圣比斯（东莞）毕业学生说 | Young：扎实数理基础，申请院校自然水到渠成

卢祖扬 Young

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卢祖扬Young

2020年入读圣比斯（东莞）G1

Admission to St Bees Dongguan G1 in 2020

已获得录取：

帝国理工学院 航天航空专业

Imperial College London—Aeronautical Engineering

南安普顿大学 航空航天/空气动力学专业

University of Southampton—Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics

布里斯托大学 航天航空工程专业

University of Bristol—Aerospace Engineering

征途漫漫，唯有奋进。在圣比斯（东莞）有这么一位“挑战者”，在高中阶段，他在突破自我的道路上追梦不止，烙印下一串串灿烂的足迹。从对动漫的兴趣，打开求知好奇的本心，再到沉浸于“剥洋葱”般魅力无限的学术探索中，找到了坚定无畏的信念，到达理想的彼端，并获得了帝国理工学院、南安普顿大学及布里斯托大学的录取信。他就是，Young，卢祖扬。

Life is about constantly rising to the challenge. At St Bees Dongguan, there is one student who has worked hard to break through in high school, leaving behind many outstanding achievements. Because of his interest in an anime of physics, he became curious about it. After working hard in high school,he gained acceptance letters from Imperial College London, the University of Southampton, and the University of Bristol.He is Young, Lu Zuyang.

帝国理工学院是一所主攻理学、工学、医学和商学的研究型大学，全称帝国科学、技术与医学学院，以工程专业而著名。帝国理工学院也被誉为英国“G5超级精英大学”，在2023年QS大学排名中世界第6，英国第3。在申学季获得如此优异的成绩，他只想说，这只是一趟推导公式般的学术成长之旅。

Imperial College London is a research university specialising in science, engineering, medicine, and business, and is renowned for its engineering programmes.Imperial College London is also known as one of the UK's "G5 Super Elite Universities" and is ranked 6th in the world and 3rd in the UK in the 2023 QS University Rankings.With such excellent results in the application season, he siad that it has been a journey of academic growth in a formulaic way.

扎实基础，拓展学术视野

Solid theoretical foundation and

broadened academic horizons

如果说，遇到流体力学理论对我来说是场不期而遇，那物理学的深入学习则是坚定的选择。我的高中学习初期，是从牛顿第二定律开始的。就像从基础数学、物理学起一样，我的学习也是从最基本的公式推导开始的。

If encountering the theory of fluid mechanics was a matter of chance, my studies in physics were a firm choice. My physics studies began with Newton's second law. Just as I started with basic mathematics and physics, my theoretical studies needed to begin with the derivation of the most basic formulas.

-牛顿第二定律的广义形式 -

与别人相似的是，我在高中学习初期，对于专业学习方向并不明确。在A Level多学科的接触学习模式下，我慢慢意识到了自身的兴趣与天赋所在——物理学。对每一位国际高中学生来说，我认为尽早找到自身兴趣，发挥个人优势，提升学术、实践水平，是一件非常重要的事情。

Similar to otherstudent, I was not clear about the direction of my major studies at the beginning of my high school. With the multi-disciplinary exposure study pattern at A Level, I slowly realised where my interests and talents lie – in the field of Physics. For every international high school student, I think it is important to find out your interests early, use your personal strengths and enhance your academic and practical skills.

比起按部就班地从A Level教科书学习，我选择找到大学阶段的教材，提前学习数学和物理的内容。借助大学知识体系的构建以及大量的课外阅读，回头学习高中知识时，便会觉得轻松很多。在这里，我建议学弟学妹们在低年级的时候尽早尝试，并找到自己的兴趣所在。在确定方向之后，便继续提升自己的知识储备，再多学一点课外知识。

Ichosetostudymathsandphysicsinadvancefromuniversity-leveltextbooks rather than following a step-by-step approach from an A level textbook.With the help of the university body of knowledge and a lot of reading outside of class, it was much easier to study high school knowledge. I would advise younger students to try early in their lower years and find out what they are interested in. Once you have decided on a direction, then continue to improve your knowledge and learn a little more outside of the classroom.

深入推导，申请理想院校

Conduct theoretical derivation and

apply to your desired university

竞赛和科研经历，这两样东西能为文书提供丰富的履历支撑，所以许多国际学生趋之若鹜。有许多人因为看见别人都参加了同一个竞赛，害怕自己被落下，于是报上了各种培训班，参加五花八门，也许自己根本就不感兴趣的竞赛。

Competitions and research experience, both of which provide a rich resume to support the paperwork, are what many international students gravitate towards. There are many who enter similar competitions because they see that everyone else has entered the same competition, without considering whether it suits their interests.

这些活动尽管有他们自身的价值，但这些价值绝非体现在让申请履历变得与他人同质化上。我们在参加的过程中收获的知识、经验以及感悟，才是真正应该追求的。我参加的竞赛不多，但是在相关领域的学习上花的时间更多，钻研深度更深，反而为我的申请起到积极作用。在我看来，只有脚踏实地学到的知识才是真正值得骄傲的。

Theseevents have their own value, but they are not about making the application CV homogeneous. It is the knowledge, experience, and insight that we gain from participating that we should really pursue. I did not participate in many competitions, but I spent more time and studied more deeply in the relevant fields, which inreturn had a positive effect on my application.In my opinion, it is only the knowledge that you learn on the ground that you can be truly proud of.

中学时期，在一部名为《新世纪福音战士》的动漫中，主角驾驶机甲高速行动中产生的物理现象让我迷上了流体力学，从而对航天航空领域的学习产生兴趣。从基础物理到流体力学的自学过程中，我接触到了伯努利定理、欧拉方程、纳维尔斯托克斯方程等流体力学基础知识，其深邃的数理思想与充满逻辑魅力的推导过程，让我决心在未来不断深耕这一领域。

During my secondary school years, the physical phenomena generated by the protagonist in an anime calledNeon Genesis Evangelion，driving a mecha at high speed, got me into fluid mechanics and thus interested in studying the field of aerospace. During my self-learning process from basic physics to fluid mechanics，I was exposed to the fundamentals of fluid mechanics such as Bernoulli's theorem, Euler's equations and Navier-Stokes equations, which profound mathematical ideas and logically fascinating derivation process made me determineto workinthisfield.

最初，我对于流体力学的认识只限于解决一些应用问题。而现在，我已经找到自己感兴趣并且愿意继续研究下去的细分领域。正是我对于流体力学乃至于物理学学习的程度，在申请学校时，才能收到来自帝国理工学院的录取信。

Initially, my knowledge of fluid mechanics was limited to solving a few application problems. Now, I have found a niche area that I am interested in and would like to continue to study.It was the extent of my studies in fluid mechanics that enabled me to receive a letter of acceptance from Imperial College London when applyingtouniversity.

-伯努利定理以及同种适用条件的欧拉方程 -

怀揣兴趣，探索学术领域

Maintaining interest and

exploring academic areas

人是天生的群居动物，我们都会有想要与别人交流，建立关系的渴望。在圣比斯（东莞），我很幸运地结识了许多优秀的同学。更让我惊喜的是，从小众的爱好到广受欢迎的学科，都能在这里找到相关的社团。印象最深刻的是我和几个同学一起研究制作斯特林热机模型以及研究基础热力学原理的过程。

People are naturally herd animals, and we all have a desire to interact and build relationships with others. At St Bees Dongguan, I have been fortunate to have met many friends. What surprised me even more was that there were societies for everything from niche hobbies to widely popular subjects. The most impressive part was when I worked with a few students on making a model of a Stirling heat engine and studying the principles of basic thermodynamics.

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- 斯特林热机展示模型-

与大多数人一样，我的高中生活大概算不上非常精彩，但也绝对不遗憾。我认清了自己的目标，拥有在自己的路上走下去的勇气和一群坚定支持与帮助我的老师同学。这些是我高中生活，乃至未来成长道路上的宝贵财富。

My high school life was probably not very exciting, but I don’t regretit either. I have a clear vision of what I want to achieve, the courage to continue my own path and a group of teachers and classmates who have stood by me and helped me. These are valuable assets for my high school life, and indeed for my future growth.

如果要我给申学建议的话，我希望分享一下我个人的文书结构。我认为它很好的代表了我申请阶段的学习过程，也是整个申请阶段中我最自豪的产出。

If I were to give advice on applying to school, I would like to share the personal structure of my essay. I think it represents the learning process of my application phase very well.

1. 在撰写申请文书的时候，我把文书分成四个部分来处理，第一部分就是从兴趣爱好的一小段话引入，既要精练又要表达出对该专业的热爱。

2.第二部分就是我个人的学习经历和专业的研究历程，来体现我如何刨根问底地学习理论知识。

3. 第三部分是关于我学习的一个工程学中利用实验来简化计算的方法，以及我认为它的精妙之处在哪。可以看到两个主体段分为了两个不同的部分，这其实就是我对工程学这个领域的了解：理论与应用的结合。

4. 最后就是总结自己对于学科的理解，对专业的喜好。通过这两个方面向目标院校说明，我有能力以及兴趣在该院校学习好该专业。

1. When writing my application essay, I approached it in four parts. The first part was to introduce a short paragraph from my interests, which was concise but also conveyed my love for the major.

2. The second section is about my personal learning experience and my professional research history, to show how I have learnt theoretical knowledge by digging into the roots of a subject.

3. The third part is about an engineering method I studied that uses experiments to simplify calculations and what I consider to be its subtleties. You can see that the two main sections are divided into two different parts, which is really what I have learned about the field of engineering: the combination of theory and application.

4. Finally, it is a summary of my understanding of the subject and my preference for the profession. Through these two aspects, I have demonstrated to the target institution that I am capable of and interested in studying the subject at that institution.

最后，有一句话想送给学弟学妹们：从兴趣出发，确定学习方向，一直保持谦逊的态度，不要迷失在短暂的成绩里，不断的努力和学习，才能实现最终的目标。

Finally, I have a message for the undergraduates: start with your interests, set your study direction, always stay humble,don't get lost in your transient achievements, and keep working and studying to achieve your goals.

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无论是申请物理还是工程，最重要的事情都是提升自己的数理基础，而最直接的方式就是通过读书来学习。在这里我要推荐这些书目给师弟师妹：

I think the most important thing to do, whether you are applying for physics or engineering, is to improve your foundation in mathematics and science, and the most direct way is to learn by reading. I would recommend the following books:

第一本《College Physics》，这本是普通物理的教材。数学推导比较少，更多是概念讲解。可以通过这个来认识普通物理中，力热光电原这五个板块。它和一本真正的物理教材还是有点距离的，比较适合数理基础还没那么扎实的同学去读。

The first book isCollege Physics, a textbook on general physics. This book is less about mathematical derivation and more about conceptual explanation. It is a good introduction to the five areas of general physics: mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, electromagnetism, and atomic physics. Although this book is still a bit far from a real physics textbook, it is more suitable for students who do not have a solid foundation in mathematics and science.

第二本是《Dynamics and Relativity》，严格来说它是一个讲义而非一本教材书，但是这本里面的概念定义，数学推导以及一些物理图像都是很不错的。需要读者学习一点点额外的多变量微积分，经典场论，并且我十分建议大家先学好矢量运算，毕竟牛顿力学的另一个名字是矢量力学。这本书可以光是通过推导就能帮助读者快速提升数理基础。

The second book,Dynamics and Relativity, is a lecture note rather than a textbook. The conceptual definitions, mathematical derivations and some physical images in this book are very good and require the reader to learn a bit of multivariable calculus, classical field theory. I highly recommend learning vector operations first, after all, another name for Newtonian mechanics is vector mechanics. This book can help the reader quickly improve their mathematical and scientific foundation just by the derivations alone.

第三本其实是数学书《Multivariable Calculus》。它的内容比较多，建议大家需要用到哪些数学工具就去这本书里学一些。例如上文提到的多变量微积分，向量场论。

The third book is the maths bookMultivariable Calculus. It has a lot of content and I recommend that you go to this book to find out what mathematical tools you need to use. For example, themultivariablecalculusandvectorfieldtheorymentionedabove.

对于普通物理中除力学外的知识，我并没有那么大的兴趣，所以在自学阶段我就只需要简单的看一下就好了。接下来要聊到的内容，基本就脱离普通物理的范畴了。

I'm not that interested in general physics beyond mechanics, so I'll just have a brief look at it during the self-study stage. What I'm going to talk about next is basically out of the realm of general physics.

流体力学领域我读过两本，我学习过程中读的第一本是老师推荐的《Elementary Fluid Dynamics》，毫无疑问难度是蛮大的，所以我仅仅学习了一些前面的基础知识。比如：欧拉和NS方程，通过解NS方程去算一些特殊情况下的流体流形之类的。

I have read two books in the field of fluid mechanics, the first one isElementary Fluid Dynamicsrecommended by my teacher, the content is difficult, and I have only studied some of the previous basics. For example: Euler and NS equation and calculate the fluid flow shape in some special cases by solving NS equation.

第二本我读的是一本中文书《流体力学》，这本书不仅定义和推导逻辑严格，每一个小节还配有相对应习题帮助读者打好数学基础。读者在看推导的时候就不会因为看不懂而浪费不少时间。我非常喜欢这本书，希望在考试之后多读几遍。

The second book I read was a Chinese bookFluid Mechanics, which not only has strict definitions and derivations, but also has corresponding exercises in each subsection to help the reader to build up a good mathematical foundation. The reader will not waste a lot of time in reading the derivations because we cannot understand them. I really enjoyed this book and hope to read it a few more times after my exams.

除了流体力学，我最近也稍微看了一些分析力学中关于拉格朗日力学的内容。不过学习这一理论之前，需要掌握数学基础变分法，Calculus of Variation。我是通过一些笔记和讲义来自学的，所以没有书目推荐。

As well as fluid mechanics, I have looked a little at analytical mechanics in relation to Lagrangian mechanics. I studied this theory on my own through some notes and lectures, so I don't have a book recommendation.

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