Everyone in the organizing committee was shocked. The people in the Chinese national team were naturally completely unaware. Su Qingyun also slept well that night.
On the second day, the free explanation competition was held in three large classrooms at London University College. More than 200 participating team members drew lots one by one, and were then divided into three classrooms according to the lottery numbers. They then went on stage to draw test questions in order. Each test question is unique and there is no possibility of being the same.
When eating in the cafeteria in the morning, Yu Qi glanced at Su Qingyun complicatedly, wanting to ask about what happened yesterday, but looking at her innocent expression, he suppressed his words.
Forget it, since she didn't want them to worry, he wouldn't mention it.
"When the lot is drawn later, no matter how many numbers you draw or what questions you get, don't panic. Everyone has ten minutes to think and ten minutes to explain. Don't rush, just think slowly."
"The most important thing is not how much you can say, the key is to say something meaningful. Essence is not as valuable as too much. As long as it is a novel and valuable idea, it will get good scores from the judges, so everyone must calm down. .”
Yu Qi kept nagging and exhorting.
"Do you understand?" Yu Qi asked worriedly.
"I understand, team leader."
"Okay, let's go."
They arrived at the competition venue. First of all, there were five members of the Huaguo team. Chen Zheyu had the highest number and was assigned to the first classroom. Mu Qiu and Chen Ru were assigned to the second classroom with the number in the middle. Su Qingyun and Li Siyuan was assigned to the third classroom because of his lower number.
They separated and arrived at the classroom where the number was. Yu Qi thought for a while and followed Chen Ru and the others to the middle classroom. Among the five people, he was most worried about Mu Qiu and Chen Ru.
When Su Qingyun and Li Siyuan arrived in the classroom, many people were already sitting there, and cameras were set up in the corners of the classroom. It seemed that the media would also film this session.
"Phew, here!"
Su Qingyun twitched the corner of her mouth. Alexandra was really destined to be in the same classroom again.
Seeing Alexandra waving fiercely, Su Qingyun could only sit over with Li Siyuan.
"Huh, what's your number?" Alexandra asked her.
"No. 197." Speaking of this, Su Qingyun was a little depressed because she found that her luck in drawing lots was really not much better than Ji's. There were about two hundred people in total, and she could get almost the last position. It was really Oh my god, I have something to wait for today.
"Then you have to wait for a long time." Alexandra looked at her sympathetically, "I am number 152, I will be here soon."
Su Qingyun sighed, what else could she do besides waiting?
Soon, the classroom was filled with people, but the teachers from the review team had not arrived yet. Everyone was a little confused, what was going on?
What they didn't know was that everyone in the review team was blushing and vying for a spot in the third classroom to review, because Su Qingyun was in the third classroom and everyone wanted to see her performance.
"No, it was agreed before that I would go to the third classroom. How could it still change?"
"I graded Su Qingyun's test papers, so naturally I should grade her free explanation session."
"Bah! You have already participated in one. To ensure fairness, you cannot participate in this one. You go to the second classroom. The D country team is basically in the second classroom."
"Why don't you go? Most of the members of the A country team are still in the first classroom. Didn't you say before that you are most looking forward to the A country team members?"
"You also said it was before. Can it be the same as before? What I am looking forward to most now is definitely the Chinese team."
"What about the Chinese national team? Su Qingyun is what I'm most looking forward to! Let's just say it!"
The members of the review team are all well-known experts in the field of mathematics, even mathematicians with international reputations. At this moment, they are fighting for the right to review a classroom. They are all red-faced and thick-necked, and no one is allowed to sleep.
"Okay, everyone, stop arguing, everyone is still waiting." Stevens looked at the chaotic scene and quickly stopped.
Everyone finally fell silent.
Stevens glanced at everyone and said slowly: "It's almost time, I'll go in first,"
After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked directly to the direction of the third classroom. No one reacted, and Stevens ran away directly.
"No! Chairman! What are you doing?" Lambert reacted the fastest and quickly followed him.
Others were dumbfounded, so why are they still fighting here? Go directly!
When Su Qingyun and the others saw the review teachers coming in, they were surprised to find that they were all out of breath.
"What's wrong with the judges? They look so tired." Alexandra muttered.
"I don't know." Su Qingyun shook his head and didn't pay much attention.
Soon, the time was almost up. The first team member in their classroom came on stage to draw a question. He was a team member from Country R. He nervously unfolded the test question he had drawn. It was a mathematics question. He was instantly relieved and returned. Well, it's better to draw test questions than to draw other mathematical guesses.
The ten minutes of thinking time passed quickly. When he started to speak on stage, the second team member began to draw questions.
Taking into account the differences in language among team members from different countries, team members who do not speak English are equipped with professional translators who can quickly and accurately translate the meaning of the contestants.
The classroom is very quiet. Most of the team members can actually understand English. The few who can't understand it are basically team members from East Asian and Asian countries.
For example, Li Siyuan next to Su Qingyun knew very little about English. He was looking at the stage with confused eyes, not knowing what he was talking about.
"I must learn English well when I go back." He whispered, his tone firm and determined.
He didn't want to be unable to understand what others were saying at a time like this.
Su Qingyun sighed. At this time, English had been widely spread and used around the world, but it had not yet received particularly widespread attention in China. It would not be until the 1980s that English would be included in compulsory education and become a required course. .
This is also now. In a few years, the common language and test papers of these international competitions will all be in English. If you don’t know English, you will not be able to participate in the competition. Unlike now, there will be translators present.
Times are progressing, and people must also progress.
Seeing one contestant after another take the stage, due to time constraints, many of them came on stage before they had time to sort out their thoughts. Naturally, they were stumbling and couldn't say much of anything substantive. They didn't even say anything. If you speak for ten minutes, your score will naturally be very low.
This made the team members who were still waiting more and more nervous, and the atmosphere in the classroom gradually solidified.
