pjbooks Chapter 29: The Sino-British Conflict
Chapter 29: The Sino-British Conflict
Although it's unclear how the coaches of the math and physics competitions ultimately discussed and decided on the final decision.
However, Han Chuan ultimately decided to participate in both math competitions and physics competitions. He would attend math competition training every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, go to the physics competition class on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and rest on Sundays.
The news that a genius student had emerged from Class 09 of the second year of high school spread throughout half of the county's No. 1 High School.
Students who don't usually pay attention to this topic might not know much about it, but most of the teachers at No. 1 High School have heard about it.
The teachers of Class 09 were especially surprised.
No one expected that their ordinary class, Class 09, would produce a genius who participated in both math and physics competitions.
So much so that in the following days of class, teachers of all subjects would look at Han Chuan, who was sitting in the middle and back rows, with surprised eyes.
Even during class, he was called on to ask questions much more often.
The third period that morning was English class. The English teacher for Class 09 was a young woman in her early thirties named Su Yun, who had just been transferred from a normal university in the provincial capital to Baling County No. 1 Middle School last year.
As the bell rang, Su Yun walked into the classroom, placed her lesson plan on the podium, looked around at the students who were not yet completely quiet, and called out, "Quiet!"
As usual, her gaze swept from the front row, pausing when it reached the middle and back rows near the window.
These past few days, rumors about Han Chuan have been flying around the office.
Cao Wen, who teaches mathematics, said he was a mathematical genius, while Fang Jianyu, who teaches physics, said he was a physics genius.
Wei Jiqiu, who was in charge of leading the top classes and physics competitions, was an old-fashioned man who usually didn't say more than ten words a day. He actually took the initiative to apply to the principal for a special training program.
The fact that such a gifted student appeared in Class 09, an ordinary class, truly surprised her.
After announcing the start of class, Su Yun wrote a line on the blackboard, then smiled and looked at the back of the classroom, saying...
"Today we're still learning subjunctive mood. Han Chuan, come up here and translate this sentence using the subjunctive mood."
Upon hearing this, all eyes in the classroom immediately turned to them.
Students from other classes may not know much about Han Chuan, but no one in Class 09 is unfamiliar with him.
In just over two months, a student who was originally a poor student who failed both math and physics has transformed into a top student capable of participating in the Olympiad.
This was a miracle they had witnessed firsthand.
Sitting in his seat, Han Chuan sighed upon hearing his English teacher's words, then stood up and walked to the podium.
Now that his participation in the math and physics competitions is confirmed, almost every teacher in other subjects calls on him to ask questions in every class these past few days, except for the math and physics teachers.
"Give him more time, and he'll definitely be able to solve this problem."
Looking at the sentences on the blackboard, Han Chuan thought for a while and then wrote a line of English on the blackboard.
If given more time, he will definitely be able to solve this difficult problem.
On the podium, Su Yun glanced at the translated sentence, frowned, and then relaxed. She looked at Han Chuan and said, "The subjunctive mood wasn't used; the translation is wrong."
Although the sentences on the blackboard were translated, they were not in the subjunctive mood.
Han Chuan honestly replied, "Teacher Su, I don't know how."
Unlike math and physics, his English has improved in the past two months, but not as quickly as the former two.
On the one hand, he did not put his time and energy into learning English. Apart from studying in English class, he rarely read English books at other times.
On the other hand, there's the "golden finger" of knowledge materialization. Han Chuan doesn't know why, but he's never triggered it even once in the subjects of English and Chinese.
This also caused him to fall behind in his studies of Chinese and English compared to his studies of math, physics, chemistry, and biology.
Su Yun nodded and said, "You should spend more time studying English in the future. Now you can go."
After a pause, Su Yun added with a smile, "If you really want to participate in math and physics competitions, the international competition papers are all in English."
Upon hearing this, Han Chuan paused for a moment, nodded, and quickly walked back to his seat.
Su Yun glanced at him, then looked away, wiped the translation off the blackboard, and began the lesson.
Although Han Chuan's English is indeed not very good right now, she didn't make any demands.
One difference is that English and mathematics are different. Mathematics relies on understanding, while English relies on accumulation.
A student who can master the entire high school math and physics curriculum in two months must have devoted all their energy and time to math and physics, so it's normal for their English to improve more slowly.
Moreover, his weakness in English shows that he is not an all-rounder and has weaknesses that need to be addressed.
However, his strengths were so formidable that his weaknesses became negligible.
On the other hand, there are no English competitions, so for a top student like Han Chuan, who excels in mathematics and physics, it's enough.
As for reminding him that the international competition papers are all in English, it's not because she thinks Han Chuan can make it into the world competitions for math and physics, but rather it's a way to encourage him to learn English.
After all, the county's No. 1 High School has never had a student make it into the IMO or IPHO. Their best achievement was only a first prize in the national finals more than a decade ago.
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Han Chuan quickly returned to his seat and opened the math textbook that contained Ge Junshu's writings.
"Teacher Ge, are all the IMO international competition exam papers in English?"
Looking at the textbook, Han Chuan silently called out to Ge Jun in his mind and asked curiously.
Soon, a line of text appeared: "Yes, all the questions in the IMO finals are in English."
Upon seeing this reply, Han Chuan frowned and said, "Then I need to find a way to improve my English."
Although he has studied for more than two months, with his current English grades, he can only score 70 or 80 points at most, which is not even enough to pass.
This also means that if he makes it to the IMO World Championship, he might not even be able to understand the questions.
Ge Jun: "You don't need to worry about that. Although the IMO finals questions are based on English, they will be translated by the organizing committee into official languages such as Chinese, French, and German and released in the United Nations."
"Candidates can choose any one of the languages as the test paper."
Hearing this, Han Chuan nodded in realization and said, "I see. No wonder you didn't mention English before, Professor Ge."
Given how much importance Ge Dadi (Ge You) places on his participation in the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad), if English were an essential requirement, he would probably have whipped him and made him study it a long time ago.
Oh, so there's a Chinese version of the exam paper too.
Beside him, the handwriting of Mr. Zhou Peiyuan appeared on the textbook of "Theoretical Mechanics": "Xiao Han, although Teacher Ge said that you don't need to worry about language problems in the competition, you still need to study English well."
"Academic research needs to be conducted through international exchange, especially in basic science, where the vast majority of cutting-edge knowledge is in English."
"Whether you want to study abroad or keep up with the latest scientific research in the future, you will need to learn English well."
On the math textbook, Ge Jun paused for a moment before writing, "Professor Zhou is right, English is indeed very important. More than 95% of the world's high-impact scientific journals are published in English. If you pursue a career in academic research, English is a must-learn."
Standing nearby, Mr. Zhou Peiyuan also remarked with some emotion, "I wonder when Chinese will become the dominant language for academic research and be widely adopted!"
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