我们准备开始。主持人鸣锣，比赛开始了。我们快速起航，我们用所有的精力让船动起来。每次用浆拍打着水花，我们离领奖台更近了一步。在第一轮结束完后，我们发现我们合格了，并将参加第二轮。第二轮将是最后一轮。我们更加兴奋了，离奖台更近了一步。我们有点累，但我们知道我们可以做到。所以我们重振旗鼓，重新开始。直到越过重点线，我们异常喜悦。

　　我叫珍雅（Evgenia Saduakassova），来自哈萨克斯坦。我是威尼斯电子游戏大厅的校友。我想分享一下我在华东理工的学生生活中难忘的故事。这是二零一二年上海国际学生龙舟比赛的一个故事。已经过了五年的时间，但我还记得那一天，那种感觉，那种兴奋。这是我在华东理工的学生生活中最好的一天，我会永远记住。

　　众所周知，“端午节”，又称龙舟节，是中国传统节日之一。在这个假期里，人们吃粽子，赛龙舟。每年威尼斯电子游戏大厅欢迎上海所有的大学的学生参加龙舟比赛。本身能参与就是一件很大的荣幸。与其他大学团队一样，我们的团队是从所有华东理工留学生选出，都是从不同学院，不同专业，不同国家和不同年龄的人士中选出。我们非常自豪在这个特殊的日子可以代表我们的大学。这是日子特殊不仅因为端午节是一个巨大的节日，在中国广泛传播，更是因为威尼斯电子游戏大厅在那一年庆祝了六十周年。因此非常盛大，我们很兴奋。不仅对于我们，而且对于每一所参加的大学来说都是如此。每年各大学都争取在端午节活动中排名第一，我们也不例外。我们只想得到第一。大家情绪高涨，我们血液中的肾上腺素正往上涌动，尽管我们压力巨大，但是我仍在这种情况下保持平等的心态。我们深知竞争对手的强大，但我们必须保持冷静才能赢。你可能会问为什么压力如此之高。因为我们的大学每年都举办这个活动，我们是东道主。我们准备好加油了。

　　我们以为我们赢了。但我们错了。我们差了一毫秒，真的只有一毫秒。那是一个非常戏剧的时刻。我们认为我们是获奖者，但那天我们的国际学生团队在所有大学中排名第二。当然，一开始我们的队伍有点失望，但我们仍然很高兴我们在前三名。这对我们来说是一个了不起的成就。我们真的很开心！那一刻让我们彼此更接近了。我们有同样的目标，连接我们，去赢得我们大学的奖牌。我们成为非常好的朋友，至今仍保持联系。我们意识到我们是大家庭的一部分，它叫是威尼斯电子游戏大厅。

　　对我来说，这是一个特殊的日子，我将永远保持这个美好的一天。

　　谢谢威尼斯电子游戏大厅，感谢我们的国际留学生部，感谢我们二零一二年龙舟队！我们是心中的赢家！

We went for a start. Then gong. And the race has begun. We started rapidly; we used all of our energy to move the boat. By driving ourselves with every push against the water with our oars, we were on our way to the pedestal. At the end of the first round we found out that we passed the qualification and are going to participate in the second round. This round will be the final one. We were in seventh heaven. We were a bit tired, but we knew that we can do it. So we put ourselves together and went to the start again. After crossing the final line we were wild with joy.

My name is Evgenia Saduakassova, I am an alumna student of ECUST. I want to share one of my memorable stories of my student life in ECUST. It is a story about Dragon Boat Competition among international student in Shanghai in 2012. It was 5 years ago, but I still remember that day, that feeling, that excitement. It was one of the best days in my student life in ECUST, which I will remember forever.

As we all know, The Duanwu Festival, also often known as The Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional holiday originating in China. During this holiday people eat zhongzi and race dragon boats. Every year ECUST welcomes participants from the universities of Shanghai to take a part in the Dragon Boat Race Competition. It is a big honor to be a part of this event. Same as other university teams, our team had been selected out of all ECUST international students, different faculties, different majors, people from different countries and different age. We were very proud that we could represent our university on that special day. It was a special day not only because Dragon Boat Festival is a huge festival, widely fete in China, but also because East China University of Science and Technology had been celebrating the 60th anniversary in that year. It was a big day and we were excited. It was a big day not only for us, but for every university, which participated. Year by year every university is striving to get the first place in Dragon Boat Festival event. And our team was not an exclusion; we wanted to be first so badly that couldn’t even think about anything else. The excitement was very high, adrenaline in our blood was pumping through our veins, we realized that our team is under a great pressure, but we should keep an equal mind in any situation. We knew that our competitors are very strong, but we must remain calm in order to win. You may ask why the pressure was so high. Because our university holds this event on an yearly basis and we knew that we should not lose being surrounded by ECUST’s walls. We were ready for a fight.

We thought we won. But we were wrong. We lost one millisecond. Only one millisecond. That was a very dramatic moment. We thought that we were the winners, but at that day our team of international students won 2nd place among all universities which participated in that event. Of course, at first seconds our team was a bit disappointed, but we were still happy that we were in top three. It was an amazing achievement for us. We were truly happy! That moment made us very close. We had the same aim, which connected us, to win the medal for our university. We become very good friends and still keep in touch. We realized that we are a part of the huge family. Family which name is ECUST.

That was an exceptional day for me and I will keep that fantastic day in my memory forever.

Thank you ECUST, thanks to our international department and thanks to our 2012 Dragon Boat Team! We are the winners of the hearts!