近日，在朝陽公園舉辦了北京市民一年一度的英語party--“北京市民外語活動周”。據粗略估計有超過5萬的群眾參加了此次活動。組委會精心策劃了全市市民講外語活動成果展示、名家講座、名人見面、有獎互動游戲、現場簽售、多語種外語角、愛心捐贈活動、現場招募志愿者、媒體現場直播、各類英語大獎賽現場報名等10大類活動，并特別加入了奧運主題和北京英語水平考試等新鮮元素，使得本次外語活動周與時代主題緊緊扣在了一起。精心設計的活動吸引了廣大市民的熱情參與，取得了大家的認可。市民排隊領取組委會免費發放的《奧運英語100句》成為現場一道靚麗的風景。

Citizens line up to get English booklet.

Some 50,000 citizens flocked into Chaoyang Park in the eastern Beijing to kick off the annual campaign promoting English-learning.

Declaring the "English-learning Week" open, Beijing Vice Mayor Zhang Mao made a speech in English, noting that the municipal government has encouraged Beijingners to learn and use foreign languages with an aim to successfully host the 29th Olympic Games.

As a result of the massive participation in recent years, the number of the citizens who can speak foreign languages may reach four million this year, most of whom being public servants and the workers at the service sector, campaign organizers said.

Lectures, meetings with well-known persons, interactive games, book sales, foreign language corners and donations featured the campaign which attracted also representatives of education agencies of foreign countries, foreign students and foreign businessmen in Beijing, embassy staff as well as overseas media.

A highlight of the activity was the recruitment of foreign language volunteers, who will go into neighborhoods to help learners resolve their questions.

Vocabulary:

massive：大量的，大塊的

public servants：公務員

recruitment：招募，招聘