小編語
10月26日至11月1日, 常熟UWC401名中外師生前往河南（商城、息縣、臺前、范縣、汝陽、伊川、桐柏、上蔡、新蔡、平輿、泌陽）和安徽（蕭縣、泗縣、金寨、岳西）兩省共15所思源實驗學校開展文化交流活動。這是常熟UWC第四年前往各地思源學校進行文化交流。對于常熟UWC師生和思源學校的師生，這是又一次充滿驚喜與收獲的行程，又一段值得永遠珍藏在心底的回憶。
本期分享的是一位與同學們一起前往河南信陽市息縣思源學校的來自英國的老師Su Yin Chan(陳素茵）對思源師生發自內心的感激之情。Su Yin是我校的英語老師。這是Su Yin第一次來到中國任教，也是第一次走進中國的縣城。
My name is Su Yin Chan. My father is from New Territories, Hong Kong, but my mother is half-Chinese from Jamaica, and that is where I was born before moving to the UK at the age of three. I grew up in North Wales and then moved to London. I taughtEnglish in the public sector in the city centre. Back in 2005 and 2007, Ijoineda teacher delegation to exchange experiences of education in China, and I was lucky enough to visit Beijing for a week each time, mainly teaching in a school. Having promised my father to learn the language, I am now fulfilling that promise here at UWC Changshu, China, and loving being here.
我是陳素茵。我父親來自香港新界，我母親來自牙買加，有一半華裔血統。我出生在牙買加，三歲去了英國。我在北威爾士長大，后來去了倫敦上大學。畢業后我在倫敦中心的一所公立學校教英文。2005-2007期間，我分別兩次參加英國的教師團到北京的學校進行一周的教學。我一直答應我父親要學習中文，現在在常熟UWC我正努力學習中文，我非常喜歡常熟。
I was so excited to be going to Xixian to visit Siyuanschool and see something of the Chinese countryside and the real China. What I discovered is that like a lot of places near Changshu, there are many, many towering buildings and urban sprawl on the way and around Xixian. The land seemed very flat and fertile, and surprisingly empty of people en route, and when we arrived, very similar to Changshu.
我很高興能去河南息縣的學校，看看中國鄉村和真正的中國。我發現，就像常熟附近的很多地方一樣，在去息縣的路途中和息縣的四周，都有許多高聳的建筑和城區的不斷擴展蔓延。這片土地看起來非常平坦和肥沃，一路上看不到太多人。當我們到達時，我感覺那里與常熟也非常相似。
甘蔗地
Head teacher Liu of Siyuan school went out of his way to look after us all, and one of the highlights of that Sunday was visiting the farm seeing all the beautiful vegetables growing. We also got to visit the re-constructed memorial hall of a well known beauty Madam Xi in ancient China in the beautiful sunshine, and hear her story. Some students got to visit students’ homes and were overwhelmed by the hospitality they received.
思源學校的劉校長非常熱情，不遺余力地照顧我們帶隊的老師和所有學生。那個星期天的一大亮點是參觀農場，看到了農田里種植的各種蔬菜。我們還在燦爛的陽光下參觀重建了的春秋時期四大美女之一的息夫人紀念館，并聽聽她的故事。一些學生去做家訪，他們也對當地學生家庭的熱情接待深為感動。
UWC學生和思源學生合影
The size of schools in China is startling compared to the UK, and the flag-raising ceremony also a new experience. That Monday morning was the coldest we’d encountered, but our reception was so warm, there were smiles all round as we were entertained by wonderful performances given by the Siyuan students, ending up with all of us on stage, treated like popular performers.
與英國相比，中國的學校之大令人驚嘆，對我來說升旗儀式也是一種新的體驗。那個星期一的早晨是我們所遇到的最寒冷的早上，但是息縣思源學校的熱情的歡迎把寒冷驅散。整個過程中所有人臉上都滿是笑容，思源學生的表演非常精彩，最后我們大家都登上舞臺，我們就像演員一樣受到學生和老師的熱烈歡迎。
Getting to meet the students and interact with them, was the real highlight of the week, especially as we saw the same faces again and again and came to feel really close to them. They were interested in us, and we were interested in them. As a gift, Iwrote a poem that really captures this feeling of interchange. Kimi translated the poem into Chinese. For many of us, we realized that by comparison our lives have been much easier, but their spirit, their willingness to share, and their generosity was humbling.
與學生見面并與他們互動是項目周的真正亮點，尤其是當我們一次又一次看到相同的面孔并變得與他們非常親近時。他們對我們感興趣，我們也對他們感興趣。作為禮物，我寫了一首詩來表達我們對這次交流的感受，阮嘉騏(Kimi) 同學把詩翻譯成了中文。對于我們許多人來說，我們意識到，與思源學校的學生相比，我們的生活要輕松得多，但是他們的精神，分享的意愿和慷慨都令我們自嘆不如。
我們與劉校長（二排左一）的合影, 作者(二排左五）
As Mehrdod, a FP student from Tajikistan said, when he saw the amazing talent of the students, how hard they must have worked to give us such a varied performance in the final concert, he was inspired by them to give back. He’s determined that next year, when he’s a DP1, he’ll have some new skill to share. Apart from the new friendships that formed within our group of students, many of us felt that although we knew from their reaction that we’d touched the young students of Siyuan – from the beautiful flowers, fruit and sweets we’d been given – they had touched us. Seeing how other people live, and getting to spend time with them, and then reflecting on this experience has been really important for UWC students too: it was a shared experience that benefited and inspired so many people.
正如來自塔吉克斯坦的FP學生Mehrdod所說，當他看到思源的學生們在我們臨行前的聯歡會上的精彩文藝表演上所展現的才華和付出的努力時，他深受感染并決心回饋。他準備明年當他成為DP1時，將學會一些新技能與思源學生分享。除了與學生建立了新的友誼，我們中的許多人都感到，我們與思源學生的交流打動了他們，我們收到了許多禮物，美麗的花朵，水果和糖果，思源的學生也感動了我們。看到其他人的生活，與他們共度時光，然后反思這種經歷，對UWC學生也非常重要：這是一種共享的經歷，令學生受益并深受啟發。
這是我們送給思源學校的禮物以表達我們的感激之情
詩詞翻譯：阮嘉騏, FP
世界聯合學院
United World Colleges（世界聯合學院，簡稱UWC）是當今世界獨具一格的全球性教育運動，從全世界150多個國家和地區挑選優秀的學生。UWC創建于1962年，旨在通過教育，聯合不同的國家、民族和文化，從而促進世界和平與可持續發展。在UWC，來自不同種族、文化和家庭經濟背景的學生一起生活、學習，通過UWC的教育，培養學生成為具有國際視野和社會服務精神的未來領袖。
常熟UWC提供為期兩年的國際文憑大學預科課程（IBDP）及為期一年的國際文憑大學預科預備課程。
