这是美国梦沃学校(上海)成长栏目，第1个故事，我们将会为大家推荐优秀学生的成长小故事。学习他人，关照自身，点滴积累，成人成才。来，一起听听“梦沃”学子成长路上“拔节”响的声音：徐舸，Tom Xu

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Dear teachers and students, I'm Tom Xu from G9.3.It is a great honor for me to share my story with you here and thank you for giving me this opportunity.I love music, so I do my utmost in music class as well as its homework.I keep practicing musical instruments every day,thinking about the tough parts and how to overcome them step by step. Under the requirement of my mom, I started learning how to play the piano when I was five. I was pretty sure that I fell in love with piano when I touched it for the first time, because the sound of the piano touched the deepest part of heart. From that day on, I always got a feeling that music might be my life-long career. In recent years, I realized that,career or not, music would be of great importance in my life.

老师们，同学们，你们好。我是徐舸，来自九年级三班。这次很幸运能够能被学校推荐出来，我深表感谢。作为一个音乐特长生，我每天要练琴，要做音乐的作业，思考乐曲中的难点，想要一步步克服。从五岁开始，我母亲让我开始学钢琴。那时候小，才5岁。**次碰琴的时候，我感觉我就爱上了钢琴。因为琴音的回响与共鸣感染到了我的内心。从那天开始，我觉得，音乐有可能是我一生的职业。这几年，我渐渐开始发现到音乐对我人生的意义，是不一般的。

When I was 11 years old, my mom thought that there were too many people learning how to play piano and the competition to stand out in this regard would be increasingly fierce, so she asked me to transfer to violin. At the beginning, it was my uncle that taught me how to play violin and he initiated me very well by teaching me the right posture. Later, my mom sent for a violin teacher from an American Orchestra to teach me. She played the violin very well with nice melody and graceful posture. Yet she was not very strict with me and she often travelled between China and America, so for most of the time, she could not be there to teach me. Therefore, this spring, my mom sent for a professor from Shanghai Conservatory of Music to teach me. Honesty speaking, she could not play as well as that American teacher, but she did know how to teach. I have learned a lot of techniques from her. Although I have gotten the Grade 8 Certificateof ABRSM, I still need to enhance my basic training.Focusing on the basic training is far more important than spending your time on various sorts ofcompetition. Remember that if you want to travel far on the road of music, youshould devote your time to basic training rather than waste too much time in partaking competitions to win awards.

11岁的时候，我母亲觉得钢琴竞争渐渐变的激烈了起来，让我转成了小提琴。那时候是我舅舅教我小提琴，启蒙的还算不错，姿势上没有什么错误。在学琴的过程中，我找到一位美国乐团里的老师。她拉琴很好听，姿势也很优雅。但是她有点不好，是要求不够严格，而且还经常往返于美国和中国，所以很多时间，我都没有上到她的课。于是今年春天，母亲把我的老师换成了一位上音的教授。虽然说实话，她的演奏能力没有那位美国老师要强，但是她很会教课。我在她这里学到了不少练琴的技巧。现在，虽然已经考过了英皇八级，但是我依然还需要加强自己的基本功。因为基本功的重要性，远远大于你去参加一个大赛获个奖什么的。因为，请永远记住，音乐路上获奖什么都是虚张声势，只有好好的加强基础，才能在音乐的路上越走越远。

Whatever it is that we want to learn, we should be dedicated and hardworking. If you want to learn how to play a musical instrument, you should insist in practicing every day. Before your practice, you should also think about the specific practice goals of the day as well as the techniques. Why can so many people around us make great achievements in music? I think the answer is simple, as it is said in the old saying “Success equals 1% of genius and 99% of perspiration.” I must confess that I am not hardworking enough, not only because there is not much time available for me to practice the violin but also because I am a little bit busy. My mom has played a key role in keeping me going on this road. No matter how bad the weather is or how tired she is, she will always be there to accompany me to the violin class, for which I am very grateful. Her persistence and encouragement gives me confidence. My mom is also very passionate and energetic. Influenced by her passion and vigor, I gradually become more hardworking and will not retreat from classes because of an ailment.Now I am trying to change myself to be more diligent in not only practicing theviolin but also in academic work. Let’s work harder together! You will get paid for your diligence. If you are also very interested in music or music theory,you can come to me and we can share the knowledge and experience. Maybe we can also get some inspirations through discussion, right?

在这里我想说，不管是学习，学琴，一定要脚踏实地，每天都要好好的练琴。练琴之前一定要好好想想，今天练琴的目的，和你练琴的方法。为什么在我们身边有那么多人在音乐上有了一定的成就?有句老话说的很好，成功=1%的天才+99%的努力。我承认，现在自己的努力真的不够，是因为时间不够，也有是因为我比较懒。然而这一切我母亲却起了关键的作用。她一直在坚持。不管风吹雨打，还是精力不足，她都愿意很好的陪着我，练琴，上课，下课。我很感谢她，给我信心去坚持。她是个很热情的人，我常常被她的热情感染，我也慢慢变的勤奋，不再因为一点小病而逃课。我心里对她是感激不尽。现在，我正在试着去改变自己，不管是学琴，还是学习，我们都应该慢慢变的勤奋起来。加油吧同学们，只要努力，就一定会有成果的!当然，如果有想了解音乐或音乐理论的，可以和我一起讨论哦!

徐舸在“梦沃”音乐课上的部分作品Some of Tom’s works inmusic class

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