Welcome to our 60th Anniversary celebrations
Happy birthday to us – British Council first opened its doors in Hong Kong 60 years ago, in 1948. We launched our celebrations in January and throughout the whole of 2008, we’re hosting a diverse programme of special events to mark the important anniversary for us. You can find out more by clicking on www.britishcouncil.org.hk/celebration60.
To mark the anniversary, we have given our premises in Admiralty a bit of a facelift. We hope you like the changes we’ve made and after you’ve had a look online, why not come and visit us for real at 3 Supreme Court Road.
After you arrive at our premises and take the escalator up to the first floor, does it feel like you are arriving somewhere slightly west of Hong Kong? The theme to our facelift is travelling to the UK and getting a UK education. As the first sign says, welcome to the first floor, welcome to an education in the UK and welcome, we hope, to your future with the British Council.
Our first floor area is usually a little brighter but as you can see, the windows are concealed behind a huge and information-packed display. This is the iconic map of one of the world’s oldest and most famous transport networks – the London Underground, affectionately known as ‘the tube’. Our designers have transformed the tube map into a learning map – instead of the tube stations, they have represented all the colleges and universities around the UK. From the University of Abertay in Dundee to Canterbury Christ Church University, from Queens University in Belfast to the University of Glamorgan, these are the colleges and universities which our 60 alumni over the last six decades have attended.
Moving on up
Where next? Well have a look at the signposts on the green pillar – on the left, you can catch a glimpse of London’s imposing Tower Bridge and beside that a shot of one of Brighton’s landmarks: The Peace Statue. On the right you can see the majestic sweep of the Royal Crescent and the recently-renovated British Museum. And straight ahead, before you jump into a lift, there’s one of the most quintessential, defining images of UK history, Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument in Wiltshire.
We’ve given our four main lifts a facelift as well and together they capture some of the essence of contemporary culture in the UK. Depending on which one which you take, you could either be surrounded by the lush green grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; slapbang in the middle of an applauding, appreciative audience, quietly mingling with other students in a university cloisters or face-to-face with the powerful presence of the British Museum. Whichever one you take, enjoy the ride.
English
英國文化協會植根香港六十年週年
生日快樂！英國文化協會於1948年初次踏足香港，服務市民，今年剛好是 60週年。為了紀念這件盛事，我們特別在一月舉行了啟動儀式，為橫跨整年的連串慶祝活動揭開序幕。你只要登入www.britishcouncil.org.hk/celebration60 這個特設網站，就可以知道有關活動的詳盡資料。
我們位於金鐘法院道3號的總部大樓也乘著六十週年這個大日子來個變身。希望你喜歡這些改變！完成網上的模擬旅程後，相信你必定有興趣親身到大樓走走，實地感受這份喜悅！
到達大樓後，可以搭乘扶手電梯直達一樓，是不是有點兒異國情調?沒錯！大樓的佈置正是以「留學英國」為主題。正如拱門上的標語所說：「歡迎你」！歡迎來到一樓；歡迎留學英國；歡迎給我們機會，讓英國文化協會伴你邁向夢想！
向來窗明几淨，可以遠眺四周翠綠景致的一樓的確跟平日有點不同。這是因為窗前豎立了一塊參照倫敦地鐵路線圖製成的巨型展板。倫敦地鐵是全球歷史最悠久和著名的公共交通系統之一，有‘the tube’的暱稱。在設計師的妙筆下，倫敦地鐵圖中大大小小的車站，搖身一變成為英國不同的大學和學院，好像蘇格蘭鄧迪市的阿伯泰大學、威爾斯格拉摩根大學、英格蘭西南部的坎特伯里基督教會大學 ，以及北愛貝爾法斯特的皇后大學。多年來，它們培育了無數優秀人材，而今次應邀與我們分享趣事的60位傑出留英校友，都曾經在這些學府度過人生中難忘的留學歲月。
繼續前進
現在，讓我們看看綠柱上的路標，決定下一站到什麼地方。你的左邊是宏偉的倫敦塔橋；隔鄰是海濱度假勝地布列頓的著名地標和平雕像；右邊則是氣勢磅礡的皇家新月樓和剛完成翻新工程的大英博物館。向前直走，在進入升降機前，你可以看見其中一個在英國歷史上最具代表性的地標；這就是位於威爾特郡的史前遺跡巨石陣。
大樓的四部升降機也為六十週年的慶祝活動換上新裝，散發著淡淡的英國當代文化韻味。你走入的可能是蘇格蘭國立現代畫廊前綠油油的青草地、劇院中為台上精彩演出而熱烈鼓掌的觀眾群、幽靜的大學迴廊，或震撼力十足的大英博物館！不同的升降機，讓你感受不同的氣氛。
Take the challenge
We haven’t done too much to our teaching floors as they are busy spaces, as you will know only too well if you have ever been there between classes! But on the fourth floor we would like to challenge you to a Word Shake Challenge – have a go at the newly-installed interactive game which two people can enjoy and learn with. It’s easy to use and the user can chose a 3 minute challenge or a one minute practice game so it’s ideal between classes if you have a short wait.
And finally, what are all those rather cardboard-looking people doing hanging around? They’re the cartoon characters from the new English Online Soap- ‘Big City Small World’ and we’ve left a space in two of their bodies so you can stick your face through and why not get your photo taken?
We hope you’ve enjoyed looking round our building online and that you now have a better feeling for what we do here at the British Council in Hong Kong. Thank-you for sharing in our celebrations - we hope to see you again soon.
English
接受挑戰
四樓是教學樓層。曾經在這裡上課的學生，必定十分熟悉上、下課時人來人往的熱鬧情況。所以，我們沒有作出太多改動 !但如果你喜歡挑戰自己，一定要試試我們新裝設的在線互動遊戲Word Shake Challenge 。這個遊戲非常易玩，而且可供兩人同時一顯身手。你可以選擇歷時3分鐘的「英語字詞大挑戰」或一分鐘的賽前練習，就算未到上課時間，等候時也不怕沉悶了！
唉！為什麼這裡會有些人形紙板？沒錯，它們是英語在線新肥皂廣播劇《大城市、小世界》中一眾主角的卡通造型。有興趣的話，可以把頭伸到預留的剪孔中拍照。
Our Alumni are our people for the times
The main reception area of our third floor has been thrown over to our 60 alumni, our People for the Times. Now that you have tasted some of the great cultural feasts available to you when you go to the UK for an education, in our third floor reception area you can read more about the experiences of some of the students who have already enjoyed their time living and studying at a UK college. They all agree that it’s not just about the academic experiences – but that living in the UK has properly prepared them for working and living in the global world. Read about their stories in our displays and when you’re here, you can also log on to the website from one of our terminals to read more about their time in the UK: www.britishcouncil.org.hk/celebration60. We hope their stories inspire you.
English
我們的傑出留英校友
三樓接待處大堂的焦 點是60位在過去60年曾經留學英國的傑出校友。現在，你已開始感受到留學英國所能體驗的文化精髓。在這裡，你可以知道更多留英學生在當地生活和求學的點點滴滴。他們一致認同到英國留學不但可以取得認可學歷、充實自己，留英的經驗更有助開拓視野、面向世界，對日後工作和生活大有幫助。你既可以透過展板認識他們的故事，亦可以利用放置在大堂的電腦登入電腦登入www.britishcouncil.org.hk/celebration60這個網站，分享他們的心路歷程。希望你會因此而得到啟發！
Welcome to our first floor 歡迎來臨一樓 Our learning map of the UK 我們的英國院校網絡地圖 Signposts to help you 提供方向的指示牌
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