever. We are fighting against the virus together!”
Campus of Hebei Lianbang International School
2月25日，Brendan分享了自己在家中的一天。Brendan來自英國，是一名英語老師。Brendan很喜歡中國，更喜歡小孩子。聊起自己的學生，Brendan滿臉笑意，他說國際部的學生很聽話也很聰明。
疫情防控期間，Brendan表示自己大部分時間都待在家裡，通常情況下不會外出。“對我來說，在這種流行病的情況下，與大多數生活在中國的人相比，生活是非常輕鬆的,因為我很幸運能住在學校（河北聯邦國際學校）。”Brendan說。
Brendan享受在家中的時光。“在流行病開始時，石家莊正好下了一場雪，我會在學校裡堆雪人。我還經常去學校操場踢足球。我會在業餘時間看電視、看電影、瀏覽書籍，尋找對教學有用或可以發展自己學習的資料。我利用網絡給學生上課，同時我可以使用學校的教室和黑板，這對向學生解釋事情非常方便實用。”Brendan說。他喜歡烘焙，享受健康的生活方式。
Brendan表示：“我和同事們分享教學資源已經有一年多了，但我想把更多的資源分享給更多的老師。我想最好的辦法是創建一個微信群，讓全校的英語老師都參與進來，主要目的是共享資源，讓每個人都能從中受益。我認為這次病毒的爆發給了學生們一個難得的機會，讓他們用以前做夢都想不到的方式——使用互聯網繼續學習。從教師的角度來看，這正是設置研究項目的絕佳機會，因此，他們需要更多的資源。”（除了全校英語老師之外，資深英語教師高中部楊校長，初中部宋校長，國際部赫校長都加入了此群，並對此群的建立表示贊同，對外教Brendan表示讚賞。）
面對新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情，身為外國人的Brendan心繫武漢：“這次疫情的爆發如此突然，但中國政府處理得很好。以我所在的城市為例，死亡的病例相對較少。因為我把中國作為自己的第二故鄉，所以我為此次疫情著急。不過，我相信中國將比以往任何時候都更堅強。加油中國!讓我們一起渡過難關!”
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