上海虹桥国际外籍人员子女学校学生在英文征文比赛中荣获一等奖！

　　The 2021 Covestro Cup iDEALShanghai English Essay Competition took successfully place at the Shanghai United Media Group Hall on June 30th. The contest was under the theme "Shaping the Future, Waste to Value", and contestants from more than 10 countries and regions participated in this exciting contest, using the international language par excellence, English, to spread the great results that China has achieved in this field. Sky Zhou , a Grade 8 student from our school, outclassed the other participants, and won the first prize of the Junior division!

　　由上海日报社主办，科思创杯iDEALShanghai英文征文比赛于6月30日在上海报业集团报告厅圆满落幕，参与活动的小选手们来自十余个国家和地区，上海虹桥国际学校G8学生Sky Zhou一路过关斩将，最终获得了少年组一等奖的好成绩！

　　此次英文征文比赛以“塑造未来，变废为宝（Shaping the Future, Waste-to-Value）”为主题，旨在激励不同国籍的儿童和青少年，通过多元化的视角，发出自己的环保倡议。

　　The contest attracted more than 1,600 students from about 100 Chinese and international schools in Shanghai. In the first round they had to submit an essay on one of three topics: reducing or ending plastic waste; designing an installation or ecosystem to promote recycling of plastics; or minimizing litter, especially in oceans.

　　比赛于4月正式启动后，共收到征文1600余篇，参与学校近100家，囊括了沪上80%的外籍人员子女学校以及民办双语学校。

　　During the semi-finals, more than 50000 people watched the online streaming sessions and voted for their favorite contestant. This event has been followed by the whole foreign community in Shanghai.

　　在复赛阶段，超过50000人次观看了选手们的线上视频并参与投票，获得了在沪外籍家庭的广泛关注。

　　Sky Zhou’s idea has amazed the audience: his proposal was a recycling machine that can melt thermoplastic material in order to create 3D printing products. This would incredibly decrease the level of plastic waste. Needless to say, this project needed a huge effort in terms of research and investigation, and his "feasibility report" was also highly recognized by Ms. Lei Huanli, President of Covestro China and polymer expert.

　　在决赛现场，我校8年级学生Sky Zhou以“塑料废弃物3D打印再生机器”的提案惊艳全场，他提出通过聚乙烯和聚丙烯塑料可热熔的特性，将废弃塑料生成为3D打印的原料，再生成新的创意产品。为此他做了大量的调查和研究，而他的这份“可行性报告”在现场也获得了科思创中国区总裁、聚合物专家雷焕丽女士的高度认可。

Sky's Reflection

获奖学生感想

　　For many years, I understood the need to recycle, but I thought that just meant carting plastics to a recycling factory. Then I found out it was not quite so easy, so I studied the more complicated details of the process. There is still so much we have to do in the future to make it really work.

　　多年来，我们都知道回收的必要性，但我以为那只是把塑料运到回收工厂，然后我发现这并不是那么容易。借这次比赛，我研究了塑料废弃物3D打印再生机器，为了让它真正发挥作用，我们在未来仍有很多工作要做。

　　Congratulations Sky for your great job!

　　最后再次恭喜Sky同学获奖！

　　At HQIS, students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities and competitions to broaden their perspectives, develop social skills, self-confidence, and become multiskilled global citizens of the future.

　　在HQIS，我们鼓励学生积极参与课外活动和各类比赛，开拓视野，培养自信心和社交技能，成为更全面发展的世界公民。

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