【美高喜讯】英语明星炼成记，专访载誉归来的上海希望之星
在2019年 “希望之星”英语风采展评活动中，来自我校G2C Justin Yan和G9A Richard Zhang同学凭借出色的英语素养和思辨能力，一路过关斩将，经过初赛、复赛、半决赛、决赛，较终在2019年 “希望之星”英语风采展评活动决试盛典上，即上海地区总决赛中分别获得小学A组二等奖和初中B组一等奖。让我们祝贺这两位同学!
赛事背景
中央电视台"希望之星"英语风采大赛是中央电视台主办的面向全国观众的大型电视英语比赛，大赛本着"培养兴趣、增强信心、展示风采、树立榜样"的原则，为所有爱好英语的电视观众提供了一个锻炼自我、认识自我、展示自我、捕捉机遇的舞台，深受广大观众的欢迎。自2000年起，已成功举办十九届。大赛从2013年度开始和美国哈佛大学、斯坦福大学、纽约大学、剑桥大学、悉尼大学、加拿大安大略省教育局等国际名校强强合作，对于大赛全国获奖者给予预录取邀请等各种奖励。
美高双语孩子们的成功，离不开付出，离不开汗水，让我们把镜头转到幕后一起来听听他们的声音。
选手专访—Justin Yan
善良、诚实的Justin是来自美高双语学校小学部的学生，对事物充满好奇心的他，喜欢挑战，乐于尝试各类新鲜事物，他喜欢从中体验快乐的同时获得成长!
Q：在英语口语比赛中你获得优异的成绩，对此你有什么感想吗?
A：首先非常感谢在比赛过程中给予我帮助的老师们，Ms.D、Ms.Wendy、Ms.Lindsay和Ms. Natalie。他们帮我改稿子、改语法，模拟现场。并且一直给予我勇气，我这次能获奖有他们的功劳。
Q: How do you feel about your excellent performance in the English competition?
A: First of all, I would like to thank the teachers who helped me during the competition, Ms. D., Ms. Wendy, Ms. Lindsayand Ms. Natalie. They helped me to revise my script, grammar and simulate the scene. And they have been giving me courage. Because of their help, I finally won the prize.
Q：你平时都是怎样学习英语的呢?可以分享给同学们吗?
A：我平时喜欢看英文书籍，以及英语电影，在观看影片的过程中尽量不依赖中文字幕，根据情节去感知，尝试跟读，会对增强语感有所帮助。我在学校经常与外教老师沟通交流，可以培养自己的语感，并学会标准的发音技巧。
Q: How do you usually learn English? Can you share it with your classmates?
A: I usually like to read English books andwatch English movies. In the process of watching movies, I try not to rely on Chinese subtitles, but to perceive them according to the plot and try to followthem. It will help to enhance the sense of language. I often communicate with expat teachers in school, so that I can develop my sense of language and learn standard pronunciation skills.
Q：在准备这个比赛之前，你印象较深刻的一件事是什么?
A：我在初赛准备的时候，爸爸和妈妈因为是否要将演讲稿翻译成中文而产生分歧。我当时对自己上台表演的道具准备也没有头绪。由于第一次参赛没有经验，所以面对困难的时候会不知所措，不过较后这些问题还是完美解决了。
Q: What impressed you most before preparing for this competition?
A: When I was preparing for the preliminary competition, my father and mother disagreed over whether to translate thespeech into Chinese. I had no idea what props I was going to put on stage.Because of the inexperience of the competition, I was lost when met difficulties,but in the end these problems were solved perfectly.
Q：你在比赛中会紧张吗?这紧张感来源哪里?你又是怎么克服的?
A：紧张是一定会的，主要是怕自己表现不好，让爸爸妈妈和老师们失望。但是妈妈在台下一直鼓励并尝试缓解我的压力，我按照她的方法顺利完成了自己的演讲。(偷偷告诉你们，妈妈让我把台下的观众当做乐高小人，这样就不会紧张啦~ (￣▽￣)/)
Q: Are you nervous in the competition?Where does this tension come from? How did you overcome it?
A: Tension is certain. The main reason isthat I am afraid that I will not perform well and let my parents and teachers down. But my mother always encouraged me and tried to relieve my pressure. If inished my speech with her suggestion and overcame the nervousness.
Q：在比赛过程中对手有影响到你么?
A：影响的成分比较少，因为我是抱着学习的态度来参赛的，是来挑战自己的，输赢并没有看的很重。
Q: Did your opponent affect you during the game?
A: The impact is relatively small, becauseI held a learning attitude to participate in the competition, to challenge myself,win or lose is not very important.
Q：参加此次英语风采大赛，对你有什么收获吗?
A：在以后的学习和生活中会更加努力，积累了这次经验，争取下次再为校争光，收获更高的荣誉。我热爱科学、对机器人很感兴趣，所以我的梦想是考入麻省理工大学，我现在还在学习scratch、EV3等编程课程，学好英语对我来说至关重要，希望通过自身努力，在不久将来能实现这个梦想。
Q: What have you learned from participatingin the English Competition?
A: In the future study and life, I wil lwork harder, accumulate this experience, and strive to win glory for the school next time, and gain higher honor. I love science and am interested in robots,so my dream is to enter MIT. I am still studying scratch, EV3 and other programming courses. Learning English is very important to me. I hope that through my own efforts, I can realize this dream in the near future.
