2月20日中午，我校师生早早地等候在招待所门口，终于载着美国北卡数理高中师生一行的大巴出现在了我们面前，车门刚打开，现场爆发出热烈的掌声。夏谷鸣副校长等学校领导与Dr. Li和Dr. Hudson两位领队亲切握手，学生们激动地抱在了一起，总算见到了久违的小伙伴们。

午饭后，在杭外师生的陪同下，北卡师生参观了我们的校园，并在池塘边观鱼。之后一行人来到行政楼会议室，方健文校长向他们表示了热烈欢迎，简要介绍了我校的办学情况，并代表校方向来宾们赠送了纪念品。

（在广场上合影留念）

（学校领导接见来自美国北卡数理高中师生交流团）

北卡师生在校期间，学校为他们安排了非富多彩的活动。参加剑桥中心周一晨会，体验我们的升旗仪式。美术刘江锋老师为他们开设了别开生面的“画扇子”课程，指导他们学习中国画，制作自己的扇面。游览西子湖畔，他们陶醉在了美景和精彩的爱情故事之中。驱车前往浙江第一学府——浙江大学参观，使得他们在此次中国之行中不仅体验到了中国的传统文化，还对中国的高等教育有了一定的了解。此外，还有一堂别开生面的京剧课。专业的京剧演员为他们讲解了京剧的来源与发展。在看了她们的表演之后，同学们都跃跃欲试。穿上戏服，画上彩脸，瞬间就进入了角色，“唱念做打”的技巧被他们牢牢记住。

美国学生们与结对伙伴随堂听课，除了体会到新鲜与兴奋之外，也交流了各自的生活与学习体验。中午一起在食堂三楼的露天餐厅享受了杭外食堂美味佳肴，席间，同学们谈笑风生、其乐融融。周末，来自北卡的同学们在host family 的盛情招待下，各自游览了绍兴、嘉兴、宁波、德清、杭州等地，亲眼见证了江南的人文景致与民俗风情。

时间飞驰，短短一个星期的回访转瞬即逝。又在招待所门口，同学们紧紧相拥，难舍难割的友谊，终生难忘的跨洋体验，再见，Farewell！

（京剧画脸）

（京剧课堂）

（中美同学们在连线教室探究与讨论“国际理解”课题）

（剑桥高一D班  虞挺 报道）

A country of immigration

——美国NCSSM（北卡数理高中）教授Kyle Hudson历史讲座

In the evening of 23rd February we welcomed Dr. Kyle Hudson from NCSSM (North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics) to give his lecture about the history of the United States in 5116 where both the students from our center and from the NCSSM were present as well.

Dr. Kyle Hudson was born and raised in North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a PhD in political science from Princeton University, and a law degree from Harvard University. He used to teach at the Duke University and went to the NCSSM after that.

With a big round of applause, Mr. Hudson started his lecture of American history and gradually found himself immersed in talking about the periods of early American colonization. Some of the national conflicts, momentous battles and diplomatic policies that profoundly contributed to the formation of a mass democracy and nationalism of the United States were covered as well. A middle-aged man with a great sense of humor as he was, Mr. Hudson not only kept us thinking about the origin of the attitudes of Americans towards distinct groups of immigrants from all around the world, but also decided to make us laugh. And it was in such a casual ambience that students began to raise their hands one after another. Certainly, never had the students obtained such detailed answers in a lecture before, nor did we realize that, eventually, it was time to say goodbye to the meaningful lecture and our big man.   

（剑桥高一B班 蔡明夷 报道）