近日，我校初三6班刘雅珞同学写的报道被刊登在《中国日报》旗下《二十一世纪英文报》高一版第836期。这篇报道记录了今年的微电影大赛以及同学们的感想，使全国订阅TEENS报纸的学生了解了杭外的特色活动。

今年杭外外文节的主题是“Unlock the future”——开启未来。未来是无形的，想要看到它，就必须解锁。纵观人类历史，我们能看见许多人类解锁未来的伟大时刻，而在今天，面对百年未有之大变局，杭外人将如何解锁自己的未来。在此主题下，外文节开展了一系列活动，如微电影（主题为“∞”Infinity——在充满“有限性”的现实中，做一个无尽的梦）、戏剧之夜、议会制辩论、黑板报评比等全校性活动，及配音比赛，致敬经典、英文诗歌朗诵比赛、英语演讲比赛、多语种语言基础知识竞赛及短剧表演等年级活动。丰富的活动极大地激发了学生外文学习的兴趣。

初中外文组报道

附:刘雅珞同学发表在Teens的两篇文章

学生拍摄微电影，思考“无限”的意义。

Students film micro-movies around the theme of “infinity”. PROVIDED TO TEENS

“For we live amid millions of possibilities, every ordinary second becomes a miracle (奇迹).” This is a line not from a thought-provoking (发人深省的) movie produced by a renowned director but from an 8-minute movie made by us, a group of students in Hangzhou Foreign Languages School. 

As part of the annual Foreign Languages Festival, students from Grades 9, 10 and 11 make micro-movies related to a specific topic. This year, all of the productions revolved around (以……为中心) “infinity (无限)”.“This is a broad topic, indeed,” said Lu Yufan, one student director. Many classes chose to express philosophical (哲学的) ideas, such as questioning friendship based on one’s will. “It surprises me that teenagers nowadays have such profound (深远的) thoughts,” one student’s parent said.  

 “We had come up with several ideas. We thought about the infinite circulation of one particular day, which is sort of magical. However, considering the 8-minute time limit, we chose to tell a relatively simpler story,” Lu said. She and her team’s movie focused on the relationship between classmates. “The distance between people may sometimes appear to be infinite, but when you really put things into perspective (换个角度看问题), you’ll see that actually everyone cares about each other and is closely related.”

As one can imagine, the process of making a movie is difficult. Writing the script, hiring actors, shooting and editing all take up a great amount of time. Having to balance producing and studying adds more challenges. “On the weekends, I had to stay up late to write the script,” said Sun Han, a scriptwriter. “Once the crew (全组人员) even missed a math class because of shooting.” 

After more than a month of hard work, the production eventually came to an end. The school uploaded all the movies to the video website Bilibili. “I’m so excited to see our hard work pay off,” Lu said. “There are so many talented people in our school who have produced professional works.”

The school has set up awards to honor the best movies. However, for students, the awards are not as important as the experience itself. “Unforgettable. This has been a sparkling (闪闪发光的) month with a great sense of achievement coming after I see our movie”, Lu said.

BY LIU YALUO, HANGZHOU FOREIGN LANGUAGES SCHOOL, ZHEJIANG

The class magazine features photos of many school activities. PROVIDED TO TEENS

自创班刊：一份送给青春的礼物。

For Grade 9 students, there are only two months left before graduation. How will they record their memories of the past three years?

Students in Class 6, Grade 9 at Hangzhou Foreign Languages School got the chance to make a class magazine. They are saving their junior year memories by presenting essays (文章) and photos of various school activities. 

Sun Han is the chief editor (主编) of the magazine. His classmates picked him for the job. “We have been preparing for the magazine for quite a long time. During winter vacation, everyone selected (挑选) articles they wrote and provided them to our editors,” Sun said. “I shared some of the poems I wrote.”

Xu Leqi, another student, wrote about a sports meet where several boys who were not very athletic pushed themselves hard to fight for the honor of the class.

Many students say that the stories remind them of the important moments they shared together, but for Hang Yuhan, it’s also a great chance to look back on her own growth.

“I found that my articles written in the old days were quite naive (幼稚的). I used to complain a lot. But three years later, I feel I can look at things in a more positive way,” Hang said. 

Apart from stories, photos are more vivid (生动的) reminders of school years. The photos show many firsts, such as the first time the class picked tea leaves, the first time they sang onstage, the first sports award they won, and their first successful dance performance.

“When we go to university or start working in the future, the magazine will remind us of our carefree (无忧无虑的) years,” Sun said.

By Liu Yaluo, 15, Hangzhou Foreign Languages School

作者介绍：

刘雅珞同学热爱英语学习。听英文广播、看原版小说都是她日常的放松方式。她还坚持用英语写日记、常常研究歌词、创作英文诗歌，还会和同学全英文聊天。所有这些在别人眼中都是“疯狂练英语”，但在她心中已成为生活的一部分。杭外的教学风格对她影响很大。她在这里沉浸式的语言学习环境中发现自己的爱好，在老师的指导下发展潜力，并有机会在各种活动中表现自己、积攒经验，比如戏剧之夜的编剧工作、校友杯比赛、微电影制作等。