丘成桐科学竞赛包括物理奖和数学竞赛两个部分，是一项具有国际影响力的赛事。自2012年设立以来，竞赛不仅吸引了全球各地的优秀学生参赛，还为同学们提供了宝贵的升学和职业发展机会。对于我们国际学校的学生而言，参加丘成桐科学竞赛不仅是展示学术才能的舞台，更是拓展国际视野、与全球优秀学生交流学习的重要机会！

The Qiu Chengtong Science Competition includes two parts: the Physics Award and the Mathematics Competition. It is an internationally influential competition. Since its establishment in 2012, the competition has not only attracted outstanding students from all over the world to participate, but also provided students with valuable opportunities for further studies and career development. For students from our international school, participating in the Qiu Chengtong Science Competition is not only a stage to showcase academic talents, but also an important opportunity to expand international horizons and exchange and learn with outstanding students around the world.

First, let's talk about the rules of the competition:

　　首先讲一讲竞赛的规则：

First, let's talk about the rules of the competition:

　　1.参赛方式：每支参赛队伍由1-3位同一学校的中学生组成，可以以个人或组队形式参加，但是不可以跨校组队。

1. Participation method: Each participating team consists of 1-3 middle school students from the same school. They can participate as individuals or teams, but they cannot form teams across schools

　　2.报名时间：2024年中国内地赛区的报名时间为4月15日至7月31日。

2. Registration time: The registration time for the 2024 mainland China competition area is from April 15 to July 31.

　　3.竞赛科目：包括数学、物理、化学、生物、计算机和经济金融建模六大奖项。

3. Competition subjects: including six major awards in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer and economic and financial modeling

　　4.提交材料：参赛者需要提交研究报告，而不是试卷和标准答案。研究报告应符合科学、严谨的选拔标准，并由各学科领域专家参与评审。

4. Submission of materials: Participants need to submit research reports instead of test papers and standard answers. Research reports should meet scientific and rigorous selection criteria and be reviewed by experts in various disciplines

　　5.评审制度：所有评委根据科学、严谨的标准，准确评估每项参赛作品。

5. Review system: All judges accurately evaluate each entry based on scientific and rigorous standards.

　　6.分赛区安排：不同学科的比赛在不同的赛区进行，如数学奖分为北部赛区、南部赛区和东部赛区；物理奖、化学奖、生物奖、计算机奖、经济金融建模奖分为北部赛区和南部赛区。

6. Division arrangement: Competitions in different disciplines are held in different divisions, such as the Mathematics Award is divided into the Northern Division, the Southern Division and the Eastern Division; the Physics Award, Chemistry Award, Biology Award, Computer Award, and Economic and Financial Modeling Award are divided into the Northern Division and the Southern Division.

　　7.全球总决赛：各分赛区在正式进入全球总决赛前，会有自己各自的评审时间安排，最终各赛区会颁发对应奖项，并按照各自赛区的规则选取最终可进入全球总决赛的队伍，进行最终比拼。

7. Global Finals: Each division will have its own review schedule before officially entering the Global Finals. In the end, each division will award the corresponding awards and select the teams that can enter the Global Finals according to the rules of their respective divisions for the final competition

　　8.论文要求：参赛者提交的论文需要满足一定的宏观要求，如物理论文需符合科学研究的可行性等。

8. Paper requirements: The papers submitted by the contestants need to meet certain macro requirements, such as the feasibility of scientific research for physics papers, etc.

　　另外，我们还采访了获得丘成桐科学奖的Jacky学长，他给我们分享了一些参赛经验，让我们一起来看看吧：

In addition, we also interviewed Jacky, who won the Qiu Chengtong Science Award. He shared some of his experience in participating in the competition with us. Let's take a look:

　　Q1：在准备过程中，有没有遇到特别挑战性的时刻，让你感到想要放弃？你是如何克服这些困难，坚持下来的？

Q1: During the preparation process, did you encounter particularly challenging moments that made you feel like giving up? How did you overcome these difficulties and persevere?

　　A：特别有挑战性的时刻，是这个比赛对于我们整个组来说是一个全新的比赛，因为我们之前在学校里面也没有别的同学是以一个团队来参加这个比赛的，所以对于我们来说，这是一个没有经过准备的，没有很多资料的比赛，那我们就需要通过自己去探索。去寻找这些比赛的参赛tips，或者是一些有用的信息。

A: The most challenging moment was that this competition was a brand new one for our entire group, because no other students in our school had participated in this competition as a team before, so for us, this was an unprepared competition without much information, so we needed to explore by ourselves. To find the competition tips or some useful information.

　　对于我们是如何克服这些困难的，我们应对的方法是。在网上，和别的参加过这个比赛的人寻找了一些参加比赛的流程以及心得，同时提升自己对我们所做项目的理解，以以来应备那些考官在答辩的时候所可能问到的问题。

As for how we overcame these difficulties, our approach was to search for some of the competition processes and experiences of other people who had participated in this competition online, and at the same time improve our understanding of the projects we were doing, so as to prepare for the questions that the examiners might ask during the defense.

　　Q2：能否分享一下你的备赛策略？比如时间管理、学习资源的选择等方面。在准备这次竞赛的过程中，你遇到了哪些主要障碍或难题，又是如何解决它们的？

Q2: Can you share your preparation strategies? For example, time management, selection of learning resources, etc. In the process of preparing for this competition, what major obstacles or problems did you encounter, and how did you solve them?

　　A：我大约花了一个月来备赛。那么在准备比赛的时候，我所有的AP课，包括别的课我都是请假的，但是我并不是没有说完全不上，我会跟老师沟通好，他们会把每日的学习任务都交给我，并且有的老师也会给我录一些上课用的视频，这样我就可以在实验室以外的时间来自己来学习这些科目，来补弥补我和上课同学的差距。

A: It took me about a month to prepare for the competition. So when I was preparing for the competition, I took leave for all my AP classes, including other classes, but I didn't say I didn't attend them at all. I communicated with the teachers, and they gave me daily learning tasks, and some teachers also recorded some videos for me to use in class, so that I could study these subjects by myself outside the laboratory time to make up for the gap between me and my classmates.

　　这在这次比赛里面遇到最主要的障碍是第一个，这是一个对于我们学校和我们整个团队而言而言是一个很新的比赛，我们之前没有参赛经验，所以对于我们很多人来说，我们都是要自己去勇敢去探索的。

The main obstacle encountered in this competition is the first one. This is a very new competition for our school and our entire team. We have no experience in participating in the competition before, so for many of us, we have to explore bravely on our own.

　　那我们解决方式也就像我之前说的那样，是精进我们对我们所做项目的理解以来应背我们答辩时可能会回答的问题，以及准备很多次模拟答辩来缓解自己紧张的情绪

Then our solution is just like what I said before, which is to improve our understanding of the projects we are doing, memorize the questions we may answer during the defense, and prepare many mock defenses to relieve our nervousness.

　　Q3：你觉得团队中哪位成员或哪个瞬间对整个团队的表现起到了关键的正面影响？为什么？

Q3: Which member or moment of the team do you think has a key positive impact on the performance of the entire team? Why?

　　A：我觉得我们团队里的每一位成员对我们的比赛都起到了至关重要的作用。那其中我认为，最让我感到非常开心的瞬间就是我看到，团队里面每一位成员都为这个项目忙到很晚，我记印象最深的一刻是我和实验室的董老师，我们在比赛前一天，也是答辩的前一天，我们还在实验室里面一起商量这个PPT讲解的细节。非常全心全意的在为这个比赛做准备，还有很多学校里的化学老师也在为这个比赛我们所做的项目提供了自己的理解和建议，每一个对这个比赛付出的人都是很了不起的！

A: I think every member of our team has played a vital role in our competition. I think the moment that made me feel the happiest was when I saw that every member of the team worked until late for this project. The moment that impressed me the most was when I and Teacher Dong from the laboratory discussed the details of the PPT presentation in the laboratory the day before the competition and the day before the defense. We prepared for this competition wholeheartedly. Many chemistry teachers in the school also provided their understanding and suggestions for the projects we did for this competition. Everyone who contributed to this competition is amazing!

　　Q4：在此次比赛中学到的知识或技能中，有哪些是你认为对未来的学习和职业生涯最有帮助的？

Q4: Among the knowledge or skills learned in this competition, which do you think are most helpful for your future studies and career?

　　A：因为这是一个我们自己做一个项目，然后相当于把我们自己项目跟别人做项目做比较的一个比赛，所以我们没有在这个比赛里面学到很多新的知识，但相反来说，通过这次比赛这个经历，我总结到很多有用的经验。

A: Because this is a competition where we do a project by ourselves and compare our own projects with those done by others, we did not learn a lot of new knowledge in this competition, but on the contrary, through this competition experience, I have summarized a lot of useful experience.

　　比如说在压力非常大，任务非常多的时候，我们该如何安排我们的时间，那我给出的方案就是说，我们先做那些比较好解决的问题，最后再把我们精力留给那些比较困难的问题上。还有就是人在很大的压力下的应对压力的能力，因为我们到后面会跟裁判进行一个面对面的答辩，那我们就是要用自己的知识来回答他们可能给到的任何问题，这对我们的要求是非常高的，那当然压力也很大，那我们就通过很多方式，比如说模拟答辩来缓解我们的高压力，和提高我们的抗压能力。

For example, when the pressure is very high and there are many tasks, how should we arrange our time? The solution I gave is that we should first do those problems that are easier to solve, and then save our energy for those more difficult problems. Another thing is the ability to cope with stress under great pressure, because we will have a face-to-face defense with the referee later, so we have to use our own knowledge to answer any questions they may give us. This is very demanding for us, and of course the pressure is also very high. So we use many methods, such as mock defense, to relieve our high pressure and improve our ability to withstand pressure.

　　Q5：竞赛过程中有没有某个特定的项目或挑战，让你觉得特别有成就感或是印象深刻？请分享一下那段经历。

Q5: Is there a specific project or challenge during the competition that makes you feel particularly accomplished or impressive? Please share that experience.

　　A：我觉得这个项目里面对我来说最让我有成就感的一点是我们真的做了一些对社会肯定有帮助的东西，我们做项目呢，是用生物制备法，一种新的制法来制备纳米银颗粒，因为纳米银之前的制备方式很多都是含有一些有害物质的，那么我们在这次制备过程中，我们就尝试用无害的方式去制备纳米银，因为纳米银本身他是在鱼虾，养殖业中很广泛使用的。那我们就担心这会不会这种有害的纳米银进入到这种河道以后，会对我们河里面的小鱼小虾造成影响，所以我们想看看我们这种新纳米银颗粒，就是我们这种绿色制备法制备的纳米银会不会对河道里小鱼小虾造成影响，所以我们就从河里面抓一些小鱼小虾进行实验，发现我们的纳米银不会对他们造成任何的影响

A: I think the most fulfilling thing about this project is that we really did something that is definitely helpful to society. Our project uses a new method of biological preparation to prepare nanosilver particles, because many of the previous preparation methods of nanosilver contain some harmful substances. So in this preparation process, we tried to use a harmless method to prepare nanosilver, because nanosilver itself is widely used in fish and shrimp aquaculture. Then we are worried that this harmful nanosilver will enter the river and affect the small fish and shrimp in our river, so we want to see if our new nanosilver particles, that is, the nanosilver prepared by our green preparation method, will affect the small fish and shrimp in the river, so we caught some small fish and shrimp from the river for experiments and found that our nanosilver did not have any effect on them.

　　Q6：你如何看待失败在科学探索和竞赛中的角色？如果在这次或之前的竞赛中有遇到失你是如何从中吸取教训并继续前进的？

Q6: How do you view the role of failure in scientific exploration and competition? If you have encountered failure in this or previous competitions, how do you learn from it and move forward?

　　A：还是那句经典的话，我觉得失败会一直存在但是每一次失败，会让我们变得更加强大！

A: It’s still the classic saying, I think failure will always exist, but every failure will make us stronger!

　　最关键的是我们要从失败里面汲取教训，我们会在每一次，因为我们是做一系列实验嘛，那毕竟每一次实验不可能都成功，那么在每一次失败实验背后，我们都会总结为什么这个实验会失败，分析失败的原因，就针对这些特定原因，我们对它做进一个特定的改进，以此来提高我们实验成功率

The most important thing is that we must learn lessons from failure. We will do it every time, because we are doing a series of experiments, after all, every experiment cannot be successful, so behind every failed experiment, we will summarize why the experiment failed and analyze the reasons for failure. For these specific reasons, we will make a specific improvement to it to improve our experimental success rate

　　Q7：对于未来想参加类似竞赛的学生，你有什么建议或者心得可以分享？

Q7: For students who want to participate in similar competitions in the future, what suggestions or experiences can you share?

　　A：我认为这是一个非常要花很多精力，包括很多时间的比赛，所以我说想参加这类比赛的同学，第一点就是要把自己的时间安排好。因为我们现在毕竟都是高中的学生了，学习压力也很大，如果你花了大量的时间在仅仅一个项目上，那么很有可能你别的项目都会受影响，最后影响你的升学成果。

A: I think this is a competition that requires a lot of effort and time, so I say that students who want to participate in this kind of competition should first arrange their time well. After all, we are all high school students now, and the study pressure is also very high. If you spend a lot of time on just one project, it is very likely that your other projects will be affected, and finally affect your academic results.

　　其次就是说一定要精进自己，对你自己项目的认知，你要对你自己做的东西非常理解，你才能很好的应对最后那些专家对你的项目可能提出来的问题。其次就是说你所做的项目定有真正的实际价值，不能做一个非常空的东西

Secondly, you must improve yourself, understand your own project, and understand what you have done very well, so that you can deal well with the questions that experts may raise about your project in the end. Secondly, the project you are doing must have real practical value, and you can't do something very empty

　　Q8：这次竞赛经历是否影响了你对科学研究或某个具体领域的兴趣？如果有，你打算如何进一步探索这一领域？

Q8: Has this competition experience affected your interest in scientific research or a specific field? If so, how do you plan to further explore this field?

　　A：我们研究项目基本上属于化学和材料科学领域，我本身就对化学比较感兴趣，那么我在之前也做了一系列和化学有关的活动啊以及准备。

A: Our research project is basically in the field of chemistry and materials science. I am interested in chemistry myself, so I have also done a series of activities and preparations related to chemistry before.

　　我在暑假里面，我也参加了一些关于化学有关的科研项目，比如说今年的话，我参加了一个关于计算性有机化学的课程，我在暑假里面，我打算首先就从学习有机化学开始继续精进我对化学的理解，毕竟以前在学校里学的AP课程都是关于无机化学的。

During the summer vacation, I also participated in some chemistry- related scientific research projects. For example, this year, I took a course on computational organic chemistry. During the summer vacation, I plan to start with studying organic chemistry to continue to improve my understanding of chemistry. After all, the AP courses I took in school before were all about inorganic chemistry.