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“一切艺术鉴赏根本就是移情作用。(The essence of virtuosity is empathy)” was once stated by Qian Zhongshu, a famous Chinese writer. No matter what language we are using, what culture background reared us, there is always something can inspire us, such as an eloquent painting, and evocative piece of music, or an insightful book.
During the Chinese New Year Festival, CAL – 5 students were recommended a book called “Tuan Yuan”, which literally means “Reunion.” Many students expressed how they were deeply touched by the story and have a strong willingness to bring warmth to those left-behind children which are described in book’s plot.
After the Chinese New Year holidays, students started on a Service Learning project during Chinese lessons on how to share their reading experiences in Chinese. Their writings have been sorted letter by letter through a shared writing platform. They took the initiatives to make a mini-bilingual thesaurus. All the books have been sent to these unfortunate children by using a certain Chinese public welfare App. The students are tracking the deliveries, at the same time, they are hoping those children can feel the warmth from a far-away city.
