我们阅读的原因有很多。阅读可以把我们从自己的世界带到另一个世界。在书中，我们可以沉浸在虚构人物的生活中，了解一种完全不同于我们自己的文化。我们还可以学习新的单词和短语，体验各种情绪，获得技能和知识。

There are many reasons as to why we read. Reading allows us to be transported from our own world to another. Between the pages of a book, we can become immersed in the lives of fictional characters and learn about a culture entirely different from our own. We can also learn new words and phrases, experience a range of emotions, and acquire skills and knowledge.

作为一所外国语附属学校，确保学生获得健全和全面的英语教育是非常重要的，因此我们引入了英文分层阅读课程。这个计划的目的是增加学生的英语词汇量。书籍是教学材料的重要来源。通过鼓励学生阅读英语书籍，我们让他们有机会学习，同时扩大他们的想象力和思维模式。

As an international foreign language school, it is important to us to ensure that our students are obtaining a sound and well-rounded English education, hence the star reading program has been introduced. The aim of this program is to increase the students English vocabulary. Books are great sources of teaching material. By encouraging our students to read English books we are allowing them to opportunity to learn while expanding their imaginations and mind-sets. 

为了准备2021年5月14日举行的首届书展，每个班被分成4或5人一组。然后，每个小组必须选择一本他们想要以故事板的形式呈现的书。阅读老师指导学生们阅读他们的书，并通过分析书中的故事情节、人物、新词汇、所学到的内容等。学生们开始把他们读到的信息写在故事板上。这次活动不仅教会了学生如何传递信息，还让他们用英语理解和思考，并发挥他们的创造力。

In preparation for our first Book Fair, held on May 14th, 2021, each class was divided into groups of 4 or 5 people. Each group then had to choose a book they wanted to present in the form of a story board.  The reading teacher  instructed their class to read their book and through analysation of the books story line, characters, new vocabulary, lesson learnt from their book etc. The students set out to transfer the information they had read about, onto their story boards. This activity not only taught students how to transfer information, it allowed them to understand and think in English as well as to engage in their creativity. 

除了上述的学习范围外，我们的学生也锻炼了工作技能。在6A年级学生安吉拉写的一篇短文中，她写道:“我了解到，当我们作为一个团队工作时，结果是伟大的!”小组合作也使学生们认识到彼此的长处和短处。另一个6A年级的学生Sisi写道:“丽莎是最伟大的领导者，她的海报设计得非常好，创意也非常棒!”这个声明向我证明了这个群体已经和他们的书建立了联系并从中学习，因为他们的书是关于友谊的，我们应该如何对待我们的同学和朋友。

Apart from the abovementioned learning areas covered by this activity, our students also exercised the skill of working. In a mini essay written by Angela, a student in grade 6A, she wrote: “I learnt that when we work as a team, the results are great!”  Working in groups also enabled the students to recognise each other’s strengths and weaknesses.  Sisi, another student in grade 6A wrote:  “Lisa is the greatest leader,she planned the poster well with amazing ideas!”  This statement proves to me that the this group had made a connection with their book and learnt from it, as their book was about friendship and how we should treat our fellow classmates and friends.

根据更多关于他们书展经历的文章，许多学生表示，书展给了他们一个在他们喜欢的英语课之外说英语的理由。

According to some more essays written about their Book Fair experiences, many students had stated that it had given them a reason to speak English outside of their respective English classes which they enjoyed. 

书籍是我们学习新的生活课程的门户，有新的经验，学习新的和精彩的文化，书籍让我们进入新的世界，从新的角度看事物。他们不仅是富有的学术老师，而且是人生的伟大老师。

Books are our portals to learning new life lessons, to having new experiences, to learning about new and wonderful cultures, books allow us to step into the world of someone new and see things from new perspective. They are not only rich academic teachers, but they are great teachers of life.