More Than Just A Singer 我是歌手，我还是..

A series featuring remarkable SAS students who work to embrace their many layers of talent and passion.

这是我们推出的系列文章，讲述了上海美国学校个性鲜明的学生们在不同领域不断接纳自己各种天赋与爱好的故事。

Daphne Tsai, Class of ’20, Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus

上海美国学校浦东校区十一年级学生Daphne Tsai

We hear you have some varied interests that people wouldn’t normally think go together. Can you tell us about these?

我们听说你拥有一些大家通常认为不属于同一类的兴趣爱好。你能跟我们讲讲吗？

I have been doing music pretty much my whole life, but recently I’ve done more singing and choir — which extended into theatre. However, I’m planning on pursuing computer science in the future, so I do robotics as well.

我一直以来都在做音乐，最近开始侧重唱歌和合唱——这就让我进入了戏剧领域。不过，我未来计划从事计算机科学类的工作，因此我也在学习机器人技术。

What do these different interests each add to your life?

这些不同的兴趣爱好为你的生活带来了什么？

A lot of my life is very STEM-centric, and robotics has given me a platform to feed my interest in computer science and foster interest in engineering and physics. Maybe because I was raised in a household that values academics so much, getting to spend hours singing or doing theatre (or both) always feels hedonistic. They’re definitely my most cathartic activities, and they help a lot with stress throughout the school year.

我的生活主要以STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）为主。机器人技术为我提供了一个平台，让我既能追求对计算机科学的热爱，又能培养对工程学和物理学的兴趣。由于我们家非常重视学业，花上几小时的时间唱歌或表演戏剧（或者是既唱歌又表演戏剧）总是让我感觉非常快乐。这是最能让我放松的活动，能够在学习生活中帮助我减压。

Does one, in any way, impact the other, or are they very separate uses of your energy?

一个兴趣爱好会不会对另一个兴趣爱好产生影响？还是说它们之间互不影响？

When I’m doing one thing, I’m usually not thinking about another, which makes them fairly separate. They all draw from the same bank of energy, so when one is more active, that takes a little away from my other activities. Under normal circumstances, though, they do balance each other out really well in terms of whatever I need or want both academically and emotionally, and in that sense they all add to each other.

在做一件事的时候，我通常不会去想另一件事，这让我的兴趣爱好相对独立。我的这些兴趣爱好都依赖同一个“能量库”。因此，如果对一个兴趣爱好关注比较多的话，我的其他活动就会减少。不过，我通常能够保持这些兴趣爱好之间的平衡，不论是在学习上，还是在情感上，因此它们是相辅相成的。

What do you think might be some benefits to being a multi-faceted person?

你认为成为一位“多面手”的好处有哪些？

Honestly, most people I know are pretty multi-faceted — you’d be hard-pressed to find someone in high school who does only one thing and has decided everything they want to do in life. One great thing about this is that you are exposed to many different circles of people. Personally, that makes me feel a lot better integrated into this school. Like I mentioned before, varied interests also tend to balance each other out, and that keeps me from getting caught up in stress for schoolwork.

说实话，我认识的大多数人都是“多面手”——很难在高中找到只有一个兴趣爱好并且知道自己人生目标的同学。成为“多面手”的一个好处就是能够接触不同圈子的人。就我个人而言，这让我能够更好融入这所学校。正如我前面提到的那样，不同的兴趣爱好能够相辅相成，这让我在学习过程中不会感到压力。

If you were limited, and could only do one, how do you think this would change you as a person?

如果你只能选择一个兴趣爱好的话，这会对你产生什么影响？

This sounds counterintuitive, but I think I would be more stressed. At any given time, there is a plethora of things I could be worried about for each of my activities and classes, and I excel at overthinking when given the opportunity. Having a mostly full schedule keeps me from falling down that rabbit hole, forcing me to tackle my problems one at a time — I honestly have no idea how I would deal with suddenly freeing up a huge chunk of my time by choosing one, but it's probably something along the lines of an existential crisis.

这听起来有些不合常理，但如果只能选择一个兴趣爱好的话，我会感到更多的压力。对于我的每个活动和课程，我都有很多事情要考虑，而我则擅长这样的过度思考。通过将自己的一天安排的满满当当的，我就不会掉进“兔子洞”，而是迫使自己解决掉一个一个的问题——如果只能选择一个兴趣爱好的话，我就会有很多空闲时间。这样的话，我真不知道该做些什么，很可能会感觉到某种“存在的危机”。

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Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School (SAS) is the largest and most established international school in China. In short, it's the kind of school you wish you would've attended when you were a kid.

创建于1912年，上海美国学校是中国最大的也是历史最悠久的国际学校。简而言之，如果你能回到小的时候，这会是一所你想要去的学校。