如果要问我近四年的在校学习中给我带来最大影响的是什么，答案一定是“环境”。私以为环境可以分为三种：自然环境、人文环境和心理环境。宏润博源在这三个方面都给予我充分的滋养，让我可以开心地按照自己的节奏成长并如愿进入里海大学。

If you ask me what has had the greatest impact on me in the past four high school years, the answer is definitely "environment". The environment I refer to can be divided into three kinds: natural environment, humanistic environment and psychological environment. SHBS has sufficiently nourished me in all the three aspects, so that I can grow up happily at my own pace and got into Lehigh University, my dream college.   

到过宏润博源的人，无一不会赞叹其自然景色。学校坐落于大淀湖畔，美丽的风光让人心情舒畅。我的文笔实在配不上描写学校的景色，但是我知道，连我一直担忧空气质量的爸爸来到这里都不由感叹一句：空气真好！这样美丽的自然环境一直潜在地舒缓着我们的学习压力。想象一下，每当下课看向室外，你更想看到的是灰暗压抑的楼房还是绿色的树木草坪和波光粼粼的湖泊？在宏润博源学习的四年里，学校的自然环境滋养了我，让我可以轻松愉悦。

All those who have visited SHBS must have been deeply impressed by its natural scenery. The school is located by the Dadian Lake, and its beautiful landscape is soothing to the soul. My description can’t thoroughly depict its beauty, but my dad, who always cares much about air quality, can't help but think highly of the fresh air on campus. Such beautiful natural environment has been silently easing our tension resulting from academic work. Imagine looking outside the classroom during every break, would you prefer to see the gray and depressing buildings or the green trees and lawns by a shimmering lake? During my four years at SHBS, its natural environment has been nourishing, relaxing and pleasing me.

人文环境，即学校的课程体系、活动实践体系以及学校整体的培养理念和管理体系。学校是一所小而精的美式高中，培养理念有些像美国的文理学院。学校师生比非常高，大约是1:4左右。因此在这里，每位同学都会受到老师们的关注，也都有属于自己的量身定制的课程。在宏润博源读书的四年里，许多老师都给予我很多的帮助。例如金老师，他对我的影响非常大。金老师对教书充满热情，坚守自己的原则做事，严厉中带着温柔。他把躺平的我拉起来，给予了我希望。

The humanistic environment, i.e. the school's curriculum, activity and practice systems, as well as the school's overall educational philosophy and management system. The school is a small but sophisticated American high school with an educational philosophy somewhat like that of an American liberal arts college. The student-teacher ratio is very high, about 1:4. Therefore, every student here receives attention from teachers and has his or her own customized courses. Many teachers have helped me a lot over the 4 years at SHBS. Mr. Jin, for example, has made a great influence on me. Sticking to his own rules, Mr. Jin is enthusiastic about teaching, and  is gentle in his severity. He encouraged me to work harder even when I gave up myself.

总体而言，高中的学习生活并没有很大的波动，只是网课期间由于自制力较差，导致我没有认真学习，不过学科老师和班主任老师都会经常与我沟通，问询我的状态，这让我很有感触，也被这种关心给拉回来了一些状态。

Generally speaking, my high school life did not fluctuate greatly, except during online classes when I did not take my studies seriously due to my poor self-discipline, but my subject teachers and homeroom teachers would often talk to me and ask about how I was doing, which made me feel touched and behave properly.

学校给同学们提供了丰富的活动和实践机会，比如建设上海PBL项目、职业探索月、各类公益项目、国际交流、学生社团、每周一次的囊括演讲辩论、戏剧表演、艺术演出等活动的CAS以及各类学术竞赛。每位同学都能在这里找到适合自己发光发热的舞台。很多时候，老师们都会推动我们挑战自己，这种推动和鼓励的文化，也帮助我走出自己的舒适圈，更勇敢地去探索和成长，逐渐收获自信。比如，在来宏润博源之前，公众演讲是我最畏惧的事情之一。刚入学的时候麻老师给我报名了学校的英文演讲比赛，当我不得不面对全校师生演讲时，我得以突破自我。在老师的指导下，我花了很多时间准备演讲稿，提前演练，并勇敢地站上了舞台，面对自己的恐惧。从那之后，面对演讲我便从容了许多，后来还参加了英文辩论赛。这一切还得是归功于麻老师当时推了我一把。

The school provides students with a wide variety of activities and practical opportunities, such as Building Shanghai, a PBL program, career exploration month, various pro bono projects, international exchange tours, student clubs, the weekly CAS that includes activities such as speech contest and debate, drama performances, art performances, and various academic competitions. Each student can find the right stage to show his or her brilliance. Teachers often push us to challenge ourselves, and this culture of pushing and encouraging has helped me to step out of my comfort zone, explore and grow up more courageously, and gradually build my confidence. For example, before I joined SHBS, public speaking was one of the things I was most afraid of. Upon joining the school,  Ms. Irene signed me up for the school's English speech contest, and I was able to make a break-through when I had to speak in front of the whole school. Guided by my teacher, I spent a lot of time preparing my speech, rehearsing it in advance, and bravely stepping on stage to face my fears. After that, I was much more confident in giving a speech and later participated in an English debate. I owe it all to Ms. Irene for giving me a push at that time.

与其称作环境（environment），我更倾向于称之为氛围（atmosphere）。来宏润博源之前，我曾在沪上知名的另一家国际学校待过一学期，可惜那里的环境并不适合我，我没有办法融入他们。我比较内向，不会主动交朋友，在那里的一个学期如同坐牢，非常痛苦，最后选择转学到了宏润博源。宏润博源的环境非常合适我，我也很容易融入这个集体，也在这里交到了很多朋友。

I prefer to call it atmosphere rather than environment. Before coming to SHBS, I studied at another well-known international school in Shanghai for one semester, but unfortunately, the environment there did not suit me and I could not fit in. I was introverted and did not make friends on my own. So I felt miserable as if I had been in prison for a semester, and finally chose to transfer to SHBS. The environment of SHBS is very suitable for me, and I could easily integrate myself into the community, and I have made many friends here.

非常幸运能和我们这一届的学生做同学，因为同学们真的营造了非常好的学习氛围。我是一个自制力非常欠缺的人，疫情三年，网课陆续上了约一年，网课时期我很难管好自己。不过，在线下学习时，即便老师允许自习课上使用手机，我也很少会拿来划水，因为周围的同学们都在学习啊！同学们的努力带动了我，这就是他们给我带来的极佳环境，增强了我学习的兴趣，形成了良性循环，最终也使得我们年级的学习成绩特别拔尖。可以说我现在的成就很大程度上都是因为有这样好的环境。在十二年级紧张的申请阶段，通过同学之间互相帮助，申请的压力也变得不是那么大。大家在申请阶段互相鼓励，共同进步，分享自己的申请经验等等，创造出了绝佳的校内申请环境。再加上校内升学老师们的悉心指导，我如愿进入里海大学也算是水到渠成。

I am very lucky to learn and live together with our class because my fellow schoolmates have really created a very good learning atmosphere. I am a poorly self-disciplined boy. Over the 3 years when covid pandemic raged globally, I took online classes for about a year, and I found it very difficult to behave properly during that time. However, while studying on campus, even if the teacher allowed us to use cell phones in study sessions, I would rarely use it to do irrelevant things because the students around me were studying! I was motivated by my hardworking fellow schoolmates, and this was the excellent environment they brought me, which boosted my interest in studying and created a virtuous circle, eventually leading to my excellent academic performance. I can say that much of what I have achieved owes a lot to this environment. At the college application stage in my 12th grade when everyone felt stressed, we helped each other to ease our tension. We encouraged each other, made progress together, shared our experience in application etc., which created a great on-campus application atmosphere. Guided by my school college counselors,  I was able to get into Lehigh University, my dream college.

最后，我想说，学校的环境太重要了。感谢宏润博源各方面优渥的环境滋养了我的成长，让我如愿进入适合自己的大学。

Finally, I’d like to say that the environment provided by a school is very important. I am grateful to SHBS for providing me with excellent environment in different aspects, which did much good to me while I was growing up and helped me get into my dream college.