对福州西湖国际学校高中&学院部的学子而言，秋季学期虽已结束，丰富多样的课外活动还在继续。近日，FLIS学子参加了梅赛德斯-奔驰与中国银行两场研学活动，围绕汽车与金钱两大看似冰冷的主题，拓宽了自己的眼界与人生履历。

Although the fall semester has come to an end for the students of Fuzhou Lakeside International School (FLIS) High School & Academy students, the rich and varied extracurricular activities are still going on. Recently, FLIS students participated in two study tours with Mercedes-Benz and the Bank of China, broadening their horizons and life experiences around the topics of cars and money.

▶ 梅赛德斯-奔驰基地参观

梅赛德斯-奔驰（Mercedes-Benz）作为世界顶级的豪华汽车品牌，被认为是世界上最高档汽车品牌之一，其卓越的品牌文化、优秀的公司治理、完美的技术水平、过硬的质量标准、推陈出新的创新能力为世人所称道。

Mercedes-Benz, as the world's top luxury automobile brand, is considered one of the world's most premium automobile brands, and its outstanding brand culture, excellent corporate governance, perfect technology, excellent quality standards, and innovative ability to push forward new ideas are praised by the world.

当天，FLIS学子在工作人员的讲解下浏览了这一驰名品牌的历史，并对其研发及生产管理、质量管理体系有了一定了解，庞大的生产线与各种尖端设备也令学子赞叹不已。

On that day, FLIS students browsed the history of this famous brand under the explanation of the staff and gained a certain understanding of its R&D, production management and quality management system, and the huge production line and various cutting-edge equipment also made the students marvel.

▶ 中国银行金融主题研学活动

2024年1月2日至1月5日，FLIS联手中国银行福州市鼓楼支行，举行了为期四天的金融研学活动。作为中国持续经营时间最久的银行，中国银行成立于1912年，如今其国际地位、竞争能力、综合实力均跻身全球大型银行前列。本次活动以一段许多学子并不熟悉的历史为开端：一行人前往泉州了解了侨批的历史。

From January 2 to January 5, 2024, FLIS teamed up with the Bank of China (Fuzhou Gulou Sub-Branch) to hold a four-day financial study tour. As China's longest continually operating bank, the Bank of China was founded in 1912, and today its international standing, competitiveness, and comprehensive strength rank among the top large banks in the world. The event began with a piece of history not so familiar to the students: the group traveled to Quanzhou to learn about the history of the Qiaopi.

侨批为中国海外华人华侨寄给家乡眷属的书信与汇款的合称，是反映侨乡历史最完整且保存数量最多的民间文化遗存、研究近代华侨史的珍贵档案。通过参观泉州海交馆与侨批馆，在全国著名侨批专家中行泉州支行的黄清海先生亲自解说下，学子探究了金融在国际间的流通，深度了解其如何在战争及发展中发挥作用、那些温暖的家国情怀轶事。

Qiaopi is a collective name for letters and remittances sent by overseas Chinese to their families in their hometowns, which is a precious archive reflecting the history of overseas Chinese hometowns with the most complete and the largest number of folk cultural relics preserved, as well as a precious archive for studying the history of overseas Chinese in the modern times. Through visiting Quanzhou Maritime Museum and Quanzhou Qiaopi Cultural Relics Museum, under the explanation of Mr. Huang Qinghai from the Bank of China Quanzhou Branch, a nationally renowned expert on Qiaopi, students explored the circulation of finance in the international arena, and gained an in-depth understanding of how it played a role in the war and its development, as well as anecdotal stories of family and national.

而将时间线拨到现代，通过财富流沙盘演练，学子代入式体验了全生命周期各个时段的财富流，学习设置财富目标，积累财富、整合资源，提升财富规划和合作能力。在数字货币专家的介绍下，学子也对数字人民币的产生、发展、与其他虚拟货币或交易工具的区别、面临的一些困境有了一定认知。

Back to modern times, and through the wealth accumulation sand table game, students experience the wealth accumulation of each time period of the whole life cycle, learn to set wealth goals, accumulate wealth, integrate resources, and enhance the ability of wealth planning and cooperation. With the introduction of digital currency experts, students also gained a certain understanding of the emergence and development of E-CNY (Digital Currency Electronic Payment), the difference between it and other digital currencies or trading tools, and some of the dilemmas it faces.

再冰冷的主题背后也可能有着温暖的历史与丰富的知识。未来，FLIS高中&学院部也将持续为学子带来有趣而富有教育意义的各种活动，敬请期待！

Even the coldest of topics can have a warm history and a wealth of knowledge behind them. In the future, FLIS High School & Academy will continue to bring fun and educational activities to students!