【校友来信】在烟台耀华，成为更好的自己 I miss you Yantai！

　　"最大限度的利用你所面对的困难，即使没有成功，也可以从中获得经验"

　　Seo Young Son

　　2005年至2014年就读于烟台耀华

　　现为墨尔本大学公共卫生专业在读硕士生

　　曾赴柬埔寨参与政府公共卫生项目

　　You can face the difficulty as much as you can ， even if you were not successful, you may be able to learn some lessons through the experience

　　Sophia Son

　　Studied at the Yew Wah-Yantai from 2005 to 2014

　　Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne

　　Participated in a two-week public health project in Cambodia

　　亲爱的烟台耀华的学弟学妹们:

　　我是Seo Young Son，一名耀华人，2005年至2014年就读于烟台耀华国际教育学校。我现在是墨尔本大学公共卫生专业的硕士生，将在年底毕业，成为一个非政府组织的工作人员，对于即将开始的人生新篇章我充满期待。

　　Dear fellow students at Yew Wah International School of Yantai：

　　I am Seo Young Son, an “ex-YewWahnese” studied at the school from 2005 to 2014.

　　I am currently a student at the University of Melbourne, studying Master of Public Health (MPH). I am about to graduate at the end of the year and I am excited to start a new chapter in my life, hopefully working for a Non-Government Organization.

　　在耀华读书的时候，我是一个充满热情的学生，只要有时间，就去做学习和活动上的各种尝试。我参加了学校提供的包括学生会，女子篮球队，管弦乐队，合唱团等课外活动。在学习IGCSE的科学课程过程中，我发现生物学非常有趣，并且我非常喜欢解剖实验。因此，我把医学作为大学的专业方向，2016年我进入墨尔本大学生物医学专业获得学士学位。

    While studying at Yew Wah, I was an enthusiastic student who was very eager to try out most of the activities if I got time for it. Thus, I took parts in school provided including the student council, Girls’ basketball team, orchestra, choir and other afterschool activities.

　　During studying Co-ordinated science in IGCSE ，I found Biology more interesting and I enjoyed the dissection experiment the most, I got into Bachelor of Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne in 2016.

　　从很小的时候起，我就喜欢帮助别人，在耀华读书的时候，我参加了所有的志愿者服务活动，包括孤儿院，疗养院和曲阜希望学校，我的志愿者经历充满了快乐的回忆，这为我未来的职业选择奠定了基础。为了获得更多的在公共卫生领域的实践经验，去年寒假我去柬埔寨参加了两个星期的公共卫生项目，我很高兴能够参与这个项目，因为现在我对我未来的职业更加明确了。

　　Since very young I loved helping others. I participated in all of the volunteering opportunities at Yew Wah including orphanage, nursing house and the Qufu Hope school. My volunteering experiences are full of happiness and joyful memories, all this laid the foundation for my future career choice. In order to have hands-on experience in the public health field, I was off to Cambodia for two weeks to participate in a public health project last winter break. I am glad that I participated in the project as now I am even more certain about my future career.

　　IGCSE毕业后，我转学到了一所澳大利亚高中。刚刚来到澳大利亚的时候，我还有些忐忑，幸运的是，有了和耀华外教一起学习的经验，适应新环境并不像我想象的那么困难。当时在澳大利亚第二学期已经开始，但是学校根据我在耀华学校的IGCSE成绩给了我11年级第一学期的学分，所以我利用一年半的时间就完成了两年的课程学习。同时，我还是我们班唯一一个将英语做为第一语言来学习的外国人。

    I transferred to an Australian high school after IGCSE. I was very nervous when I moved to Australia. Luckily having experience with foreign teachers at Yew wah, adopting to new environment was not as difficult as I imagined. Although it was just the beginning of the second semester in Australia, but school gave me credit for the first semester of year 11 based on my IGCSE grades ,so I could complete the course over a year and a half. Meanwhile,I was the only foreigner studying First language English in our cohort.

　　事实上，我在耀华也有类似的学习经历。在九年级之前，我是班上唯一一个把中文作为第一语言来学习的外国人，这在当时，对我来说是非常大的挑战并充满压力，但付出终有回报。在耀华学习中文让我受益匪浅，我很荣幸地用中文主持了庆祝韩中建交20周年音乐会，我参加了中文考试获得的额外分数弥补了我的英语成绩，帮助我顺利进入了墨尔本大学。另外，我刚到澳大利亚的时候结识了一些会讲中文的朋友，他们对我帮助很大，我现在的室友也是中国人。

    In fact, I have similar experience in Yew Wah. I was the only foreigner studying Chinese as the first language until year 9 in our cohort. At the time, it is very tough and stressful but the pain does pay off. I got lots of benefits from studying Chinese at Yew Wah. I was privileged to emcee in Chinese at the concert celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Korea-China Diplomatic Relations; I took Chinese test without taking Chinese classes for extra credit to compensate my English grades and it helped me to get into the University of Melbourne. Moreover, new friends who could speak Chinses helped me a lot when I transferred to school in Australia and my current flat mate is also Chinese.

　　中学生活的影响并不仅限于对大学的选择上。作为一名学生，取得好成绩很重要，但拥有不同的经历也同样重要，甚至更重要。每当我回想起十几岁时的学校生活，耀华总是浮现在我的脑海中，在耀华的时光是我学生时代的瑰宝。

　　我希望所有学弟学妹们，在耀华有和我类似的经历，尽可能地利用你所拥有的机会，和朋友们一起度过美好的时光。我还建议你尽可能地面对困难，从中获得最大的好处。即使你没有成功，你也可以从中获得经验。如今，会说汉语是一个巨大的优势，所以当你在中国的时候尽量多学习汉语。学习一门新语言的最好和最有效的方法是身处那个国家，不是每个人都有机会在中国学习中文，所以要珍惜这个机会，善用耀华的环境，成为一名优秀的双语或三语者。

　　最后祝愿大家都有一个光明的未来！

　　祝永远健康和快乐！

　　Seo Young Son

　　2020年6月18日

　　The influence of the secondary school life is not limited to go to universities. It is important to get a good mark as a student but having diverse experiences is as important if not more important. When I am thinking back to teenage or school life, Yew Wah comes first in my mind. Times at Yew Wah is like the gem of my student life.

    I hope all of you who are reading this to have similar experience while you are at Yew Wah, maximise the opportunity you have and great times with your friends. I also recommend you to face the difficulty as much as you can to get the most out of it. Even if you were not successful, you may be able to learn some lessons through the experience. Nowadays, to be able to speak Chinese is a huge advantage, so try to learn it as much as possible while you are in China. The best way and the most effective way to learn a new language is by staying in the native country. Not everyone has this opportunity to study Chinese in China so cherish it and make a good use of the environment of Yew Wah and be an excellent bilingual or trilingual.

　　Best wishs！

　　Seo Young Son

　　June 18th, 2020