阳春三月，虽然刚刚开学不久，但是，协和双语初中部九年级的孩子一点也没闲着，迎来了伯克利数学思维挑战赛。
In march, although school just opening , Grade 9 students ushered in the Berkeley mathematical thinking competition。
九年级孩子对这次比赛展现出浓厚的兴趣，迅速组建两个队伍，离比赛时间不到一周，孩子们自发组织每天放学留下集训。
The grade 9 students showed strong interest in the competition and quickly formed two teams. Before the competition, the students spontaneously organized to stay after school for training every day.
小组展开研讨和总结。
Group discussion and summary.
今年由于疫情原因，比赛模式改成线上参与，这不，学校IT部门的陈辉老师和陈蔚平老师迅速协助我们进行设备检测和线上测试，确保比赛当天顺利进行，孩子们逐个完成在线模拟测试。
This year, due to the epidemic, the competition mode is changed to online participation. Therefore, Alex Chen and Allan Chen from IT department of the school quickly assisted us in equipment testing and online testing, so as to ensure that the competition will go smoothly that day, and the children completed the online simulation test one by one.
3月6日周六早上，我们迎来了正式比赛。
Saturday morning, March 6th, we are all get ready for the coming competition.
比赛主办方正在对参赛的队伍进行身份核验。
The organizers of the competition are conducting identity checks on the participating teams.
比赛正在紧张地进行中：个人赛，孩子们在专注地思考。
During the individual competition , the children were thinking intently .
团队解谜，小组成员之间一起探讨，分工协作，紧张而又热烈的气氛。
Team puzzles, discussion and cooperation among team members.
经过一整天的头脑风暴，比赛在下午16:00落下帷幕，我们相信，过程的体验远比结果重要。
After a full day of brainstorming, the competition went over at 16:00 PM. We believe that the experience of the process is far more important than the result.