Warm welcome to the 9th batch of Young Bakers!
热烈欢迎海上青焙坊第9届学员！
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Summer is an important time for Shanghai Young Bakers: as soon as the 8th batch of students graduated we started our 9th batch of Young Bakers’ recruitment trip.
夏天是海上青焙坊的重要时刻：欢送第8届学员毕业后，我们马上展开了第9届学员招生之旅。
At the end of July, Emilie, the former program director and new program advisor, Zhu Yunyun, the social educator, Zhang Shuai, the bakery teacher, Jin Huizi, the pastry teacher and myself, the new program director, travelled for 15 days across Shaanxi, Anhui and Henan in order to interview potential candidates. Our 7 partners NGOs recommended these candidates: five have been SYB partners for now several years and two are new partners: some work with orphans, others with AIDS impacted children, or migrant children, children of convicts…
7月末，前项目负责人艾米丽, 生活老师朱贇贇, 烘焙老师张帅，西点老师金会子，以及我本人作为新的项目负责人，在陕西，安徽以及河南等地展开了为期15天的招聘之旅。申请者由我们合作的7家NGO推荐：其中5家几年前已经开始与SYB合作，2家是新的合作伙伴：他们中有的帮助孤儿，有的帮助艾滋病儿童，流动儿童或者罪犯的子女等。
It was the first time I interviewed Chinese young adults about their life, expectations and difficulties. Listening to their stories was a great lesson of humility. Aged between 17 and 23, the 55 students we interviewed already have been through a lot of difficulties within their families, socially and economically, and are not able to pursue their studies. I was totally astonished by their strength; most of people in their situation would have given up.
这是我第一次直接了解中国青年的生活，期望和困境。他们的故事给我上了谦卑的一课。我们面试了55名17到23岁的学生，他们在家庭，社会和经济上都异常艰难，无法追求学业。我被他们的精神深深震撼，大多数人在这样的情形下可能已经放弃了。
It is essential for SYB to interview candidates in their local environment to better understand who they are as it helps us to measure China’s diversity and difficulties. Students are more comfortable in a familiar environment to express their feelings and expectations and by taking time together; students could better understand Shanghai Young Bakers’ program and specificities. It is also a really good opportunity for SYB to measure students’ expectation to learn a skill and to be committed to.
对SYB来说，在当地面试候选人十分必要，这样能更深入地了解他们，帮助我们衡量中国的多样性和难处。学生们在熟悉的环境里可以更自在地表达他们的想法和期望，也能更好地了解海上青焙坊的项目和具体情况。这也是一个好机会帮助SYB衡量学员对即将致力于学习的技能有何期待。
We are very excited and really proud to welcome the 32 selected young adults, 16 girls and 16 boys coming from 6 provinces and from different backgrounds. Let’s support them to fulfil their goal to become bakers!
我们非常激动荣幸地迎来了32名新学员，他们中16位女生，16位男生，分别来自不同背景的6个省份。让我们一起助力他们实现烘焙师的目标！
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Marine, Program Director
玛琳, 项目主管
翻译：姚欢