Extracurricular activity之“校园歌手大赛”

相信每位大学生都看过“校园十佳歌手”的宣传海报是不是！高中生也经历过传说中的艺术节之类的东东对不？别管自己有没有真正参加，就说自己在台上唱过！虽然可能连在台下欢呼扮花痴都没有过…… 不过还是那句话，考官不care！

那么这个过程就是你想怎么说就怎么说了！可以按照一般明星的出道历程，说自己是陪朋友海选的，结果自己进了决赛（final）朋友被淘汰（got eliminated）了。或者说自己虽然天资不够但是后天勤学苦练，最终取得理想成绩。好了编不下去了，剩下的剧情（plot）太烂俗（cheesy）了…… 不多说，直接看素材吧：

I’d like to talk about the singing contest I took part in when I was a freshman. It was the first semester of my freshman year, and I was curious about everything happening on campus. I’ve always been passionate about music, and I one day, I happened to see a poster about a singing contest, which was an annul event held by the university, and every student was encouraged and welcome to take part in it. I told myself, I had to do it, ‘cause I was pretty confident about my talent, and it would be really nice if I could become a “star” on campus. So, without second thought, I signed up for it.

But after the open audition, I was quite nervous, although I made it to the second round. I saw that every contestant was pretty awesome, so the competition would be fierce. My friend realized my anxiety, so he suggested that I go to karaoke club to practice my song. And he tried to comfort me before I got on stage to perform, in case that I would have stage fright.

Although my heart was in my mouth, I did a good job on stage. I was really satisfied with my performance, and the judges felt the same way. I didn’t get the first place, obviously, ‘cause I wasn’t THAT good. In the end, I became one of the top 10 singers in my university that year, among whom, I was the only freshman.

That was a memorable experience, now I’m a senior, but whenever I look back, it feels like it just happened yesterday.

无论是高中生还是大学生，都可以说这些课外活动丰富了我们的生活（spice life up = add interest or excitement to our life），然后让我们意识到there’s more to life than taking classes and exams. 或者这些活动帮助我们成为有着健全人格（fully developed personality）的多才多艺的人（well rounded person）。好吧，如果大家还想抨击一下中国的教育制度是应试教育（test-oriented），我也拦不住你，不过注意别太high了以至于跑题了呀。