Meet with ISASC Student

雛鷹說 | 講述愛莎成長故事

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At ISA Science City, there is a girl who joined ISA from G1 and attended ISA Tianhe School from G1-G4; in 2020, she joined ISA Science City in G5 and became part of the founding student.

At ISA Science City School, there is a girl who joined ISA from Grade 1 and attended ISA Tianhe School from Grade 1-4.In 2020, she joined ISA Science City in Grade 5 and became part of the founding student.

在愛莎科學城學校，有這么一個女孩：一年級起加入愛莎，1-4年級就讀于愛莎天河學校；2020年，進入愛莎科學城學校5年級，成為創校家庭一員…

From a young child learning English word by word with teachers, to a young girl who is now able to switch between bilingual communication, who scored 105 on her first TOEFL test, who has achieved both academic andspeciality, and who was elected as the first grade representative of the Student Council. Not only her parents, but also the school, as a place of education, has seen this girl grow up.

From a young child learning English word by word with teachers, to a young girl who is now able to switch between bilingual communication, who scored 105 on her first TOEFL test, who has achieved bothinacademic andspecialist subjects, and who was elected as the first-grade representative of the Student Council. Not only her parents, but also the school, has seen this girl grow up.

從最初那個跟著老師逐字逐句學英語的稚嫩孩童，到如今能夠自如切換雙語交流、首戰托福獲得105分、并做到學術與特長兼修，同時當選首屆學生會的年級代表的亭亭玉立的少女……不止她的父母，作為育人之地，愛莎也見證了這位女孩“花開”的成長歷程。

Her name is Suri and she grew up in a native Chinese speaking family environment and has been with ISA for almost 7 years. Today, we have invited Suri to share her recent experience of taking the TOEFL exam and how she balances her studies with her hobbies. Let"s take a closer look at Suri"s story!

她的名字叫Suri，成長于一個以中文為母語的家庭環境，加入愛莎已近7年。今天，我們邀請到了Suri同學，為大家分享她近期參與托福考試的心得與備考經驗，并借此機會分享她是如何在學習與興趣愛好之間做好平衡的。讓我們一起走近，Suri的故事吧！

Suri Song

G7 Student 七年級在讀生

01

Q

Hello Suri, tell us briefly about yourself.

你好呀Suri，先向大家簡單介紹一下自己吧。

Suri：Hello everyone, my name is Suri, from Grade 7C, ISA Science City. I live with my mom, my dad and my younger sister Shera, who’s nowstudying Grade4in the same school with me. During my leisure time, I enjoy doing things related to my hands, such as crafts and calligraphy. I havedanced ballet for around 8 years.

大家好，我是Suri，是愛莎科學城七年級C班的在讀學生。我們家四口人：爸爸、媽媽、妹妹和我，妹妹也是愛莎科學城的學生，目前在小學四年級就讀。課余時間，我喜歡動手做點有趣的事，比如做手工或者練練書法；此外，我也學習芭蕾舞有8年時間了。

Suri performed ballet at school

Suri在學校舞臺上表演芭蕾

02

Q

The TOEFL results were recently released and we learned that you got a pretty good score. We would like to congratulate you and ask you how you feel about your score this time.

最近托福成績出爐，我們得知你獲得了一個還不錯的成績。學校表示祝賀，也想問問你對于自己這次的分數，有什么感想呢？

Suri：This Toefl test is a test at the end of my first stage plan, which is to get from 100 to 105. And now I’ve accomplished this, I am planning the next step, to get 110 plus in the following months.

對于托?？荚嚕医o自己設的首個目標是從100分到105分，現在我已經順利取得第一階段小勝利啦！接下來，我也計劃在未來幾個月內再戰托福，爭取獲得110分以上的分數。

Suri studying in class

課堂上認真學習的Suri

03

Q

We know that you grew up in a native Chinese speaking family, so as a Grade 7 student, you got a score of 105 on your first TOEFL exam, so your English level is actually beyond most of your peers, can you share how you got this score?

我們知道，你出生并成長在一個中文母語環境的家庭中，那作為一個7年級學生，對應公立初中其實只有初一的年齡，首戰托福就拿到105分的成績，對比同齡人而言其實已經是英語水平的佼佼者了，可以分享一下你是如何獲得這個成績的嗎？

Suri：I think that I will talk about my experience in three aspects.First, you have to accept Toefl test as something positive, not somethingofsuffering. It is a periodical exam to test your ability and help you improve. Only when you accept thisthing and try hard to participate in Toefl learning, can you performto the best ofyour ability.Secondly, Toefl test lasts for four hours with only ten minutes break. So I had exercises every week to keep me fit in order to release my best ability even at the end of the test. I had swimming and ballet classes every week, and that helped me.

我將從三個方面來談談備考經驗。首先是心態問題：你必須積極地看待托福考試，不要認為它是令你痛苦的一件事，而是檢驗你當前英文能力并幫助你進一步提高水平的周期性考試。只有當你認識到了這一點，并努力參與到托福學習中去，你才能發揮出自己的最大能力。其次，托?？荚嚦掷m四個小時，期間只有十分鐘的休息時間，因此，我每周都堅持運動，確保自己的精力充沛，以便在考試時全力以赴。這里就不得不提到我每周都有堅持游泳和跳芭蕾舞，這對我很有幫助。

The last step is to actually prepare for the Toefl test. It is divided into four parts: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Since I had learnt in ISA ever since grade one, under this English and IB environment, listening and writing wasn’t very hard for me. During the hours in school, I also trained my speaking ability by talking with teachers and friends. For reading, I had read some non-fiction articles, such as the Reading Explorers, and non-fiction books, including the book Sapiens. So I had experienced non-fiction readings before I work on my Toefl test. Yet because I had some background information, sometimes I will add in my own understanding and knowledge while reading, which is a problem I will try to solve in the next stage.

最后一步是實際準備托福考試。它分為四個部分：閱讀、聽力、口語和寫作。由于我從一年級開始就在愛莎學習，在長期多年的浸潤式英語和IB教育環境下，聽力和協作對我而言并沒有什么難度。在學校的時候，我也經常通過與老師和同學的全英交談來鍛煉自己的口語能力；在閱讀方面，我讀過不少非小說類文章，如《閱讀探索》，以及非小說類書籍，包括《智人》等書籍，因此在我參加托福考試之前，我已經積累了一定非小說類閱讀的經驗。然而，由于我已有一些背景資料，有時我會在考試閱讀中不自覺代入自己的理解和知識(從而導致丟分)，這也是我在下一階段將努力解決的問題。

Suri shared as a student representative in a roundtable discussion

Suri在一場圓桌論壇上作為學生代表做分享

04

Q

We know that not only are you a strong English learner, but you are also a keen learner of Chinese, and you have won awards at the International Chinese Festival two years in a row. In addition to this, you have performed on the school stage in ballet several times and are also the G7 student representative for the first Student Council set up this academic year ...... wewould like to ask you how you balance your time?

我們知道，其實你不僅有很強的英語學習能力，中文學習水平也是學霸級的存在，連續兩年國際漢語節都有你獲獎的好消息。除此之外，你還多次登上學校舞臺表演芭蕾，同時，你也是這個學年成立的第一屆學生會的7年級學生代表……這，妥妥的別人家的孩子呢，想問問你是如何平衡時間的呢？

Suri：Many people may think that having many things to do will affect you enjoying a lfve. Yet I think if you have some tasks due in a period of time, it actually pushes you to get things done more efficiently. Take myself as an example. I am kind ofaperfectionist. If I only have one poster to do during a day, I can spenda lot oftime and strength to finish it as best as I can. But if I have multiple tasks to finish, I will sort out the priorities in the poster, is the drawing more important or the writing more important. If I know that the teacher will mainly assess on the writing, I will work harder on the writing, while spendingless time of the drawing. In these cases, I spent less time and strength, and still got a good grade.

許多人可能認為，有很多事情要做會影響你享受生活。但是，我認為如果你在一段時間內擁有一些應完成的任務，實際上會促使你更有效地完成事情。以我自己為例：我是一個完美主義者，假如我在一天內只有一張海報要做，我可以花很多時間和力量來盡可能地完成它。但如果我有多項任務要完成，我就會理清任務的優先次序，是畫畫更重要還是寫作更重要。假如我知道老師評估的側重點是寫作，那我就會在寫作上多下功夫，而在繪畫上少花時間。在這些情況下，我花了較少的時間和力量，仍然得到了一個好成績。

The first Student Council was formed and Suri spoke on stage

首屆學生會成立，Suri上臺發言

05

Q

Since you joined ISA in G1, which teacher do you remember most or like the most? What impact has he/she had on you?

從一年級加入愛莎到現在，印象最深或者最喜歡的是哪個老師呢？他/她對你有什么影響？

Suri：My favourite teacher is Miss Fannie Li from ISA Tianhe. She had taught me Chinese before, and is now the Chinese Language Coordinator. I think the first reason why I have special relationship with her, is because she had taught me for a long time. In ISA, students normally change their teachers once a year. Under this kind of situation, we can meet more teachers, but may not be able to build a very strong relationship for a long time afterwards. Luckily, Miss Fannie had taught me for three years, and during that time and to nowadays, we have a close relationship. She said jokingly, that she sees me as her “daughter” in school. Because of this teacher, I had build a strong basis for Chinese subject.

加入愛莎近7年，我最喜歡的老師是曾經在愛莎天河學校教過我中文的Fannie老師，現在她已經是天河學校的中文教學協調員。我想，我對她印象深刻的第一大原因在于她教了我很長時間。要知道，在愛莎，學生通常一年換一次老師 (尤其PYP階段，當學生升上一個年級，主班教師通常都會更換)，在這種情況下，我們可以能認識更多的老師，但在之后的很長一段時間里，可能無法建立起非常長期且緊密的關系。幸運的是，Fannie老師教了我三年，即使在我加入愛莎科學城后，我們依舊保持著聯系。Fannie老師甚至還開玩笑地說，她把我看作是她在學校的 “女兒”。也是因為她，我為中文學科打下了堅實的基礎。

Suri with Fannie (left) & Chinese homework in Grade 4 (right)

Suri與愛莎中文老師Fannie (左) & 四年級時的中文作業 (右)

06

Q

What do you hope to be in the future?

希望自己未來成為怎樣的人呢？

Suri：First of all, I had not decided what area of study I am particularly interested in or want to dive deeper in. Thus I wish I will study hard now.In addition, I want myself to be a happy person, not only the happiness gained materially, such as getting some snacks and watching TV, but also the sense of achievement after accomplishing a big task will make one really happy in their heart.

首先，我還沒有特別確定自己對哪個領域的研究尤其感興趣，或者想在未來深入研究的。因此，我希望自己現階段保持努力地學習；另外，我希望自己未來成為一個快樂之人，這里的快樂不僅僅是在物質上獲得的快樂，比如吃零食和看電視，更多地是完成一項大任務后的成就感，會讓人在心里真正感到快樂。

Suri presented research at PYPX

Suri在小學畢業展上展示研究成果

07

Q

Your family is very happy in the eyes of everyone! Is there anything you would like to say to your mum, dad and younger sister?

在大家眼里，你們一家四口都非常幸福！有什么想對爸爸媽媽和妹妹說的話嗎？

Suri：I would like to express my gratitude towards my parents. They had helped me form some good habits used in daily life, and they always accompany me on studies and have fun together. They see me as a friend, rather than a child who have to obey, so I feel comfortable to discuss things with them. For my sister, I would like to thank her for being so cute and make the whole family happy. I also noticed that she have talents in singing, and wish she will continue working hard on it.

我想對我的父母表達我的感激之情，他們幫助我養成了日常生活中的許多好習慣，陪伴我學習、成長。他們把我看作是一個朋友，而不是一個必須服從父母的孩子，所以我很愿意與他們探討問題。對于我的妹妹Shera，我真的非常感恩上天，她是如此地可愛，是全家人的開心果。作為姐姐，我還注意到妹妹有唱歌的天賦，希望她能在學習路上保持努力。

Suri"s sister, parents (top) & family photo (bottom)

Suri的妹妹、父母 (上) & 全家福 (下)