‎My Chinese name is Huang Zheyi
‎name
‎You can call me Brody
I‎ am a 15-year-old junior middle school
‎student.
‎age
I‎ am a 15-year-old student from Luodian
‎Middle School.
‎I like most of the scientific subjects (理科)
‎studies
‎my favorite is chemistry
I‎t is hard for me to find a least favorite
‎subject. I suppose all subjects have their own
‎interesting points
‎because
‎ eople can apply (应用) the knowledge of
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‎chemistry into all aspects (方面) of our life
‎this subject is very practical (实用的)
‎like the fabric (织物) in our clothes
‎ ut I do have to admit that I haven't been
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‎working as well in my Chinese class
‎a football pitch and several basketball courts
‎school
‎a newly-built library
‎facilities
‎I think we have very nice facilities
‎well-equipped labs
‎a large dining hall with plenty of options
‎Luodian Middle School
‎students
‎respectful
‎attentive
‎teachers
‎helpful
‎friendly
‎We can see people from all over the world.
‎It is a cosmopolitan city.
‎ he culture of Shanghai has (boasts) its own
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‎open-mindedness
‎general description (总体描述)
t‎ here are almost 30 million people living
‎here.
‎It is also very populous.
‎in the east
‎on the east
‎The city is in the east of China.
‎to the east
‎E: east
‎W: west
‎N: north
‎geographical location (地理位置)
‎S: south
‎ lot of people visit here because of its
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‎accessibility (交通便利度)
‎ angtze River empties into the East China
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‎Sea right beside the city
‎empty into (流入)
‎(It is) about 2 hour's drive to Hangzhou.
‎The Bund
‎The Oriental Pearl (TV) Tower
‎Disney Resort/Disneyland
‎Shanghai Circus World
l‎andmarks
‎(tourist attractions) (旅游胜地)
‎(tourism destinations) (旅游胜地)
‎(We have multiple tourist attractions here.)
‎Town God Temple/Chenghuang Temple
‎Jing'an Temple
‎Shanghai Center
‎ lthough my father was born in Sichuan, and
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‎my mother was born in Guangxi, I was born
‎and raised in Shanghai.
‎hometown
‎and so on
‎ o be honest, as a local resident (居民) who
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‎was born and raised in the city, I haven't
‎really visited those places
‎ eople here are open-minded and friendly
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‎but very busy with work
‎people
‎warm
‎spring
‎mild
‎温和的
‎temperate
‎ ell me about yourself. (Can you
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‎introduce yourself?)
‎hot
‎湿度大的
‎humid
‎炎热的
‎sweltering
‎干燥的
‎summer
‎arid
‎dry
‎It drizzles
‎drizzle
‎ e don't have four distinct seasons (四季分
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‎明)
‎climate/weather
‎plum rain (梅雨) season (rainy season)
‎Sometimes, it pours
‎pour
‎cool
‎mild
‎autumn/fall
‎temperate
‎易变的
‎changeable
‎ ne day I could still be in short-sleeves; the
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‎other day I could be in my puffer coat.
‎bitterly cold
‎winter
‎biting wind
‎freezing
‎red braised pork belly
‎restaurant foods (餐馆菜)
‎sautéed shelled shrimp
‎deep-fried (油炸) stinky (臭) tofu
‎the food is really delicious
‎glutinous rice cake (糍饭糕)
‎street foods (街边小吃)
‎potsticker (锅贴)
‎pan-fried steamed dumpling (生煎馒头)
I‎ usually write AI programs for chatbots,
‎which mean the computer programs that can
‎interact with (和...互动) a real human
I‎ like to do computer programming in my
‎spare time
‎interests and hobbies
I‎ also help coding plug-ins and mods for
‎some computer games
‎a business owner
‎father
‎ e has invented and have the patents for
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‎various printing and labeling technologies.
‎creative
‎nuclear family (核心家庭)
‎ is company specializes in printing and
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‎labeling, such as the labels on power
‎adapters, QR code labels, and so on
‎I live with my parents
‎an accountant (会计) in my father's company
‎mother
‎family
‎[CPA = certified public accountant (注册会计师)]
‎ lthough she is busy with work, she always
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‎does most of the housework
‎hardworking and caring
‎extended family (大家庭)
I‎ think I have the ability to invent and
‎develop original ideas
‎I consider myself to be
‎creative
‎for example
‎plus
‎sentences
‎I would say I was
I‎ wish to have my own IT company to
‎manufacture our own smart wearable
‎products
‎ambitious
‎anonym (反义词)
I‎ have an idea for a smart glass that can be
‎used for navigation, instant messaging, and
‎so on.
‎laid-back
s‎ aying exactly what you think without trying
‎to be polite, 说话不经大脑
‎blunt
‎anonym (反义词)
‎sharp
i‎ntelligent and able to understand things
‎easily and plan things well, 聪明的
‎clever, smart, bright
‎ ith the ability to invent and develop original
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‎ideas, especially in arts, 有创造力的
‎creative
‎ njoyable to be with because you say and do
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‎interesting or amusing things, 有趣的
‎good fun
‎putting a lot of effort into your work, 勤奋的
‎hard-working, diligent
‎ asily irritated (get angry) by things (
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‎irritating), 没有耐心的
‎impatient
‎too quick to criticize people, 评头论足的
‎judgmental
‎adjectives
‎for instance
‎ ith a strong desire to be successful, rich, or
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‎powerful (positively), 有志向的
‎ambitious
‎character and personality
I‎ have designed a plug-in that can match the
‎preference of users on both YouTube and
‎Bilibili. Both are large video streaming
‎websites.
i‎nterested in things that do not concern you,
‎多管闲事的
‎nosy
‎ illing to listen to and consider other people's
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‎ideas and suggestions, 乐于听取和接受他人意
‎见的
‎open-minded
‎anonym
‎narrow-minded
‎ ery friendly and likes meeting and talking to
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‎people, 外向的，善于社交的
‎outgoing, sociable, extrovert
‎anonym
‎shy, introvert
‎too easily offended, 容易被冒犯的
‎over-sensitive
‎ an be trusted to work well or to behave in
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‎the way that someone wants you to, 可靠的
‎reliable
‎rely on
‎ aving confidence in your own abilities, 自信
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‎的
‎self-assured (self-confident)
‎unwilling to spend money, 吝啬的
‎stingy
‎My biggest strength is that ...
‎strengths
‎ ot only can it help me achieve goals in my
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‎computer programing, it also gets me some
‎life hacks (生活妙招)
‎I am a creative person
‎moreover
‎interview briefing
‎ hat are your strengths and
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‎weaknesses?
‎I think I am really committed
I‎ can spend hours sitting in front of a
‎computer writing codes
‎I am really focused on the things I do
‎As for my weakness, ...
‎weaknesses
‎ ometimes, I can be a bit overly absorbed in
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‎things
‎ hy do you choose to apply to
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‎our school?
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I‎ can be learning new things on books or
‎computers for hours forgetting about my
‎lunch
‎for example
‎ or me, the academic program (学术课程)
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‎itself is definitely one of the major reasons
‎why I want to apply to the school, and I look
‎forward to its professional guidance (职业的指
‎导) for my further studies overseas.
I‎ apply to this school mainly because of its
‎graduation percentage (毕业率) and
‎university acceptance rate (大学升学率), both
‎of which have been very high.
‎ lso, its collaboration with University of
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‎Cambridge is another reason why this school
‎fascinates (吸引) me. It is a Cambridge
‎International Exam Centre, so I think I can get
‎all the educational resources (教育资源) I
‎need here.
‎top high school in Shanghai
‎ ow much do you know about
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‎our school?
‎has the best facilities in high school
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‎the premises of multiple exam centers
‎collaboration of University of Cambridge
‎ hy do you choose to study in
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‎an international school?
‎ hy would you choose to quit
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‎your current school?
t‎ hat I want to have more options (选项) for
‎my education in terms of program selection (
‎选择) and university application (申请)
‎ he reason why I choose to study in an
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‎international school is
‎To be honest
I‎ plan to study AI/machine learning in
‎university
‎ ne major reason could be we haven't had
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‎enough practices and experiments in
‎scientific subjects
‎ e barely did any physics or chemistry
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‎experiments for us to find out how things
‎work because of a budget issue
‎ hat is your opinion on the
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‎school uniform?
‎ ho would be the first person
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‎you turned to if you had any
‎difficulties?
‎ hose advice in your family is
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‎the most helpful to you?
‎ hen you are having some
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‎difficulties, would your family let
‎you face it alone or help you?
I‎f you could have a superpower,
‎which would you choose?
‎ o you have anyone that you
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‎admire?
t‎ he most impressive thing I think I have had
‎at school is that I have learned a lot of useful
‎knowledge
‎I think it is good-looking
‎from my perspective
‎ ven though I have experienced some
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‎setbacks, they always encourages to march
‎forward
I‎ have used the knowledge I learned from
‎math classes to help me improve my
‎computer programing
‎for example
‎the students all look very energetic in uniform
‎ ecause it shows that we are all part of a
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‎large organization and we can identify (认出)
‎each other as a peer (同伴)
I‎ suppose it is necessary for students to wear
‎school uniforms
s‎ o we can build that team spirit (团队精神)we
‎need
I‎ would turn to the Internet to search for a
‎solution
‎ efore I turn to anyone for help, I would like
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‎to see if I could solve the situation myself
i‎f that didn't work, I would go to my parents
‎to seek answers from their life experiences
I‎ talk to my mother more often because she
‎is usually at home more
I‎ would say it was my mother's advice that is
‎the most helpful
s‎ ince she is very caring, she always likes to
‎listen to me and gives me her opinions on
‎things and how I should solve some of my
‎problems
‎ ecause they want to develop my
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‎independence and the ability of problem‎solving
‎ sually, they would let me to try to handle
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‎the things on my own
I‎f I have tried but haven't really worked
‎things out
t‎ hey would definitely offer a hand to me to
‎get those problems solved
t‎ his power can help me to donate money to
‎the financially-challenged people
I‎f I could choose to have a superpower, I
‎would take the ability to turn stones into
‎golds by a touch of my finger
‎The person I admire is my father
I‎ can also fund my own undertaking to get
‎more computer hardware, such as servers
‎he is very creative
‎he owns a lot of patents and designs
t‎ o develop novel ideas for my software and
‎future products in my own company
‎I think I should learn from my father
‎ y favorite book is not a novel or a
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‎biography
‎What is your favorite book?
I‎ suppose being able to do experiments
‎myself is a must-have skill
‎plus
‎they have treated me very well
‎they are very inspiring
‎ hat is the most impressive
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‎thing you have experienced at
‎school?
‎for example, University of Manchester
t‎ hey are always happy to answer any
‎questions I have in my studies
‎they are very caring
‎ ow have the teachers in your
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‎current school treated you?
s‎ ome of the universities in the UK specialize
‎in this subject
t‎ he book is about the self-study of an AI
‎program in which people input some data
‎and the machine can analyze and learn it by
‎itself
i‎t is more like a book on computer science
‎theory
i‎t is my favorite book because I have written
‎some plug-ins and computer-assisted
‎software based on the knowledge from this
‎book
‎autopilot
‎ hat would you like to study in
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‎university/college?
I‎ plan to study AI/machine learning in
‎university
t‎ he reason why I would like to study this
‎subject is that the development of artificial
‎intelligence is the major trend in the
‎computer science field
‎ e are now witnessing (见证) the artificial
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‎intelligence being an irreplaceable (不可替代
‎的) part of the human society and industrial
‎manufacturing (工业制造)
‎smart furniture
‎for example
‎robotics
‎and so on
t‎ ranslation by machine is impersonal (没感情
‎的)
‎first of all
‎ ince there are apps for
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‎translation, is it still necessary to
‎learn English?
‎In my opinion
‎ hat are the countries you have
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‎ever been to?
I‎ have been to Vietnam for a short getaway
‎with my parents
i‎t is still necessary to learn English or other
‎second languages
‎plus
t‎ he reason why we went there is that it is
‎very close to my grandmother's place
s‎ o there may be some miscommunication (交
‎流不畅)
‎ o matter how quick the translation app is,
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‎there is still a lag (延迟) in time
‎we bought some wooden handicrafts
‎we could just drive there
‎and tried some local food
t‎ o improve my reading, I am going to read at
‎least 1 science article a day in English to help
‎me understand more concepts
I‎ plan to work on my English in the coming
‎winter holiday
t‎ o improve my vocabulary, I will go through
‎100 words every day to increase my
‎vocabulary size
‎ hat is your plan for the coming
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‎winter holiday?
‎on top of that
i‎f I can speak English or any other second
‎language, I can talk to someone faster
‎which lacks context (语境)
‎since I am really interested in the Bitcoin
‎I will see what I can learn from it online
t‎ he school has given us a timetable for the
‎arrangement of most of the daytime
‎On weekdays
‎I usually leave for school at 7:20am
‎and leave school at 6:30pm
‎ ow do you usually arrange your
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‎time?
‎ fter that I am usually at home doing
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‎homework until 11pm when I go to bed
i‎n the morning, I may spend some time
‎working on my computer programming
‎On weekends
‎I usually have more free time
‎I get up quite early at 8:20am usually
‎in the afternoon, I will review schoolwork
‎ y parents and I sometimes eat out in a
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‎restaurant for dinner
‎advantages
‎ hat do you think are the
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‎advantages and disadvantages
‎of living with your parents?
‎ s a student, one advantage of living with
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‎parents is that we can be more focused and
‎have more time for studies
t‎ he downside is that we will miss the
‎opportunities to be independent
‎ e don't have to worry about paying bills,
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‎provide for ourselves, or handle other
‎chores, like cooking
‎since our parents can take care of us
‎disadvantages
‎also
‎ hat qualities do you think a
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‎good teacher should have?
‎ e may not have a say in how we can live
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‎our life
‎ he first quality I suppose a good teacher
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‎should have is honesty
‎ nother quality I believe a good teacher
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‎should have is preciseness in terms of
‎teaching knowledge
s‎ o the teacher can be a role model for the
‎students
t‎ he main job duty of a teacher is to teach
‎students knowledge and how to learn
‎ roviding something that is not correct may
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‎mislead the students into a wrong path
‎so a good teacher should be precise