John Hao, Maths-Magician! John Hao，数学—魔术师！

This month several YCIS Beijing students enjoyed success in the UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge. Five finished in the top 8,000 in the world. John Hao, in Year 9, ranked among the top 1,500, earning him a place in the prestigious next round – the Olympiad. Secondary Maths Teacher, Mr Damion Walker, discusses the competition.

本月，几位北京耀中的学生在UKMT中级数学挑战赛中取得了成功。五人取得了世界前8,000名。9年级的John Hao跻身前1500名，获得了参加下轮比赛的资格—著名的奥林匹克竞赛。中学数学老师Damion Walker先生介绍了这次竞赛。

Please tell us about John’s success

请谈论John取得的成功

This is a tough competition taken by around 200,000 students around the world. To make it into the top 1,500 is a huge achievement. The final round, the worldwide Mathematics Olympiad, will take place on March 21st. 

这是全球约20万名学生参加的比赛，竞争非常激烈。进入前1500名是一项巨大的成就。比赛的最后一轮，全球数学奥林匹克竞赛，将于3月21日举行。

Why do we encourage our students to take part in the challenge?

为什么我们鼓励学生参与这项比赛？

We want our students to recognise just how good they are. John is an outstanding mathematician, and success in a worldwide competition such as this allows him to see just how good he is.

我们希望我们的学生认识到他们有多么优秀。John是一位杰出的数学家，在这样的全球性比赛中取得成功使他能够看到自己有多好。

What advice can you give students who feel they are no good at maths?

对于那些觉得自己不擅长数学的学生，你有什么建议？

The longer I teach, the more I believe that being good at maths is about hard work. Great mathematicians like John put the hours in and have incredible work ethic. My main message to students who aren’t confident at maths is to stay focused and practise. It is always possible to improve.

我教书的时间越长，就越相信学好数学需要多用功。像Jonn这样伟大的数学家在学习上投入大量的时间，并且具有令人难以置信的钻研精神。我对那些对数学没有信心的学生的建议是保持专注和多加练习，勤能补拙。

To find out how we prepare our students for this competition, click “Read more” below. We congratulate all the students who had success in the latest competition and wish John the best of luck in the upcoming Olympiad! 

想要了解我们是如何为本次比赛做好准备的，请点击下面的“阅读原文”。我们祝贺所有在本次比赛中取得成绩的学生，并祝愿John在即将到来的奥数比赛中好运！

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