我很荣幸能够获得这份荣誉。

我从来都不是星夜里最璀璨夺目的那一颗星星，也从来都不是一个拥有超强记忆力的天才，甚至我从来都不喜欢读论文和报告。我只是一个在医学教育路上跌跌撞撞的九年级生，怀揣着成为更好的自己的理想。但是出于某种原因，我成为了那一个幸运儿。

在备赛的那几个月里，我专心准备USAD。而准备HOSA的时间却零零散散，由课间和睡前的时间组成。这所有的一切都在颁奖典礼当晚被一个巨大的转折倾覆。当下我不知道该如何是好，因为我觉得这份荣誉不是为我准备的。我感到很疑惑。这一切或许是因为我每日的坚持。又或者是因为我对心理学的浓烈兴趣。我不曾得知。

因此我相信我能够取得这样的成绩不是因为我是这项赛事里最有资格的那一个人，并且我相信有许多比我更有能力拿到这个奖的人。

尽管如此，我相信我能取得这样的成绩是因为我对这个学科的喜爱和很大一部分的“运气”。

如今，我的人生赋予了我这样的一次机会。我会抓住机会，并且努力成为那一个最有资格的获奖人。

最后，我想感谢我的妈妈。在我最低迷的时段里给予我莫大的鼓励和支持。还有所有的辅导老师。最后的最后我还要感谢我自己，感谢我愿意再次拥抱希望，并奋力追逐光明。

I am extremely honored to win this award.

I can fairly say that I am not the shiniest star among thousands of others on that starry night sky. I am not a genius who has extraordinary powers for memorization. Unsurprisingly, I am never in favor of reading research papers. I am just a 9th-grade student who is still stumbling on the path of medical education, and I want to become better.

During the time for preparation, I focus on preparing for USAD while leaving minimal time for HOSA. Eventually, preparation time for HOSA became a scattered plot composed of scratches of time from recess or time before going to bed. It was a huge twist that I cannot express how I felt on the day of the award ceremony. I don’t think I deserve this.  So I thought, maybe it’s because of my daily reading of scientific magazines and the textbook since sleeping could enhance memories or help with long-term memories, or maybe it’s because of my interest in psychology. I do not know.

I believe I can win this award not because I am better than anyone else in this competition, but because of my passion for studying the subject, and a huge portion of “luck”. Now, my life has given me a chance, so I will seize it and may I merit this award better.

Lastly, I want to thank my mom for supporting me during my darkest days, and all the teachers who believe in me, also myself for not giving up and embracing hope.

如果你问我，我从USAD中学到了什么?我只是想说，我们真的需要抓住机会。为我们有能力做的事情做好准备。我不会谈论一些旧的感想例如“通过这个竞赛，我学到了很多实践知识……”“我学会了如何与小组中的人合作等等……”老实说，我并没有在USAD上花费很多时间，也因为没有阅读完参考书，而在每次的小组的讨论中划水。看着隔壁小组一个个讨论的热火朝天，而我们小组只是被尴尬的气氛笼罩，让我的个有名无实的小组长心灰意冷。这是悲哀的，但却是真实的。是耻辱的，但是我不得不承认的。

当第一次宣布USAD比赛将由线下转化为线下时，我在想我是否会退出这个比赛。正如我之前提到的，我没有花很多时间在上面。参加，还是退出？与我一组的小伙伴们都退出了，这确实是一个很难做出的决定。最后，我终于做了我的抉择。是拿着除了补偿费和一堆没看的资源书灰溜溜地离开，还是多交一些钱，踏上一场自己有可能能赢的战场？在这里我要感谢我的妈妈一直支持我的选择。我不得不说，这个疯狂的决定是我成功的第一步。我站在不同的角度，考虑了所有的因素，并分析了获胜的可能性，最后决定继续参加，尽管那时，我甚至没有读完1%的参考书。

你以为这是一个到最后一刻开始奋发图强的，勤奋学生变学霸的故事吗？我很遗憾地告诉你，在接下来的日子里，我仍然没有打开这本书。我只是继续做我在日常生活中需要做的事情，作业，补课……直到客观测试的最后一天我才翻开科学的第一页，绝望的看了一眼，便永久合上了USAD的资料书。很不幸地说，我的演讲稿，实在参加演讲的4个小时前写完的。

你一定在想，这姐妹咋在这里说一堆自己不努力然后得金牌的空话，莫不是在在这里炫耀自己的脑子？当然不是。得到面试的金牌，真的不是靠考前前几天的抱佛脚抱出来的。实话实说，我特喜欢自言自语，并且是用英语。写作业写累了，发个呆，用英语自言自语一波，随便给自己编个话题，泛泛而谈，不需要最难最精妙的词汇，用最简单常用的词语，将自己的想法清晰地表达出来，遇到想说但是不会的词，搜一搜，继续泛泛而谈。从初二开始养成的用英语一边自言自语一边做作业，整理逻辑思维能力，并且用英语表达出来。这便是我一直在做的，并且也是我能够在这次USAD面试演讲取得好成绩的原因。我知道自己擅长什么，并且专注于此，将时间合理分配，在保证自己能够拿到该拿的奖项上，不浪费时间在没把握的事情上。当然，这要相对不同的事件而论。你不能说自己不擅长数学，就放弃数学，把时间花在物理上。这是千万不可取的。权衡利弊，再做选择，这是我想说的。

其次，是自己的应变能力，我在进行演讲面试环节的时候，因为没有调整好设备，导致出现了很大的bug。我的第一遍顺畅的演讲与面试，没有被录进设备。导致我怀着紧张的心情，开始了第二次重录。在第二次重录过程中，我因为太慌，直接在演讲环节被卡了20秒不知道该说啥，大脑一片空白。自然，这样的演讲是不过关的。我咬咬牙，关掉了第二次。打开了第三次录制。USAD的录制是有时间限制的。当我开始录第三次的时候，手机的监考人员开始催促，并且提出警告，让我停止。脸皮厚的我又咬咬牙，心想这一次给拼了。说来惭愧，我直接把手机扔地上，忽略了监考人员的警告声，深吸一口气，在极度紧张慌的一批的情况下，重拾脑子里的演讲稿，还算流畅地讲完了。到面试的时候，我把躺在地上终于安静了的，用来监考的手机捡起来放回桌面。安心地面完了试，将视频上传。自然，监考员对我的语音警告也被我一同传输上了。脸皮厚，自然也是我取得成功的一部分原因。当然我不得不承认，我忽略监考员警告的这一做法是极度错误的，甚至还可能违反了一定的规定。 所以说，就算脸皮厚，也要遵守规矩。

综上所述，取得成功，要找到最适合自己的道路,没必要人云亦云。擅长用自己的优势，懂得取舍，面对突发状况的时候脸皮要厚点，并且尝试在这时候调整好心态。这便对于我而言最重要，最实用的小技能。

If you ask me what I learned from this USAD? Well, I just wanna say, dude, we really need to seize the opportunity. And prepare for the things that we have the capacity to do. I am not going to talk about some old sets such as “ I learned a lot of practical knowledge through this USAD competition……” “I learned  how to do group work and how to deal with people……blablabla……” Because to be honest, I didn’t really spend a lot of time on USAD and didn’t take part in the discussion mainly because I didn’t spend the time reading the resource books. It is sad, but it is true. It’s a shame, but I have to admit it.

 When the first announcement which states the USAD competition will be turned into online games from offline games came out, I was wondering if I am going to quit this game. As I mentioned before, I didn’t spend a lot of time on it. In or quit? It was such a hard decision to make indeed. And finally, I made mine. Here I want to thank my mom for supporting my decision all the time. I have to say this kinda-crazy decision made the first step to my success. I did think about all the possibilities of taking part in it in different positions.  I considered all the factors and analyze the chances of winning. And I decided to take part in this, though I didn’t even finish reading 1% of the resource books at that time.

 Do you think I would definitely finish reading after I made the decision? I am sorry to tell you that, for the rest of the days, I still didn’t open the book. I just kept doing what I need to do in my daily life and ignore the fact that I am going to take an important competition which is called USAD. Until the last day of the objective test. At the time I opened the book for only one look and I closed it forever. And I gotta tell you a little secret, I started to write the speech paper 5 hours before the speech test.

 You must be wondering, how the hell can she just tell everyone that she didn’t work hard and get some metals at the same time here? It’s such a shame. Hey, don’t be rash. I haven’t spoken about my biggest secret yet. Well, the thing is, I really like talking to myself. Yeah, you are not listening wrong, I like talking to myself, or I can say I am good at talking to myself. And that’s in English. Usually, I make a topic for myself and just start to talk. Without preparation, just talk. I suppose that’s why I can get a gold medal in the interview part. From the second grade in junior high, I began to do my homework and talk about the process of solving them in English, organize my logical thinking ability and express it in English. That's what I've been doing, and that's why I've been able to do well in this USAD interview. I know what I'm good at, and I'm focused on it, and I allocate my time wisely, and I don't waste time on the things I'm not sure I'm going to win. Of course, these are relatively different events. You can't just say you're not good at math and give up math and spend time on physics. This is absolutely undesirable. Weigh the pros and cons and make your choice. That's what I'm saying.

 Secondly, it is the adaptability that matters. When I was in the speech interview, I did not adjust the equipment well, which led to a big bug. Luckily I adjust my state of mind and finished the part.

 That’ s probably all I wanna say. Choose what is best and suitable for you and no need to follow other’s steps. Take an advantage on what you are good at. And of course, set your mind well even when there is a special case.

USAD对我来说意义非凡。大多数时候，面对这么多学习资料我是很激动的，觉得这是难得可以提升自己的机会。但我也有觉得它是个负担的时候。但无论怎样，祝贺所有即使是在疫情期间也仍然坚持参加比赛的同学。

关于USAD，我特别喜欢它的两个方面是它提供了很多的学习资料还有适当的比赛压力。    

各个科目的学习资料都是前面讲最重要也是最基础的学科知识，后面讲这个学科与比赛主题之间的联系。因为所有的科目都是围绕一个主题去叙述的，所以通过阅读不同的学科资料可以让你学到从更多的学科角度去思考同一个问题。

其实不只是比赛压力，压力也可以来自于你的组员。比如当你连一本学习资料还没读完的时候别人已经读完两本了。又或者你需要负责整一个组对于一个科目的学习都可以给你感到压力。但这样适当的压力是正向的，也就是有促进作用。如果没有这样的压力，我不可能完成3本学科资料和《科学怪人》的阅读。因此我很感谢一直和我并肩作战的组员和帮助我对学科资料有更好的理解的老师。

如果你还不确定自己是否参加USAD，其实不妨去试一下，相信自己可以做到。如果你已经确定要参加USAD，我建议先明确你参加比赛的目的。目的当然可以各种各样，我在这里就只举例两种。如果你想通过比赛成绩证明自己的学术能力，证明你很擅长某一学科，我建议花大部分时间把一个学科学透了。因为比赛上的竞争者都是来自全国各地的佼佼者，如果不学透，很难在学霸堆里面出类拔萃。但如果你的目的是锻炼自己的阅读能力并多了解自己感兴趣的科目，你可以涉猎很多的科目一下，甚至是你不感兴趣的科目。拿我举例子，一开始我对艺术学科完全不感冒，几乎是拒绝了解的那种。但是没办法，我必须负责这一学科的知识点整理才好教别的组员。但当我一点点深入阅读和了解之后，发现艺术真的是个很有意思的学科！（真香警告）所以，如果你还没尝试过了解某个学科，即使它看起来跟你八竿子打不着也别轻易下定义说自己不喜欢。先尝试了解，再看自己是喜欢还是不喜欢。

USAD meant a lot to me. Most of the time, I feel excited about its great opportunity to learn. But there’re several times that I feel it’s a liability. But I have to congratulate everyone who didn’t give up even when we all facing the crisis of COVID-19.

There are two things that I love about USAD. First, it has lots of resource guides that discuss the same topic from different perspectives. The resource guides will first introduce you the basic principles about the subject and then have a further discussion about the relationship between the subject and the topic. By reading it, you might learn how to think of a question in multiple ways. Second, is the pressure that it brought to me. Pressure does not only come from the competition but also my teammate. But this pressure affected positively to me. I can’t read 3 resource guides plus Frankenstein if I don’t have them who always push me forward. Therefore, I’m really appreciated my teammates who always fight with me, and the teachers that help me have a better understanding of the resources.

If you’re not sure whether you’re not attending the USAD, be brave and believe that you can do it. If you resolve to attend it, I recommend you to be clear on your purpose first. Of course, you can have many different purposes, but if your purpose is to prove that you are good at certain subject through this competition, spend most of your time learning on that subject. You’ll have to master everything that was covered in that subject because your opponents are erudite who come from all over China. But if your purpose is to train your reading skills and learn more about your interesting subject, feel free to read the guides of many different subjects, even the one that you are not interested in. For example, I’m truly not interested in art and kind of refuse to read it. But when I read more about art, I found that it is extremely interesting! Sometimes you just have to try it, then determine you like it or not.

很荣幸在这次USAD的比赛中，我们的团队获得了不错的成绩，这是大家共同努力的成果，虽然这过程中还有很多不足之处，也不是人人都100%参与到了活动中，但是大部分同学都认真地准备着比赛。在这样的一个过程中，大家相互学习，因为时间不够充足，也会有一些厉害的同学给大家讲解知识。毕竟我是一个新手，所以没有做到面面俱到，说来惭愧，自己也常常在会议过程中开小差，偶尔还特别不严肃，希望以后还有这样的机会，能在这些方面有所改进。

It's a great honor that our team has achieved the target beyond our expectation in USAD. This is the result of our joint efforts. Although there are many shortcomings in the process, like not everyone has participated in the event 100%, most of the students are seriously preparing for the competition. In such a process, we learned from each other. Because of the limitation, some knowledgable students were invited to explain knowledge to others. After all, it’s my first time to organize some activities, so I didn't do well in everything. I'm ashamed to say that I didn’t pay attention to the tasks all the time in the meeting, and occasionally I'm not extremely serious when we talk about the contents in our textbooks. I hope there will be such an opportunity in the future, and I will improve myself and go beyond that.

其实本来没打算拿这个奖的，突然被告知能拿到时甚至会觉得受之有愧。因为在高一上学期的社团活动中，主要出力的是其他几位社长，相对来说我负责的文书这方面就比较少的任务需要去完成。很感谢另外三个人的付出！也同样很感谢一直以来都配合和支持社团工作的同学们，今年由于疫情的原因打乱了我们原本的计划，但是还是有同学坚持参赛并且取得了优异的成绩，相信这些努力也会带给你们不一样的体验。希望我们可以吸收今年的经验，明年一起继续加油！

I was not expecting to get this award at first and I feel ashamed of myself when I got it. Because during the first term of senior1, most of the work were done by the other leaders in the USAD club and there were not many work need to be done by me for I’m responsible for the writ. I feel pretty thankful to them all, and also appreciate the members who are always cooperating with and supporting us. Our plan was destroyed for the coronavirus, but there were still many members determined to go on competing and gained excellent result. I believe your hard work brought you more helpful experience in life. Hope that we can learn from this time and continue to work together next year!

这次usad社团获奖, 我内心是十分激动的. 作为这个社团的副社长, 在备考的过程中, 我能够看见每一位社团成员都尽心尽力, 无论是社长还是社员, 亦或是社团顾问老师, 大家都朝着同样的一个目标努力, 用心学习知识, 提高英语水平, 为大学学习知识打下了一定的基础. 我为在这样的集体之中感到自豪, 同时感到参与此活动令人受益颇丰。

Usad organization in huamei-bond international school got award this time, i am very excited. As the vice President of this club, in the process of preparation, I could see every club members tried their best, like both presidents and members, or advisory teacher. Everyone went toward the same goal, learned something new and  improved the ability about using English. We knowed about much knowledge and made a solid foundation for the university‘s learning. I am proud of in this collective. At the same time, I feel that participated in this activity is so beneficial.

华美USAD社的成长之旅

建社

接触到USAD的时候，大家都很雄心勃勃。在讲座中了解到成立USAD社可以申请USAD中国区的chapter认证，再加上我们学校还没有相关社团，四个人一拍即合，当即决定建社。当晚我们在宿舍里写了一份含括社团未来规划、内部分工、活动形式等等内容的计划表，第二天就递交给学校了。

可以说从拍板决定到建立社团，我们只花了不到24小时。彼时的我们确实还没意识到组织一个社团的艰难。

发展社团

USAD比赛的内容对于我们来讲，不算简单。在组织阶段，我们大致规划了几个学科的进度，并且在每一次会议开始时进行即兴演讲和面试。同时，我们邀请各个学科的老师和已经完成基础学习的同学为社员讲解材料。每一个星期三的晚上，405课室总是USAD社忙碌的身影。

但我注意到，社员们的学习能力和水平都有所不同，而且个人对于学习的计划安排不同，这都让安排社团学科学习的我感到无比头疼。同时，社团课上严重的纪律问题和不执行学习任务的社员也让我操碎了心。在很多个夜晚，我们一遍遍修改规划。在不断地尝试和摸索中，我们一次次碰壁，也在不断成长。突如其来的疫情打乱了我们的参赛计划，为了比赛所设计的社旗也没能用上，但建立并且运作社团的经历于我而言弥足珍贵。

When we were first introduced to USAD, all of us were ambitious. The lecturer told us that that all USAD clubs can apply for certification of USAD China, and since our school doesn’t have a club like this, we decided to establish one right away. That night, four of us, excitedly, wrote a proposal including future planning of the club, job division, activities plans and so on. We handed in the proposal on the next day.

It took us less than 24 hours to set up our club, but we did not realize that there was a long way for us to go.

To us, the content of USAD tests were not easy, so was the operation of our club. When organizing club activity, we made plans for different subjects with different time schedule, and we have a prompt speech and interview part in our club meeting. Meanwhile, we keep inviting teachers in different fields and students who were familiar with a certain field to give us lectures. Every Wednesday night, we were in Room 405 working for our same goal— USAD.

But somehow, I noticed that club members have different levels of learning ability, and they usually have different schedule for their study. All these troubled me a lot when I am planning for the meeting. At the same time, the serious discipline issue on meeting and members who did not execute their plans made me really worried. Many nights we sat by, and rewrite our plan again and again. Through these struggles and trials, we met obstacles, and yet we overcame those. Though the accidental emergence of Covid-19 ruined our plan of taking the contest, and the flag I designed for our club were useless now, the experience of setting up and operating this club is extremely valuable for me.