本周集会张校和全体老师带着同学们对上周学习和各项活动进行了回顾，特别提到：在张绍伦主席的带领下，模拟社团的成员前往北京二中参加了东城区模联培训。随后，张校向同学们宣布并介绍了将在周三进行的词汇嘉年华活动即“猜词游戏”，希望同学们能充分准备。同时，张校提到周四即将到来的美国传统节日—感恩节，带着全体同学一起为所有中外教师鼓掌以表达感激之情。作为一个在Veritas的学生，我很享受每周的集会，因为当所有老师和同学聚集在一起的时候，就会有这种家的感觉。当然了不用我说，你也知道我有多么喜欢这个大家庭。

　　(十一年级郭旭东Jeremy供中英文稿)

　　At the weekly assembly, principal Larryand other teachers recapped major activities from last week.One highlight is thatMichael Zhang led members of theMUN clubto attend a MUN seminar held in Beijing No.2 middle school. Afterwards, principal Larry introduced the game of “Taboo”to urge all students to be prepared for the Taboo Competition on Wednesday. At the end, Principal Larry talked about Thanksgiving and asked us to give a round of applause to our teachers.

　　As a student here at Veritas, I enjoy weekly assembly because it feels good when all the students and teachers gather up and have this “family” conversation. To be honest, it is hard to keep me away from loving my Veritas family.

　　模拟培训会

　　在本月18日，威校模联社团参加了由北京二中主办的东城区模拟培训大会。本次会议的主讲人均是来自国际关系学院和外交学院的模联精英。本次会议介绍了模拟的基本规则以及注意事项等。威力塔斯模联成员张绍伦，郭旭东，江源昊，张宇娴，方悦，陆耀辉，李欣旸以及句卓轩同学都参加了培训。同学们听完之后对模联项目都颇有感触，觉得需要学习的专业知识还有很多。在这里，我们特别感谢李欣旸同学家长为威力塔斯提供了这次宝贵的培训机会，以及无微不至的照顾与支持!

　　(十一年级张绍伦Michael供中英文稿)

　　On 18th, November, VERITAS Model UN club had attended a seminar of Model UN project. This seminar was held by 2nd Middle School, Dong Cheng district, Beijing.The speakers of the seminar were elites from the College of International Relation and the College of Diplomacy. The speakers introduced the basic routine of Model UN, and the things that we need to notice in the formal MUNconference.The participants of our school were：Michael Zhang, Jeremy Guo, Jimmy Jiang, Rachel Zhang, Elle Fang, Louis Lu, Leo Li, and Daniel Ju. After the seminar,weall hadour own deep thoughts on Model UN. Moreover, we should show our sincere gratitude to the parents of Leo Li, they provided this precious opportunityand the genuine concern and support for us.

　　吐槽大会

　　本周三由学生会开展的吐槽大会(演讲活动)活动圆满落幕。三组竞选者各自进行了精彩的演讲，分别是：江源昊同学吐槽的王者荣耀游戏的坑人队友，王雅萱和方悦同学表演吐槽的自杀行为，以及于雪同学谈论的时政话题—中国梦。这三组演讲者为在场的老师和同学带来了欢乐。演讲结束后，贾子萱和王语洋同学作为评审给予了同学们高度的评价和建议。希望大家以后能积极参与这类活动，这不仅是对我们英文演讲能力的锻炼和提升，也是拉近同学关系、增进友谊的重要桥梁!

　　(九年级王雅萱Emma、十年级方悦Elle供中文稿;十一年级王昭元 Ricky 11供英文稿)

　　This Wednesday, the activity hosted by our student government- The Roast(speech contest)- concluded with a perfect ending. Three different groups of campaigners presented brilliant speeches respectively. These speeches were Jimmy's complains about the stupid teammate in the game of “the glory of the king”, Emma and Elle'stalk on the ways of commit suicide, as well as Celia’s speech about the Chinese dream. They brought enjoyable time for everyone. After the speech, the judge Susan and Aphrodite gave the campaigners admirable compliments and suggestions. We hope everyone will attend activities like this,for it is not only for the sake of training our English speaking ability, but also we can build and strengthenfriendship between students.

　　词汇嘉年华

　　周三晚, 外教Ms.Deodat组织的词汇嘉年华--猜词活动火热开展了!同学们分成两队，一队由外教Mr. Jamis带队，一队由外教Mr.Novelus带队进行比拼。在开始之前Mr.Novelus拿出了事先准备好的宣传牌，上边写着“Mr.Jamis队必败，我们才是赢家!”，直接在气势上压倒对方! Mr.Jamis队的同学们也不甘示弱，集体高呼“Mr.Jamis!”来猛烈回击。竞猜开始后，领队外教作为代表，用语言来描述屏幕展示的词汇，同学们来猜。Mr.Novelus一开始与同学们默契配合，领先于对方。但是后来描述过程中优势不敌对方，被迎头赶上，以24:24持平。最终Mr.Novelous队在决胜局犯了一点小失误，将冠军送给了Mr.Jamis队!不过同学们没有气馁。无论谁输谁赢，同学们玩得都很尽兴，气氛热烈，在游戏中巩固了单词记忆和词汇延伸。

　　(八年级江源昊Jimmy供中文稿;九年级张宇娴 Rachel供英文稿)

　　We had a word competition called “Taboo” which was led by Mrs. Deodat on Wednesday night. First we were separated into two groups, and the leaders were Mr.Jamis and Mr. Novelous. At the beginning, there was a note which had “Mr.Jamis’ team must lose, we’ll be the winner!” on it and it made Mr. Novelous’ team’s momentum stronger than Mr. Jamis’. But the team members of Mr.Jamis weren’t losers, they foughtback with extreme enthusiasm, shouting for Mr.Jamis! Then each side’s leader was the representative, they described the words exactly and the atmosphere began to heat up.

　　Mentor

　　周四晚例行mentor时间，导师们带着自己的成员用各种特别的方式讨论校园话题，比如欺凌、奋斗等。在轻松的氛围中，同学们敞开心扉，各抒己见，获益匪浅。

　　Thursday night during mentor time，our mentors employed various methods to discuss campus topics such as school bullying and striving. In a comfortable atmosphere，students opened up and shared their deepest feelings and opinions. This process is beneficial to students' moral development.

　　The tactic understanding made Mr.Novelous’ team had a good start. But the superiority began to disappear when the later students went to join thecompetition. Two teams drew with the score 24:24. At last, Mr. Novelous’ team made a small mistake in the most important round, so Mr.Jamis’ team won the game! But, honestly, no matter who the winner was, all the students and teachers had a lot of fun and solidified their understanding of these words

　　戏剧课《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

　　这周十一年级同学在外教老师的带领下，上了一堂特别的戏剧课。同学们前往人民大学观看了英国TNT剧院带来的经典剧目《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，这也正是11年级同学正在排练的剧目，每位同学都感慨万千。这场剧的精髓不仅仅因为这个名著的影响力，更精彩的是六位演员以独特的演绎撑起了整部剧。尤其是罗密欧与他两个朋友将欧洲上流社会纨绔子弟的作风表演到了极致。当看到朱丽叶倒在地上时没有观众不感到遗憾，大家都沉浸在剧里了。通过看这部剧，结合自己的角色，每位同学都做了独特的分析和理解，不仅学到了很多表演的知识技能，更多的是体会到人物所处的历史时期及社会背景。

　　(十一年级王语洋Aphrodite供中文稿;于雪Celia供英文稿)

　　This week, eleventh graders had a special drama class: they went to Ren Min University and watched a drama show (Romeo and Juliet) with Miss Goodson. This is the exact show students are rehearsing. Every student was amazed by the drama show. This show not only does famous for its reputation but it also has six great actors. Those six actors used unique performing style to play the whole show. For instance, Romeo and his two friends totally showed that how past European nobility look like. At the end, when the play was in the falling action (Juliet and Romeo were both dead), the audiences were involved in the tragic scene and felt sorry for the love of Romeo and Juliet. By watching this show, students analyzed the character they are going to play thoroughly and learned a lot about the historical background and social context of the characters.

　　走进北师大附属实验中学

　　本周五，威力塔斯学生有幸走进吴荻老师在北师大实验中学建立的博物馆，见识了古画，古文物,陶瓷等。之后聆听了吴老师讲授中国语言文化的来源和典故，了解和感受中国语言文化的博大精深. 威校北京向来注重中国传统文化的传承和推广，孩子们将来无论走到哪里，都是中国文化的使者!

　　Thanks for Veritas providing such a great opportunity to our students that visiting the art gallery of the experiential

　　high school attached to Beijing Normal University. They saw lots of precious paintings, antiques, and china, etc. After that, Mr. Wu Di, the master of Chinese culture, gave us a wonderful storytelling performance. His vivid lecture made us understand more the allusions of Chinese culture and taste the extensive and profound Chinese culture.Veritas always values the inheritance and promotion of traditional Chinese culture. No matter where our kids go, they will always be ambassadors of Chinese culture!