陳棟?王藇
《最強(qiáng)大腦》第五季最后一期中日之戰(zhàn),浙江杭州14歲少年楊英豪對(duì)戰(zhàn)日本選手伊澤拓司。日本選手現(xiàn)在就讀于東京大學(xué),曾是高中生智力競(jìng)賽兩屆霸主,從高中起就稱霸日本各大智力競(jìng)賽。
賽前,伊澤拓司曾有“舍我其誰”的揚(yáng)言,沒想到在比賽中,卻被楊英豪以一個(gè)干凈利落的4比0完勝,讓中國(guó)隊(duì)早早奠定勝局。
自從在今年1月播出的首期百人爭(zhēng)奪賽中驚艷亮相后,這位還在杭州文瀾中學(xué)讀初二的少年就走入了媒體的聚光燈下。之后,除在中美之戰(zhàn)中輸?shù)粢粓?chǎng)外,楊英豪每戰(zhàn)都贏,是本季少年選手中最亮眼的一位。
“我拿下第一題后,人就不慌了?!睏钣⒑栏P者在家里聊起了這場(chǎng)已經(jīng)錄完的中日之戰(zhàn)時(shí)這樣說道。
《最強(qiáng)大腦》是江蘇衛(wèi)視引進(jìn)德國(guó)節(jié)目《Super Brain》推出的大型科學(xué)競(jìng)技真人秀節(jié)目,目前已經(jīng)播到第五季。
能在這一季的《最強(qiáng)大腦》走到最后,楊英豪和他爸爸都沒想到。
小英豪一直在看《最強(qiáng)大腦》,也是該節(jié)目的人氣選手“水哥”王昱珩的粉絲。但報(bào)名參加《最強(qiáng)大腦》,站上偶像曾經(jīng)挑戰(zhàn)過的舞臺(tái),還是一時(shí)興起。報(bào)了名以后,就在軟件中刷初試:在限定的時(shí)間里完成一些智力題目。
做了一輪題,他就被通知去了復(fù)試,地點(diǎn)在杭州賣魚橋小學(xué)。
通過復(fù)試,就去南京面試了,300多位天南海北的“準(zhǔn)大腦”,選前100位站上最強(qiáng)大腦的舞臺(tái)。
楊爸爸說,“最一開始,我以為他連復(fù)賽都進(jìn)不了”,英豪自己想得更遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn),但也僅僅是30強(qiáng),沒想到成績(jī)還挺好,被“水哥”王昱珩選進(jìn)了“水之隊(duì)”,一路挺進(jìn)國(guó)際賽。
在近日中日對(duì)決的第三場(chǎng),天才少年楊英豪對(duì)上的是同樣天才少年出身的伊澤拓司,賽題是從一團(tuán)亂麻似的交叉線中,理出每條線不相交。兩人一共對(duì)決5題,每題的分?jǐn)?shù)都會(huì)上升,難度也隨之上升。
第一題時(shí),楊英豪的沖勁就凸顯出來了,以三倍速領(lǐng)先對(duì)手,最后50比15,干凈利落地取勝。網(wǎng)友們驚呼:“英雄出少年。”
接下來的第二道、第三道賽題,日本選手一度領(lǐng)先,在一片“心臟都受不了”的彈幕下,楊英豪的表現(xiàn)卻是“穩(wěn)得不能再穩(wěn)了”,頭都沒抬一下,兩題全部拿下。
第四題是賽點(diǎn),如果日本選手發(fā)力,完全有可能反超。不過,中國(guó)隊(duì)友好像早已料到結(jié)局,“照英豪的性格應(yīng)該會(huì)4:0結(jié)束比賽。”
這一句真不是吹的,英豪果然毫無懸念地拿下了第四題,4比0零封了日本“腦王”。
和舞臺(tái)上的意氣風(fēng)發(fā)不同,現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的14歲少年,乍看一眼很平常。帶著黑框眼鏡的小男生,在同齡人中根本不出挑。
但反差的是,從上幼兒園以來,楊英豪一直很受同學(xué)的歡迎。
進(jìn)了杭州勝利橋小學(xué),楊英豪懂事和聰明更凸顯了出來。平時(shí)同學(xué)們喜歡聚在他身邊問一些學(xué)習(xí)上的問題。盡管有時(shí)候他思路跳脫的讓同學(xué)很難理解,但英豪依然會(huì)耐心的改變方法在說一遍。
關(guān)系要好的小學(xué)同學(xué)現(xiàn)在還能記得當(dāng)“小老師”的楊英豪認(rèn)真的樣子,“他一定會(huì)教到你懂為止?!?/p>
老師對(duì)此也是贊不絕口,但讓老師印像深刻的,是這個(gè)學(xué)生“分分必爭(zhēng)”。有一回?cái)?shù)學(xué)考試,滿分120分,楊英豪在一道題下面解了好幾種方法,找老師去軟磨硬泡。拗不過這個(gè)執(zhí)著的學(xué)生,老師象征性地給他加了6分。這是他小學(xué)時(shí)期的最高分,126分。
考上文瀾中學(xué),和大多數(shù)孩子一樣,楊英豪覺得還是挺驕傲的。
在老師眼中,在這所傳奇中學(xué)的大環(huán)境下,楊英豪和其他的孩子并沒有什么不同,大家都上一樣的課,考同一張?jiān)嚲?,偶爾也?huì)在某一門考試栽個(gè)跟頭。
“要不是他要請(qǐng)假一個(gè)星期,我們都不知道他被選上了《最強(qiáng)大腦》?!蔽臑懼袑W(xué)的孔老師對(duì)這事贊不絕口。作為班主任,能在電視上看到自己的學(xué)生還是挺驕傲的一件事。
楊英豪當(dāng)初參加數(shù)學(xué)競(jìng)賽,他才12歲。所有得一等獎(jiǎng)的學(xué)生里,他年紀(jì)最小,但是最冷靜。他曾獲得過華羅庚金杯全國(guó)數(shù)學(xué)邀請(qǐng)賽一等獎(jiǎng)、希望杯全國(guó)數(shù)學(xué)邀請(qǐng)賽一等獎(jiǎng)、中環(huán)杯一等獎(jiǎng)、“走進(jìn)美妙數(shù)學(xué)花園”一等獎(jiǎng)等獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。
“他其實(shí)非常全面,如果一定要從雞蛋里面挑骨頭,那英語和語文相對(duì)差一些。但也就是差那么一兩分。”在孔老師眼中,楊英豪的優(yōu)點(diǎn)在于自主學(xué)習(xí)性太強(qiáng)了,“第一次去家訪,他媽就告訴我,英語一開始都是自學(xué)的,他們嫌補(bǔ)習(xí)班路遠(yuǎn),就讓他自己學(xué)著玩玩?!?/p>
楊英豪說:“我從來不刷題,就做一遍,把問題都搞清楚了,再做類似的題就錯(cuò)不了?!?h3>臥室成親友參觀“景點(diǎn)”,少年有點(diǎn)小煩惱
早在《最強(qiáng)大腦》中日之戰(zhàn)播出前,楊英豪的微博就已經(jīng)收獲了6萬粉絲,隨手發(fā)一條微博都有上千點(diǎn)贊。
筆者問他是不是現(xiàn)在有點(diǎn)“偶像包袱”,他說是,有一點(diǎn),壓力有點(diǎn)大,自己好像一下子成了紅人,微信和QQ里不斷涌進(jìn)來添加好友的信息,每周五回到家打開手機(jī),他有些無所適從。
還有一些父母認(rèn)識(shí)的朋友,會(huì)帶著自家的孩子來參觀這位“最強(qiáng)大腦”的臥室,這讓他哭笑不得,“我就是一個(gè)初中生啊。”
其實(shí),在家人眼中,14歲的楊英豪也并沒有什么天才之處,也就是比別人家的小孩稍微聰明了一點(diǎn),聽話了一點(diǎn)。
不過,楊英豪的自我管理能力,倒是從小就讓人刮目相看。
讀幼兒園中班時(shí),有一次看電視的時(shí)間超出了他跟媽媽的約定,被楊媽媽說了一句——
“都都(楊英豪小名),你今天看電視的時(shí)間有點(diǎn)長(zhǎng)了。”
“媽媽,那我接下來3天都不看電視了?!?/p>
結(jié)果接下來的3天里,小英豪真的沒有再碰過電視。
看起來好像有點(diǎn)怕媽媽,其實(shí)“尊重孩子”是楊爸爸楊媽媽一直貫徹的育兒方針,也沒有一定要孩子考上名校的目標(biāo)。但是,楊媽媽希望孩子有一個(gè)良好的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣,為此辭掉了醫(yī)藥公司的工作,當(dāng)時(shí)她是公司的全國(guó)銷售冠軍,但她覺得陪伴孩子比工作更重要一些。
就在筆者和楊英豪的爸媽聊天時(shí),主角正關(guān)在自己的房間里,為一道數(shù)學(xué)題抓耳撓腮。
更讓他接受不了的,是考試考砸了。
“考完第一門時(shí),覺得后面還有機(jī)會(huì);結(jié)果第二門還是這樣,心態(tài)就崩了?!弊屗膽B(tài)崩了的那門課,正是他覺得十拿九穩(wěn)的數(shù)學(xué)。落差有點(diǎn)大。
在同學(xué)眼中,數(shù)學(xué)是楊英豪天賦,讓人驚嘆也讓人羨慕。“他真的太厲害了,請(qǐng)了一個(gè)禮拜假,回來照樣拿第一?!?/p>
筆者問他,是不是因?yàn)橐浿乒?jié)目,落下太多了?
“不是的,就是沒有仔細(xì)準(zhǔn)備。那天也挺累的?!?/p>
“那考了第幾名呢?”
“反正沒有前十名了?!?/p>
在這個(gè)少年心里,如果在班級(jí)里都取得不了前10的成績(jī),更別提去選擇西湖大學(xué)還是麻省理工了。在《最強(qiáng)大腦》中美之戰(zhàn)那一場(chǎng),全國(guó)觀眾都看到了這個(gè)孩子收到了麻省理工教授羅伯特·戴西蒙和著名學(xué)者施一公伸出的橄欖枝。
楊英豪在《最強(qiáng)大腦》上說,自己想去麻省理工。14歲的少年當(dāng)時(shí)沒想太多,但網(wǎng)上的輿論發(fā)酵開來,有人覺得他崇洋媚外。
自己孩子上了一個(gè)喜歡的節(jié)目,結(jié)果卻遭遇鍵盤俠的傷害,這讓楊爸爸始料未及。
“上次他表哥看到網(wǎng)上又有人在無端黑英豪,氣得直接在評(píng)論里跟對(duì)方吵了起來。后來舉報(bào)后,對(duì)方把帖子刪了。”
以監(jiān)護(hù)人身份,這位父親并不希望自己的孩子去面對(duì)流言蜚語。
楊英豪自己心態(tài)擺挺正的,“這就好比在全國(guó)觀眾面前吹了個(gè)牛,再怎么難都要去實(shí)現(xiàn)吧?!彼χP者講。
為了實(shí)現(xiàn)自己吹的這個(gè)牛,他的第一個(gè)小目標(biāo)是先在信息學(xué)奧賽的競(jìng)賽上取得一個(gè)佳績(jī)。每周六的下午,他都會(huì)去上信奧培訓(xùn)班。
而在去培訓(xùn)班的路上,他會(huì)窩在后座玩一會(huì)手機(jī)游戲,這是他難得的休閑時(shí)光。
錄完《最強(qiáng)大腦》的他,自制力又有長(zhǎng)進(jìn),“現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該少玩游戲多做題了,成功都是聰明+努力嘛。我應(yīng)該更努力一點(diǎn),我可以拿更好的成績(jī)的?!?/p>
Yang Yinghao: A Super Brain
By Chen Dong, Wang Yu
In the last episode of the fifth season of , a popular CCTV television quiz show, 14-year-old Yang Yinghao, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, won a landslide victory in his PK against Isawa Takushi, a Straight-A student in Tokyo University who had never been outsmarted in the quiz shows in Japan since his high school years. Yang thrashed Isawa Takushi four-nil, holding the cards in the Chinese contestants hands way before the first half of the game reached its finish line, a result that made Isawa spellbound and brought Yang into the limelight of the Chinese media.
Currently in his second year in Hangzhou Wenlan Middle School, ranking among the best schools in Hangzhou, Yang made his debut in the show in January of this year and stood out as the dark horse of the season with a sweeping victory. Throughout his participation, he lost the game only once, to an American team.
“The jittery feelings were gone after I beat him in the first question of the answer session,” the boy recalled in an interview.
The sweeping victory, however, was totally unexpected by Yang and his father. Yang Yinghao signed up for the preliminary test just to try his luck and because he was a huge fan of one of the contestants, without knowing he would eventually make it into the legion of finalists.
“I took it as a joke when he told me he wanted to give it a try, and Id thought he would be wiped out in the preliminary session,” the father confessed, adding that “he was probably thinking something about making it into the top 30”.
In the confrontation between Yang Yinghao and the Japanese contestant, the match point came in the fourth question, in which Isawa Takushi had the chance to turn the tables. “We were not worried at all,” Yangs teammates recalled with pride, “we knew everything was under control and that was the end of the show of the most powerful brain in Japan.”
In the eye of his classmates since his pre-school years, Yang Yinghao is a walking dictionary that has never let anyone down. “He is smart, determined to get to the root of the matter, and is very patient, which makes him popular at school,” many of his friends recall.
In the eyes of his teacher, Yang Yinghao is an extremely smart student whose proactive attitude towards learning is way beyond his peers. “I felt very proud when I saw him on TV, and it was quite a surprise because he didnt reveal anything to anyone at school,” the teacher in charge of his class said.
“The boy was born to be a champion. I find it hard to be picky when it comes to his academic performance. The yearning for knowledge seems to be his instinct. His mother told me he taught himself English at a very young age and she never had to bother taking his son to any cram school.”
Yang gained a fan base of more than 60,000 people on Sina Weibo before the battle with the Japanese prodigy. “Becoming so popular almost overnight was a lot of pressure for me. I felt a little helpless when I came home on Fridays and found so many likes and comments on my cell phone,” Yang said.
Yang calls himself a lucky child born into a liberal family. His mother quit her job as a successful sales representative in a pharmaceutical company to have more time for his son and to cultivate the boys self-management awareness, but never set goals for him. In the eye of his mother, Yang Yinghao learned to keep his words when he was a little boy.
During the TV show, Yang Yinghao revealed that his dream was to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology one of these days. “I have to practice what I preach and will work hard to achieve the goal that has been made public,” the boy said half-jokingly.